Name/Title
Eugene Ousley PapersEntry/Object ID
MS.60Scope and Content
Boulder City pioneer Eugene Ousley worked for the Babcock and Wilcox Company, helping place the penstock pipes in Hoover Dam. The material in this collection includes many of Ousley's personal papers as well as a poem he wrote in 1935 on the construction of Hoover Dam. This poem is a particularly important document because it includes a glossary of construction terms and slang used by Hoover Dam workmen.
* * *Collection
ManuscriptsArchive Items Details
Notes
MS 60
Eugene Ousley Papers
inventory
[1 box ]
Box 1 of 1
ff no.
1. certification card - aviation [1940]
2. correspondence - to: Bell, Jasper C., re: U. S. Senate
Bill no. 2/HR no. 2195 [February 12, 1939]
3. correspondence - from: Bunker, Berkeley L., re: Boulder City's
water supply [May 27, 1941]
4. correspondence - from: McCarran, Pat, re: appointment to
Hoover Dam guide service [March 3, 1938]
5. license - driver [1937]
6. licenses - fishing and hunting [1939-40 (3 licenses)]
7. membership card - Young Democrats of America, Boulder
City, Nevada club [1941]
8. receipt - two lots at 15th Street and Mesquite, Las Vegas,
Nevada [June 16, 1941]
9. receipts - poll tax [Nevada (1937 and 1938)]
10. letter and poem: "Behold Our Dam" [1935]
11. transcript of letter and poem in ff 10
* * *Location
Location
Rolling Rack #3
Research RoomDate
March 13, 2025Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Ousley, EugeneRelated Entries
Notes
biography file [Ousley, Eugene and Mildred]Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
October 7, 2002Updated By
bcmha.archives@gmail.comUpdate Date
December 12, 2025
