Boulder City Pioneers - personal recollections

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

*Click on image for content.: MS.16 - Box 1; ff 15/30: "Frank" [letter, April 22, 1931]
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MS.16 - Box 1; ff 15/30: "Frank" [letter, April 22, 1931]

Name/Title

Boulder City Pioneers - personal recollections

Entry/Object ID

MS.16

Scope and Content

Boulder City Pioneers - personal recollections MS 16 Boulder City Pioneers personal recollections The material in this collection consists of letters, notes, and memoirs with first person accounts of early Boulder City and Hoover Dam construction. These are not oral history transcripts, but are narratives written by Boulder City pioneers themselves. * * *

Collection

Manuscripts

Category

Primary Level

Archive Items Details

Notes

MS 16 Boulder City Pioneers: personal recollections inventory [open collection] Box 1 folder no. 1. Allen, Grant S. [memoir, 1992] 2. Bachman, Audrey Jean [letter, 1979 (also see photo collection 0081)] 3. Bennie, W. [letter, April 21, 1993] 4. Bezzant, Lenon Peterson [letter and photos with narrative, 1997-2000 (also see photo collection 0074)] 5. Bodell, Glen E. "Bud" [letter, re: Claude Williams, c. 1960s-70s (also see photo collection 0084)] 6. Brumage, Alice Dodge [memoir, 1996, 2000 (also see photo collection 0076)] 7. Carpenter, Louis [letter, July 31, 1998 (also see photograph collection 0036)] 8. "Chas" [post card with message, october 5, 1931] 9. Coe, John [memoir: "How the Coes Came to Live in Boulder City, NV" (n. d.; also see photo collection 0037)] 10. Collett, Dorcas Leah McBride [memoir, n.d (also see photo collection 0089)] 11. Dallon, Frank, W., re: Frank S. Dallon [letters, 2000] 12. Davis, Winthrop A. [correspondence, 1990 and 1995] 13. Denning, Robert [memoir, c. 1980s] 14. DuPree, Cliff A. [letters, 1995 - 1998 (also see photo collection 0061)] 15. "Frank" [letter, April 22, 1931] 16. Gahan, Margaret [letter, August 29, 1988 (also see photo collection 0035)] 17. Garrett, Elton [correspondence, 1929 (also see photo collection 0008)] 18. Godbey, Erma [memoir? transcript?, c. 1980s (also see photo collection 0054)] 19. Hamdorf, Mary Alice [letter/memoir, February 1994 (also see photo collection 0049)] 20. Hamilton, Virgil [letters, 1998] 21. Hansen, Oskar J. W., through Joan Dotson Malone Hays [report, c. 1939] 22. Haugse, Virgil [letters, 1997-98 (also see photo collection 0050)] 23. Holden, Dean [correspondence, 1996] 24. Holman, Linn [correspondence, February 16, 1932 - January 10, 1933 (with transcriptions)] 25. Kizziar, John T. [correspondence and memoirs, 1991-96 (also see photo collection 0031)] 26. Lea, Peggy Jemison [memoirs, 1999-2000] 27. Lloyd, Charles W. [letter, 1998] 28. Lundberg, Larry [letter,. June 1, 1993 (also see photo collection 0023)] 29. McClean, I. S. [letter, 1932] 30. Meursinge, John H. [memoir, 1973 and 1985] Box 2 folder no. 1. Norton, R. P. [letters/memoir, 1996] 2. Page, Jean [correspondence and memoirs, 1981-85 (also see MS 30 and photo collection 0032)] 3. Page, Mildred "Deedle" Sloan [correspondence, 1981-85 (also see MS 30 and photo collection 0032)] 4. postcard [June 8, 1934] 5. Riepen, Maxine [correspondence, 1996 - 2000] 6. Romer, Ray [letters, 2002] 7. Shipp, Esther [letter/memoir, September 1941 (also see MS 17 and photo collection 0018)] 8. Skweres, Frank [correspondence with Bruce Taylor, 2001] 9. Spearman, Rupert [correspondence and memoir, 1985 and 1995-96] 10. Thomsen, A. [?] L. [letter, c. 1930s] 11. Tilman, Lee and Noma [memoir/letter, 2000] 12. Tipton, Andrew R. [correspondence, 1997] 13. Tissot, Ernest E. [correspondence and memoir, 1990s-2000s (also see photo collection 0147)] 14. Urschel, Gladys E. Dooley Swain [diary, 1935 (also see photo collection 0110)] 15. Weber, Walter "Slim" [correspondence to wife, Della, 1935] 16. Wetherington, Vernon L. [letter, March 26, 1979] 17. Wheeler, Thomas O. [letter, 1983] 18. Whynn, W. A. [memoirs: "White Man's Magic" (56 pp, n. d.)] 19. Young, Walker R. [correspondence, 1960s-70s] * * *

