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Photograph of Hoover Dam structural drawing, Hoover Dam (Nev.), January 4, 1940

Date

1940-01-04

Description

Colorado River-Hoover Dam. Diagram of Boulder Dam in construction from book: Boulder Dam of the Great Southwest, by Ralph B. Simmons, 1936. Image taken January 4, 1940. Site Name: Hoover Dam (dam)

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Jane Ann Morrison oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03617

Abstract

Oral history interview with Jane Ann Morrison conducted by Claytee D. White on May 10, 2019 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Morrison discusses her early life in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She talks about her early interest in journalism, her employment at The Christian Science Monitor, and reporting for the Southwest Times Record. Morrison recalls transferring to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976 and reporting for the Nevadan, which was a Sunday magazine published by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She describes writing reports on organized crime, local politics, and covering Operation Yobo and Operation G-Sting. Lastly, Morrison discusses her more meaningful coverages.

Archival Collection

Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby, September 8, 1948

Date

1948-09-08

Archival Collection

Description

The water company had been requested to extend a pipeline to a new subdivision outside of the Las Vegas city limits for fire protection, but Reinhardt recommended not setting a dangerous precedent.

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker and R. B. Robertson (Los Angeles) to C. R. Gray (Omaha), April 20, 1931

Date

1931-04-20

Archival Collection

Description

Request for permission to begin construction on a water line to support Industrial Unit No. 1.

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1929-05

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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