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#64670: Hughes, Ken (Roofing), 2005 June 01

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2000s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-04
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2000s)
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of library office in Grant Hall, Nevada Southern University, circa 1960-1961

Date

1960 to 1961

Description

Billie Mae Polson, cataloger, in library in Grant Hall at Nevada Southern University (NSU).

Image

Letter from [A. M. Folger] to Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City), August 23, 1948

Date

1948-08-23

Archival Collection

Description

Request to the state engineer to expedite their permit to drill a well since the period for people to object had expired.

Text

Hughes and Purdy - Nevada Iron and Metals, 1947-1954

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 07

Archival Component

Julie McDonald interview, March 14, 1981: transcript

Date

1981-03-14

Description

On March 14, 1981, Michael Richardson interviewed Julie McDonald (b. 1945 in Torrance, California) about her childhood and life in Las Vegas, Nevada. McDonald shares her first impressions of Las Vegas, her schooling and the location of residential areas. Throughout the interview, McDonald also goes into detail concerning her occupations at the Guild Theatre, her secretarial work at Nellis Air Force Base, her singing career and being a “21” dealer. McDonald discusses the changes in the gaming industry, particularly the incorporation of women dealers, the use of the silver dollar and the requirements for dealers. McDonald ends by discussing housing, major happenings within Las Vegas, recreation as a kid and mass media in early Las Vegas.

Text

Slide of Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall and Claes Oldenburg's "Flashlight" sculpture, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1981-1989

Date

1981 to 1989

Description

Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall and Claes Oldenburg's "Flashlight" sculpture, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Image

Photograph of the Hughes Tool Company's hard formation rock bit type R-1, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

The Hughes Tool Company's hard formation rock bit type R-1 was the engineering marvel on which the Hughes fortune was founded. The bit was invented by Howard Hughes' father.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes testifying before the Senate War Investigating Committee, Washington D.C., August 6, 1947

Date

1947-08-06

Description

Howard Hughes speaks into a microphone as he testifies before the Senate War Investigating Committee, August 6, 1947, in Washington, D.C.

Image

Photograph of the fuselage of the Hughes Flying Boat leaving its Culver City hangar, California, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A section of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Boat" being moved (with a police escort) from the Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver City, California to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor where the plane was assembled in June of 1946.

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Summey, Barbara, Hughes Aviation, 1976 February 06

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frank Mitrani Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00332
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 42

Archival Component