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Check Out:
June 12–14
Workshop: Boise's Railroads
Boise City Hall
Register at http://broncoweb.boisestate.edu
June 19–20
Symposium: Civil Liberties and the Media
College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls
rsims@boisestate.edu
July 10–12
Workshop: Exploring Boise
Boise City Hall
Register at http://broncoweb.boisestate.edu
Sept. 11, 4–7 pm
Teachers Night Out
Presented by the Cultural Network
Zoo Boise, Julia Davis Park
Oct. 2, 5:30–7 pm
Fettuccine Forum presents TBA
Rose Room, Union Block
historian@cityofboise.org
Oct. 2–3, 2008
8th Annual Social Sciences Conference: Our Sense of Place
Idaho Council for History Education
Featured speakers: Amity Shlaes, Elliott West, Mike Luckovich, Ronald Hatzenbuehler, Christine Stansell, William Deverell, John Kaminski
Political Pundits Panel: Dan Popkey, Jim Weatherby, Randy Stapilus linda.barker@boiseschools.org
Oct. 2–4
Workshop: Main Street U.S.A.
Register at http://broncoweb.boisestate.edu
Nov. 6, 5:30–7 pm
Fettuccine Forum presents Stephanie Witt
Election 2008
Rose Room, Union Block
historian@cityofboise.org
Nov. 6–8
Workshop: City and Nation
Boise City Hall
Register at http://broncoweb.boisestate.edu
Idaho Issues Online
Features, news, and events on Idaho public affairs. Electronically showcases the best SSPA faculty and student research. Check out this site featuring cities. Next Issue to feature rivers.
Bad Art?
NPR and historian Chris Blanchard consider the Ada County Courthouse murals.
Ethnic Landmarks
Hidden among bricks and brownstones are clues to the mysterious disappearance of people from distant places. Ethnic Landmarks tours buildings and cultural sites worthy of preservation. Each building is a reminder that Boise, an immigrant city, has long been a cultural crossroad and surprisingly diverse.
"A fun and fascinating guide to historic downtown Boise. Lyrically written. Beautifully designed.
Boise architect Charles Hummel
Todd Shallat, Ph.D., directs the Center for Idaho History and Politics at Boise State University. Adele Thomsen is the award-winning designer of Idaho Yesterdays and Idaho
Issues Online.
Available at Mayor Office in City Hall, 3rd floor and these bookstores:
Borders, Trip Taylor Bookseller, Rediscovered Books, Vista Book Gallery, Taters, State Historical Museum Shop, and Boise Book and Gift Co.
Don't try this at home
Boise State offers historical tours and workshops through the summer Desert Studies Institute. Based at Celebration Park south of Boise, where the Snake River dissects the Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, the institute provides a unique setting for interactive teaching. Historical subjects include fire making, dam building, homesteading, and the Oregon Trail.
Desert Studies Institute
Contact Extended Studies
Idaho’s first residential historic preservation law ...
(1990) and the planning of three historic districts.
The Department of the Interior’s “Outstanding Achievement” Award
(1988) for a study of land-use politics and planning in the Snake River Birds of Prey Area.
Editorship ...
of the National Council on Public History’s Public History News.
Snake: The Plain and Its People (1994) ...
co-published with Craters of the Moon Natural History Foundation and winner of a best book “honorable mention” from the Idaho Library Association.
Secrets of the Magic Valley and Hagerman’s Remarkable Horse (2002) ...
co-published with the National Park Service and winner of several awards, including the Independent Publisher Award (an IPPY in the “history” category) and the 2003 Idaho Book Award (first place).
More than a dozen local history publications ...
including a book history of the Boise Public Library, a history of the Harrison Boulevard historical district, a history of Idaho hospital financing, a history of Boise’s trolley system, and a guide to Boise’s historic buildings.
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