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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.
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Aid to New York City. Contains memo to HWC from Aubrey, 1975 December
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 03 (Las Vegas files)
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City map of Las Vegas, 1973
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, with Ed Lund, Grover Whalen, Harry Connor, Richard Stoddart, and Lieutenant Thomas Thurlow, July 10, 1938
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The Outlaw censorship cuts approved by Howard Hughes and Hughes Tool Company court filings, 1942 March 14 to 1947 September 19
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 137 (Restrictions apply)
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Mayor Fiorello La Guardia on the steps of City Hall receiving Howard Hughes and his crew: Ed Lund, Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, and Harry Connor, 1938 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Mayor Fiorello La Guardia on the steps of City Hall receiving Howard Hughes and his crew: Ed Lund, Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, and Harry Connor, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
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Mayor Fiorello La Guardia on the steps of City Hall receiving Howard Hughes and his crew: Ed Lund, Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, and Harry Connor, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
Archival Component
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia on the steps of City Hall receiving Howard Hughes and his crew: Ed Lund, Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, and Harry Connor, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
Archival Component
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia on the steps of City Hall receiving Howard Hughes and his crew: Ed Lund, Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, and Harry Connor, 1938 July 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 12
Archival Component