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Map of the city of Las Vegas, 1953
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Nadine Henley, Howard Hughes, and Vivian Leslie regarding Hughes deferring responsibilities to work on the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" seaplane, and on acquiring film producers, 1948 September 10 to 1953 February 19
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 379 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Howard Heckethorn oral history interview
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Abstract
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.
Archival Collection
Nadine Henley, Thomas A. Slack, and J. Miller Walker regarding Jane Russell actor loan and Howard Hughes purchase of RKO Radio Pictures assets, 1955 January 29 to 1955 July 25
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 379 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Newspaper clipping, bound volume, Howard Hughes, Jean Harlow, Ann Dvorak, and Billie Dove film international press releases; Book III, 1931 July 25 to 1932 March 19
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 096 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Hughes H-1 Racer photographs, 1935-1945
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Scope and Contents
Materials contain photographs of the Hughes H-1 Racer aircraft from 1935 to 1945. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes standing with the plane or in the plane's cockpit. The plane was designed by Glenn Odekirk and built by Hughes Aircraft Company in 1935, the first plane produced by the company. Hughes broke several records in the H-1, including the landplane speed record in 1935. In 1937, Hughes broke his own transcontinental speed record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes. Despite its speed, Hughes was unable to sell the H-1 to the U.S. military.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Industry, Nevada. Howard Hughes. Contains news clippings and notes, 1970 January to 1970 December
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 27 (91st Session)
Archival Component
Howard Cannon sitting in the cab of a truck: photographic print, 1978 July
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
Archival Component
Hughes Space and Communications Satellite Manufacturing B-Roll 2000, 2000 July 31
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 16, Digital File 00
Archival Component
Shauna Hughes oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Shauna Hughes conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 31, 2016 and October 11, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In the first interview, Hughes discusses her early life in New York and later moving to Ohio. She talks about attending John Carroll University, moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982, and being a founding member of the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys. Hughes recalls being appointed Henderson City Attorney, the early development of Green Valley, and the rapid growth of that area. Hughes then describes the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) explosion in 1988. In the second interview, Hughes discusses her work as Henderson City Attorney. She describes collaborating with elected city officials, the development of the Galleria Mall, and the establishment of Nevada State College (NSC). Lastly, Hughes talks about community support for new infrastructure in Henderson.
Archival Collection