Michael Hyde Papers

Archive

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

Name/Title

Michael Hyde Papers

Entry/Object ID

MS.103

Scope and Content

Michael Hyde Papers MS 103 Michael Hyde Papers Michael Lewis Hyde [May 14, 1938 - about December 8, 1966] grew up in Boulder City, Nevada. Michael, his sister, Carol, and their parents, Charles and Helen "Peggy" Hyde moved to Boulder City in 1944 from Twenty-nine Palms, California, where Charles was a flying instructor for the Army Air Corps during World War II. The Hydes opened the Desert Trails Auto Supply and sporting goods store at 544 Nevada Highway. Michael became a Boulder City High School baseball star who pitched a famous no-hit, no run game against Rancho High School on April 28, 1956. Michael was being considered by the major leagues prior to his graduation, but chose instead to attend the new U. S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hyde was one of five Nevadans named as candidates to the academy in March 1956. He was accepted and was in the academy’s second graduating class in 1960--the first Nevadan to graduate the academy. On December 29, 1960, Michael married Ann Farnum Gregory, and the couple had two daughters: Kristen and Gina. After four years of duty in England, Hyde’s squadron was transferred to Vietnam in July 1966. On December 8, 1966 Hyde’s plane was shot down over South Vietnam, and the military listed him as Missing In Action. His remains were not recovered until September 1990 when the Vietnamese government returned several sets of remains to the United States. In April 1991 one of these sets was identified as Michael Hyde. In June 1991, Hyde’s remains were interred in the cemetery at the U. S. Air Force Academy. Eleven years later, in June 2002, the Nevada Veterans Home in Boulder City was dedicated in memory of Captain Michael Hyde. * * *

Collection

Manuscripts

Acquisition

Notes

998.44

Archive Items Details

Notes

MS 103 Michael Hyde Papers inventory [3 boxes, 1 folder, and artifacts] Box 1 of 3 ff no. 1. correspondence, to: Hyde, Helen "Peggy" and Carol Hyde, from: Michael Hyde, April 7, 1958 2. [Boulder City] high school graduation diploma [May 28, 1956] 3. military records [1956-67] 4. military records - casualty file [1966-67] 5. military records - correspondence, re: Michael Hyde’s death [1966-67] 6. military records - medical [1956-65] 7. property records for 608 Utah Street, Boulder City [1957-64] 8. war ration books [Hyde family (1942)] Box 2 of 3 ff no. 1. U. S. Air Force Academy - publications: "At the Ramparts … " [c. 1959] 2. U. S. Air Force Academy - publications: catalog, 1957-58 3. U. S. Air Force Academy - publications: [the] "Gasser" [October 1956 (with notes by Michael Hyde)] 4. U. S. Air Force Academy - publications: guide and directory [1958] 5. U. S. Air Force Academy - publications: press releases [baseball (1962)] 6. U. S. Air Force Academy - publications: [the] "Talon" [1957-58] 7. U. S. Air Force Academy - publications: [the] "Talon" [1959] 8. U. S. Air Force Academy - publications: "Where Falcons Wear Air Force Blue" [National Geographic, June 1959, pp. 844-73 (photos by William "Bill" Belknap, Jr.)] Box 3 of 3 ff no. 1. U. S. Air Force Academy - publications: "Base Leg" [1957 (Michael Hyde, p. 75)] 2. U. S. Air Force Academy - publications: "Final Approach" [1958 (Michael Hyde, pp. 83 and 134)] 3. U. S. Air Force Academy - publications: "Polaris" [1959 (Michael Hyde, pp. 164 and 293)] Folder 1 of 1 Michael Hyde’s certificate of appointment to the rank of cadet at the U. S. Air Force Academy, July 9, 1956 * * *

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Related Entries

Notes

photograph collection no. 0015 [Peggy Hyde Collection] biography file [Hyde, Michael and Anne] biography file [Hyde, Charles and Helen "Peggy"]

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Create Date

November 11, 2002

Updated By

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Update Date

September 8, 2025