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Please note that collection guides and inventories for the UNLV manuscript collections listed below are located in Special Collections on the 3rd floor of Lied Library. A subject index is available, as well. Selected collection guides are also available online by clicking on the attached hyperlink (COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE) that will take you to an EAD finding aid. Please contact the Manuscripts Librarian if you would like a copy of a guide that is not available online.
Adelson,
Nathan Hospice
Coll # 90-59
Date: 1978 - 1986
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of administrative records of the Nathan Adelson
Hospice. Includes board meeting minutes, by-laws and promotional
material, hospice newsletter and some news clippings. INVENTORY
AVAILABLE
Ainsworth
Coll # T112
Date: 1940's
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of various programs: Helldorado (1946), Las
Vegas and Boulder City rodeos, and various Las Vegas shows and
theatre productions. Also contains a number of miniature Helldorado
photographs from the 1940s.
Allied Arts Council
Coll # 2000-16
Date: 1990s
Extent 19 record storage boxes
This collection contains the organizational records of the Allied
Arts Council, a Las Vegas-based non-profit organization that promoted
the arts in Southern Nevada. Materials include minutes, correspondence,
membership information and project files. For earlier materials,
see collection T109.
Allied Arts Council
Coll # T109
Date: 1970 - 1996
Extent 1 document box
Collection contains the organizational records including membership
lists, minutes, clippings, and correspondence of the Allied Arts
Council for the period from 1970s to 1990s. For additional records
see Coll# 2000-16.
American
Association of University Women - Las Vegas Branch
Coll # 96-09
Date: 1962 - 1990
Extent 7 document boxes
This collection contains the organizational records of the Las
Vegas Branch of the American Association of University Women, which
has participated in activities relating to ERA, "Get Out
the Vote," and other national and community social issues.
The records include administrative materials such as financial
records, directories, bylaws, meeting minutes, and scrapbooks.
Another series focuses on the issues and programs the AAUW has
been involved with. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
American
Bookseller's Association
Coll # 90-57
Date: 1990
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains brochures and an exhibit guide for the ABA
1990 annual convention in Las Vegas, copies of Publisher's Weekly
and a guide to children's books along with a Fodor's guide to
Las Vegas. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
American War Mothers
Coll # 97-17
Date: 1950 - 1960
Extent 5 boxes (2 record storage boxes, 1 slim document box, 2
oversize boxes)
Collection consists of the organizational records of the American
War Mothers, a patriotic
organization founded in 1918 for those mothers whose children
were members of the armed services. Collection contains materials
from Las Vegas and Henderson AWM chapters and includes scrapbooks,
photo albums, meeting minutes, AWM booklets, and various artifacts.
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Anderson, Eddie
Coll # 2002-27
Date : 1965 - 2000
Extent 4 record storage boxes
Anderson is a political and social activist, and this collection
contains news articles about his work for various diseases, political
campaigning and social issues, particularly Gay Rights and teaching
tolerance. There is also a photo of Anderson with President Nixon
during the Apollo 11 splashdown in July, 1969. COLLECTION GUIDE
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Andre, Joe
Coll # T155
Date: 1924 - 1939
Extent 1 slim document box
The Joe Andre Desert Nomads were an orchestra that played dance
music in Nevada. Most of their engagements were in Northern Nevada.
This collection contains photocopies of news clippings for ads,
dance programs, and correspondence. Some photographs are also
included.
