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Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering Records

Identifier

UA-00004

Abstract

The Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering Records contain materials dating from approximately 1968 to 2017 that document the establishment of the School of Engineering and later the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering School. Materials include records of the Nevada Development Authority Partners for Industry through Engineering and Education (PiE2) program during the 1980s that was headed by Bob Gore of Summa Corporation (formerly known as the Howard Hughes Corporation). Collection records also include samples of class listings, phone directories, degree information, college rules and bylaws, and fact sheets and brochures for different engineering degree programs at UNLV. Materials also include accreditation questionnaires from 1989, 1990, and 1992. Also included are promotional brochures and pamphlets for the school from 2015 to 2017.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Hughes Flying Boat section being moved to Terminal Island in the Los Angeles Harbor, June 15, 1946

Date

1946-06-15

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. Date stamped on back of photo.

Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

A portrait of Howard Hughes.

Image

Fishing guides, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Leon Rockwell Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00013
Collection Name: Leon Rockwell Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Brigham Townsend, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bill Willard Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00435
Collection Name: Bill Willard Papers
Box/Folder: Box 11

Archival Component

Correspondence, 1938-1984

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Rick L. May Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00446
Collection Name: Rick L. May Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Photograph of Hughes H-1 Racer, Image 002

Date

1945

Description

Along with the information is this card entitled "Record Breaker." It reads: "First product of Hughes Aircraft Company was Howard Hughes' uniquely designed H-1. Experts said it was farther ahead of its time than any plane built since the Wright brothers'. In 1935 Hughes flew the H-1 to a world's land plane speed record of 352 mph, many years before any military pursuit planes attained this speed, and in 1937 Hughes flew the H-1 from Los Angeles to New York in seven hours, 28 minutes, a record which stood for eight years. The H-1 was the first plane with a smooth metal surface, leading edge air duct intakes, jet thrust exhaust, bell-shaped cowling, drooping ailerons, and the first to have a power-driven retractable landing gear. -0- "

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Hugh McAllister oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01234

Abstract

Oral history interview with Hugh McAllister conducted by A. D. Hopkins on January 15, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, McAllister discusses his early life working as a miner in Colorado and Nevada, his time in Lathrop Wells, Nevada, and his eventual move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1936. McAllister also discusses his work as a bread truck driver, highway construction worker, and a machine shop worker for Basic Magnesium, Inc.

Archival Collection

Ranch house, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Robert Worts Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00007
Collection Name: Robert Worts Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Ayres job, 1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Elmo C. Bruner Architectural and Real Estate Appraisal Records
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Collection Number: MS-00177
Collection Name: Elmo C. Bruner Architectural and Real Estate Appraisal Records
Box/Folder: Box 09

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