Single Documents and Ephemera

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

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Name/Title

Single Documents and Ephemera

Entry/Object ID

MS.32

Scope and Content

Single Documents and Ephemera MS 32 Single Documents and Ephemera The material in this collection includes a wide variety of documents and ephemera relative to Boulder City and Hoover Dam history which has been donated to the museum as individual items. * * *

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MS 32 Single Documents and Ephemera inventory [this is an open collection] [files in alphabetical order by subject] [2 boxes] Box 1 of 2 Primary ff no. 1. airports and aviation - Swiftaire and Desert Skyways schedule and tariffs [1949-50 season] 2. Anderson Brothers Supply Co. - employee card for Dorothy Crandall Nunley [laundry (1935)] 3. bars and nightclubs - lease and permit for Laubach's Recreation Tavern [1931-32] 4. birthday card [to an unidentified person] with many signatures of prominent citizens [c. 1940s-50s] 5. Boulder City - “Information Regarding Boulder City … “ [August 1, 1932 (6 sheets)] 6. Boulder City Builders Supply - documents, re: wiring [1940 (Sims Ely signature)] and sale [1959] 7. Boulder City Company Store - credit authorization card [c. 1932-35] 8. Boulder Theatre - lease and permit [June 25, 1931] 9. Boulder Theatre - program [September 1935] 10. Boulder Theatre - program [week of June 30, 1937] 11. Boulder Theatre - program [September 12-18, 1943] 12. Camp Williston - Daily Memorandum no. 38 [February 13, 1943] 13. cemeteries - Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery: dedication program [April 6, 1990] 14. cemeteries - Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery: groundbreaking ceremony program [May 30, 1988] 15. churches - Grace Community Church: Young Matron's class [1935 (with documentation)] 16. churches - LDS [Boulder City Ward chapel]: dedication program [May 27, 1962 (2 copies)] 17. civil service employment applications [1949] 18. clothing - "Bill O'Hara, merchant tailor" [label, c. 1930s] 19. clubs and organizations - membership cards for Masons and El Korah Temple [1936 (acc. nos. 988.1d and 988.1e] 20. clubs and organizations - Nu Phi Mu raffle ticket [April 26, 1947] 21. clubs and organizations - program for the Boulder City Lions Club Charter Day Banquet [May 29, 1945] 22. dance - Armistice Ball ticket [third annual (November 10, 1934)] 23. dance - Police Ball program [first annual (October 1, 1932; with description of law enforcement in Boulder City; 2 copies)] 24. dance program for the President’s Ball to fight infantile paralysis [January 27, 1939] 25. dog license and application [Mrs. R. V. (Clara) Longley (Feb. 26, 1934)] 26. Gibson, Mads - personal papers [Nevada poll tax receipts (1941-53); transportation documents (with Operating Engineers Union items, 1942-45)] 27. gift and antique shops - Barnhill Studios [Boulder City, 1932-33] 28. Grand Coulee Dam - hospital operation [November 1953] 29. Hamby, Chester B. - employment records, 1932-36 30. holidays - Damboree: naming [letter, 1949] 31. holidays - Mother's Day: first [May 8, 1932 (program) 32. Hoover Dam - accidents and deaths: police report on accident in Tunnel No. 4 [April 10, 1943] 33. Hoover Dam - art and monuments: memorial plaque dedication program [Boulder City Central Labor Council (May 30, 1935)] 34. Hoover Dam - construction: aerial view of the construction site with features noted [from Western Construction News, August 1934] 35. Hoover Dam - construction: cement unloading agreement [May 16, 1932] 36. Hoover Dam - construction: contractors: “Information as to Contracts - Awarded and Proposed, Boulder Canyon Project” [January 3, 1933 (3 sheets)] 37. Hoover Dam - construction: discharge order from the Bureau of Reclamation [1936] 38. Hoover Dam - construction: employment: “Information to Applicants for Employment at Hoover Dam, Boulder Canyon Project” [February 1, 1933 (3 sheets)] 39. Hoover Dam - construction: employment cards for Six Companies workers [1930s (Frank Crowe signature)] 40. Hoover Dam - construction: employment cards for Six Companies subcontract workers [1930s (C. T. Sullivan, Union Oil Company) 41. Hoover Dam - construction: first check received by Six Companies from the government for work on the Boulder Canyon Project [June 11, 1931] 42. Hoover Dam - construction: materials list [compiled c. 1935-36 (with documentation)] 43. Hoover Dam - construction: paycheck [Six Companies, (August 8, 1931)] 44. Hoover Dam - construction: planning: The News Outline [March 7-11, 1927] 45. Hoover Dam - construction: shovel foreman’s report form [yellow card (2 sheets)] 46. Hoover Dam - labor issues: overtime [memo from Frank Crowe forbidding overtime work (October 12, 1935)] 47. Hoover Dam - labor issues: strike poster [August 1931] 48. Hoover Dam - letter of recommendation for worker Ralph Duval [Six Companies stationery (September 24, 1936)] 49. Hoover Dam - “press packet” [1931-32] 50. Hoover Dam - tourists and tourism: Boulder Dam Service Bureau advertising card [c. 1935-39] 51. Hoover Dam - tourists and tourism: decal from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce [includes traffic regulations (c. 1931-32)] 52. Hoover Dam - tourists and tourism: dedication program for the grand opening of the Hoover Dam Store and the High Scaler Cafe [October 28, 2000] 53. Hoover Dam - tourists and tourism: guide's lecture, c. 1950 [typescript (7 pp)] 54. Hoover Dam - tourists and tourism: invitation to the grand opening of the Hoover Dam Store and the High Scaler Cafe [October 28, 2000] Box 2 of 2 Primary ff no. 1. housing - application for a government house [1940s] 2. housing - Avenue