Aplin, Hilda
Coll # T61
Date: 1927 - 1971
Extent 2 boxes (1 record storage box, 1 oversize box)
Hilda B. Aplin was a charter member of the Las Vegas Eagles Auxiliary
#1213, which was formed in April 1934. She served as the auxiliary's
fourth president. The focus of this collection is on Hilda Aplin's
participation in various organizations. The Las Vegas Eagles Auxiliary
#1213 and its activities are the most prominent in this collection. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
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Aquavision
Coll # 99-18
Date: 1992-1997
Extent 3 boxes (2 document boxes, 1 slim document box)
Collection consists of the records of Aquavision, a community
action group concerned with water conservation issues in the Las
Vegas Valley. Materials include bylaws, membership rosters, agendas,
and minutes. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Arden, Donn
Coll # 2001-5
Date: 1917-1994
Extent 20 boxes (14 document boxes, 2 slim document boxes, 1 record
storage box, 3 oversize boxes) 15 phase boxes and 2 oversize folders
Collection is comprised of the personal and business papers of
Donn Arden, noted Las Vegas show producer and director. This includes
costume sketches, production notes, programs, musical scores,
photographs, news clippings, and scrapbooks on his 50-plus years
in entertainment, producing and directing shows such as the Lido,
Hallelujah Hollywood, Hello Hollywood Hello, Jubilee, Hello America
and Pzazz. Also covers his work at clubs such as the Moulin Rouge
in LA, the Latin Quarter in NY, and the Lido in Paris. COLLECTION
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Arnold, George W.
Coll # Mss12
Date: 1870
Extent 1 folder (containing one letter)
Collection consists of one holograph letter from George W. Arnold
to his Uncle Gideon containing a description of Pioche (Lincoln
Co. Nevada) and mining activity there. Comments on the lack of
mills to process ores and reasons why. Describes traveling through
Arizona and Mexico, and the Indian situations there.
Ashbaugh, Don
Coll # T13
Date: ca 1950s
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection is comprised of the working manuscript of Don Ashbaugh's
book, Nevada's
Turbulent Yesterday: A Study in Ghost Towns. The collection also
contains typescript drafts, newspaper clippings and a small amount
of correspondence. Ashbaugh, columnist and editor at the Las Vegas
Review Journal in the 1950s, wrote a weekly column entitled "Ghost
Towns of Nevada" for many years.
Asians in Nevada
Coll # 93-21
Date: 1901-1990's
Extent 3 boxes (2 document boxes, 1 slim document box)
Collection consists of various materials that deal with the history
of Asians in Nevada. Includes
interviews, correspondence, biographical information on prominent
Chinese- and Japanese-Americans, and material on internment of Japanese-Americans.
Other notable individuals
featured in the collection include Cheryl Lin and Sue Fawn Chung.
Accretions are added to the
collection yearly. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Atharasoglov, Micheal
Coll # T185
Date: 1981-1983
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains the records of Las Vegas taxicab activist
Micheal Atharasoglov. He fought to unionize the taxicab drivers
and to restructure the Nevada Taxi Cab Driver's Administration
Authority Charter. There is correspondence between Atharasoglov
and Governor Richard Bryan and Attorney General Mahlon Brown regarding
the poor treatment of drivers by the cab companies and a push
for help from the Nevada State Legislature. There are several
newspaper articles about Atharasoglov's struggle.
Augustine, Kathy
Coll # 95-38
Date: 1990
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection contains the personal and legislative materials relating
to the career of former State Senator and State Assemblywoman,
Kathy Augustine. Includes material on her work in the Nevada Legislature
and the National Foundation for Women Legislators, and some campaign
ephemera.
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Baker, C. D.
Coll # T35
Date: 1920s-1972
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of papers relating to the life and activities
of civil engineer C.D. Baker, who served as chief engineer, county
surveyor and two-term mayor of Las Vegas in the 1950s. Baker also
served as a Nevada State senator and assemblyman, and ran an unsuccessful
campaign for Nevada governor. Collection contains mayoral correspondence,
campaign ephemera, scrapbooks, award certificates, and news clippings
relating primarily to his career in politics. The collection also
contains correspondence and newsletters focusing on the Las Vegas
Rotary Club in the 1920s, including the "The Boulder Dam"
newsletter.
Baneberry
Coll # MS19
Date: 1979
Extent 13 document boxes (5.5 linear ft.)
Collection consists of legal documents pertaining to the negligence
lawsuits filed against the U.S. government as a result of the explosion
of the "Baneberry" nuclear device at the Nevada Test
Site in 1970. Contains official trial transcripts, photocopies
of trial exhibits, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Barcus, Clyde S. & Edith Giles
Coll # T138
Date: 1919 - 1970
Extent 4 boxes (2 record storage boxes, 1 document box, and 1
oversize box)
Collection contains the personal and business records of Clyde
Barcus, a mining engineer who came to Goldfield, Nevada, in 1923.
