Tom and Erma Godbey Collection

Archive

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

Name/Title

Tom and Erma Godbey Collection

Entry/Object ID

MS.36

Scope and Content

Tom and Erma Godbey Collection MS 36 Tom and Erma Godbey Collection Tom [1899-1977] and Erma Godbey [1905-1993] came to the Boulder Canyon Project in 1931 and settled in Ragtown on the Colorado River. Tom Godbey was a charter member of Boulder City's Veterans of Foreign wars organization and the American Legion, and served four terms in the Nevada State Assembly. Erma was active in many of Boulder City's civic, fraternal, and political organizations, and oral histories conducted with her in the 1970s and 1980s are among the most vivid and detailed recorded memories of Hoover Dam and Boulder City construction. The items in this collection reflect Tom's and Erma's civic and political involvement. * * *

Collection

Manuscripts

Category

Support Level

Acquisition

Notes

993.51

Archive Items Details

Notes

MS 36 Tom and Erma Godbey Collection inventory [2 boxes and 1 folder]] Box 1 of 2 ff no. 1. Red Cross Production Records [3-ring binder (1940-46)] 2. catalog - "Arizona Republic" [transfer patterns for lace] 3. civil defense - notes [c. 1950s-60s] 4. correspondence, from: Boulder Dam Area Council, Boy Scouts of America [May 3, 1949 (Rex Bell autograph)] 5. correspondence, from: National Recreation Association [1949] 6. news clippings - Boulder City Recreation Association activities [1948-49 (acc. no. 993.51.38)] 7. publication - "Health for Girls" [includes sex "education" (1933)] 8. publication - "What Shall I Do? Everyday Questions and Answers on Etiquette" [c. 1930s] 9. publication - "The Kenny Method of Treatment for Infantile Paralysis" [1942] 10. publication - "Doctor ... What Can I Do? Facts About Infantile Paralysis" [1946] 11. publication - "A Guide for Parents in the Nursing Care of Patients with Infantile Paralysis in the Home" [1946] 12. publication - "A Guide for Nurses in the Nursing Care of Patients with Infantile Paralysis" [1947] 13. publication - "Keeping Fit in Wartime" [n. d. (World War II)] 14. publication - "The Care and Use of Electric Appliances in the Home" [1942] 15. publication - "Electrical Safety in Wartime" [n. d. (World War II)] 16. publication - "Bersted's Hobby Craft" [catalog (1948)] 17. publication - "The Playground: Summer Notebook" [1948] 18. publication - "Civil Defense Supplement to the American Red Cross First Aid Handbook" [1951 (includes nuclear warfare)] 19. publication - "Atomic Test Effects in the Nevada Test Site Region" [1955] 20. publication - "Atomic Tests in Nevada" [1957] 21. publication - "Family Food Stockpile for Survival" [n. d. (c. 1950s-60s)] 22. publication - "Live: Three Plans for Survival in a Nuclear Attack" [c. 1960s] 23. publication - "Ten for Survival: Survive Nuclear Attack" [c. 1960s] 24. publication - "Community and Family Service for Civil Defense" [1964] 25. publication - "In Time of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack [and] Natural Disasters" [1968] 26. publication - "Your Nevada Test Site Information Handbook" [n. d. (c. 1960s)] 27. brochure/map - "The Short Route - Navajo Trail" [1962] 28. publication - "Message of Governor Grant Sawyer to the Legislature of Nevada - Fifty-third Session, January 1965" 29. publication - "Sun-Maid Raisins" [n. d.] Box 2 of 2 [legislative papers] ff no. 1. campaign material for Tom Godbey's seat in the Nevada State Assembly, District 1 [c. 1960-66] 2. civil defense [1964] 3. Committee on Labor [1965] 4. correspondence [1955] 5. correspondence [1956] 6. correspondence [1957] 7. correspondence [1958] 8. correspondence [1961] 9. correspondence [1963] 10. correspondence [1965] 11. correspondence [1966] 12. prisoners and parole [1965] 13. miscellaneous 14. news clippings [taxes (1966)] 15. publications [1959-66] 16. surplus funds [1957] 17. documentation: withdrawn item Folder 1 of 1 Nevada apportionment charts [1960] * * *

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Basement Archives

Date

March 10, 2025

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sawyer, Grant

Related Entries

Notes

photographs photogaph collection no. 0054 [Tom and Erma Godbey Collection] photograph collection no. 0090 [Alice Nash Sullivan Collection] biography file: GODBEY, Tom and Erma

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 19, 2002

Updated By

bcmha.archives@gmail.com

Update Date

September 3, 2025