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Shockley, George
Brother of William Hillman Shockley. See: http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000334083
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"An Endangered Species": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Carl Rowan shooting a trespasser.
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Hyman, Stanley
Stanley Hyman (1925-1999) was a district manager at Farmers Insurance and a Navy veteran who lived in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1951 until his death in 1999. Hyman was born August 26, 1925, in San Francisco, California. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific from 1944 to 1946. Hyman moved to Las Vegas in May 1951 and was active in the local community. He was a member of the Lions Club and the Chamber of Commerce, and chaired several United Fund drives.
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Ralph Denton oral history interviews
Oral history interviews with Ralph Denton conducted by Donalene V. Ravitch on February 24, 1980 and March 16, 1980 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. In these interviews, Denton recalls growing up in Caliente, Nevada. He talks about aspects and events in the community both during his life and before his birth, including the school system, housing, mining, the importance of the railroad, the stagecoach, the advent of legal gambling, farming, and the periodic flooding. He also discusses Caliente's population and the increase in ethnic minorities and Mormons in the area, the importance of politics, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's whistlestop visit to the town, and the economy during the depression.
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Leonard Ray Pearson oral history interview
Oral history interview with Leonard Ray Pearson conducted by Steve Alvarado in 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Pearson shares experiences of arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950. Pearson later talks about the changes and development that Las Vegas went through.
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County agent project report, Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, 1930 Addition
Summary of plan for organizing an irrigation district in the Moapa Valley for flood control, water storage, and drainage. Project Number: State Office No. 172, Clark County No. 12
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Report, The flood control program - Moapa area, after 1942
Cost of Civilian Conservation Corp work in the Moapa Valley and the benefits accrued to the residents of the valley.
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