Howard Hughes personal bound collections of official Hughes Tool Company newspapers Welfare News (1939-40) and Hughes Employee...

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Howard Hughes personal bound collections of official Hughes Tool Company newspapers Welfare News (1939-40) and Hughes Employee News (1941-42). Two bound volumes approx. 12 x 18 in. - Welfare News in homemade cardboard cover reading "Welfare News (From 1st Issue) May 5th, 1939 To December 20th, 1940 (Last Issue - Discontinued)", and hardbound Hughes Employee News containing issues from January 15, 1941 - October 9, 1942. Papers cover current events in all things relating to the Hughes Tool Company. Each volume is approx. 1-in. thick. Welfare News volume is in generally poor condition with heavy chipping to edges with loss of some text in interior articles. Hardbound Hughes Employee News is in very good condition. From the personal collection of Howard Hughes.

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