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Boulder Dam: The Pictorial Record of Man's Conquest of the Colorado River Film (MS-01086)

Abstract

Boulder Dam: The Pictorial Record of Man's Conquest of the Colorado River (1937) is a public service announcement film produced by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation about the construction of the Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada in the 1930s. Included in the collection is the original 35mm black-and-white film that was shown at the Boulder Theatre in Boulder City which was owned by donor Myron Jones's family from 1959 to 1970.

Date
1937
Extent
0.72 Cubic Feet (1 oversized box)
1.71 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents Note

Boulder Dam: The Pictorial Record of Man's Conquest of the Colorado River (1937) is a public service announcement film produced by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation about the construction of the Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada in the 1930s. Included in the collection is the original 35mm black-and-white film that was shown at the Boulder Theatre in Boulder City which was owned by donor Myron Jones's family from 1959 to 1970.

Access Note

Collection is open for research. Where use copies do not exist, production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay research requests

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials remain as they were received.

Preferred Citation

Boulder Dam: The Pictorial Record of Man's Conquest of the Colorado River Film, 1937. MS-01086. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 2021 by Myron Jones; accession number 2021-148.

Processing Note

In 2021, Tammi Kim created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.

Subjects
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
Boulder City (Nev.)
North America -- Colorado River
Collection Type
Manuscript collections
EAD ID
US::NVLN::MS01086
Finding Aid Description Rules
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English