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Howard Cannon Papers
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The Howard Cannon Papers (1958-1988) contain the personal, administrative, and legislative papers of Howard W. Cannon, U.S. Senator from Nevada between 1959 to 1983. The collection primarily pertains to Cannon's time in office from the 86th Congress in 1959 to the 97th Congress in 1983. Materials include correspondence, speech transcripts and supporting research material, press releases, reports, memoranda, newspaper and magazine clippings, and Senate voting records. The collection also includes constituent correspondence and casework related to legislative issues such as foreign relations, social security, veterans, tax reform, labor, aviation, nuclear testing and waste, civil rights, and environmental protection.
For a detailed inventory, please contact Special Collections and Archives (special.collections@unlv.edu).
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Transcript of interview with Mary E. Habbart by Pamela Larkins, July 15, 1975
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On July 15, 1975, Pamela Larkins interviewed Mary E. Habbart (born 1897 in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two discuss Habbart’s personal family history and her family’s reasons for moving to Las Vegas. Habbart also describes social and economic changes to Las Vegas and her local dairy farm.
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Howard Hughes is sitting on the ground examining an architectural drawing of the Hughes Culver City plant, 1947
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 15
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Senators Stephen Young and Howard Cannon inspect an X-15 aircraft at the World Congress of Flight, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
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City Ordinances, 1911 July 18 to 1933 March 31
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas City Commission Records
Box/Folder: No Container 00
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Photograph of the arrival of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, July 14, 2013
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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
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Photograph of the landing of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 aircraft, New York, July 14, 1938
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Archival Collection
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