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Howard Hughes being escorted by police in a hangar located at the Grand Central Air Terminal in Los Angeles, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 15
Archival Component
Memorandum of agreement, Sturges-Hughes Pictures, 1944 February 15 to 1944 August 24
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 571 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Photograph of a theater, Boulder City (Nev.), September 15, 1932
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Archival Collection
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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
EOS Open House, Howard Hughes, EOS Products, (Tactical and Space)- Edited Master, 1994 February 23
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 15
Archival Component
Letter from Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City) to Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas), June 21, 1950
Date
Archival Collection
Description
List of wells owned by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the amount of water granted to each.
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Shauna Hughes oral history interviews
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Abstract
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
Howard Anderson and Doris Williams correspondence on the timeline of film property transitions between The Caddo Company; Hughes Products Company, Limited; Hughes Tool Company of California; and Hughes Tool Company, 1973 May 02
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 423 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard in Washington, D. C., July 1938
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Archival Collection
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