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Hugh Shirkey oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Hugh Shirkey conducted by Patricia van Betten on February 04, 2010 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Shirkey discusses his personal history and arriving to Blue Diamond, Nevada in 1950. He talks about his employment at the Blue Diamond Mine as an electrician. Shirkey describes what life was like at the village as a single worker, the development of the mining plant, how the plant was managed, and traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada. Lastly, Shirkey recalls moving to Las Vegas and retiring from the mining plant.
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Tungsten Mineralization at Oreana, Nevada report by Paul F. Kerr, 1938 June to 1938 July
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Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection on Nevada Mining
Box/Folder: Box 06
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Boulder City Reminder: newspaper, approximately 1938 September 26 to 1938 December 15
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Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Nevada Newspapers
Box/Folder: Box 03
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1946
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Aerial photograph of the Hughes Aircraft plant, Tucson, Arizona, 1951
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Birth certificate for Maurice Behar, 1938
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Collection Name: Maurice Halfon Behar Papers
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with people, circa 1930s
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