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Photograph of members of the Colorado River Board, 1928
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Mary Melton oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Mary Carol Melton conducted by Kathy Ricks on March 05, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Melton discusses early life in Henderson, Nevada and recalls the development of the United Methodist Church in Las Vegas, Nevada. Melton speaks about moving to Las Vegas because of her husband’s health, her time working with attorney offices and in the Las Vegas Courthouse, and the different homes in which her family lived. Moreover, Melton talks extensively about starting the first Sunday school in North Las Vegas in a garage as well as the church she and her husband built. Melton discusses the programs and minstrels performed in the church, the crafts sold to make money for the church and the organ they purchased. Lastly, Melton talks about going to the Hoover Dam nearly every week to see new developments, her participation in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and watching the above ground atomic tests.
Archival Collection
Billie Mae Polson Photograph Collection
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The Billie Mae Polson Photograph Collection, approximately 1948 to 1978, consists of fifty-one color postcards from Las Vegas, Nevada, the Hoover Dam, and surrounding areas. Also included in the collection are original black-and-white and color photographs of the Valley of Fire Nevada State Park, an Easter parade in Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas 5th Street School prior to demolition. There are also ten negatives included in this collection that correspond with select postcards and the photographs from the Valley of Fire Nevada State Park.
Archival Collection
Photograph of power boats at Lake Mead, circa late 1935-1950
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Postcard of a boat on Lake Mead, circa mid 1930s to 1950s
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Photograph of Legion Post 31, Boulder City, Nevada, October 25, 1946
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Photograph of men near their dormitories, Boulder Dam (Nev.), approximately 1931-1936
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Photograph of Boulder City (Nev.), 1930
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Film transparency of Herbert Hoover touring the Boulder Canyon Project, November 12, 1932
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Charles A. Baumert by James M. Greene, October 31, 1975
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