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McDonald, John. Howard Hughes's biggest surprises, Fortune 74(1), 1966 July 01
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
Galt House, lunch menu, Sunday, July 15, 1883
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Archival Collection
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Howard Heckethorn oral history interview
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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.
Archival Collection
Tiger Tim's Weekly with crayon book, no. 870. London: Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 1938 July 23
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: Box 23
Archival Component
Brigham Townsend, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Bill Willard Papers
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
Fishing guides, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Leon Rockwell Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Invoices for distributed film prints, 1931 July 27 to 1931 November 15
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 498 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Correspondence, 1938-1984
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Rick L. May Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Mary E. Habbart by Pamela Larkins, July 15, 1975
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Archival Collection
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On July 15, 1975, Pamela Larkins interviewed Mary E. Habbart (born 1897 in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two discuss Habbart’s personal family history and her family’s reasons for moving to Las Vegas. Habbart also describes social and economic changes to Las Vegas and her local dairy farm.
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Ranch house, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Robert Worts Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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