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Ball, Howard. Justice Downwind: America's Atomic Testing Program in the 1950's. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986

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Archival Collection

Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
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Collection Number: MS-00097
Collection Name: Alice P. Broudy Papers on Broudy v. United States
Box/Folder: Box 1

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Postcard of Hank Monk, 1859 - 1938

Date

1859 to 1938

Description

A commemorative postcard for Hank Monk. The front of the postcard includes a portrait photograph of Monk, a photograph of "the old stage coach," and a photograph of a plaque on the Raffles Hotel in Placerville, California. The plaque reads: "To remember Hank Monk, the world's greatest reinsman who drove Horace Greeley from Carson City to here in 1859, making the 109 miles in 10 hours. Dedicated by E Clampus Vitus April 30, 1938."

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1938 Ford in the Amargosa River bed: photographic prints

Date

1941-08-06

Description

On the photograph it reads, "March 3, 1938 - our 1938 Ford in the Amargosa River bed near Beatty, Nevada."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, September 11, 1946

Date

1946-09-11

Description

Description given with photo: "Before Hughes Took Off For New York, Los Angeles, Calif. - Multi-millionaire movie producer and aviator Howard Hughes is shown in front of this B-23 converted bomber before taking off for New York Sept. 10th. Hughes, piloting the plane, landed at Kansas City to rest before continuing with the flight. He is the seal of approval on a film he made. Creditline (ACME) 9/11/46."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

Howard Hughes being served by an unidentified man.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft landing, Chicago, 1938

Date

1938

Description

A view of crowds and the press watching Howard Hughes and his crew land the Lockheed 14 aircraft in Chicago.

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Latin Quarter (New York): contract (typescript) between Donn Arden and E.M. Loew, 1957 July

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Archival Collection

Donn Arden Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00425
Collection Name: Donn Arden Papers
Box/Folder: Box 3

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Howard Heckethorn oral history interview

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OH-00828

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.

Archival Collection

Aretha Franklin at Carnegie Hall, New York: costume design drawings, notes, 2003 July-August

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File

Archival Collection

Jerry Jackson Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00573
Collection Name: Jerry Jackson Papers
Box/Folder: Box 07

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Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

Howard Hughes showing on a map how we he streaked across the country in record time.

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