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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.
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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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Hughes Training, 1993
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Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 07
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Frazier Hall at UNLV: photographic print
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Photograph of Hughes Electronics corporate headquarters, 1997
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Photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat in transit to Terminal Island, California, 1946
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Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938
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Howard Cannon with three unidentified men: photographic print
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