Name/Title
Boulder City Cultural CenterEntry/Object ID
MS.21Scope and Content
Boulder City Cultural Center
MS 21
Boulder City Cultural Center
The Boulder City Cultural Center was conceived in late 1966 by a group of Boulder citizens including Al Bornhoft, R. Guild Gray, Harry Lattin, and Elton Garrett, who was their prime motivator. Their idea was to found an umbrella organization for the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce, the Boulder City Art Guild, a yet-to-be-organized Boulder City Museum, and to provide a venue for other cultural endeavors for the citizens of Boulder City. The Cultural Center was incorporated on April 15, 1968 [instrument no. 697255, Book 868, recorded April 25, 1968] and began raising money to construct a Cultural Center building.
A formal Cultural Center never materialized as Elton Garrett and the others imagined, although the city sold land Tract 88 to the Center for $1 in December 1969. The Boulder City Chamber of Commerce obtained its own building on Tract 88 in 1974 when it built a dome structure at 1497 Nevada Highway [see the Boulder City News 1.1.74, 1:5-6 ("Chamber to Build Dome for New Home"); Boulder City News 6.13.74, 2:6 (groundbreaking for dome); Boulder City News 6.20.74, 3:4-7 (photo); Boulder City News 11.28.74, p. 7 ("C. C. Folk and Friends Nail 'Skin" [photo; building the Chamber of Commerce dome] )]. In 1980 the Boulder City Art Guild/Cultural Center moved into the former Sproul Homes sales office which had been moved from 833 Nevada Highway to 1495 Nevada Highway next to the Chamber of Commerce dome [see Boulder City News 5.2.63, 1:1-4 (photo: "Sproul Homes Sales Manager") and Boulder City News 2.19.81, p. 14 ("Cultural Center Gets Building Next to Chamber of Commerce"); Boulder City News 12.4.80, p. 11 ("Cultural Center" [grand opening in building next to Chamber of Commerce dome on Nevada Highway on 12.14.80] )].
Meanwhile, the Boulder City Museum and Historical Association was formed in 1980, began raising money for a museum building of its own, and in 1988 moved into a temporary storefront at 444 Hotel Plaza [see the Las Vegas Review-Journal 2.5.67, p. 17 ("Museum Gets a Name: B. C. Cultural Center"); Boulder City News 5.8.80, p. 5 ("Boulder City's Own Historical Society Being Formed"); Boulder City News 3.19.81, 31 ("Making Money to Build a Museum in Frank T. Crowe Park"); Boulder City News 9.8.88, p. 6 ("Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum Under Construction"); Boulder City News 9.15.88, p. 12 ("Date Set for BC/Hoover Dam Museum Opening"); Boulder City News 9.22.88, 9:4-6 ("Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum Opening Sept. 30"); Boulder City News 9.29.88, p. 3 ("Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum Set to Open Sept. 30"); Boulder City News 10.6.88, p. 36 ("Boulder City Museum Opens and Town is Delighted," by Teddy Fenton); Boulder City News 1.21.93, 9A ("The Boulder City Museum Was Born in Ack's Attic in 1980," by Teddy Fenton)].
It wasn't until 1993 that Elton Garrett's dream finally came true. The fragments of the former Boulder City Cultural Center combined to form the Boulder Dam Hotel Association, Inc. which bought the Boulder Dam Hotel and remodeled it into space for the Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Boulder City Arts Council.
More information on the Boulder City Cultural Center may be found in the Elton and Madelaine Garrett Papers [MS 7].
* * *Collection
ManuscriptsArchive Items Details
Notes
MS 21
Boulder City Cultural Center
inventory
[3 boxes and 1 folder]
Folder 1 of 1
bylaws [draft, c. 1968 (5 pp)]
Box 1 of 3
folder no.
1. correspondence, re: Nelson school house preservation [1968]
2. facilities - city garage [1970-71]
3. facilities - lease agreement with the Boulder City Chamber of
Commerce [1972-73]
4. facilities - Tract 88 [1968-72]
5. facilities - Tract 88: building [proposed (19698-72)]
6. fact sheet [November 23, 1979]
7. financial records - balance sheets [1967-73]
8. financial records - bank statements [1971-74 (Bank of Nevada
account no. 03-008-8843)]
9. financial records - income tax return [1970-71]
10. financial records - income tax return [1971-72]
11. financial records - IRS form 1099 [1971]
12. financial records - IRS tax exemption letter [1969]
13. financial records - receipts [1966-72]
14. financial records - property taxes [1972-73]
15. financial records - trust agreement with the Bank of Nevada
[February 21, 1967]
16. fund raising - "Anniversary Waltz" performance
[July 20-22, 1967]
17. fund raising - Big John Strong's Trained Animal Circus
[June 1, 1967]
18. fund raising - Big John Strong's Trained Animal Circus
[May 28, 1969]
19. fund raising - bingo game [1967]
20. fund raising - "Boulder City Musical Pops '84"
[November 10, 1984]
21. fund raising -"Boulder City Musical Pops '86"
[November 15, 1986]
22. fund raising - candidates night [August 24, 1968]
23. fund raising - Christmas Music Program [1967]
24. fund raising - Damboree [1967]
25. fund raising - Duer, Susan concert [September 6, 198?]
Box 2 of 3
folder no.
1. fund raising - Fleischmann Foundation [1970]
2. fund raising - Gay '90s Street Dance [May 6, 1967]
3. fund raising - Las Vegas Convention Authority [1968-69]
4. fund raising - musical/dance productions [c. 1980s]
5. fund raising - "Spring '86 Concert Series"
6. fund raising - ticket selling agreement [1970s-80s]
7. fund raising - Warburton Family Bluegrass Concert
[June 20, 1967]
8. news clippings [1967]
9. news clippings [1968]
10. news clippings [1969]
11. news clippings [1970]
12. news clippings [1974]
13. news clippings [1980s]
14. notes [1960s-70s]
15. organization - articles of incorporation [April 10, 1968] and
certificate of amendment [1969]
16. organization - Board of Trustees/Directors [1968-73]
17. organization - Board of Trustees: correspondence, re:
solicitation for Board membership [April 27, 1967]
18. organization - bylaws [with revisions (1968-72; also see
MS 21, Folder 1 of 1)]
19. organization - committees [1967]
20. organization - meeting minutes [1969-70 (hand-written notes)]
21. organization - meeting minutes [1967-69]
22. organization - meeting minutes [1982]
23. press releases [1969-70]
24. publicity - application for Planning Commission approval to
erect a sign [April 2, 1969]
25. publicity - promotional fliers [1967-68]
26. publicity - promotional fliers and post cards [1980s]
27. stationery
Box 3 of 3 [artifacts]
folder no.
1. fans [1980s]
2. note cards [c. 1980s]
3. note cards [c. 1980s]
4. rubber stamp
* * *Location
Location
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Basement ArchivesDate
March 10, 2025Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Garrett, EltonPerson or Organization
Bornhoft, Allen "Al" H.Person or Organization
Lattin, HarryPerson or Organization
Gray, R. GuildPerson or Organization
Duer, SusanPerson or Organization
Warburton Family [musicians]Related Entries
Notes
photographs
subject files
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