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Film transparency of Boulder Dam Service Bureau Building, circa 1930s-1940s
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Film transparency of a steam tractor, Nevada, May 1947
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Shade Tree Shelter Records
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The Shade Tree Shelter Records date from 1990 to 1996 and consist primarily of logbooks and journals compiled by the staff of the Shade Tree, a shelter for homeless and abused women and children in Las Vegas, Nevada, documenting daily activities, incidents, and residents at the shelter. The collection also includes summaries of the staff's telephone conversations, a newspaper article about Shade Tree, and fliers and brochures about social services available in Southern Nevada.
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Edwin Silberstang Papers
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The Edwin Silberstang Papers (1963-2007) contain rough draft manuscripts, publicity, outlines, and galley notes for a number of the books that were authored by Silberstang. Also included are publisher agreements and correspondence, photographs of Silberstang, book covers, and newspaper clippings. Many of the books that Silberstang wrote were about gaming.
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Pascal, Ernest, 1896-1966
English novelist and screenwriter Ernest Bowen Pascal was born on January 11, 1896 to Annette Sara Sterner and Goodrigde Sinderby Brown, also known as Julian Pascal) in London, England. He was most known for his novels that became films during the silent era and into the beginning of the sound era. He penned novel The Age for Love, which Howard Hughes turned into a film starring Billie Dove in 1931 that is now lost. He also contributed on a 1947 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. film detailing the travels of Lewis and Clark.
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Sky Devils, 1930 to 1933
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The Sky Devils sub-series (1930-1933) is comprised of materials pertaining to the production process of The Caddo Company's February 6, 1932 release of Sky Devils. The sub-series includes advertising and publicity, administrative, legal, production, direction, and story development records.
The advertising and publicity records include a list of scenes for inclusion in a trailer, production credits, newspaper clippings detailing the film's reception, and photographic prints. Administrative records contain correspondence pertaining to French distribution rights and Joseph Moncure March’s start date on the screenplay. Legal records contain domestic and foreign release contracts. Production and direction records include stage and sound logs and daily production reports. Story development records include screenplays, dialogue and cutting continuities, preliminary and production scripts, and continuities for adaptation. Also included are black-and-white photographic prints and a negative depicting the film during its production, as well as set, director, and advertising images.
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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