Location

Location

Rolling Rack #1

Research Room

Date

February 19, 2025

Relationships

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Allen, Grant S.

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Bachman, Audrey Jean

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Bennie, W.

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Bezzant, Lenon Peterson

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Bodell, Glen E. "Bud"

Person or Organization

Alice Dodge Brumage

Person or Organization

Alice Dodge Brumage

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Carpenter, Louis

Person or Organization

Chas

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Coe, John

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Coe Family

Person or Organization

Collett, Dorcas Leah

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McBride, Dorcas Leah

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Collett, Karl W.

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Dallon, Frank S.

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Davis, Winthrop A.

Person or Organization

Denning, Robert H.

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DuPree, C. A.

Person or Organization

Frank

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Gahan, Margaret

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Garrett, Elton

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Godbey, Erma

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Hamdorf, Mary Alice

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Hamilton, Virgil

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Hansen, Oskar III J. W. F.

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Hays, Joan

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Dotson, Joan

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Malone, Joan

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Haugse, Virgil S.

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Holden, Dean

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Holman, Linn

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Kizziar, John T.

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Lea, Peggy

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Jemison, Peggy

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Lundberg, Larry

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McClean, I. S.

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Meursinge, John H.

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Norton, R. P.

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Page, Jean Rebecca

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Page, Mildred "Deedle"

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Sloan, Mildred "Deedle"

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Riepen, Maxine

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Harrison, Maxine

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Shipp, Esther

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Skewres, Frank

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Spearman, Rupert

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Thomsen, A. L.

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Tilman, Lee

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Tilman, Noma

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Tipton, Andrew R.

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Tissot, Ernest E.

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Urschel, Gladys

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Dooley, Gladys

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Swain, Gladys

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Wetherington, Vernon

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Wheeler, Thomas O.

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Whynn, W. A.

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Young, Walker

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Dennis McBride

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Romer, Ray

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Romer, Leo "Lee"

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Romer, Harriet Ann

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Mulse, Rudolf Matt (Romer)

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Weber, Walter "Slim"

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Lloyd, Charles W.

Related Entries

Notes

biography files subject files [Hoover Dam ... ] subject files [Boulder City ... ] photographs photograph collection no. 0074 [Lenon Peterson Bezzant Collection] photograph collection no. 0084 [Glen and Maude Bodell Collection] photograph collection no. 0076 [Alice Dodge Brumage Collection] photograph collection no. 0036 [Louis Carpenter Collection] photograph collection no. 0035 [Margaret Speelman Gahan Collection] photograph collection no. 0008 [Elton and Madelaine Garrett Collection] photograph collection no. 0054 [Tom and Erma Godbey Collection] photograph collection no, 0031 [John T. Kizziar Collection] photograph collection no. 0023 [Larry Lundberg Collection] photograph collection no. 0018 [John and Esther Shipp Collection] photograph collection no. 0157 [Ernest E. Tissot Collection] photograph collection no. 0110 [Gladys E. Dooley Swain Urschel Collection]

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Create Date

July 16, 2002

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Update Date

November 5, 2025