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Russell Howard oral history interview
Identifier
Abstract
Oral history interview with Russel Howard conducted by James W. Howard on January 10, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Howard recalls being transferred to Las Vegas, Nevada for work in 1947 and how impressed he was by the number of celebrities from the movie and entertainment industry that frequented Las Vegas in the early 1950s. He also discusses the expansion of the Las Vegas Strip and how rapidly the number of hotels grew.
Archival Collection
127 New York, 1990s
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 25
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Francis E. Hughes by Mark E. French, February 23, 1977
Date
Archival Collection
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.
Text
Senate War Investigating Committee counsel Francis Flanagan presenting a subpoena issued by subcommittee chairman Senator Homer Ferguson directing Howard Hughes to produce all private records connected with the Hughes wartime aircraft contract inquiry, 1947 August 08
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 25
Archival Component
Senator Homer Ferguson questions Howard Hughes during a session of the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee; Chief Committee Counsel William P. Rogers and Assistant Chief Committee Investigator Francis Flanagan flank Ferguson; at Hughes's right is T. A. Slack, 1947 August 09
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 25
Archival Component
York Street 1929, 2005
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2005-010
Archival Component
B-roll footage for Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada advertisements: video
Date
Archival Collection
Description
B-roll of Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada. Boats pass by on the river, camera pans to a man and woman talking and standing by the water. Audio abruptly begins, and a woman is giving the couple direction as the camera rolls. Couple then appear on the beach, and the neon signs are visible as the sun begins to set; couple speak to another infront of Vegas Vic sign, then move to a boat on the river, and then ends with the couple talking inside a Pioneer Hotel room. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
Moving Image
Howard Hughes and U.S. Senator Claude D. Pepper inspecting the construction of the HK-1 Hercules, also known as the "Spruce Goose," in San Pedro, California, 1947 November 04
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26
Archival Component
Howard Hughes and U.S. Senator Claude D. Pepper inspecting the construction of the HK-1 Hercules, also known as the "Spruce Goose," in San Pedro, California, 1947 November 04
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26
Archival Component