Oral history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 100 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Parks, Roger Wassler, and Ricardo Salutregui , July 5, 2018
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Abstract
In their interview with Gaby Thomason on July 5, 2018, Charles Parks, Roger Wassler, and Ricardo Salutregui, offered their memories of working as firefighters with the Boise Fire Department. Charles Parks served as a hoseman, driver, and captain from June 1968-December 1993; Roger Wassler served as a hoseman, driver, fire inspector, and captain from 1972-1997; and Ricardo Salutregui served as a hoseman, driver, lieutenant and superintendent from 1959-October 1984. They spoke on the following...
Dates:
July 5, 2018
Chris Miner , August 22, 2013
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Chris Miner is a sibling of Marko Simunich and Mary Crist. She grew up near the corner of Franklin and Orchard and went to Franklin School. Chris spends most of the interview telling stories and memories of her parents Mike and Mary Simunich. She gives details of their marriage, how they came to Boise and Mike’s work with Boise Payette Lumber Company and work in Stibnite in the early 1900s. Chris also tells stories of her mother’s activities as a homemaker, including raising cows and making...
Dates:
August 22, 2013
Chuck and Polly Hedemark , February 13, 2018
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains recorded interviews with Boise citizens. Notable topics include Boise Bench history, Greenbelt history, Foothills Levy history, Boise Fire Department history, Boise Police Department history, and personal and political histories of former mayors and councilmembers.
Dates:
February 13, 2018
Compton Warehouse , February 24, 2012
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Glenn Compton discusses his family history, and how their business, Compton Transfer and Storage Company, began in 1902. He recounts what the four warehouse locations in downtown Boise were like in the 1940s and 1950s, and how the company expanded. Glenn also discusses his life growing up in Boise, and how the city has developed.
Dates:
February 24, 2012
Connie Coulter , August 10, 2010
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In an interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on July 10, 2010, Connie Coulter discusses her career with the Boise Fire Department beginning in 1994. At the time of the interview Connie was still currently employed with BFD. Topics covered in the interview include: her transition from teaching to firefighting; the interview and physical test process; new hire training; the integration of women into the department; her experience with different captains; a fire at the Idaho State Capitol; the...
Dates:
August 10, 2010
Denise Arellano , July 7, 2011
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In her interview with Stephanie Milne on July 22, 2011, Denise Arellano offered her memories and recollections of the serial foothills levy campaign that she was a part of. Arellano spoke of how she got involved in the campaign and her exact participation in it. She described in detail her role on the fundraising committee and the house parties that she was responsible for. She also commented on the campaign’s positive messaging and how vital it was to its ultimate success. Additionally, she...
Dates:
July 7, 2011
Diane Sielaff-Winn, August 28, 2015
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Diane Sielaff-Winn completed her interview on August 28, 2015. She described her family’s history in the Vista Neighborhood and her childhood memories from the area. Sielaff-Winn also detailed what it was like during her teenage years going to South Junior High School and Borah High School. She described the many outdoor activities she and her family participated in and what kids did to occupy their summers in the 1970s and 80s. Sielaff-Winn paints a complete picture of what life was like...
Dates:
August 28, 2015
Dick and Shirley Graybeal , November 29, 2013
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In an interview with Angie Davis on November 29, 2013, Dick and Shirley Graybeal discuss growing up and raising their own family in the Boise Bench Neighborhood. Shirley describes her family’s move to Boise from Indianapolis in 1949, the house they moved into which was built by Everett Bechtel, working as an usher at Vista Theatre as a teenager, and some of the health complications she has experienced. Her parents opened Thriftway Furniture on Latah and Alpine, the store sold the first...
Dates:
November 29, 2013
Don Anderson, August 17, 2017
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Don Anderson discusses his family’s history in the Weiser River Valley beginning in 1868, his life as a resident of Weiser, and his work with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game as a fish culturist. He also recounts memories of fishing in the Weiser River and other Idaho waterways beginning in the 1950s.
Dates:
August 17, 2017
Don Boyer , August 11, 2010
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In an interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on August 11, 2010, Don Boyer discusses his career with the Boise Fire Department. Topics discussed in the interview include: the jobs he had prior to becoming a firefighter; the support the department gave him while his wife was sick; how the staff responded to different leadership styles; how he got the nickname Cletis; his feelings about the men he worked with being like a family; becoming an ARFF firefighter; and becoming the Fire Department...
Dates:
August 11, 2010