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Calista "Lissa" Hummel Papers, 1896-2015
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Calista "Lissa" Hummel Papers
- Dates
- 1896-2015 (inclusive)18962015
- Quantity
- 8 linear feet, (9 boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSS 366
- Summary
- The Calista Lissa Hummel Papers document the life of Boise resident Lissa Hummel.
- 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
Calista "Lissa" Ward was born in Boise in 1926 to Frank Ward and Catherine Shinners Ward. She was raised in Boise with her mother and in Huntington, Oregon with her maternal Aunt Maude Hartwell. Lissa graduated from St. Teresa's Academy in Boise in 1943 where she met her future husband Charles Hummel. She graduated from Marylhurst College in Lake Oswego, Oregon in 1947, and married Charles in 1951 at St. John's Cathedral in Boise. After Charles completed his master's degree in architecture in 1953 at Columbia University, the family settled permanently in Boise. The couple had four children: Michael (1952), Kay (1954), John (1959) and Joan (1964).
Lissa died in Boise on Februrary 24, 2015.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Calista "Lissa" Hummel Papers contain photographs, scrapbooks, correpsondence and other personal papers documenting the life of Lissa and her extended family. In addition to offering geneological information about a prominent Boise family, the collection provides local history insight into the communitites of Huntington, Oregon and Boise, Idaho.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[item description], Calista "Lissa" Hummel Papers, Box [number], Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal and Family PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Birth and Baptismal Certificates |
1926 |
| 9 | Baby Book |
1926 | |
| 9 | First Holy Communion Remembrance Box |
circa 1933 | |
| Folder | |||
| 1 | 2 | Frank and Catherine Ward Marriage |
1922 |
| 1 | 3 | St. Teresa's Academy Report Card |
1936 |
| 1 | 4 | St. Teresa's Academy |
1928-1964 |
| 1 | 5 | St. Teresa's Academy Golden Anniversary |
1939 |
| 9 | St. Teresa's Academy Golden Anniversary |
1939 | |
| Folder | |||
| 1 | 6 | St. Teresa's Academy Junior Class Dance |
1941 |
| 1 | 7 | St. Teresa's Academy |
1943 |
| 1 | 8 | St. Teresa's Academy All Class Reunion |
circa 2000 |
| 1 | 23 | St. Teresa's Vintage and Reunion Photographs |
2012 |
| 1 | 9 | Newspaper Clippings |
1940s |
| 1 | 10 | Catherine Shinners Ward, Death |
1944 |
| 1 | 11 | Marylhurst College Bulletin |
1944-1945 |
| 1 | 12 | Marylhurst College Yearbooks |
1944-1945 |
| 1 | 13 | Marylhurst College Yearbooks |
1946-1947 |
| 1 | 14 | Marylhurst College |
1947 and 1950 |
| 1 | 15 | Marylhurst College Diploma |
1947 |
| 9 | "The Marylhurst Girl" Framed Memorabilia |
circa 1945 | |
| Folder | |||
| 1 | 16 | Marylhurst College 50th Reunion |
1997 |
| 9 | Marylhurst College, Medal and Pin |
undated | |
| 9 | Marylhurst College T-Shirt |
undated | |
| Folder | |||
| 1 | 17 | Hartwell Family Christmas Cards |
late 1940s |
| 1 | 18 | Engagement Announcement |
circa 1951 |
| 1 | 19 | Wedding |
1951 |
| 1 | 20 | Wedding: Newspaper Clippings |
1951 |
| 1 | 21 | Maude and Wiley P. Hartwell |
1950 and 1951 |
| 1 | 22 | Correspondence to Maude Hartwell |
1953 |
| 2 | 1 | Michael Hummel Birth |
1952 |
| 2 | 2 | Joan Hummel Birth |
1964 |
| 2 | 3 | Joan Hummel Hair, Age 9 |
1973 |
| 2 | 4 | John Charles Hummel |
1967 |
| 2 | 5 | Kay Hummel |
1985 |
| 2 | 6 | John Hummel: Admission Ceremony, Idaho State Bar |
1986 |
| 2 | 7 | Charles Hummel: American Institute of Architects Fellowship |
1984 |
| 2 | 8 | Wyatt Hummel Fereday Birth |
1988 |
| 2 | 9 | Capital/Grove Plaza Bricks |
1986 |
| 2 | 10 | Christmas Cards |
1979-1987 |
| 2 | 11 | James H. Hawley |
1989 |
| 2 | 12 | Favorite Recipes |
1951-2005 |
| 2 | 13 | Architect's Wives Club (planning notes) |
undated |
| 2 | 14 | Viennese Ball Fundraiser (Sun Valley Music Camp) |
1968 |
| 2 | 15 | Boise Junior League |
1960s |
| 2 | 16 | Boise Junior League Cookbook |
1963 |
| 2 | 17 | Boise Junior League |
2012-2013 |
| 2 | 18 | Boise Art Gallery |
1958 |
| 2 | 19 | Boise Gallery of Art Fundraiser |
1969 |
| 2 | 20 | Boise Philharmonic |
1962-1963 |
| 2 | 21 | Funeral Mass Cards and Obituaries |
1971-2013 |
| 2 | 22 | Prayer Cards |
1967-1980 |
