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Hugh Shirkey oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Hugh Shirkey conducted by Patricia van Betten on February 04, 2010 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Shirkey discusses his personal history and arriving to Blue Diamond, Nevada in 1950. He talks about his employment at the Blue Diamond Mine as an electrician. Shirkey describes what life was like at the village as a single worker, the development of the mining plant, how the plant was managed, and traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada. Lastly, Shirkey recalls moving to Las Vegas and retiring from the mining plant.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft, 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes in his Lockheed 14 aircraft, 1938
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, January 14, 1936
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, January 14, 1936
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, January 14, 1936
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Sheehan, Robert. There's plenty of privacy left in private enterprise: The Hughes companies, Fortune 74(2), 1966 July 15
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Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 08
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, circa late 1930s
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Photograph of Howard Hughes out for dinner, circa 1937
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