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Ventilator framework, 1943 April 27

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Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00254
Collection Name: Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 07

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Ventilator framework, 1943 April 27

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Archival Collection

Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00254
Collection Name: Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 07

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Ventilator construction, 1943 June 19

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Archival Collection

Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00254
Collection Name: Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 07

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Henderson District Public Library, 1954

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Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00254
Collection Name: Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 02

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Anna Jennings Welsh oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01946

Abstract

Oral history interview with Anna Jennings Welsh conducted by Judith Siu on July 05, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Welsh begins by describing her family's history in Las Vegas, Nevada, beginning in 1911 with her grandmother. She discusses her grandmother's life and her collection of artifacts, which would later become part of the Southern Nevada Museum by the Henderson, Nevada Chamber of Commerce (now the Clark County Museum). Welsh continues talking about her own life, including her education, hobbies, family, friends, and living in Las Vegas. She also discusses nuclear weapons testing, the history of casinos in Las Vegas, her father's work constructing Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), and how Las Vegas has changed.

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Transcript of interview with Wesley Troy Adams by Katherine D. Beal, March 01, 1977

Date

1977-03-01

Description

Katherine D. Beal interviews truck driver and fireman Wesley Troy Adams (b. 1930) at his home in Henderson, Nevada. Born in Modena, Utah, Adams relocated to Nevada in 1959. Adams discusses LDS church organization and affiliation, celebrations in Caliente, Pioche, and Panaca. Also during the interview, Adams offers insight into raising a family in Southern Nevada, Bottle House in Pittman, atomic testing, and shares his philosophical views on life. Adams wife is also present during the interview.

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Stella Butterfield oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-02685

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Stella Butterfield conducted by Joanne L. Goodwin on October 14, 2005 and October 25, 2005 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Butterfield opens her interviews discussing her family and childhood in the Bronx, New York, in the 1930s and 1940s. Butterfield then talks about her work for the U.S. Coast Guard as a typist during World War II and as a teletype operator for the U.S. Air Force. Butterfield then describes how her teletype operator job eventually moved her to Panama, and her experiences there. She then discusses her move with her husband Frank to Las Vegas, Nevada for his assignment at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB). Butterfield discusses becoming a court reporter at Nellis AFB and describes the city of Henderson, Nevada. Lastly, Butterfield talks about becoming a civilian court reporter for U.S. District Judge Roger T. Foley and her experiences as a freelance court reporter.

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St. Rose de Lima Hospital: site plan, undated

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UNLV University Libraries Collection of Architecture Drawings
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Collection Number: MS-00923
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Architecture Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 80

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Ventilator and blower constuction, 1943 April 27

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File

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Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00254
Collection Name: Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 08

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Electric storage batteries, 1943 June 08

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Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00254
Collection Name: Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 08

Archival Component