Lloyd and Roberta Hudlow Papers

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

Name/Title

Lloyd and Roberta Hudlow Papers

Entry/Object ID

MS.50

Scope and Content

Lloyd and Roberta Hudlow Papers MS 50 Lloyd and Roberta Hudlow Papers Lloyd Hudlow [August 6, 1907 - June 15, 1987] came to Boulder City in March 1933 as a surveyor for the Bureau of Reclamation on the Hoover Dam project. On June 1, 1934, Hudlow married Roberta O'Rourke [b. February 29, 1908], a teacher at Las Vegas High School. The couple had two children—Grant Barclay and Joanne. Hudlow rose through the administrative ranks of the Bureau of Reclamation in Boulder City, becoming the Assistant Director of Power in 1948 under Carlo P. Christensen, and then L. R. Douglass. In 1954 Hudlow took Douglass's place as the Boulder Canyon Project Engineer—a Bureau reorganization shortly before had abolished the Director of Power title. Hudlow's responsibilities included not only the daily operation and maintenance of Hoover Dam, but he was often called upon to serve as greeter and host to prominent visitors on the Boulder Canyon Project. Roberta Hudlow was very active in Boulder City's social and civic affairs. With a university background in physical education, Mrs. Hudlow had worked with the Boulder City recreation department since 1938. She was also a charter member of the Southern Nevada Branch of the American Association of University Women. On June 6, 1954, Roberta was named Field Director of the Frontier Area Girl Scout Council, an organization she had worked with since 1943—she had been one of the founders of the Foxtail Canyon Girl Scout Camp at Mt. Charleston. Diagnosed with cancer, Mrs. Hudlow died in an automobile accident near Railroad Pass on June 2, 1955, an accident many felt was suicide. On September 2, 1955, Boulder City's Polka Dot Haven teenage club dedicated a skating rink in Central Park, a project Roberta had been working on when she died. On July 5, 1959, the Foxtail Canyon Girl Scout Camp dedicated Hudlow Hall in Roberta's memory. Lloyd Hudlow married a second time on September 3, 1960. His bride was Florence "Flossie" Hendrickson Wadsworth Flury, who had come to Boulder City in 1936. Flossie had two daughters from a marriage to Boulder City pioneer Bert Wadsworth—Linda and Bette [Linda later married Brian Fox, son of Rev. Earl Fox, who married her mother and Lloyd Hudlow in Grace Community Church]. Florence divorced Wadsworth shortly after he returned from service in World War II, and married Ben Flury, who died in 1953. Hudlow ended his 31-year career with the Bureau of Reclamation by directing installation of the 17th and last power generator at Hoover Dam, known as N-8, in 1962. After retiring in 1963, he and Florence traveled extensively. Florence died on March 14, 1978, Lloyd on June 15, 1987. Florence, Lloyd, and Roberta Hudlow are all buried at the Boulder City Cemetery. The material in this collection includes personal papers of Lloyd and Roberta and their two children, Grant and Joanne. Photo collection 0100, the Lloyd and Roberta Hudlow Collection, contains several dozen images from their personal and professional lives. * * *

