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Hoover Dam Service Bureau and Boulder City Theatre on Arizona Street in Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1936-1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00100
Collection Name: L. F. Manis Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15

Archival Component

Photograph of Las Vegas City Library, 1943

Date

1943

Description

The exterior of the Las Vegas City Library in Nevada.

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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, December 1964

Date

1964-12

Description

Black and white photograph of mountains in Boulder City.

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Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, December 1964

Date

1964-12

Description

Black and white photograph of mountains in Boulder City.

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Photograph of an aerial view of Las Vegas, October 15, 1942

Date

1942-10-15

Description

Black and white image showing a strategic, aerial view of Las Vegas. Handwritten text on image reads: "Classification changed to RESTRICTED by authority of C. G. Western Defense Command dated 15 Oct. 1944. -- R. W. Daniels major AC. LVAAF, Las Vegas, Nev. dated 16 Nov. 1944."

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#70473: A meeting of the Faculty Senate on September 15, 2015., 2015 September 15

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-05
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Transcript of interview with Edna Jackson-Ferguson, April 15, 1975

Date

1975-04-15

Description

On April 15, 1975, Edna Jackson-Ferguson (born 1897 in Overbrook, Kansas) provided a narrative-style oral history about her and her husband Jack’s experiences during the building of the Hoover Dam. Jackson-Ferguson provides many details about the way of life living in the camp with workers of the dam, the tasks required of those workers in building the dam, and some of the actual processes of pouring the concrete for the structure. She also talks about food, transportation, weather, and entertainment during the time. To conclude the interview, Jackson-Ferguson mentions some of the other job positions her husband held and their pride in being a part of the Hoover Dam’s construction.

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Photograph of a new building under construction, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of a new building under construction, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

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"The New Huckleberry": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1990 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On PBS' "The Civil War" Documentary and Black history.

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