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Motion picture production photographs, 1928-1959
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Materials contain photographs related to RKO Pictures (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) and Howard Hughes's movies from 1928 to 1959. The photographs primarily depict Howard Hughes on the set of the film The Outlaw (1943), which he directed. The photographs also include portraits of RKO actors, including Frank Sinatra, Jane Russell, and Claudette Colbert. Hughes purchased RKO in 1948.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Audio clip from interview with Mark Fine, November 18, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Mark Fine on November 18, 2014. In this clip, Fine talks his relationship with his former father-in-law, Hank Greenspun.
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Melissa Warren oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Melissa Warren conducted by Claytee D. White on November 02, 2015 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Warren begins by discussing her early history in Utah and how she started her career in advertising and public relations. She describes the work she has done for the Howard Hughes Corporation in coordinating the advertising for the Summerlin community in Las Vegas, Nevada before and after its construction. Warren also details how the Howard Hughes Corporation made its decisions on how to plan and structure the Summerlin community, how it handled education in the community, and various promotional events that were held for Summerlin.
Archival Collection
Photograph of the Lockheed 14, July, 3, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Bassewitz, Hugh L.
Dr. Hugh L. Bassewitz is an Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon and has been a partner at the Desert Orthopaedic Center in Las Vegas, Nevada since 2000. Bassewitz received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland and is a past president of the Nevada Orthopaedic Society. He was named by his peers as one of Las Vegas' top doctors in 2006, 2012, and 2014 in Las Vegas Life and Seven magazines. Bassewitz is also active in the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and served as a member and as chair (2012-2014) of its board of directors.
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