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Transcript of interview with Ashley Hall by Claytee White, September 2, 2015
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Archival Collection
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Ashley Hall was born April 3, 1943 in Caliente, Nevada. After high school, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad at the Nevada Test Site as a cashier and as a signalman. He later attended Brigham Young University and the University of Nevada, Reno. After college, Hall served the City of Las Vegas in significant ways. Notably, as City Manager he was instrumental in the initial development of Summerlin, Nevada. Though he has retired from local politics, he remains active as the President of the Old Spanish Trail Association and as the U.S. Army Reserve Ambassador.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Grover Whalen at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of a crowd of people awaiting the arrival of Howard Hughes, New York, July 14, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Langham Hotel menu, Tuesday, July 31, 1883
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Archival Collection
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Howard Booth Papers
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The Howard Booth Papers are comprised of the personal papers of environmental activist Howard Booth from 1964 to 2017. The collection includes information about Booth's efforts to help turn Red Rock Canyon into a National Conservation Area. Booth was a member of multiple conservation organizations and the collection includes meeting minutes and newsletters from the Toiyabe chapter of the Sierra Club. The collection also contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, official reports, newsletters, and meeting minutes collected by Booth from various environmental organizations. The papers also include numerous photographic slides with handwritten captions Booth took of Red Rock and the surrounding area from the early 1980s to 2000s.
Archival Collection
Golden Nugget Gambling Hall and Eldorado Club at night, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949 July
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Anita Freeman Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-029
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B-roll footage for Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada advertisements: video, 1984 July 26
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B-roll of Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada. Boats pass by on the river, camera pans to a man and woman talking and standing by the water. Audio abruptly begins, and a woman is giving the couple direction as the camera rolls. Couple then appear on the beach, and the neon signs are visible as the sun begins to set; couple speak to another infront of Vegas Vic sign, then move to a boat on the river, and then ends with the couple talking inside a Pioneer Hotel room. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: The Production Company Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Map of city of Las Vegas, Nevada, October 1, 1940
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Howard Hughes's HK-1 Hercules in Culver City, California, 1946 June 16
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 20
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Howard Hughes's HK-1 Hercules in Culver City, California, 1946 June 16
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 20
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