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Howard Schwartz Collection on Gaming

Identifier

MS-00104

Abstract

The Howard Schwartz Collection on Gaming documents the gaming industry in the United States from 1966 to 2010. The collection includes manuscripts, periodicals, newspaper articles, ephemera, profit and probability profiles and a report from the National Gambling Impact Study Commission.

Archival Collection

Senate War Investigating Committee counsel Francis Flanagan presenting a subpoena issued by subcommittee chairman Homer Ferguson directing Howard Hughes to produce all private records connected with the Hughes wartime aircraft contract inquiry; Thomas A. Slack, counsel for Hughes, is at left, 1947 August 08

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 25

Archival Component

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.

Text

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

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
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Collection Number: MS-00485
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 11, Digital File 00

Archival Component

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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Aerial photograph of the Hughes Aircraft plant, Tucson, Arizona, 1951

Date

1951

Description

Hughes Aircraft plant in Tucson, Arizona, during construction, 1951.

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Correspondence compiled by Al Benedict including letters written to Howard Hughes by the public, letters written to Robert Maheu, and letters written to Al Benedict regarding Hughes Nevada resort operations business, 1969-1971

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Benedict Family Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00821
Collection Name: Benedict Family Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component