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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.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Mary E. Habbart by Pamela Larkins, July 15, 1975
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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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Invoices for distributed film prints, 1931 July 27 to 1931 November 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 498 (Restrictions apply)
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#70348: UNLV Rebel Recycling staff member pose and work at their campus facility July 15, 2015 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas., 2015 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Inter-office purchase requests, 1931 July 15 to 1931 September 08
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 088 (Restrictions apply)
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MGM Grand, New York New York, and housing shelter B-roll: video
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Moving Image
Howard Hughes and employees visiting Hughes Tool Company in Houston, Texas, 1938 July 30
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 08
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Howard Hughes with two others inside the Hughes Tool Company factory, 1938 July 30
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 05
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First prototype of the XF-11, flown by Howard Hughes, taking off, 1946 July 07
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 09
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