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Dottie McBeath speaking at the Youth Center Building dedication ceremony: photographic print

Date

1962-07-06

Description

Dedication ceremony turning the Youth Center Building over to the City of Henderson. (December 29, 1957) Speaker is Mrs. Dottie McBeath, vice-president of the Youth Center Building Committee. Seated, far left: Herschel Trumbo, president of the Committee; far right, seated: Henderson Mayor James French.

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Winners of the Industrial Days Beauty Pageant, Marilyn Spellman, Donna Bogut, and Zeke Marino: photographic print

Date

1955-05

Description

Winners of the Industrial Days Beauty Pageant (Henderson, NV.) - May 1955. L-R: 1st, Marilyn Spellman; 2nd, Donna Bogut; 3rd, Zeke Marino.

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Montoya, Bracken, Galloway, Oerter, and Tweedie in the Basic Magnesium Industries mould room: photographic print

Date

1984-10-13

Description

"Near-miracles are wrought in this unique tire shop to keep plant equipment rolling. Mould room is shown here. Workers, L-R: Lee Montoya, Lawrence Bracken, Fay Galloway, Foreman Mel Oerter, and Thomas F. Tweedie. You bet they're all experts!" (7-10-43)

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Dickover, LaPorta, Ivary, Engel, and Van Waganen being sworn in as city officials: photographic print

Date

1957-12-13

Description

Henderson City Government. Judge Henderson swearing in the newly-elected Henderson City Council (May 27, 1953). L-R: Paul Dickover, Lou LaPorta, John Ivary, Bill Engel (later replaced by Joe Linn), and N.D. Van Waganen. These officials were chosen as a result of the first city election - this started the new city on its way.

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Bank of Nevada employees: photographic print

Date

1958-11-09

Description

Historic Events in Henderson's History. Bank of Nevada employees at opening - February 8, 1954. First row, L-R: Mary Gardner; Ellen Hunt; Marjorie Bourke; Althea Dix; Jane McAllister; Bernice Reed; Glennis Hughes; Shirley Dolan; Frank Pearson, Asst. Cashier. Back row, L-R: Marilyn Pearson; Virginia Brahn; Colvin S. Smith, Manager; Jim Hynney.

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Opening of Basic Elementary School: photographic print

Date

1958-11-09

Description

Historic Events in Henderson's History. Opening of Basic Elementary School, Feb. 18, 1954. Standing, L-R: R. R. Davis, Dist. Eng. Housing & Home Finance Agency; Miss Roxie Copenhaver, Deputy State Supt. Of Schools; Lyal W. Burkholder, Supt. Of Henderson Schools; Glenn Duncan, State Supt. Of Public Instruction; Vernon Welborn and W. O. Haynes, architects; N. D. Van Waganen, Board of Trustees. Seated, L-R: Gordon McCaw, Principal Henderson Elementary School; Board of Trustees; E. D. Hickman, President Board of Trustees.

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Erma Cunningham Collection on the Eldorado School District, Nelson, Nevada

Identifier

MS-00156

Abstract

The Erma Cunningham Collection on the Eldorado School District, Nelson, Nevada is comprised of materials related to the elementary school that was located in Nelson, Clark County, Nevada from 1941 through 1952. It includes attendance records, student grades, and assorted materials related to education.

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Transcript of interview with Robert & Patricia Campbell by Stefani Evans, November 28, 2017 & March 1, 2018

Date

2017-11-28
2018-03-01

Description

In 1976, when Bob Campbell accepted the city manager position in Henderson, Nevada, he and his family had just endured nearly a month of sub-zero temperatures in their native Missouri. Southern Nevada's mild winter coupled with the promise of developing the 8,600 acres that would become Green Valley convinced Bob and his wife, Pat, to make the move. Bob came to Henderson with a degree in public administration and city manager experience in two Missouri towns, but Green Valley offered something akin to "an artist having a blank canvas on which to plan and create." In this interview, Bob talks about the ways his career in public administration blossomed in Southern Nevada. After about five years with the City of Henderson, Campbell joined Mark Fine and American Nevada Corporation to develop Green Valley; five years after that, he moved to Southwest Gas Corporation to work with Bill Laub and later, Kenny Guinn. From about 1989 to 1997, he helped develop Lake Las Vegas. In 1994, Bob and Pat together formed The Campbell Company, a private consulting firm whose clients included Transcontinental Properties' Lake Las Vegas project as well as Henry Chen's Ascaya. v Much of the interview focuses on the Lake Las Vegas project: its original visionary, false starts, and its tumultuous development as an arm of the Bass brothers of Fort Worth, Texas; their developer, Ronald Boeddeker of Transcontinental Properties in Santa Barbara, California, and Boeddeker's appointee, Alton Jones. Along the way Campbell shares the strategies employed by the Wednesday morning group of Henderson boosters who met at Saint Peter's Catholic Church and who succeeded in gaining the necessary local, state, and federal approvals to move the project forward. He reveals the intimidation, physical threats, and sexual harassment suffered by those who questioned the way Jones did business. Overall, though, he explains why he continues to respect the Bass brothers and is still proud of Lake Las Vegas, "proud that we got it on, and proud that it's turned out to be what it is."

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