Clary,
Ernest
Coll # Mss21
Date: 1944
Extent 1 folder (containing 51 items -- text, maps)
Collection contains a history (typescript) of the Civil Engineering
unit of Basic Magnesium
Incorporated (BMI) with text, figures, maps, and blueprints. It
also contains a newspaper article
"Caught on the Run," a humorous article/political commentary
about the work ethic of the Los Angeles City Hall employees.
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).
Fyhen,
Ragnald
Coll # Mss2
Date: 1933-1947
Extent 1 folder (contains 26 typewritten pages)
Collection consists of the report of Ragnald Fyhen, an original
member of the first Central Labor
Council of Clark County, who also worked on Hoover Dam as a machinist.
Subjects discussed
include the Strike on the Boulder Canyon Project, deaths that
occurred during the dam's construction, labor negotiations for
BMI workers, development of the town of Henderson, and the creation
of a regular County Hospital to replace the existing Poor Farm.
Malcolm, David G.
Coll # 85-122
Date: 1944 - 1978
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of the papers of David G. Malcom. Much of
the collection includes documents from his work within the audit
division of the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
Other materials focus on Basic Magnesium Inc. (BMI) and Henderson
history. Contains an almost complete run of BMI newsletters such
as the Big Job and Basic Bombardier. There are also a variety
of news clippings (invention of the electric meter, price of silver,
the movie industry), brochures and articles from Las Vegas and
Reno in the 1950s and 1960s.
