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16mm sprocket hub, 800A, 1931 July 15 to 1931 October 26
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 479 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Coleen York Wilson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Coleen York Wilson conducted by Claytee D. White on June 4, 1996 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Wilson talks about growing up in Fordyce, Arkansas before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1953 at the age of eighteen. She mentions that her parents had moved to Nevada in 1940 to work at Basic Magnesium, Incorporated (BMI), living in a trailer before returning to Fordyce two years later. She then discusses moving to Las Vegas to join an older sister and relates that she did not remember any discrimination in seating or eating meals during her bus trip. After this, Wilson lists the jobs she held in Las Vegas before her retirement in 1984, including work at the Las Vegas Cleaners, serving as a school crossing guard, and working as a housekeeping supervisor at the Stardust Resort Hotel, the Hacienda Resort Hotel, and Circus Circus Hotel and Casino before taking a job at the Nevada Test Site. She also talks about her family, her church activities, and her regret at not attending college.
Archival Collection
David Raskin musical director contract, 1948 July 15 to 1948 September 08
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 318 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Margaret Ostler Stout-Hall oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Margaret Ostler Stout-Hall conducted by Claytee D. White on August 11, 2014 for the West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1. Stout-Hall discusses growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada’s Rancho Circle neighborhood, attending Las Vegas High School, and becoming a Rhythmette. She also talks about working at the El Portal Theatre, dancing at the Wildcat Lair, and working for Harry Reid later in life.
Archival Collection
Gilley's Saloon and Dance Hall: postcard
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Archival Collection
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Letter from E. C. Adams (San Francisco) to Al Folger (Las Vegas), July 15, 1949
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Archival Collection
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Letter accompanying a report from the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific for Las Vegas.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and the Lockheed 14 aircraft, Fairbanks, Alaska, July 15, 1938
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Archival Collection
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