D: 659 [assignment of lease, 1937-40] P 3. housing - Avenue G: 651 [Linck, Donald (lease; lease transfer; insurance; maintenance receipts, 1954-55)] 4. housing - California Avenue: 652 [Whalen, Luke and Lillian (bill of sale; quitclaims; lease amendment; homestead, 1936-65)] 5. housing - Lakeview Addition: FHA appraisals for [McKeeversville] lots [September 21, 1960] 6. housing - itemized list of a lease contract for furnishings at 631 Avenue A, apt. B [1934-35] 7. housing - Notice and Offer to Sell [govt. housing (Mansor, Ella; 1112 Fifth Street, May 28, 1959)] 8. housing: "Occupants of Government-Owned Residences in Boulder City, Nevada" [July 18, 1955] 9. housing - quitclaim deed to William S. Miller for lot 28, block 29 in Boulder City [(628 Avenue C) March 8, 1960] 10. housing - Utah Street: 608 [contract for sale, liquidation of Defense Homes Corporation houses (November 16, 1948; C. P. Christensen signature)] 11. humorous publication ["obscene" (c. 1930s-40s?)] 12. Korean War - Radio KFRB World News Brief [July 14, 1950] 13. Lake Mead - boats and boating: races: Lake Mead Speedboat Regatta [2nd annual (September 27-28, 1947)] - raffle tickets 14. Lake Mead - tourists and tourism: ticket for a boat trip on the Murl Emery, Inc. line [c. 1935-36] 15. law enforcement - parking permit [first parking permit issued in Boulder City (to Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal reporter Elton Garrett, c. 1931-32)] 16. law enforcement - police reports from Page, Arizona [1957-59] 17. law enforcement - police report on attempted escape from the Boulder City jail [October 31, 1943] 18. law enforcement - police report on Tommy Powell drowning in Lake Mead [June 27, 1943] 19. law enforcement - visitors pass for the Boulder Canyon Project [October 13, 1934] 20. libraries - Boulder City Library card for Lappin, Patricia [c. 1960s] 21. libraries - dedication invitation [January 23, 1982] 22. libraries - dedication invitation [May 18, 2002] 23. restaurants, cafes, and coffeehouses - Browder's Lunch/Cafe [business cards, one with a note on the back: "Mr. & Mrs. Vic Pinneo are permitted to visit the Browder summer home Emigration Canyon" (sig)] [995.17] 24. restaurants, cafes, and coffeehouses - Reservation Grill [copper business card, c. 1932-37] 25. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano - genealogy [Delano Family, 1937-41] P 26. schools and education - Boulder City Elementary School graduation program: 8th grade [May 27, 1942] 27. schools and education - Boulder City High School Athletic Field dedication program [September 21, 1951] P 28. schools and education - Boulder City High School graduation diploma and programs for Paul Kenneth Goen [May 27, 1943] P 29. schools and education - Boulder City High School graduation invitation [May 27, 1948] P 30. schools and education - Boulder City High School graduation program [3 copies] and invitation [May 28, 1942 (the first high school class to graduate in Boulder City; the date printed on the programs is May 24; the date printed on the invitation and noted in the Boulder City News is May 28, 1942)] 31. schools and education - Boulder City High School [graduation] program [May 27, 1943] 32. schools and education - Boulder City High School [graduation] program [May 28, 1956] 33. schools and education - Boulder City High School Multi-Use Building dedication program [May 13, 1962] 34. schools and education - Boulder City Junior-Senior High School building dedication invitation [September 3, 1950] 35. schools and education - Boulder City Junior-Senior High School building ground-breaking ceremony invitation [March 4, 1949] 36. schools and education - Elton M. Garrett Junior High School: dedication program [November 8, 1979 (2 copies)] 37. schools and education - letter of appeal from Edna Newell to the Boulder City School Board, re: not having her teaching contract renewed because she was instrumental in founding the Classroom Teachers Association [July 30, 1952] 38. schools and education - poem: "The Boulder Bus" [1935] P 39. schools and education - teaching contract for Genevieve [Gene] Wines [Segerblom] [note that marriage automatically voided the contract (May 1, 1940)] P 40. scrip - Six Companies paper scrip booklet [empty (c. 1931-32; accession no. 991.22b)] 41. sports and recreation - Boulder City Swimming Pool/Park Complex grand opening and dedication program [October 31, 1981)] 42. sports and recreation - Bruce Eaton Field dedication program [September 9, 1983] P 43. sports and recreation - golf course: municipal [1930s]: map 44. sports and recreation - Luke A. Whalen Field dedication invitation March 30, 1963] P 45. utility bills for W. O. Nicholson, 1313 New Mexico Street [1932] P 46. World War II - air raid warning instructions P 47. World War II - Civilian Defense Index [1942] 48. World War II - Clark County Community and War Chest, Inc. [1943-44] 49. World War II - Disposition of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard World War II Dead [1946] P 50. World War II - draft classification notice for Joseph L. Nicholson [February 8, 1943 (accession no. 997.43.47)] P 51. World War II - ration books for Bates, Russell and Beulah "Billie" in a Central Market carrying case [c. 1943 (accession no. 998.31.5)] P 52. World War II - ration books for Brown, James C. and Zora P 53. World War II - ration book for McBride, Marian L. P 54. World War II - ration book for Segerblom, Robin P 55. World War II - ration book for Wines, Hazel C. P 56. World War II - ration stamps 57. World War II - U. S. Ranger certificate for George Bywater, c. 1945 58. Foreman and Clark notebook, Boulder City postcards, reproduction 59. Boulder City Souvenir Books, Grace Community Church, 1933 (2 copies)

