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Transcript of interview with Francis E. Hughes by Mark E. French, February 23, 1977

Date

1977-02-23

Description

On February 23, 1977, collector Mark E. French interviewed local farmer, Francis E. Hughes (born March 9th, 1917 in Mesquite, Nevada) in his home in Mesquite, Nevada. This interview offers an overview of the general lifestyle and culture in Mesquite. Mr. Hughes mother, Orilla Leavitt, was born in Bunkerville, Nevada. Members of Mr. Hughes’s family were amongst the first settlers in the Mesquite area.

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Howard Cannon portrait: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Howard Cannon posing: photographic print

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1983 (year approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Le Music Hall

Date

1975

Archival Collection

Description

Series II. Folies-Bergere production papers, designs, and photographs -- Americana Hotel: Puerto Rico -- Set design drawings by Winn Strickland

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"The Message is Hughes" Hughes Space and Communications Company, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11, Digital File 00

Archival Component

Slide of Archie C. Grant Hall and Maude Frazier Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s

Date

1982 to 1989

Description

Students walking on the East Mall behind Archie C. Grant Hall and Maude Frazier Hall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Bob McCaffery Collection on the Save the Hughes Flying Boat Campaign

Identifier

MS-00693

Abstract

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

Photographs of the top of the Hughes H-1 Racer, 1945Photo

Date

1945

Description

Top view of the Hughes H-1 Racer with an X painted over its R registration number on its starboard wing. The registration number NX 258Y is seen on the rudder. The back of hte image has information about the record-breaking flight using this plane.

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Workers from the Hoover Dam in the Anderson Brothers Dining Hall, Boulder City, Nevada, approximately 1931-1936

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00002
Collection Name: Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03

Archival Component

Minutes of meeting at City Hall council chambers regarding the best ways to control flooding in Southern Nevada, March 7, 1950

Date

1950-03-07

Description

Meeting called to discuss the best ways to control flooding in Southern Nevada.

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