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Boise Futures Foundation Records, 1974-1992
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Boise Futures Foundation Records
- Dates
- 1974-1992 (inclusive)19741992
- Quantity
- 2.75 linear feet, (4 boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSS 044
- Summary
- The Boise Futures Foundations Records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, research, studies, surveys, bibliographies, publications, and other documents about city planning and infrastructure from the 1970s-1990s.
- Repository
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Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is available for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Boise Futures Foundation, a nonprofit research and educational organization, was established in 1978 to study the natural and human resource systems in Ada County. The Foundation was a private planning entity housed on the Boise State University Campus in the Office of Research Administration. The initial focus of its study was the carrying capacity, which is a measure of an area's ability to support varying numbers of people and their activities at different quality of life levels. The study analyzed the area's ability to accommodate development and recommended guidelines to be followed as the Boise area grew. In 1982, the Foundation published six volumes of their findings.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Boise Futures Foundations Records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, research, studies, surveys, bibliographies, publications, and other documents about city planning and infrastructure from the 1970s-1990s.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[item description], Boise Futures Foundation Records, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
Collection process by Special Collections and Archives staff.
Related Materials
See also University Archives Publications series 2, 14, and 32.
See also Boise Redevelopment Agency Records, Community Council of Greater Boise Records, and Charles Hummel Collection on Boise, Idaho City Planning.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Mission Statement | undated |
1 | 2 | Mission Statement | 1992 |
1 | 3 | Beginning Concepts | 1982 |
1 | 4 | Background | undated |
1 | 5 | Brochures | undated |
1 | 6-9 | Board of Trustees | 1982-1993 |
1 | 10 | Consultants | 1983-1984 |
1 | 11-22 | Contributors | 1982-1993 |
1 | 23-28 | Correspondence | 1983-1991 |
1 | 29-41 | Executive Committee | 1982-1993 |
1 | 42 | Fact Sheet | 1985 |
1 | 43-49 | Finances | 1982-1989 |
1 | 50 | Grants | 1988 |
1 | 51 | News Coverage | 1984-1988 |
1 | 52 | News Releases | 1984-1988 |
1 | 53 | Questionnaires, Outside Institutions | undated |
1 | 54 | Reports, Costs | 1982 |
1 | 55 | Boise Futures Committee | 1989 |
1 | 56 | Boise Vision Steering Committee | 1989 |
2 | 1-2 | Air Quality Resource | 1982 |
2 | 3 | Report: Basic Model | undated |
2 | 4 | Report: Boise R/UDAT | 1985 |
2 | 5 | Report: Boise 2010 Directions for the Future | 1989 |
2 | 6-9 | Report: Energy Resource System | 1982-1984 |
2 | 10-17 | Report: Greater Boise's Carrying Capacity | 1982-1988 |
2 | 18 | Report: Integrated Air Cancer Project | 1985 |
2 | 19-24 | Report: Land Resources | 1984-1988 |
2 | 25 | Report: Managing Community and Quality of Life | 1987 |
2 | 26 | Report: Paratransit Technical Information | 1983 |
2 | 27 | Report: Public Education System | 1982-1983 |
2 | 28-33 | Report: Public Servic System | 1983-1987 |
2 | 34-36 | Report: Quality of LIfe | 1983 |
2 | 37 | Report: Snake River Birds of Prey | 1988 |
2 | 38-40 | Report: Transportation System | 1983-1987 |
2 | 41 | Report: U.S. West and Idaho | 1987 |
2 | 42-44 | Report: Water Resources | 1982-1985 |
2 | 45 | Feasibility Analysis, Carrying Capacity Study for Boise Area | 1979 |
2 | 46-47 | Treasure Valley Infrastructure Study | 1999 |
2 | 48 | Proposed Boise Urban Design Plan | 1979 |
2 | 49 | Bibliographies | undated |
2 | 50 | Boise Metropolitan Transportation Study | 1972 |
2 | 51-56 | Carrying Capacity and Greater Boise | 1982 |
3 | 1 | U.S. Carrying Capacity: An Introduction by Maryla Webb and Judith Jacobsen | 1982 |
file | |||
3 | 2 | Carrying Capacity APplicationsi n Growth Management by David R. Godschalk | 1977 |
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3 | 3 | Carrying Capacity in Regional Environmental Management by Utah State University | 1974 |
3 | 4 | Carrying Capacity Analysis as a Practical Planning Approach by Norman Axler | 1978 |
3 | 5-6 | Carrying Capacity Study, Hawaii | 1975-1977 |
3 | 7-8 | Carrying Capacity Study, Texas | 1977 |
4 | 1-3 | Northwest Energy News | 1987-1991 |
4 | 4 | MANAS | 1987 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Architecture
- City Planning
- Historic buildings
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Land use
- Public buildings
- Urban transportation
- Water resources development