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Photograph of Howard Hughes and others on stage, Chicago, 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes and others standing on stage in front of a crowd in Chicago.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes flying a plane, circa 1944
Date
1943 to 1945
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes and an unidentified man sitting inside the cockpit of an aircraft.
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Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Identifier
MS-00380
Abstract
The Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files (1931-1997) were compiled by Richard "Dick" Hannah, vice-president of the Los Angeles public relations firm Carl Byoir & Associates, which was hired to direct public relations for Hughes’ companies. The collection is primarily composed of newspaper clippings organized into reference files. A significant number of the files contain articles about Howard Hughes’ personal life, the operations of his companies, and legal and political disputes involving Hughes and his companies. The files also document a range of other subjects related to his business ventures, including aviation, aerospace, defense industries, motion picture studios, film stars, communism in Hollywood, and the House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Later in life Hughes became obsessed with how he was being portrayed in the media. In addition to collecting magazine articles, newspaper clippings, transcripts, screenplays, and books that referenced him. He also collected newspaper clippings about the activities of print media outlets, columnists, radio-television stations, current and former employees, and competitors. The collection also contains newspaper clippings about Watergate, organized crime, gambling, and Las Vegas and contains press releases, correspondence and records generated by Carl Byoir & Associates as well as Rosemont Enterprise, Inc.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Howard Hughes sitting at a table. A few unidentified men, possibly reporters, are writing on notepads.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes (third from left) standing with unidentified men in a building possibly located in Texas.
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Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
An overhead view of a parade procession celebrating Howard Hughes' completion of his round-the-world flight.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa 1938
Date
1938
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes standing with a group of unidentified men in a building possibly located in Texas.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Noah Dietrich, Washington, D.C., November 08, 1947
Date
1947-11-08
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Howard Hughes arriving at Senate War Invest. Hearing with Noah Dietrich, right, Vice Pre. of Hughes Tool Co."
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Photograph of Howard Hughes at hearing, Washington, D.C., November 09, 1947
Date
1947-11-09
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photo: "Hughes Submits Written Question, Washington: Howard Hughes tosses a written question to Sen. Homer Ferguson, chairman of the Senate War Investigation sub-committee, Nov. 8. Hughes was refused permission to take the stand and charged Ferguson was "throwing every obstacle" in the way of presenting testimony favorable to Hughes himself. On Ferguson's right is Sen. Carl Hatch, while the committee's chief counsel, William P. Rigers, faces the camera in the background. Credit (ACME) 11/9/47."
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