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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 18, 2002
Date
2002-11-18
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about posters. CSUN Session 33 (Part 1) Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
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Letter from W. H. Bancroft (Salt Lake City) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), March 19, 1911
Date
1911-03-19
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from Bancroft states that although vegetation has been growing in the spring water used for domestic purposes, that "a little sunshine on the water is a good thing,'' so building a cover over the spring to prevent plant growth was not needed.
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Photograph of a model of the Frontier Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1964
Date
1962 to 1967
Archival Collection
Description
Model of proposed Hotel Frontier Remodel. Stamp on back of photo: "Custom print by Jack R. Meehan. Jack R. Meehan is the renderer.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, August 06, 1947
Date
1947-08-06
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes Leaves In Own Plane For Investigation, Los Angeles, California - Howard Hughes is pictured as he was about to step abroad his private B-23 Transport plane just before his take-off for Washington, D.C., where he will appear before the Senate War Investigation Committee to testify about wartime plane contracts. The millionaire flier took with him an armload of records and other data he will use in testifying. His only companions on the flight were several mechanics. Photo by Al Brett. 8-6-47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 08, 1947
Date
1947-08-08
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "102,266 - Watch Your Credit - International News Photo. Slug - (Slack-Flanagan-Hughes) War Probers Subpoenaed Hughes' Private Papers, Washington, D.C. Senate War Investigating Committee counsel Francis Flanagan, center, is shown as he presented a subpoena issued by sub-committee chairman Homer Ferguson, (R) of Mich., directing Howard Hughes, right, to produce all private records connected with the Hughes wartime aircraft contract inquiry. Thomas A. Slack, counsel for Hughes, is at left. -INP Photo by G.B. Kress- 8/8/47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, August 08, 1947
Date
1947-08-08
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Cogitation Concentration Jubilation, Washington, D.C. - Three interesting studies of plane-builder, movie-maker and headline-maker Howard Hughes as he returned to the witness stand before the Senate War Investigating Committee today to answer questions relating to his wartime plane-building contracts. During his testimony today, Hughes said he wishes to absolve shipbuilder Henry Kaiser from any criticism in connection with the 200-ton flying boat that is one of the issues in the current probe. Photograph by G.B. Kress. 8/8/47."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, standing by the XF-11, April 3, 1947
Date
1947-04-03
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from attached press release: "HUGHES READY FOR TAKE-OFF IN SECOND XF-11 FLIGHT. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5. Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, recovered from injuries following crash last July 7, is shown here just before he test-piloted today a duplicate of the plane in which he nearly lost his life. He designed and built the plane, designated XF-11, and one of the world's fastest photo-reconnaissance ships, for the Army Air Forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers."
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Photograph of new machine shop for Research, Product and Metallurgical engineering departments, circa 1924
Date
1924
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from press release attached to photograph: "LABORATORY MACHINE SHOP SPEEDS PRODUCT RESEARCH The Hughes Laboratory machine shop is devote to the building of full-scale test models of rock bits, tool joints and other drilling tools for laboratory and field testing. In connection with the latter, the shop is equipped to manufacture these tools in sufficient quantities to make possible extensive and simultaneous field trials. The machine shop handles a large amount of work for the Research, Product and Metallurgical engineering departments. This includes building new designs, new machines and new devices for preliminary testing."
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