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Margaret (Peggy) Casey oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00347

Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret Casey conducted by Claytee D. White on January 13, 2005 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Margaret Casey discusses the female workers during World War II (WWII). She discusses Las Vegas, Nevada history during the mid-century. She also discusses the Mesquite Club, the ways of family life including the grocery stores, restaurants and the various leisure activities like gardening and golf. Casey then discussses topics such as the atomic testing, Howard Hughes and the transformation of Las Vegas' transportation and downtown.

Archival Collection

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 29, 1984

Date

1984-05-29

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 14 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

Text

Photograph of the Lockheed 14 aircraft, July 1938

Date

1938-07

Description

The black and white, skyline view of New York City with Lockheed 14 aircraft flying in the foreground. Typed onto script included with the image: "Howard Hughes plane Lockheed 14 in flight over lower New York City. To right in the background can be seen New York City's three bridges of the lower East River from front to rear: the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and the Williamsburg Bridge."

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Savoldelli, Steve

Steve Savoldelli was an executive for Howard Hughes and Hughes' various corporations in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Person

Photograph of aerial photographic map viewed by Lt Marvin R. Williams and Sgt. Erickson, circa 1940s-1950s.

Date

1940 to 1959

Description

Sergeant Stanley R. Erickson puts together an aerial photographic map while Lieutenant Marvin R. Williams of Sligo, Pennsylvania looks on. Sergeant Erickson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Erickson of 1922 Bernice Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Erickson is a member of a mapping group in the Army Air Forces that was working with the Howard Hughes Company. The photo has the identification 19828 A. C. in the bottom right corner.

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McCaffery, Bob

Bob McCaffery is a Howard Hughes historian most known for his work helping to preserve the Spruce Goose. He is originally from Billings, Montana. After graduating high school in 1957, he joined the United States Air Force. He served until 1960. In 1970, he graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles. He currently works as a keynote speaker on Howard Hughes and a publicist for Dr. Lonnie Hammargren.

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Person

Fundraiser at the NAACP Valley View Golf Club: photographic print

Date

1972-11

Description

From the Marie and James B. McMillan Photograph Collection (PH-00334). Fundraiser at the NAACP Valley View Golf Club. From left to right: James B. McMillan, J. David Hoggard, Herb Mills, Claude Perkins, Sarrann Knight, Willie "Punch" Hughes, and Lorenzo Calhoun.

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