Jean Page Collection

Archive

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

MS.30 - Box 1 of 1; ff 6/13:correspondence - to: Page, John, from: Lawson, Lawrence, et. al., re: John C. Page's retirement [1947]

MS.30 - Box 1 of 1; ff 6/13:correspondence - to: Page, John, from: Lawson, Lawrence, et. al., re: John C. Page's retirement [1947]

Name/Title

Jean Page Collection

Entry/Object ID

MS.30

Scope and Content

Jean Page Collection MS 30 Jean Page Collection Jean Page [March 31, 1915 - January 3, 1998] was the daughter of Boulder Canyon Project office engineer John C. Page. Jean was 17 when she arrived in Boulder City in 1931 and she grew up on the project surrounded by Bureau of Reclamation officers and Six Companies executives. As an adult Jean published portions of her memoirs in From Hoof to Wheel: The History of Grand Junction, Colorado [1992], as well as a small book of poetry, Verses From My Mountain [c. 1984]. Near the end of her life she began composing autobiographical essays on her life in Boulder City, several of which were broadcast in southern Nevada on KRRI-FM radio in a local history spot project sponsored by the Boulder Dam Credit Union. The Jean Page Collection consists of autograph letters and ephemera relative to her father's career; her father’s diaries from the years 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, and 1935; and autobiographical essays and writings on Boulder City's history. Correspondence between Jean Page, her mother, Mildred Sloan Page, and Dennis McBride is housed in MS 16 [Boulder City Pioneers: Personal Recollections]. * * *

Collection

Manuscripts

Category

Primary Level

Acquisition

Notes

995.18; 001.159

Archive Items Details

Notes

MS 30 Jean Page Collection inventory [1 box ] Box 1 of 1 ff no. item: John Page diary [1930] item: John Page diary [1931] item: John Page diary [1932] item: John Page diary [1934] item: John Page diary [1935] 1. John Page diary notes and partial transcriptions [1930-35] 2. free meal pass for John Page and family, issued and signed by Harold S. Anderson of Anderson Brothers Boarding and Supply Company, c. 1931-35 3. correspondence - to: Page, John; from: Mead, Elwood [1935] 4. speech of John Page at dedication of Oskar J. Hansen's worker's memorial plaque at Hoover Dam, December 12, 1937 [with note to Mildred Page from Walter (?) Walker, editor of the Grand Junction (Colorado) Sentinel] 5. correspondence, to: Page, John, from: Ickes, Harold, re: John Page’s retirement [1947] 6. correspondence - to: Page, John, from: Lawson, Lawrence, et. al., re: John C. Page's retirement [1947] 7. program for John Page’s retirement dinner, October 25, 1947 8. news clipping describing origin of the pen used to sign the Six Companies contract for construction of Hoover Dam [the pen is on display at Hoover Dam] 9. high school graduation material [Las Vegas High School, 1933] 10. correspondence - to: Page, Jean; from: Dexheimer, W. A. [1957] 11. script and cassette tapes - Boulder City/Hoover Dam history spots written by Jean Page, sponsored by the Boulder Dam Credit Union and broadcast by KRRI-FM radio [n. d., c. 1980s-90s] 12. essays - autobiographical [1994-95] 13. correspondence - to: Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum [Pat Lappin]; from: Page, Jean [1994-95] * * *

Location

Location

Rolling Rack #2

Research Room

Date

March 10, 2025

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Page, John C.

Person or Organization

Page, Mildred "Deedle"

Person or Organization

Sloan, Mildred "Deedle"

Person or Organization

Page, Jean Rebecca

Person or Organization

Lappin, Patricia

Person or Organization

Russell, Patricia

Person or Organization

Dexheimer, Wilbur A.

Person or Organization

Mead, Elwood

Person or Organization

Hansen, Oskar III J. W. F.

Person or Organization

Ickes, Harold

Person or Organization

Anderson, Harold Spurrier

Related Entries

Notes

photograph collection no. 0032 [Jean Page Collection] biography file [Page, Jean Rebecca] biography file [Page, John C. and Mildred "Deedle"]

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 18, 2002

Updated By

bcmha.archives@gmail.com

Update Date

November 5, 2025