Ethnographic Video Collection
MSS 305
Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise, Idaho 83725-1430
Boise, ID, 83725
208-426-3958
archives@boisestate.edu
Collection materials are in English.
9 (unprocessed)
2.0 linear feet
2 boxes
1994-1998
Collection of fifteen ethnographic videos, the result of coursework from Communications 497 at Boise State University under the direction of Professor Peter Lutze and Professor Robert McCarl.
Boise State University. Communications Department
Historical Note
Students produced ethnographic videos while participating in the Communications 497 course at Boise State University. The course was taught by Professors Peter Lutze of the Communications Department and Anthropology Professor Robert McCarl.
The Ethnographic Video Collection is the result of coursework in the Communications Department at Boise State University under the direction of Professor Peter Lutze and Professor Robert McCarl. The videos cover a wide range of topics: from a tattoo parlor to EMS "ride-alongs"; smoke jumping to Basque dancing. The interviews and primary source material were collected in the Treasure Valley region of Idaho, in and around the city of Boise.
Paper files from the collection include release forms, video logs, some student papers, and student reports and journals. The VHS tapes that accompany the collection, in most instances, include the final project (usually labeled "Master"), and many projects include some of the "raw," un-edited footage as well.
Forms part of the Ethnographic Archive of the Intermountain West.
Collection is open for research with the exception of selected material. Contact Special Collections for additional information.
Cattle Auction, Evening Newscast, and Tattoo Parlor were donated in May of 1995 while the rest of the collection was donated in of June 2007 by BSU professor Dr. Robert McCarl .
See also:
Idaho Farmworker Policy Research Project Collection
Life History Anthropology Project Collection
General Anthropology and Ethnography Collection
[item description], Ethnographic Video Collection, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Animal Auctions--Idaho
Baskin-Robbins (Firm)
Basque Museum and Cultural Center of the Basques in Idaho and the West
Bicycle racing
Cross-country running
Education, Elementary
Emergency medical services
Fire fighting practices
Freemasons
Haunted houses (Amusements)
Hunting
Hunting--Safety measures
Ice cream parlors
Llama breeders
Llama breeders--Idaho
Long-distance running
Minimum wage
Oinkari Basque Dancers (Boise, Idaho)
Paramedics
Smokejumping
Television broadcasting of news
Anthropology
Boise
Elementary and Secondary Education
Journalism
Ranching
Ada County, Idaho EMS (Emergency Medical Services) and Ada County Paramedics (ACP). Student participated in "ride-alongs" with paramedics.
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1
1998
Basque Museum and Cultural Center, preparation of
morzillak (also known as blood sausage or black pudding)
1
2
1996
Basque Museum and Cultural Center, "Stepping In Basque Time." Basque Festival in Boise, Boise Basque picnic, interview with Basque dancers, and backstage footage before the performance of the
Oinkari dancers.
1
3
1996
Cattle auction, Caldwell, Idaho. Auction conducted by Treasure Valely Livestock.
1
4
1994
Cyclo-cross bicycle racing
1
5
1998
Distance Running. Boise State University Cross Country Team
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6
1998
Evening newscast. Interviewed Michelle Hicks of KBOI2, Channel 2 News.
1
7
1994
Freemasonry. "Unseen Journey - The Mystery, Myth, and Truth of Freemasonry."
1
8
1996
Group Game Hunting. "Waiting Game." interview with Dan Papp, Hunter Safety Specialist for the State of Idaho and a hunting excursion to the Nez Perce Forest.
1
9
1998
Haunted House, "Institute of Terror," Salt Lake City, Utah. There was discussion about moving or expanding this facility to Boise, Idaho.
1
10
1998
"Minimum Wage - Teenagers." Teenage workers earning minimum wage at a Baskin Robbins in Meridian.
1
11
1996
Primary School, a study of elementary school students, Bronco Elite, in Boise.
1
12
1998
Smoke Jumpers. A smokejumper is a firefighter that parachutes from a plane to fight a fire, usually working in remote and dangerous circumstances. Project studies an incoming "rookie" group of smokejumpers. National Interagency Fire Center in Boise.
1
13
1996
Touch of Class tattoo parlor
1
14
1994
"Western American Tradition: The New Pioneers." Interviews include a farrier in Caldwell; a person raising llamas at Someday Llama Ranch in Meridian; and an owner of a seed company in Idaho City. County Fair footage was shot in Glenns Ferry, Idaho.
1
15
1996
VHS tapes
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