Basic Magnesium
Inc.
Coll # T6
Date: 1937 - 1945
Extent 8 document boxes
Collection encompasses the complete history of BMI (Basic Magnesium
Inc.): growth records of the company, size and production of plants
to include material output per plant with costs of production,
newspaper articles about mining in general and BMI specifically.
Boxes 5 through 8 contain photographs of plant sites (locations
throughout Gabbs and Henderson, NV) at various stages of construction.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE.
Buck, Gilbert
Coll # 87-58
Date: 1945 - 1985
Extent 14 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the real estate records of Gilbert Buck:
records on individual properties from mortgage agreements and
records of rent payments to general repairs and appliance brochures.
Also included are newspaper articles about the Governor's Race,
a report to the Legislative Commission about the acquisition of
specific lands by the State Parks, Nevada's available water resources,
soil surveys, maps and photographs of land. (Real estate was located
in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada.) INVENTORY AVAILABLE.
Dow Metals - BMI
Coll # 85-76
Date: ca. 1940's-1950's
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection of BMI (Basic Magnesium Inc.) photo albums of plants/factories-aerial,
internal and external views, general photos of businessmen (probably
company executives). Also included in this collection is a BMI
corporate book which contains stockholder minutes, directors meetings
notes, etc. (see also - #260 photos).
PEPCON
Coll # MS4
Date: 1988
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists primarily of news clippings and reports on
the explosion that took place at the Henderson-based PEPCON plant
in 1988.
Soroptomists International
of Henderson
Coll # 95-39
Date: 1983-1987
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains the organizational records of the Soroptomists
International of Henderson, the Henderson chapter of this internationally-known
service organization for professional women. This includes meeting
minutes, organization rosters, brochures and other documents.
Woodruff Family
Papers
Coll # 2002-25
Date: ca. 1930's - 1950's
Extent 9 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the papers of the Woodruff Family, who
lived in downtown Las Vegas and Henderson from the 1930s to the
1960s. Includes photographs, correspondence, publicity and promotional
materials on Las Vegas (the elder Woodruff was planning to open
a public relations agency in Las Vegas in the early 1940s, but
wartime service ended these plans). He later opened a photography
store called Basic Photo in nearby Henderson.