Location

Location

Rolling Rack #2

Research Room

Date

March 10, 2025

Relationships

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Nunley, Dorothy

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Crandall, Dorothy

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Ely, Sims

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O'Hara, William J. "Bill"

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Longley, Clara Valentine

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Matthews, Clara Valentine

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Anderson, Clara Valentine

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James, Clara Valentine

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Gibson, Mads

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Hamby, Chester B.

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Crowe, Frank T.

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Liguori, Steve

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Hansen, Bert D.

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Linck, Donald

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Whalen, Luke

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Whalen, Lillian

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Miller, William S.

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Christensen, Carlo P. (C. P.)

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Emery, Murl

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Garrett, Elton

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Powell, Tommy

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Lappin, Patricia

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Russell, Patricia

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Pinneo, Alice Madonna

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Pinneo, Victor H.

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Browder, Ida

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Goen, Paul Kenneth

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Newell, Edna

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Segerblom, Gene

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Wines, Gene

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Eaton, Bruce

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Nicholson, Wesley O.

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Nicholson, Joseph L.

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Bates, Russell

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Bates, Billie

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Brown, James C.

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Brown, Zora

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McBride, Marian L.

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Segerblom, Robin

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Wines, Hazel C.

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Bywater, George C.

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Mountford, Ida

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Ireland, Ida

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Hancock, Ida

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Mansor, Ella

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Bell, Ella

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Bissett, Bess

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Barnhill, E. G.

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Sullivan, C. T.

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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

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July 31, 2002

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Update Date

November 5, 2025