Boise Futures Foundation Records

Boise Futures Foundation Records, 1974-1992

Overview of the Collection

Title: Boise Futures Foundation Records
Dates: 1974-1992 (inclusive)
19741992
Quantity: 2.75 linear feet, (4 boxes)
Collection Number: MSS 044
Summary: The Boise Futures Foundations Records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, research, studies, surveys, bibliographies, publications, and other documents about city planning and infrastructure from the 1970s-1990s.
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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Boise Futures Foundation, a nonprofit research and educational organization, was established in 1978 to study the natural and human resource systems in Ada County. The Foundation was a private planning entity housed on the Boise State University Campus in the Office of Research Administration. The initial focus of its study was the carrying capacity, which is a measure of an area's ability to support varying numbers of people and their activities at different quality of life levels. The study analyzed the area's ability to accommodate development and recommended guidelines to be followed as the Boise area grew. In 1982, the Foundation published six volumes of their findings.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Boise Futures Foundations Records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, research, studies, surveys, bibliographies, publications, and other documents about city planning and infrastructure from the 1970s-1990s.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[item description], Boise Futures Foundation Records, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Collection process by Special Collections and Archives staff.

Related Materials

See also University Archives Publications series 2, 14, and 32.

See also Boise Redevelopment Agency Records, Community Council of Greater Boise Records, and Charles Hummel Collection on Boise, Idaho City Planning.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Mission Statement	undated
1	2	Mission Statement	1992
1	3	Beginning Concepts	1982
1	4	Background	undated
1	5	Brochures	undated
1	6-9	Board of Trustees	1982-1993
1	10	Consultants	1983-1984
1	11-22	Contributors	1982-1993
1	23-28	Correspondence	1983-1991
1	29-41	Executive Committee	1982-1993
1	42	Fact Sheet	1985
1	43-49	Finances	1982-1989
1	50	Grants	1988
1	51	News Coverage	1984-1988
1	52	News Releases	1984-1988
1	53	Questionnaires, Outside Institutions	undated
1	54	Reports, Costs	1982
1	55	Boise Futures Committee	1989
1	56	Boise Vision Steering Committee	1989
2	1-2	Air Quality Resource	1982
2	3	Report: Basic Model	undated
2	4	Report: Boise R/UDAT	1985
2	5	Report: Boise 2010 Directions for the Future	1989
2	6-9	Report: Energy Resource System	1982-1984
2	10-17	Report: Greater Boise's Carrying Capacity	1982-1988
2	18	Report: Integrated Air Cancer Project	1985
2	19-24	Report: Land Resources	1984-1988
2	25	Report: Managing Community and Quality of Life	1987
2	26	Report: Paratransit Technical Information	1983
2	27	Report: Public Education System	1982-1983
2	28-33	Report: Public Servic System	1983-1987
2	34-36	Report: Quality of LIfe	1983
2	37	Report: Snake River Birds of Prey	1988
2	38-40	Report: Transportation System	1983-1987
2	41	Report: U.S. West and Idaho	1987
2	42-44	Report: Water Resources	1982-1985
2	45	Feasibility Analysis, Carrying Capacity Study for Boise Area	1979
2	46-47	Treasure Valley Infrastructure Study	1999
2	48	Proposed Boise Urban Design Plan	1979
2	49	Bibliographies	undated
2	50	Boise Metropolitan Transportation Study	1972
2	51-56	Carrying Capacity and Greater Boise	1982
3	1	U.S. Carrying Capacity: An Introduction by Maryla Webb and Judith Jacobsen	1982
	file
3	2	Carrying Capacity APplicationsi n Growth Management by David R. Godschalk	1977
	Folder
3	3	Carrying Capacity in Regional Environmental Management by Utah State University	1974
3	4	Carrying Capacity Analysis as a Practical Planning Approach by Norman Axler	1978
3	5-6	Carrying Capacity Study, Hawaii	1975-1977
3	7-8	Carrying Capacity Study, Texas	1977
4	1-3	Northwest Energy News	1987-1991
4	4	MANAS	1987

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Architecture
City Planning
Historic buildings
Infrastructure (Economics)
Land use
Public buildings
Urban transportation
Water resources development

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