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Howard Heckethorn oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Howard Heckethorn conducted by Richard Eitland on February 15, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Mr. Heckethorn describes going to school in the early days of Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about many notable teachers he had, as well as the development of the Las Vegas area. Heckethorn also discusses his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1930, and recalls the Old Mormon Fort, El Rancho, The Last Frontier, and the tourism that gambling brought to the city. Heckethorn discusses the 1960s, and the impact Howard Hughes had in the development of hotels and casinos.
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Boulder City Parkway planting plan, 2000 July
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection of Architecture Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 093, Roll 095
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Raymond A. Cook, Mortimer Caplin, R. J. Cordiner, and Howard Hughes letters arguing against a claim deeming HHMI's assets as excessive, 1954 July 15 to 1956 March 26
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 551 (Restrictions apply)
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#57839: Nusbaum, Julie - Alumni, 1989 April 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1980s)
Box/Folder: N/A
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Hotel Europa, Cartina, menu, 1969 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Menu Collection
Box/Folder: Box 157
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The Daily Telegraph, 1940 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 42
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Howard Cannon tallying returns to a questionnaire: photographic print, 1967 July 26
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Script edits from Douglass Biggs and Howard Hughes, 1931 July 16
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 043 (Restrictions apply)
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Script edits from Howard Hughes and Robert E. Sherwood, 1931 July 31
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 043 (Restrictions apply)
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with Senator Harry P. Cain, Culver City, California, August 16, 1947
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