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Howard Schwartz Collection on Gaming
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The Howard Schwartz Collection on Gaming documents the gaming industry in the United States from 1966 to 2010. The collection includes manuscripts, periodicals, newspaper articles, ephemera, profit and probability profiles and a report from the National Gambling Impact Study Commission.
Archival Collection
Aerial photograph of the Hughes Aircraft plant, Tucson, Arizona, 1951
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Archival Collection
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Howard Hughes on the set of the "barn scene" in The Outlaw (credit: Bob Landry): photographic prints and negatives, approximately 1940 to 1943
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 112 (Restrictions apply), Oversized Box 292 (Restrictions apply)
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Senate War Investigating Committee counsel Francis Flanagan presenting a subpoena issued by subcommittee chairman Homer Ferguson directing Howard Hughes to produce all private records connected with the Hughes wartime aircraft contract inquiry; Thomas A. Slack, counsel for Hughes, is at left, 1947 August 08
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 25
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"The Message is Hughes" Hughes Space and Communications Company, undated
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11, Digital File 00
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Hughes HK-1 Hercules photographs, 1945-1947
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Materials contain photographs of the HK-1 Hercules, otherwise known as the "Spruce Goose" or the "Flying Boat," from 1945 to 1947. The photographs primarily depict the construction, transportation, and storage of the plane, but also include the first and only test flight of the HK-1 above Los Angeles Harbor in 1947. Howard Hughes designed the HK-1 as the world's largest plane, capable of transporting large quantities of U.S. military hardware and personnel. In 1947, under the program's new designation H-4 Hercules, Hughes had the plane transported from his factory in Culver City, California to Los Angeles Harbor. On November 2, he piloted the plane during its only test flight. The U.S. Air Force abandoned the controversial project, and Hughes was called to testify before the Truman Committee of the U.S. Senate to justify the use of government funds on a program that never succeeded.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign
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The Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign (1980-1983) documents efforts by activists to preserve the plane from destruction and its subsequent acquisition by the Aero Club of Southern California in 1980. The collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings about the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat nicknamed the "Spruce Goose" from the 1980s.
Archival Collection
Francis E. Hughes oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Francis E. Hughes conducted by Mark E. French on February 23, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Hughes discusses the general lifestyle, culture, and family members that were amongst the first settlers of the Mesquite, Nevada area.
Archival Collection
Photographs of the top of the Hughes H-1 Racer, 1945Photo
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Archival Collection
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Howard Cannon portrait: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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