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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1967

Date

1967-12-21

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. The man standing next to him is unidentified. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 hangs on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. A. Shamberger (Carson City), July 7, 1941

Date

1941-07-07

Archival Collection

Description

Letter in which Bracken requests a definition of a miner's inch from the State Engineer's office.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten text on letter: "Request of Frank Strong"

Text

Photograph of Boulder City Elementary School class, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1947-1950

Date

1947 to 1950

Description

Black and white photo of Boulder City Elementary School class. Teacher is Mrs. Dorothy Johnson.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes' arrival, New York, July 14, 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white view of men assembling a truck loaded with old telephone booths for Howard Hughes arrival in New York. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "Telephone company "goes to town" for Hughes' arrival, New York City -- Something had to be done to take care of the thousands of potential telephone users who crowded Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, for the arrival of Howard Hughes and his daring crew on their dash Around the World, so the New York Telephone Company, well aware of the fact that the few phones at the field couldn't possibly accommodate, the officials, police, and spectators, "went to town" with a truck loaded with old telephone booths. A line was quickly strung and the phones in the booths on the truck were plugged in. The business was rushing and the phone company was well rewarded for its enterprise. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38."

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Tungsten Mineralization at Oreana, Nevada report by Paul F. Kerr, 1938 June to 1938 July

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Collection on Nevada Mining
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Collection Number: MS-00011
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection on Nevada Mining
Box/Folder: Box 06

Archival Component