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Series V. Hughes Tool Company, 1912 to 1990
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The Hughes Tool Company series (1912-1990) encompasses the administrative, financial, and legal management of Hughes Tool Company. Materials within the series depict Howard Hughes' control of the company; his film, aeronautics, electronics, and real estate ventures; and his lawsuits and United States Senate hearing. The series also includes research reports on the corporate history of Hughes Tool Company and its subsidiaries, copyright histories for films Hughes produced, and correspondence from Hughes' associates searching for reels of Hughes' films domestically and internationally.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Horacio Lopez oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Horacio Lopez conducted by Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez on September 05, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Lopez discusses his early life in Cordova, New Mexico and arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963. He recalls the establishment of the Nevada Association of Latin Americans (NALA), the increase of Latin Americans in the southwest region of the United States, and his role as the Vice President of the Latin Chamber of Commerce. Lastly, Lopez discusses his thoughts on the future of Latino culture.
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Maurice Halfon Behar oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Maurice Halfon Behar conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 14, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Behar tells his Holocaust survivor story of being protected in France before immigrating at age of nine to live with relatives in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York. Behar also talks about his big real estate deal before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, and getting into the hotel security career.
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Larry L. Woodrum oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Larry Woodrum conducted by Janet Farley on February 15, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Woodrum discusses banking in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Helen Mortenson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Helen Mortenson conducted by Claytee D. White on May 06, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Mortenson discusses Cygnus Scientific, a consultation firm specializing in nuclear, radiological, and environmental issues. She goes on to describe the Ice Age Park Foundation, managing her husband’s political campaign, and her archaeological pursuits. Later, Mortenson discusses her discovery of a Shasta ground sloth at Devils Peak, Nevada in 1990.
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