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Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise, Idaho 83725-1430
Boise 83725
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Calista "Lissa" Hummel Papers
MSS 366
8 linear feet
9 boxes
1896-2015
Collection is in English
The Calista Lissa Hummel Papers document the life of Boise resident Lissa Hummel.
Collection is available for research.
Donated by Kay Hummel and Jeff Fereday, 2017-2019
[item description], Calista "Lissa" Hummel Papers, Box [number], Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
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.
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.
Charles F. Hummel Papers
Personal and Family Papers
Birth and Baptismal Certificates
1926
1
1
Baby Book
1926
9
First Holy Communion Remembrance Box
circa 1933
9
Frank and Catherine Ward Marriage
1922
1
2
St. Teresa's Academy Report Card
1936
1
3
St. Teresa's Academy
1928-1964
1
4
St. Teresa's Academy Golden Anniversary
1939
1
5
St. Teresa's Academy Golden Anniversary
1939
9
St. Teresa's Academy Junior Class Dance
1941
1
6
St. Teresa's Academy
1943
1
7
St. Teresa's Academy All Class Reunion
circa 2000
1
8
St. Teresa's Vintage and Reunion Photographs
2012
1
23
Newspaper Clippings
1940s
1
9
Catherine Shinners Ward, Death
1944
1
10
Marylhurst College Bulletin
1944-1945
1
11
Marylhurst College Yearbooks
1944-1945
1
12
Marylhurst College Yearbooks
1946-1947
1
13
Marylhurst College
1947 and 1950
1
14
Marylhurst College Diploma
1947
1
15
"The Marylhurst Girl" Framed Memorabilia
circa 1945
9
Marylhurst College 50th Reunion
1997
1
16
Marylhurst College, Medal and Pin
undated
9
Marylhurst College T-Shirt
undated
9
Hartwell Family Christmas Cards
late 1940s
1
17
Engagement Announcement
circa 1951
1
18
Wedding
1951
1
19
Wedding: Newspaper Clippings
1951
1
20
Maude and Wiley P. Hartwell
1950 and 1951
1
21
Correspondence to Maude Hartwell
1953
1
22
Michael Hummel Birth
1952
2
1
Joan Hummel Birth
1964
2
2
Joan Hummel Hair, Age 9
1973
2
3
John Charles Hummel
1967
2
4
Kay Hummel
1985
2
5
John Hummel: Admission Ceremony, Idaho State Bar
1986
2
6
Charles Hummel: American Institute of Architects Fellowship
1984
2
7
Wyatt Hummel Fereday Birth
1988
2
8
Capital/Grove Plaza Bricks
1986
2
9
Christmas Cards
1979-1987
2
10
James H. Hawley
1989
2
11
Favorite Recipes
1951-2005
2
12
Architect's Wives Club (planning notes)
undated
2
13
Viennese Ball Fundraiser (Sun Valley Music Camp)
1968
2
14
Boise Junior League
1960s
2
15
Boise Junior League Cookbook
1963
2
16
Boise Junior League
2012-2013
2
17
Boise Art Gallery
1958
2
18
Boise Gallery of Art Fundraiser
1969
2
19
Boise Philharmonic
1962-1963
2
20
Funeral Mass Cards and Obituaries
1971-2013
2
21
Prayer Cards
1967-1980
2
22
Retirement
1995
2
23
Nameplate
9
Biographical Data
1995
2
24
Charles and Lissa Passports
1995
2
25
Ireland Trip
1995
2
26
Ireland Trip: McAndrews and Barrett Family Trees
1995
2
27
Ireland Trip: Brochures and Postcards
1995
2
28
Correspondence: Joan
1996
3
1
Travel Journal
1997
3
2
"Behind the Wall" by Father Donald D. Fraser
