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Hugh McAllister oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Hugh McAllister conducted by A. D. Hopkins on January 15, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, McAllister discusses his early life working as a miner in Colorado and Nevada, his time in Lathrop Wells, Nevada, and his eventual move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1936. McAllister also discusses his work as a bread truck driver, highway construction worker, and a machine shop worker for Basic Magnesium, Inc.
Archival Collection
Hugh Shirkey oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Hugh Shirkey conducted by Patricia van Betten on February 04, 2010 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Shirkey discusses his personal history and arriving to Blue Diamond, Nevada in 1950. He talks about his employment at the Blue Diamond Mine as an electrician. Shirkey describes what life was like at the village as a single worker, the development of the mining plant, how the plant was managed, and traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada. Lastly, Shirkey recalls moving to Las Vegas and retiring from the mining plant.
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Publications: brief of the Cities of Midland and Odessa to the Civil Aeronautics Board; brochure about the Hughes Airwest Sundance; program for appreciation dinner for Howard W. Cannon; program for Las Vegas Rotary Club meeting with Erle Taylor as guest speaker; dedication of City of Riverside municipal airport terminal building; article on McCarran carpeting; article on McCarran Airport, 1962-1975
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Erle A. Taylor Collection on Aviation
Box/Folder: Box 01
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Hughes Space and Communications "This is Hughes" (Short)- PAL, 1996 June 12
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 12
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Hughes Electronics/Hughes Aircraft Company manuals and presentations, 1980 to 1999
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 03
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Photograph of Hughes Electronics corporate headquarters, 1997
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Archival Collection
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Hughes Electronics/Hughes Aircraft Company corporate videotapes, 1980 to 2001
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Hughes Aircraft Retirees Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 05
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Photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat in transit to Terminal Island, California, 1946
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Archival Collection
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Leon Hughes and his horse: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family
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Howard Cannon pictured with an unidentified group: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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