Collection

Manuscripts

Category

Support Level

Acquisition

Notes

999.031

Archive Items Details

Notes

MS 50 Lloyd and Roberta Hudlow Papers inventory [2 boxes and 5 folders] Box 1 of 2 ff no. 1. personal - Lloyd Hudlow: birth certificate [August 6, 1907] 2. personal - marriage certificates [June 1, 1934] 3. personal - Lloyd Hudlow: report card [State College of Washington at Pullman, 1927] 4. personal - Lloyd Hudlow: physics workbook [State College of Washington at Pullman?, c. 1927-31] 5. personal - Lloyd Hudlow: school notebook [State College of Washington at Pullman?, c. 1927-31] 6. personal - Lloyd Hudlow: school notebook [State College of Washington at Pullman?, c. 1927-31 7. personal - Lloyd Hudlow: commencement program [State College of Washington at Pullman, June 1, 1931] 8. personal - Lloyd Hudlow: note and date book [1936-37] 9. personal - Lloyd Hudlow: draft card [January 23, 1941] 10. personal - Lloyd Hudlow: alumnus card [Washington State University at Pullman (1975?)] 11. personal - Lloyd Hudlow: genealogy [Hudlows in America] 12. personal - Lloyd Hudlow: correspondence: birthday card [n. d. (many USBR staff signatures)] 13. personal - Lloyd Hudlow: correspondence, from: Toastmasters [with certificate (1962)] 14. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: civil service application [Oct. 1937] 15. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: USBR identification badge [May 1, 1944] 16. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: promotion [April 1, 1954 (3 pp)] 17. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: promotion [April 1, 1954]: correspondence 18. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: retirement [June 13, 1963 (1 p)] 19. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: retirement [June 13, 1963]: correspondence 20. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: retirement [June 13, 1963]: speech by Reclamation Commissioner Floyd Dominy for Hudlow's retirement party on February 27, 1963 [12 pp] 21. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: retirement [June 13, 1963]: poem [3 pp] 22. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: correspondence, to/from: Afghan Government [1959] 23. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: correspondence, from: Bloodgood, Grant [re: N-8 generator at Hoover Dam (January 5, 1962)] 24. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: correspondence, from: Clark County Nevada [re: appointment to the Clark County Game Management Board (February 24, 1949)] 25. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: correspondence, from: Manis, John [June 18, 1958] 26. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: correspondence, from: Thai Embassy [re: Order of the White Elephant)February 10, 1956] 27. professional - Lloyd Hudlow: correspondence, from: Webb, Thomas E. [n. d.] 28. personal - Roberta Hudlow: birth certificate [February 29, 1908] 29. personal - Roberta Hudlow: college transcripts [1925-32 (5 pp)] 30. personal - Roberta Hudlow: death certificate [June 2, 1955] 31. personal - Roberta Hudlow: memorial book [June 4, 1955] 32. personal - Grant Hudlow: correspondence, from: Hudlow, Roberta [mother (October 27, 1942)] 33. personal - Joanne Hudlow: Juris Doctor degree [Western State University (August 9, 1981)] 34. personal - Joanne Hudlow: commencement program [Western State University (May 22, 1982)] 35. personal - correspondence: cards and postcards 36. personal - correspondence: Valentine's Day card to Lloyd and Roberta Hudlow from Grant and Joanne Hudlow [n. d.] Box 2 of 2 [artifacts] 1. badge - Golden Grad, Class of 1931 [Washington State University Alumni Association] 2. badge - 31ers, c. 1985 3. Lloyd Hudlow's signature stamp Folder 1 of 5 1. Lloyd Hudlow - Director of Civilian Marksmanship [Boulder (City) Rifle and Pistol Club (October 10, 1945)] 2. Lloyd Hudlow - War Service certificate [October 16, 1943 - September 2, 1945] 3. Lloyd Hudlow - Small Arms Firing School Certificate of Proficiency [1937] 4. Lloyd Hudlow - Certificate of Appreciation for Hudlow's service as subsection chairman, Boulder City Subsection, American Institute of Electrical Engineering [1952-53] 5. Lloyd Hudlow - Certificate of Completion of a training course in occupational safety [U. S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Standards (March 16, 1962)] 6. Lloyd Hudlow - Certificate of Honor for Meritorious Service [with letter and citation (1962)] 7. high school diploma [Kennewick, Washington (1925)] 8. common school diploma [8th grade, Adams County, Washington, District 37 (1920)] Folder 2 of 5 Lloyd Hudlow - genealogy: May 15, 1969 revised pages from Hudlows in America [pp. 59-61] Folder 3 of 5 11" x 14" b&w photograph of Oskar J. W. Hansen's sculpture, "Liberty, The Goddess of Peace," in a cardboard frame, inscribed by Hansen to Lloyd Hudlow [n. d. (c. after 1957)] Folder 4 of 5 Lloyd Hudlow - drawing: "Transmission Line Performance with Transformers ... " [n. d.] Folder 5 of 5 Lloyd Hudlow - novelty newspaper headlined, "L. J. Hudlow—Project Manager—Retires" * * *

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Basement Archives

Date

March 13, 2025

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

biography file [Hudlow, Lloyd and family] photograph collection no. 0100 [Lloyd and Roberta Hudlow Collection]

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Create Date

September 22, 2002

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Update Date

September 4, 2025