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Transcript of interview with Sally Halko by Roberta Farmer, March 11, 1978

Date

1978-03-11

Description

On March 11, 1978, Roberta Farmer interviewed Sally Halko (born 1921 in Gowen, Oklahoma) about her life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Halko first talks about her family background, education, traveling, and church membership. She later talks about the development Las Vegas casinos, racial minorities, housing growth, Lake Mead, and the first theaters.

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Transcript of interview with Stephen La Thair Hawley by Donna Mattson, June 24, 1975

Date

1975-06-24

Description

On June 24, 1975, collector Donna Mattson interviewed native Nevadan mechanic, Stephen La Thair Hawley, (born October 15th, 1936, in Ely, Nevada) in his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview offers a historical overview of early Las Vegas including gambling and an in-depth discussion on local economic, environmental, and social changes.

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Interview with Robert Nelson, June 30, 2004

Date

2004-06-30

Description

Narrator affiliation: Deputy Manager, Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office; Episcopal Priest

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Script for Mothers of Jews, 1964-2006

Date

1964 to 2006

Description

Typed script titled "Mothers of Jews" with handwritten notes and edits. Script is undated and is located in folder with Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada newsletter Family Legacies from 1998-2006 .

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Audio clip from interview with Michael Saltman, December 16, 2014

Date

2014-12-16

Description

Part of an interview with Michael Saltman on December 16, 2014. In this clip, Saltman talks about his business partner, Larry Larkin, and their development of shopping centers and apartment complexes in Las Vegas.

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The Boulder Dam Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, March 25, 1926

Date

1926-03-25

Archival Collection

Description

Weekly newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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Audio clip from interview with Charles Salton by George Green, April 23, 1976

Date

1976-04-23

Description

Part of an interivew with Charles Salton on April 23, 1976. In this clip, Salton discusses his partnership with Larry Larkin and building in Las Vegas.

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"UNLV to honor 1964 grad" Las Vegas Sun newspaper article

Date

1997-09-17

Archival Collection

Description

September 17, 1997 Las Vegas Sun article by Debra D. Bass.

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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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