Abstract
The Robert Griffith Escrow Papers for the Las Vegas Army Airfield in Southern Nevada (1941) contain the escrow holder papers of Robert B. Griffith and A. Corradetti recording their purchase of forty acres of federal land located in Southern Nevada. The collection also contains receipts from the United States Department of War confirming the cost and deposit of the fee for the land. The land eventually became Nellis Air Force Base Airfield.
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The Robert Griffith Escrow Papers for the Las Vegas Army Airfield in Southern Nevada (1941) contain the escrow holder papers of Robert B. Griffith and A. Corradetti recording their purchase of forty acres of federal land located in Southern Nevada. The collection also contains receipts from the United States Department of War confirming the cost and deposit of the fee for the land. In 1941 the land became the Las Vegas Army Airfield and operated as a United States Army training base for gunners and pilots. It was renamed the Las Vegas Air Force Base in 1948 as the U.S. military was establishing the Air Force as a separate branch. It was renamed the Nellis Air Force Base Airfield in 1950.
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Collection is open for research.
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Materials remain in original order.
Preferred Citation
Robert B. Griffith Escrow Papers for the Las Vegas Army Airfield in Southern Nevada, 1941. MS-00028. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 1980 by Mary Jane Griffith Rieter; accession number 80-37.
Processing Note
Materials were processed by Special Collections Staff. In 2015 as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Hana Gutierrez created the collection description and brought it into compliance with current professional standards.