Background

Hart, Arthur Alvin was born on February 13, 1921 in Tacoma. Son of Albert Arthur and Erma Lola (Maltby) Hart.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Washington, Seattle, 1948; Master of Fine Arts, U. Washington, Seattle, 1948; postgraduate, Biarritz American U., Hans Hofmann School Fine Arts, University of California, Berkeley Doctor of Humanities honoris causa, College Idaho, 1985.

Career

Head art department, chairman division fine arts College of Idaho, Caldwell, 1948—1953. Instructor art Colby Junior College Women, New London, New Hampshire, 1953-1954. Head art department, director adult education Bay Path Junior College, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, 1955-1969.

Director Idaho History Museum, Boise, 1969-1975, Idaho History Society, 1975-1986. Lecturer American architecture Boise State University, 1970—1986. Member Boise Allied Arts Council, 1970—1978, Idaho Historic Preservation Council, 1971—1987, Boise Bicentennial Commission, 1975—1976, Idaho Centennial Commission, 1985—1990, Idaho Humanities Council, 1985—1986, Idaho Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, since 2006.

Member advisory board Snake River Regional Studies Center, since 1969, Boise Redevelopment Agency, 1986—1987, Basque Museum and Cultural Center, since 1985, Idaho Aviation Hall of Fame, since 1990.

Achievements

• Arthur Alvin Hart has been listed as a notable historian, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Basin of Gold: Life in Boise Basin, 1862-1890

    ( Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Cax...)

  • Life in Old Boise (Historic Idaho)

    (Life in Old Boise evokes in a colorful and entertaining w...)

  • Barns of the West (Historic Idaho)

    (With more than two hundred photographs of barns in Alaska...)

  • Historic Boise : An Introduction to the Architecture of Boise, Idaho, 1863-1938

    (The pioneer buildings in Boise that have been saved provi...)

  • Wings over Idaho: An Aviation History

    (Wings Over Idaho began as a modest overview of the histor...)

  • Wings over Idaho: An Aviation History

    (Wings Over Idaho began as a modest overview of the histor...)

  • The Boiseans: At Home (Historic Idaho)

    (To own a fine house is a mark of success, and Boiseans of...)

  • Boise Baseball (Historic Idaho)

    (Here are stories about some of the great players and fasc...)

  • Fighting Fire on the Frontier

    (176 pages)

  • Echoes From the Ada County Courthouse 1938-2001
  • Barns of the West (Historic Idaho) by Arthur A Hart (1996-01-01)
  • Historic Boise : An Introduction to the Architecture of Boise, Idaho, 1863-1938 by Hart, Arthur A (1993) Paperback
  • (Wings Over Idaho: An Aviation History ) Author: Arthur A. Hart Jun-2008
  • Boise Baseball (Historic Idaho) by Hart, Arthur A (1994) Paperback
  • The Arid Club: Its life & times
  • Camera Eye on Idaho. Pioneer Photography 1863-1913
  • Boise Baseball (Historic Idaho) by Arthur A Hart (1994-01-01)
  • Western Idaho Fair: A centennial history, 1897-1997
  • The Boiseans: At Home (Historic Idaho) by Arthur A Hart (1992-01-01)
  • The Boiseans: At Home (Historic Idaho) by Hart, Arthur A (1992) Paperback

Membership

Member Mayor's Boise 2000 Millenium Committee. Member American Institute of Architects (honorary), American Association of University Professors, College Art Association, Society Architectural Historians (president Northern Pacific Coast chapter 1974-1976), American Association Museums (member council 1980-1982, president Western regional conference 1979-1981), American Association for State and Local History.

Connections

Married Novella D. Cochran, February 26, 1944. Children— Susanna, Robin, Catherine, Allison.

Father:

Albert Arthur Hart

Mother:

Erma Lola (Maltby) Hart

Spouse:

Novella D. Cochran

child:

Robin Hart

child:

Susanna Hart

child:

Catherine Hart

child:

Allison Hart