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Shockley, May Bradford, 1879-1977
May Bradford was born May 11, 1879 in Missouri. Her parents named her Cora May, but she almost always went by the name May. Growing up, she lived in mining camps in New Mexico, Colorado, and Oregon, where her father worked. She graduated from high school in Carthage, Missouri. She attended Stanford and studied art and mathematics, earning her degree in 1902. She then taught high school for one year in Seattle, Washington to earn the money to go to Paris and study art and was able to spend the next year in Paris.
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Transcript of interview with Herbert & Erma Holtam by Marc Hechter, February 7, 1976
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Archival Collection
Description
On February 7, 1976, collector, Marc Hechter interviewed Herbert and Erma Holtam in the collector’s home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers the history of the early Las Vegas Valley area. The discussion includes an in-depth overview of the Helldorado Parade and Helldorado Village. The building of the hotels on the Strip, homesteading, and local housing developments, are also discussed.
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Photograph of the Hughes flight training school, North Las Vegas, Nevada, circa late 1960s.
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Archival Collection
Description
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Mayme Hooper's father-in-law, Tim Hooper, in Monitor Valley, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.C. Hooper Family. Tim Hooper was a Shoshone Indian and lived to be quite old.
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Correspondence regarding transportation of explosives, 1910, 1917
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Records
Box/Folder: Box 1
Archival Component
Bills of lading, 1938 to 1940
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Records
Box/Folder: Box 2
Archival Component
Time checks, 1918-1920
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Tonopah Mining Company Records
Box/Folder: Box 06
Archival Component
Weigher's cards, 1901-1905
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Tonopah Mining Company Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Time checks, 1907-1917
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Tonopah Mining Company Records
Box/Folder: Box 05
Archival Component
Requisition and expense account forms, approximately 1930 to 1934
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Records
Box/Folder: Box 1
Archival Component