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Norma and Gil Schwartz oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03242

Abstract

Oral history interview with Norma and Gil Schwartz conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee White on September 22, 2017, October 04, 2017, and February 14, 2018 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In the three interviews, the couple describes Gil’s leadership in the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB), properties that he’s built and developed, and purchasing blueprints of un(der)developed parcels in Las Vegas, Nevada on behalf of Howard Hughes's land agent, J. Herbert Nall.

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with John Boyle by Meghan Boyle, March 14, 1981

Date

1981-03-14

Archival Collection

Description

Meghan Boyle interviews her father John Boyle (born 1924 in Risen, Arkansas), who at the time was Chief Pilot of Operations for Republic Airlines. The two discuss changes in air travel over the years and John’s profession as a pilot. They also discuss improvements in Las Vegas roads over the years, the rise in crime rates, and the impacts on changes in the economy.

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Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft leaving France, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: "Howard Hughes as he left Paris for Moscow on the second leg of his round the world flight 7-12-38"

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Aerial photograph of an unknown landscape, circa 1938

Date

1938

Description

An aerial photograph possibly showing Fairbanks, Alaska. There is an arrow indicating a place which may be a landing sight for Howard Hughes' Lockheed L-14 Super Electra plane.

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Howard Heckethorn interview, March 2, 1977: transcript

Date

1977-03-02

Description

On March 2, 1977, Neil C. Dalmas interviewed teacher Howard Heckethorn, (born on September 14th, 1922 in St. George, Utah) at Red Rock Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview offers an overview of early education in Nevada. Mr. Heckethorn also discusses Stewart Ranch, Howard Hughes and the Hughes Site, and the migration of the Mormons to the Las Vegas area.

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Photograph of Captain Jack Le Claire and James M. Landis examining equipment in a TWA aircraft, June 1947

Date

1947

Description

Captain Jack Le Claire (left), TWA pilot, explains the Howard Hughes-designed airline radar "automatic terrain clearance indicator" to James M. Landis, right, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, June 1947.

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