| 2 | 23 | Retirement |
1995 |
| 9 | Nameplate |
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| Folder | |||
| 2 | 24 | Biographical Data |
1995 |
| 2 | 25 | Charles and Lissa Passports |
1995 |
| 2 | 26 | Ireland Trip |
1995 |
| 2 | 27 | Ireland Trip: McAndrews and Barrett Family Trees |
1995 |
| 2 | 28 | Ireland Trip: Brochures and Postcards |
1995 |
| 3 | 1 | Correspondence: Joan |
1996 |
| 3 | 2 | Travel Journal |
1997 |
| 3 | 3 | "Behind the Wall" by Father Donald D. Fraser |
circa 1990s |
| 3 | 4 | Father Tom Faucher |
circa 2005 |
| 3 | 5 | Garden Plaza of Valley View |
2013 |
| 3 | 6 | Day Planner |
2014 |
| 3 | 7 | Shinners/Hummel Family Papers |
1897-1987 |
| 3 | 8 | Shinners Family Papers |
1918-1977 |
| 3 | 9 | Shinners Family: Hotel Huntington History |
1971 |
| 3 | 10 | Shinners Family: Hotel Huntington Stationery and Checks |
circa 1940s |
| 9 | Shinners Family: John B. Shinners Obituary |
1921 | |
| Folder | |||
| 3 | 11 | Correspondence: Charles Hummel to Maude Shinners Hartwell |
1952 |
| 3 | 12 | Maude Shinners Hartwell Hawley Death and Morris Hill Cemetery Family Plot |
1986 and 1991 |
| 3 | 13 | Boise-Huntington Express Train |
1968 |
| 3 | 14 | Family Research for "Lissa's Story" |
circa 2010-2012 |
| 3 | 15 | Autobiography: "Lissa's Story" |
2010-2012 |
| 3 | 16 | Electronic Files (Lissa's Story and Photos) |
1944-2012 |
| 3 | 17 | Calista Hummel, Obituaries and Funeral |
2015 |
Photographs and ScrapbooksReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 18 | Photos from "Lissa's Story" |
1826-1960 |
| 3 | 19 | Lissa Ward Hummel |
1926-1943 |
| 4 | 1 | Lissa Ward Hummel |
1940s-1960s |
| 4 | 2 | Michael Hummel Baptism and Maude Hartwell's Visit |
1952 |
| 4 | 3 | Michael Hummel |
1952-2002 |
| 4 | 4 | Kay Hummel |
1954 |
| 4 | 5 | John Hummel |
1959 |
| 4 | 6 | Joan Hummel |
1966 and 1990s |
| 4 | 7 | Charles and Lissa Hummel's Children |
1957-1975 |
| 4 | 8 | St. Teresa's Academy |
circa 1890s and 1927 |
| 4 | 9 | St. Teresa's Academy: Catherine Ward |
1912 |
| 4 | 10 | St. Teresa's Academy |
1915-1918 |
| 4 | 11 | St. Teresa's Academy |
1943 and 1990s |
| 9 | St: Teresa's Academy: Class of 1943 Senior Portraits |
1943 | |
| Folder | |||
| 4 | 12 | St. Teresa's Academy Reunion |
1964 and 2000s |
| 4 | 13 | Marylhurst College |
1944-1947 |
| 4 | 14 | Marylhurst College Classmates |
1980s and 1999 |
| 4 | 15 | Catherine Shinners Ward: First Communion |
1907 |
| 4 | 16 | Catherine Shinners Ward |
circa 1925 |
| 4 | 17 | Maude Shinners Hartwell Hawley |
circa 1920-1980s |
| 4 | 18 | Frances Delia Hannafin |
circa 1925 |
| 4 | 19 | Wiley P. Hartwell |
1917 |
| 4 | 20 | John B. Shinners |
circa 1880 and 1915 |
| 4 | 21 | Helen Shinners McDaniel |
circa 1930 |
| 4 | 22 | Imogene (McDaniel) and Tony Gerharz |
circa 1940 |
| 4 | 23 | Gerharz Children |
1955 |
| 4 | 24 | Isabel Hannifan Castle |
circa 1910s |
| 4 | 25 | Agnes Hawley |
circa 1950 |
| 4 | 26 | Huntington Public School |
circa 1910s |
| 4 | 27 | Huntington, Train Derailment |
1920 |
| 4 | 28 | Huntington, Teboe Family |
1890 |
| 4 | 29 | Huntington, Family Photos |
1918-1950s |
| 4 | 30 | Shinners Sisters |
1906-1925 |
| 5 | 1 | Huntington, St. Joachim's Church |
1958 |
| 5 | 2 | Huntington (Hotel, St. Joachim's and Adam Street House) |
1994 |
| 5 | 3-9 | Family Photos |
1940s-2000s |
| 5 | 10-19 | Scrapbook: Maude Shinners Hartwell Hawley |
1914-1985 |
| 6 | 1-2 | Scrapbook: Maude Shinners Hartwell Hawley |
1914-1985 |
| 6 | 3-21 | Scrapbook: Huntington Years and St. Teresa's Academy |
1937-1943 |
| 7 | Scrapbook: Huntington Years and St. Teresa's Academy |
1937-1943 | |
| 7 | Scrapbook: Religious Education |
1938 | |
| 7 | Scrapbook: Catholic University Commencement Trip |
1950 | |
| Folder | |||
| 8 | 1 | Scrapbook: Social and Family |
1952-1963 |
| 8 | 2 | Scrapbook: Social and Family, Children's Cards/Art |
1950s-1960s |
| 8 | 3-4 | Scrapbook: Social and Family, Newspaper Clippings |
1960s |
| 8 | 5 | Scrapbook: Social and Family, Photos |
1951-1980 |
| 8 | 6 | Scrapbook: Social and Family, Memorabilia |
1957-1970 |
| 8 | 7 | Scrapbook: Social and Family, Governor's Inaugural Ball |
1971 |
| 8 | 8-12 | Scrapbook: Michael Hummel |
1952-1966 |
| 9 | Photograph Album: Charles and Lissa Honeymoon and Early Marriage |
1951-1953 |
Collection processed by Gwyn Hervochon
2019
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