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Boise City Planning Collection, 1957-2002

Overview of the Collection

Title
Boise City Planning Collection
Dates
1957-2002 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 linear feet, (5 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS 244
Summary
The Boise City Planning Collection contains studies, reports, policy statements, and plans, issued chiefly by governmental bodies in Ada County and Boise, Idaho, relating to city planning in Boise, with major emphasis on the redevelopment of Boise's downtown retail core, development in the Boise Foothills, and other planning and zoning concerns, 1957-2002; together with memoranda, minutes, reports, clippings, and other papers, from Charles Hummel's work as consultant to the Mayor's Select Committee on Downtown Development, 1982.
Repository
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

Collection is available for research.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Biographical Note

Charles Frederick Hummel was born in Boise in 1925 to a family of distinguished architects. His grandfather's firm designed the Idaho State Capitol; his father designed Boise's Egyptian Theatre. Hummel attended Boise Junior College, received a bachelor's degree from Catholic University and a masters from Columbia University, and spent his career in Boise in partnership with his father and uncle Frank and then with Chet Shawver in the firm now known as Hummel Architects. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving with the U.S. Army in France during World War II and with the Army Corps of Engineers during the Korean conflict. The many buildings he has designed include the federal courthouse in Boise and the original library building for Boise Junior College (1964). In addition to his work as an architect, Hummel has been an active participant in the civic affairs of his home town. He was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Governor's Awards in the Arts program in 2006.

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Content Description

The bulk of the Planning Boise Collection consists of 49 published studies, plans, and reports documenting the City of Boise's efforts to plan for growth and development in the latter half of the twentieth century. Most of the publications were issued by local governmental bodies, and most address the issues of downtown redevelopment and revitalization, proposals to build a regional mall outside of the city center, and residential expansion into the Boise Foothills. The collection also contains several folders of papers relating to Charles Hummel's work as a consultant for the Mayor's Select Committee on Downtown Redevelopment in 1982. That committee attempted to reformulate a strategy that would save the downtown commercial center from eclipse by suburban shopping opportunities.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[item description], Boise City Planning Collection, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The Boise City Planning Collection is divided into two series: 1. List of plans, studies and reports, and 2. Mayor's Select Committee on Downtown Development.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Charles Frederick Hummel, 2005 and 2007.

Separated Materials

Many published materials donated with this collection have been moved to either the Albertson Library open stacks, Special Collection/Archive books (closed stack) or, in cases of duplicates, one to each area. Call numbers listed below refer specifically to Albertsons Library:

Atkinson Associates and Boise City Planning Commission. Comprehensive General Plan, Boise City, Idaho, 1985, 1963 (3 volumes) NA9127.B58 A2 1963; Spec. Coll. NA9127.B58 A2 1963

Ada Council of Governments. The Urban Form: An Analysis of the Social, Economic, and Environmental Implications of Urban Expansion in the Boise Area, 1973 Spec. Coll. HT168.B66 A33 1973

Ada Council of Governments. Ada County Ecology, 1973 McCain F752.A3 A32; Spec Coll F752.A3 A32

Ada Council of Governments. Land -- Nature's Design for the Future: A Background Report for Consideration of Regional Land Use Alternatives, 1975 Spec. Coll. HD211.I2 A33

City of Boise. A Policy Plan for the Boise Metropolitan Area, 1978 NA9127.B58 A52 1978; Spec. Coll. NA9127.B58 A52 1978

City of Boise. Boise City Comprehensive Plan, 1997 Spec. Coll. F754.B65; B616 1997

Boise Future Foundation. Greater Boise Carrying Capacity Quality of Life Survey, 1988 Archives HN79.I22 B64 1988

Boise Future Foundation. The City of the Future--A Survey of Greater Boise's Preferences for the Future, 1991 Archives F754.B65 C58 1991

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Boise City Urban Design Committee. Proposed Boise Urban Design Plan, 1979 Spec. Coll. NA9127.B58 P76 1979

Hollenbaugh, Kenneth M., for Ada Council of Governments. The Evaluation of Geologic Processes in the Boise Foothills That May Be Hazardous to Urban Development, 1973 QE104.A3 H6; Archives QE104.A3 H6

Ada Council of Governments. The Foothills: Background for the Issues in Consideration of a Plan for the Foothills District of Ada County McCain F752.A3 A33 1976

Boise Mayor's Select Committee on Downtown Development. Report of the Mayor's Select Committee on Downtown Development, 1982 Spec. Coll. F754.B65 B635

American Institute of Architects, Idaho Chapter, for City of Boise. Capitol Boulevard Plan and Action Program, 1989 HE356.5.B66 C36 1989; Spec. Coll. HE356.5.B66 C36 1989

Capitol City Development Corporation. River Street - Myrtle Street Urban Design Plan, 1994 E356.5.B66 R58 1994; Spec. Coll. HE356.5.B66 R58 1994

Foothills Steering Committee and Boise Planning and Development Department. Foothills Plan Report, 1994 (Draft) Spec. Coll. HT168.B66 F66 1995b

Foothills Steering Committee and Boise Planning and Development Department. Foothills Plan Background Report, 1994 (Draft) Spec. Coll. HT177.B66 F66 1994

Related Materials

See also: Boise Redevelopment Agency Records

Hummel, Hummel, and Jones Collection

Oral history interviews with Charles F. Hummel, General Oral Histories

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Collection processed by Alan Virta
2006; updated 2023

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