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Las Vegas Board of City Commissioners Records Regarding Water Supply

Identifier

MS-00055

Abstract

The Las Vegas Board of City Commissioners Records Regarding Water Supply (1927-1940) include correspondence, resolutions, petitions, application for a permit, and newspaper clippings. The records concern water shortages in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada due in part to wasteful water usage and many of the documents refer to City Ordinance No. 247. Several items are signed by Walter R. Bracken, Vice President and Agent of the Company, and A. M. Folger, Assistant Agent.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1920-1955

Date

1920 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

Picture of the Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) Company steel plant. B&W was the second largest contractor for the Hoover Dam project and built many of the houses that are still in Boulder City for their employees.

Image

Howard Hughes after War Investigating Subcommittee chairman Homer Ferguson announced that because of the disappearance of press agent John W. Meyer, the Hughes war contract investigation has been recessed until November, 1947 August 11

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26

Archival Component

Howard Hughes after War Investigating Subcommittee chairman Homer Ferguson announced that because of the disappearance of press agent John W. Meyer, the Hughes war contract investigation has been recessed until November, 1947 August 11

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26

Archival Component

Howard Hughes after War Investigating Subcommittee chairman Homer Ferguson announced that because of the disappearance of press agent John W. Meyer, the Hughes war contract investigation has been recessed until November, 1947 August 11

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00373
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 26

Archival Component

Photograph of dormitories, Boulder City (Nev.), approximately 1931-1936

Date

1931 to 1936

Description

An image of the dormitories for the Hoover Dam workers in Boulder City, Nevada.

Image

Photograph of high school, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1951

Date

1951

Description

Boulder City High School.

Image

Photograph of high school, Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1951

Date

1951

Description

Boulder City High School.

Image

Photograph of Boulder City Elementary School, January 17, 1947

Date

1947-01-17

Description

A view of an inadequate basement rooms, meant to serve as a classroom, at Boulder City Elementary School in Boulder City, Nevada.

Image

Rea Hopper, Director of the Aeronautical Division, Hughes Aircraft Company; Howard Hughes; Clyde Jones, Director of Engineering, Hughes Tool Company Aeronautical Division; Warren Reed; Colonel Carl E. Jackson, Air Research and Development Headquarters, Baltimore; Gale J. Moore, pilot; and unidentified pilot in front of the experimental helicopter XH-17 Flying Crane, 1952 October 23

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 08

Archival Component