Name/Title
Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead: Promotional and Publicity MaterialEntry/Object ID
MS.6Scope and Content
Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead: Promotional and Publicity Material
MS 6
Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead:
Promotional and Publicity Material
[1920s - current]
Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead were recognized as major tourist destinations even before Hoover Dam was completed. Efforts to attract tourists to the area were made as early as 1930 by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, and continued from that time by the federal government, the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce, and by private commercial enterprises and organizations. The material in this open collection starts in the 1930s and includes not only brochures, booklets, pamphlets, and ephemera, but articles in serial publications promoting construction of Hoover Dam, the Boulder City lifestyle, and the sport and recreation opportunities of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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ManuscriptsArchive Items Details
Notes
MS 6
Boulder City, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead:
Promotional and Publicity Material
[1920s - current]
inventory
[this is an open collection]
Box 1 [Boulder City and Lake Mead]
ff no.
1. Boulder City [1930s]
2. Boulder City [1940s]
a. brochures
b. other
3. Boulder City [1950s]
a. folder
b. brochures
4. Boulder City [1960s]
a. booklets
b. brochures
5. Boulder City [1970s]
6. Boulder City [1980s]
a. brochures
b. brochures - Historic Walking Tours
c. Scenic Drive and Art Walk
7. Boulder City [1990s]
a. brochures
b. brochures - Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum
c. brochures - Old Town Merchants Association
d. other
8. Boulder City [2000s]
a. brochures - Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum
9. Boulder City [serial publications (1940s - current)]
10. Lake Mead National Recreation Area [1930s]
11. Lake Mead National Recreation Area [1940s]
12. Lake Mead National Recreation Area [1950s]
a. brochures
b. concessions
13. Lake Mead National Recreation Area [1960s]
a. brochures
b. concessions
14. Lake Mead National Recreation Area [1970s]
15. Lake Mead National Recreation Area [1980s]
16. Lake Mead National Recreation Area [1990s]
a. brochures
b. concessions
c. concessions - Lake Mead Cruises
d. concessions - Lake Mead Cruises [menu, 1995]
e. concessions - Lake Mead Cruises [menu, 1996]
17. Lake Mead National Recreation Area [2000s]
a. brochures
Box 2 [Hoover Dam]
ff no.
1. serial publications [1930s]
2. serial publications [1940s]
3. serial publications [1950s]
4. serial publications [1960s]
5. serial publications [1970s]
6. serial publications [1980s]
7. serial publications [1990s]
8. ephemera [1920s]
a. brochures
9. ephemera [1930s]
a. tourist decals [ca. 1933 >]
b. visitors entrance permit decals [1931-32]
c. brochures
d. tourist publications
1. "Boulder Dam Book of Comparisons" [1937]
2. "The Romance of Concrete and Steel: Boulder
Dam" [1933]
e. tourist publications
1. "Boulder Dam and the Boulder Dam Recreational
Area" [1939]
f. commemorative coin [with documentation (1931)]
10. ephemera [1940s]
a. brochures
b. tourist publications
1. "Boulder Dam and the Boulder Dam Recreational Area"
[1946]
2. "Hoover (Boulder) Dam and the Lake Mead
Recreational Area" [ca. 1948-49]
11. ephemera [1950s]
a. brochures
12. ephemera [1960s]
a. brochures
13. ephemera [1970s]
a. brochures
14. ephemera [1980s]
a. brochures
15. ephemera [1990s]
a. brochures
b. concessions
16. ephemera [2000s]
a. brochures
17. anniversaries and events
a. dedication [September 30, 1935]
b. "Modern Civil Engineering Wonder" [1955]
c. 40th anniversary of power generation [1976]
d. 50th anniversary of the first concrete pour [June 5-6,
1983]
e. 50th anniversary [1985]
f. flier advertising an autograph reception for
"Hoover Dam: An American Adventure," by Joseph
Stevens at the Boulder City Library [July 10, 1988]
g. 60th anniversary [1995]
18. guides' lectures, questions, and answers [1931 - current]
19." The Sculptures at Hoover Dam by Oskar Hansen"
[1942, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1978]
20. tourist publications
a."The Story of Boulder Dam" [1941]
b. "The Story of Hoover Dam" [1976]
* * *Location
Location
* Untyped Location
Basement ArchivesDate
February 11, 2025Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Hansen, Oskar III J. W. F.Person or Organization
Stevens, JosephRelated Entries
Notes
subject files, BOULDER CITY [several]
subject files, HOOVER DAM [several]
subject files, LAKE MEAD [several]
photographs
library [books and serial publications]
newspaper collection
maps
blueprints,plans, and plats
broadsides and postersCreated By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
June 22, 2002Updated By
bcmha.archives@gmail.comUpdate Date
September 3, 2025