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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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Geologic map of the northeast quarter of the Bullfrog 15-minute quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, 1990
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others, circa 1946
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Excalibur hotel and casino reflected in New York New York reflecting pond, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Excalibur hotel and casino reflected in New York New York reflecting pond, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Hughes, Archie E., Mesquite, 1955
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Collection Name: Elmo C. Bruner Architectural and Real Estate Appraisal Records
Box/Folder: Box 15
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Hughes, J. Elmer, Mesquite, 1955
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Collection Name: Elmo C. Bruner Architectural and Real Estate Appraisal Records
Box/Folder: Box 15
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Signs promoting The Outlaw at the Broadway Theatre, New York, New York, approximately 1946 to 1950
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Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 112 (Restrictions apply)
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Photograph of Howard Hughes with people, circa 1930s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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