circa 1990s
3
3
Father Tom Faucher
circa 2005
3
4
Garden Plaza of Valley View
2013
3
5
Day Planner
2014
3
6
Shinners/Hummel Family Papers
1897-1987
3
7
Shinners Family Papers
1918-1977
3
8
Shinners Family: Hotel Huntington History
1971
3
9
Shinners Family: Hotel Huntington Stationery and Checks
circa 1940s
3
10
Shinners Family: John B. Shinners Obituary
1921
9
Correspondence: Charles Hummel to Maude Shinners Hartwell
1952
3
11
Maude Shinners Hartwell Hawley Death and Morris Hill Cemetery Family Plot
1986 and 1991
3
12
Boise-Huntington Express Train
1968
3
13
Family Research for "Lissa's Story"
circa 2010-2012
3
14
Autobiography: "Lissa's Story"
2010-2012
3
15
Electronic Files (Lissa's Story and Photos)
1944-2012
3
16
Calista Hummel, Obituaries and Funeral
2015
3
17
Photographs and Scrapbooks
Photos from "Lissa's Story"
1826-1960
3
18
Lissa Ward Hummel
1926-1943
3
19
Lissa Ward Hummel
1940s-1960s
4
1
Michael Hummel Baptism and Maude Hartwell's Visit
1952
4
2
Michael Hummel
1952-2002
4
3
Kay Hummel
1954
4
4
John Hummel
1959
4
5
Joan Hummel
1966 and 1990s
4
6
Charles and Lissa Hummel's Children
1957-1975
4
7
St. Teresa's Academy
circa 1890s and 1927
4
8
St. Teresa's Academy: Catherine Ward
1912
4
9
St. Teresa's Academy
1915-1918
4
10
St. Teresa's Academy
1943 and 1990s
4
11
St: Teresa's Academy: Class of 1943 Senior Portraits
1943
9
St. Teresa's Academy Reunion
1964 and 2000s
4
12
Marylhurst College
1944-1947
4
13
Marylhurst College Classmates
1980s and 1999
4
14
Catherine Shinners Ward: First Communion
1907
4
15
Catherine Shinners Ward
circa 1925
4
16
Maude Shinners Hartwell Hawley
circa 1920-1980s
4
17
Frances Delia Hannafin
circa 1925
4
18
Wiley P. Hartwell
1917
4
19
John B. Shinners
circa 1880 and 1915
4
20
Helen Shinners McDaniel
circa 1930
4
21
Imogene (McDaniel) and Tony Gerharz
circa 1940
4
22
Gerharz Children
1955
4
23
Isabel Hannifan Castle
circa 1910s
4
24
Agnes Hawley
circa 1950
4
25
Huntington Public School
circa 1910s
4
26
Huntington, Train Derailment
1920
4
27
Huntington, Teboe Family
1890
4
28
Huntington, Family Photos
1918-1950s
4
29
Shinners Sisters
1906-1925
4
30
Huntington, St. Joachim's Church
1958
5
1
Huntington (Hotel, St. Joachim's and Adam Street House)
1994
5
2
Family Photos
1940s-2000s
5
3-9
Scrapbook: Maude Shinners Hartwell Hawley
1914-1985
5
10-19
Scrapbook: Maude Shinners Hartwell Hawley
1914-1985
6
1-2
Scrapbook: Huntington Years and St. Teresa's Academy
1937-1943
6
3-21
Scrapbook: Huntington Years and St. Teresa's Academy
1937-1943
7
Scrapbook: Religious Education
1938
7
Scrapbook: Catholic University Commencement Trip
1950
7
Scrapbook: Social and Family
1952-1963
8
1
Scrapbook: Social and Family, Children's Cards/Art
1950s-1960s
8
2
Scrapbook: Social and Family, Newspaper Clippings
1960s
8
3-4
Scrapbook: Social and Family, Photos
1951-1980
8
5
Scrapbook: Social and Family, Memorabilia
1957-1970
8
6
Scrapbook: Social and Family, Governor's Inaugural Ball
1971
8
7
Scrapbook: Michael Hummel
1952-1966
8
8-12
Photograph Album: Charles and Lissa Honeymoon and Early Marriage
1951-1953
9