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Looking up the Colorado River toward the downstrewam face of the Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic print

Date
1960 (year approximate) to 1969 (year approximate)
Description
From the Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (PH-00228). The powerhouse is the U-shaped structure at the toe of the dam. As the river is the state line, the left wing of the powerhouse (containing 8 generating units) is in Nevada, while the right wing of the powerhouse (containing 9 generating units) is in Arizona. The central section of the powerplant houses control rooms, work shops, and offices. The reservoir above the dam is named Lake Mead.

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Dick Hannah's records from Carl Byoir & Associates, 1946-1976

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Series
Scope and Contents

This series dates from 1946-1976 and contains correspondence, memos, newsletters, expenses, distribution lists, directories, and press releases generated by Dick Hannah and the staff of Carl Byoir & Associates, a public relations firm hired by Howard Hughes to oversee public relations for himself and his companies.

Archival Collection
Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
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Collection Number: MS-00380
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files
Box/Folder: N/A

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Biographical essay by Sabina Callwood, 2014

Date
2014
Description

Essays describe Sabina Callwood's experience during the Holocaust and being separated from her family.

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Biographical essay by Esther Toporek Finder, 2014

Date
2014
Description

Essays by Esther Finder describe her parents surviving the Holocaust, and her own visit to the town where they grew up in Poland.

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Biographical essay by Tamas Foldes, 2014

Date
2014
Description

Essays by Tamas Foldes describe a series of events he and his family endured and survived the Holocaust.

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Biographical essay by Margot Goodman, 2014

Date
2014
Description

Essays describe the early life of Margot Goodman, whose father was killed in the Holocaust. She surivived in hiding and came to the United States in 1941, and was reunited with her mother.

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