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Transcript of interview with Edna Jackson-Ferguson, April 15, 1975
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Archival Collection
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On April 15, 1975, Edna Jackson-Ferguson (born 1897 in Overbrook, Kansas) provided a narrative-style oral history about her and her husband Jack’s experiences during the building of the Hoover Dam. Jackson-Ferguson provides many details about the way of life living in the camp with workers of the dam, the tasks required of those workers in building the dam, and some of the actual processes of pouring the concrete for the structure. She also talks about food, transportation, weather, and entertainment during the time. To conclude the interview, Jackson-Ferguson mentions some of the other job positions her husband held and their pride in being a part of the Hoover Dam’s construction.
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Film transparency of Boulder City, Nevada, December 15, 1933-June, 1934
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Archival Collection
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 15, 1985
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of a museum building, Boulder City (Nev.), January 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of basement stairway, Boulder City (Nev.), January 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of museum lobby, Boulder City (Nev.), January 10, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of a sleeping shed and reservoir in Corn Creek, Nevada, circa 1938
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Archival Collection
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Reservoir and sleeping sled in Corn Creek, Nevada
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Resevoir (sic) and sleeping shed"
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Photograph of Lake Mead submerging the town of St. Thomas, June 1938
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Archival Collection
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An adobe home in St. Thomas surrounded by water.
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Photograph of advancing waters of Lake Mead through St. Thomas, 1938
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Archival Collection
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A view of the advancing waters of Lake Mead through St. Thomas.
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Photograph of Lake Mead rising over Lost City, June 1938
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Archival Collection
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The restored Indian house at Lost City showing the lake only a few feet away. This is a portion of the first house restored
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