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Photograph of Lake Mead and the Lost City restorations, Nevada, 1938
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Archival Collection
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View of the Lost City from the approaching waters of Lake Mead during the spring of 1938.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Spring of 1938- Lake Mead approaches Lost City Restorations."
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Construction of Fred H. Wilson's new house, contractor's agreement and receipt, 1938 January 10, 1938 March 12
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Maurine and Fred Wilson Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes at his desk, circa 1947
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Francis E. Hughes by Mark E. French, February 23, 1977
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Archival Collection
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On February 23, 1977, collector Mark E. French interviewed local farmer, Francis E. Hughes (born March 9th, 1917 in Mesquite, Nevada) in his home in Mesquite, Nevada. This interview offers an overview of the general lifestyle and culture in Mesquite. Mr. Hughes mother, Orilla Leavitt, was born in Bunkerville, Nevada. Members of Mr. Hughes’s family were amongst the first settlers in the Mesquite area.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in the Lockheed 14, circa late 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Foulsham's Original Old Moore's Almanack for 1938. London: W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd., 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: Box 31
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes and a woman, circa late 1930s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of Howard Hughes and a woman, circa late 1930s
Date
Archival Collection
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Geraldine Kirk-Hughes oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Geraldine Kirk-Hughes conducted by Larry Sampson on November 28, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview Kirk-Hughes relates her birth and upbringing in Simmersport, Louisiana, becoming a teen mother, earning a GED and earning her first college degree before marrying and moving to Greece and Dubai. She then explains how she returned to the United States to earn her masters degree before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978. She discusses her second marriage, her decision to attend law school, and her decision to go into private practice instead of working for a law firm. She talks about cases she worked on, people in the community she knew, and the effects of discrimination on her work and career. She ends by talking about her third marriage and sharing thoughts on how the Las Vegas African American community has lost some of the cohesiveness and unity of earlier decades.
Archival Collection