On February 12, 1975, collector Laura Bell interviewed her neighbor, plant mechanic foreman, Neil H. Holmes (born on November 16th, 1897 in Chicopee, Kansas) in the collector’s home in Boulder City, Nevada. This interview covers the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam. During this interview Neil also discusses local living conditions in 1931.
Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00071 Collection Name: Bureau of Reclamation Photographs of the Hoover Dam and Boulder City, Nevada Box/Folder: Folder 02 (Restrictions apply)
Josie Dondich (1908-1976) owned the Cut Rate Liquor Store located at 132 South Fifth Street (now Las
Vegas Boulevard) in the 1940s in Las Vegas, Nevada. She married Ali T. Dondich, a veteran and a construction worker for the Hoover Dam project. The couple had three children, Alex, Elena, and James. Josie Dondich passed away in 1976.
Source:
Josie Dondich Papers, 1935-1974. MS-00261. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lee R. Tilman was known for working on the Boulder (Hoover) Dam construction. He was born in Gooding, Idaho and had worked many jobs including a miner, ranch hand, and truck driver. He has given interviews regarding the dam's construction for many programs including PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), the History Channel, and the Discovery Channel.
Source:
"Lee Tilman." Las Vegas Review-Journal. Accessed January 30, 2020. https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=lee-tilman&pid=142144316
Photographer Jamey Stillings was born in 1955 and grew up in Oregon. Stillings is the principal photographer for Jamey Stillings Photography, Inc. He has a BA in Art from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon and an MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. Stillings’ work spans fine art, documentary, and commissioned projects including The Bridge at Hoover Dam and The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar.
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). Director of Power L.R.Douglass, of the Bureau of Reclamation's Boulder Canyon project, presents Harvey W. Boyce, his promotion from apprentice to journeyman electrician in a ceremony in the Nevada wing of the Hoover Dam Powerplant on April 16, 1951. A few moments earlier Mr. Boyce had received his certificateof Completion of Apprenticeship for Electrician from John H. Phillips, third from left. Mr. Phillips, an amature-winder at Hoover Dsam, is a member of teh apprenticeship committee of which M. H. Mitchell, Regional Personal Officer, second from left, is chairman. Mr. Boyce was the first Bureau of Reclamation employee to complete the apprenticeship course. The Boulder Canyon Project was the first throughout the Bureau to establish the apprenticeship training program. Left to right are Lloyd Hudlow, Assistant Director of Power, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Phillips, Steve Wenta, cabinet maker and finish carpenter and a member of the apprenticeship committee, Mr. Boyce, Mr. Douglass, and Morgan J. Sweeney, construction and maintenance Superintendent, Boulder Canyon Project.