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City Charter, 1935
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: City of Las Vegas, Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Taylour Tedder (Boulder City, City Manager) oral history interview conducted by Kelliann Beavers: transcript
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Archival Collection
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From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Government agency interviews file.
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Harry Hall oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Harry Hall conducted by Dennis McBride on June 20, 1986 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. Hall discusses how the hope of work on the dam encouraged his move to Nevada with his mother and stepfather. He then talks at some length about living in a tent in Ragtown, the various illegal bootlegging establishments along the dirt road running between Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada, and working on the dam. He continues talking about working conditions, the heat, and the labor strike at the dam in August, 1931.
Archival Collection
Minutes of meeting at City Hall council chambers regarding the best ways to control flooding in Southern Nevada, March 7, 1950
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Archival Collection
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Meeting called to discuss the best ways to control flooding in Southern Nevada.
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Panoramic photograph of Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1932-late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1961
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Boulder City High School groundbreaking ceremony, Boulder City, March 04, 1949
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Virginia City, Nevada, circa early 1900s
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Exacavation, Lost City, circa early 1900s
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Archival Collection
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Searchlight, Nevada City Council Meeting Minutes and Articles of Incorporation
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The collection is comprised of city council meeting minutes, articles of incorporation, and other materials spanning 1907 to 1918 that document the incorporation of the city of Searchlight, Nevada. Included in this collection is a bound ledger containing city council meeting minutes from January 1908 to December 1911; the Articles of Incorporation for Searchlight and the Official Act of Incorporation for Searchlight, Nevada; and correspondence and other records documenting the establishment of Searchlight as an incorporated city, establishment of a municipal election to elect public officials, and the separation of Searchlight from Lincoln County and the establishment of Clark County, which was made official in 1909 by act of the Nevada Legislature.
Archival Collection