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Photograph of crowds at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 1938

Date

1938-07-14

Description

The black and white, overhead view of Howard Hughes and his crew after completing his Around the World flight at Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "On hand to welcome Hughes and his gallant crew New York City-- Looking down on a segment of the huge crowd that gathered at Floyd Bennett Field, July 14th, to greet the arrival of Howard Hughes and his picked crew of four at the end of their record-smashing flight around the world. The tops of the cars jamming the parking spaces were used as coigns of vantage. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38 (SS)"

Image

Senate Committee - Banking Committee - New York City Financial Crisis, 1978 May to 1978 August

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06 (95th Session)

Archival Component

Pearl Hughes oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00907

Abstract

Oral history interview with Pearl Hughes conducted by Katherine D. Beal on February 11, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, Hughes discusses her family's early arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada after moving from Salinas, California. Her family then bought and operated a motel in North Las Vegas, Nevada between the late 1940s to 1950. Hughes also discusses the growth of the hotel and casino industry, city urban development, community interactions, Las Vegas, Nevada celebrities, atomic testing, and President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

Archival Collection

International Stewards and Caterers Association buffet supper courtesy of Charles "Ed" Dennis, Hotel Astor, New York City, New York: photographic print, 1946 October 08

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00363
Collection Name: International Food Service Executives Association Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-068

Archival Component

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

T-Shirt Color: Tan; Front: The Best City In Las Vegas, New York New York, Las Vegas, Photo Of The New York New York Casino, Las Vegas; Handwritten Text: Don Carter In Appreciation For On The Disaster Relief Team. 9-11 Muleshoe, Texas 9-26-02, approximately 2001-2012

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 361

Archival Component

MGM Grand, New York New York, and housing shelter B-roll: video

Date

1997

Archival Collection

Description

Nighttime B-roll of MGM Grand and New York New York. Interview with a resident and B-roll of an unidentified housing shelter. Original media BetacamSP, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the UNLV TV Audiovisual Collection (UA-00098) – Digitized audiovisual material file.

Moving Image

Photograph of Howard Hughes, 1936

Date

1936-01

Description

A portrait of Howard Hughes.

Image

New York New York hotel 9/11 memorial: digital photographs, 2001

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bill Hughes Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00402
Collection Name: Bill Hughes Photographs
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft Company photographs, 1917-1997

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of Hughes Tool Company and Hughes Aircraft Company from 1917 to 1997. The photographs primarily depict factories, laboratories, and tools produced by the Hughes Tool Company. The Hughes Aircraft Company was founded in 1932 as a division of Hughes Tool Company.

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00321
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component