Howard Hughes Collection

Howard Hughes Collection

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation-Howard R. Hughes Collection was deposited at the Archive in November 2014 by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation. The collection consists of over 200 items including 35mm and 16mm elements of feature films, documentaries, and television programs made or accumulated by business tycoon, filmmaker, inventor, aviator, and philanthropist Howard Robard Hughes (1905-1976). The collection’s materials date from 1927 to 1972, and include approximately 112 audio items on glass and metal discs from several of Hughes’s films.