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Dan Hill oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dan Hill conducted by John L. Bennett on March 1, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Hill goes in-depth about his experience as a worker at the Nevada Test Site, and different mining sites that he had also worked at. The two briefly discuss the different sheriffs that had been in charge of Las Vegas, Nevada and how many people came to Las Vegas to work at the Henderson Magnesium Plant and Boulder (Hoover) Dam.
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Ernest Clary Papers on Basic Magnesium, Inc. Engineering Plans
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The Ernest Clary Papers on Basic Magnesium, Inc. Engineering Plans (1941-1944) contain an essay written by Clary formalizing the engineering process in building Basic Magnesium, Inc. (BMI). Also included are maps of the area around the plant and site maps of the main BMI structures.
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Photograph of workers inside the Basic Magnesium plant, Henderson, Nevada, December 3, 1942
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Interior view of the Basic Magnesium plant in Henderson, Nevada, showing four men working at machines.
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Photograph of an African American worker at the Basic Magnesium Plant in Henderson, Nevada, January 20, 1944
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View of an African American man pouring liquid magnesium into a container at the Basic Magnesium plant in Henderson, Nevada.
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Evolution of a Black Community in Las Vegas: 1905 - 1940
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Essay by Roosevelt Fitzgerald exploring the history of the black community in Las Vegas from its founding in 1905 through the 1930s.
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Essay, A Demographic Impact of Basic Magnesium on Southern Nevada, by Roosevelt Fitzgerald, May 12, 1982
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Essay by Roosevelt Fitzgerald focusing on demographic changes in southern Nevada from 1940-1945 and the war industry's effect on black employment, particularly the impact of Basic Magnesium, dated 1982.
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Photograph of Basic Magnesium Inc., Henderson, Nevada, circa 1900-1910
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Photograph of U.S. Senator & Mrs. McCarran at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), circa 1943
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Photograph of Victor Kunkel, Pat McCarran, and others at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), circa 1943
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Photograph of bus bar drilling at the Basic Magnesium Inc. plant, Henderson (Nev.), July 8, 1942
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