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Life History Anthropology Project Collection, 1996-2004
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Boise State University. Anthropology Department
- Title
- Life History Anthropology Project Collection
- Dates
- 1996-2004 (inclusive)19962004
- Quantity
- 1.25 linear feet, (2 boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSS 306
- Summary
- Collection of life histories conducted by students taking anthropology courses at Boise State University under the direction of Professor Robert McCarl. Many projects include oral histories.
- 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 open for research with the exception of selected material. Contact archives staff for additional information.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Students wrote biographical "life history" papers about elder family members or other community members while taking an anthropology course at Boise State University under the direction of Professor Robert McCarl.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Life History Anthropology Project Collection is the result of anthropology coursework at Boise State University under the direction of Professor Robert McCarl. The histories cover a wide range of topics, sometimes including family members (usually grandparents), while others include individuals who are interesting for other reasons; for example, the experiences of a housewife who lives openly as a homosexual later in life, or those of an individual raised in a strict, rural Idaho home who, upon reaching adulthood, joined the "hippie" movement in San Francisco and traveled the country playing rock music and living in communes. Researchers may also find the interviews of Boise, Idaho's Bosnian population interesting.
The paper files from the collection include release forms, video logs, and student papers. The audio-visual materials that accompany the projects come in a wide variety of formats, though most are interviews recorded on audio cassettes.
Forms part of the Ethnographic Archive of the Intermountain West.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[item description], Life History Anthropology Project Collection, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series: Projects with Audio-Visual Materials and Projects without Audio-Visual Materials.
Acquisition Information
Material donated in June and July of 2007 by BSU professor Dr. Robert McCarl.
Related Materials
See also: Idaho Farmworker Policy Research Project Collection
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Life History Projects with Audio-Visual MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1-2 | Belly dancer, "Sidonia" |
2004 |
| 1 | 3 | Bosnians in Boise, S. Alagic, I. Husic, M. Lubijamkic, A. Lubijamkic, E. Mojcin. "Kud Mladi Behar." Dancers in Bosnian ethnic dres; some Serbo-Croatian language |
2002 |
| 1 | 4-5 | Bosnians in Boise, L. Haris and another. Emigration from Bosnia to Boise, acculturation, education, refugee camp. Ages 17 and 20. |
1998 |
| 1 | 6-7 | K. Buzzard, Campus Crusade for Christ at Boise State |
1996 |
| 1 | 8-10 | R.Y. Campbell. Born on sugarcane and pig farm in rural Georgia. Moved to Moscow, ID with husband W.S. Campbell after World War II. Also discusses Boise baseball. |
2003 |
| 1 | 11-12 | Angela D. Openly gay in Boise, raised by adoptive parents |
1998, 2003 |
| 1 | 13-14 | W.S. Forbes and W. Forbes. Grandmother grew up in Oklahoma and experienced segregation. Mother grew up in Calofornia, moved to Colorado, then Nampa, ID. Discusses moonshining. |
1996 |
| 1 | 15-16 | H. Horton-Brown, yoga instructor and health-care worker; discusses cancer treatment (non-Hodgkin Lymphoma) |
2003 |
| 1 | 17-18 | Anonymous. Childhood in a strict LDS (Mormon) home in Homedale, Idaho and later moved to California and became involved with the "hippie" sub-culture. Freshman at Boise State College in 1968. Played in a rock group, lived in a commune, then later started a family after abandoning the hippie and musician subculture. |
1997 |
| 1 | 19-20 | Jody K. Alcohol and drug rehabilitation, Christian-based recovery |
1996 |
| 1 | 21-22 | M. Teaching experiences at an Alternative School and a Juvenile Detention Center |
2003 |
| 1 | 23-24 | M.M. Morris. Born in South Dakota, lived in Moorehead, Minn.; Fargo, North Dakota; Pocatello, Idaho; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Boise, Idaho. Topics oinclude entertainment, sewing, World War II, holidays, motherhood, and retirement. |
2003 |
| 1 | 25-26 | Maria R. P., Mexican immigration to Boise, ESL learning in Shelly, Idaho |
2004 |
| 1 | 27 | Coyote Short. Geologist, herbal healer, Native American storyteller. "The Lay of the Land is the Magid of the World" |
1998 |
| 1 | 28-29 | I. Villanueva, Columbian immigrant to Boise, Idaho |
1996 |
| 2 | 1-2 | P. Weddle, grew up during the Great Depression and raised in a family that owned a lumber mill. Also discusses sewing and religious traditions. |
1996 |
| 2 | 3-4 | K. Dunn, growing up and marrying a man in the military. Lived at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho; Korea; and Turkey |
1997 |
Series 2: Life History Projects without Audio-Visual MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 5 | "Annie," young guitarist. Discusses struggles with poverty in Pocatello, Idaho |
2003 |
| 2 | 6 | D.C., "coming out" as a lesbian, discusses life as a secretly gay LDS ("Mormon") housewife |
1996 |
| 2 | 7 | M.J. Miller, student's grandmother. Memories of the Great Depression and living life as a Navy wife in Idaho |
1996 |
| 2 | 8 | J.F. Salove, student's grandfather, first-generation Spanish-American. Sheep farmer in Marsing, Idaho and Murhy, Idaho |
1996 |
| 2 | 9 | G.O. Schmidt, aging in Boise |
2004 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Adoption
- African Americans--Segregation
- African Americans--Segregation--Idaho
- Alcoholics--Rehabilitation
- Belly dance
- Bosnian Americans
- Campus Crusade for Christ
- Columbian Americans
- Drug addicts--Rehabilitation
- Gays
- Great Depression
- Herbal Medicine
- Hippies
- Homosexuality--Religious aspects
- Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Lesbians
- Lesbians--Idaho
- Moonshining
- Pocatello (Idaho)
- Sewing
- Sheep Farming
- Spanish Americans
- Spanish Americans--Idaho
- Storytelling--Native American
- Yoga
Finding aid prepared by Collection processed by Kent Randell
2012
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