The collection includes records of his accumulation of property:
residential, commercial and mining. There are also general financial
receipts, income tax records, store records from a jewelry shop
he and his wife ran, mining reports (productivity), personal correspondence
to and from his wife Edith Barcus, and 3 family photo albums.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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Basic High School
Coll # 93-20
Date: 1949-1976
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of artifacts and ephemera from Basic High
School in Henderson. Collection
includes BHS newspaper (Lobo News), 1949-1956; BHS scrapbook 1975-1976;
2 Desertaires scrapbooks, 1959-1960, 1961-1962; programs from
commencement and football, 1949-1956; miscellaneous ephemera such
as football tickets, pamphlets, notes, and newspaper clippings;
and artifacts (prom nametags).
Basil Harris Scrapbook
Coll # 95-23
Date: ca. 1940s-1960s
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of a scrapbook on the Las Vegas Strip from
the 1940s-1960s consisting of cocktail napkins, show programs,
menus, swizzle sticks, postcards from a number of different hotel/casinos
including the Flamingo, the Sands, the El Rancho, and the Last
Frontier.
Bearden
Coll # T182
Date: 1958-1964
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of the Rolodex for Bearden's air conditioning
equipment business and contains customer names and addresses along
with installation dates and model numbers.
Beckley
Coll # T187
Date: 1920 - 1960
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of a written biography of Dalena Beckley and
a history of this early founding family. It includes newspaper
clippings reporting on the family achievements such as piloting
the first plane to Las Vegas and general interest articles about
the construction and future benefits of the Boulder Dam project.
Bible, Alan
Coll # 1007
Date: 1969-1970
Extent 1 folder (containing 3 items)
Collection consists of correspondence between U.S. Senator Alan
Bible and UNLV Library Director Hal Erickson regarding the Higher
Education Act and maintaining preferential postal rates for library
and educational materials.
Bilbray, James
Coll # 87-35
Date: 1982 - 1985
Extent 4 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the legislative papers of former Nevada
State Senator James Bilbray.
Contains correspondence, joint resolutions, senate and assembly
bills, legal documents, memos, news clippings and various booklets
from Nevada state agencies and commissions. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Binion's Horseshoe
Coll # 91-30
Date: 1970s - 1980s
Extent 10 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of promotional and publicity material
from Binion's Horseshoe
Hotel/Casino and the World Series of Poker. Materials include
brochures, press kits,
correspondence, news clippings, advertising, and photographs.
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Blood, Leonard
Coll # T74
Date: 1911 - 1962
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of the personal papers of Leonard Blood and
his work on the Las Vegas Labor Commission and on Boulder (Hoover)
Dam employment placement. Includes correspondence, telegrams,
newspaper clippings, scrapbook, family photographs, and various
ephemera. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
BMI
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.
Boyle Field Engineering
Collection of C.D. Baker
Coll # 87-02
Date: 1909 -1965
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the field notebooks of Charles Duncan
(CD) Baker, City Engineer and
County Surveyor, responsible for planning and supervising most
downtown Las Vegas street
construction prior to WWII. Baker later served as Las Vegas mayor
and Nevada assemblyman and senator. The field notebooks contain
survey coordinates and elevation data for much of early Las Vegas.
The notebooks provide important information on early property
boundaries, historical elevations and lengths of existing streets
at the time. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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Bracken, J. K. W.
Coll # 1015
Date: 1927-1928
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of correspondence between J.K.W. Bracken and
Bruce M. Barnard Co. regarding the purchase of Native American
(Navajo) rugs and blankets. It also contains some invoices, and
descriptions of the design significance of the individual rugs.
Brewington, Ann
Coll # 87-72
Date: 1984 -1987
Extent 1 slim document box (2 ½ linear in.)
Collection consists of Ann Brewington's correspondence regarding
her sister Ida Brewington
Pittman, wife of Vail Pittman, Governor of Nevada from 1945-51.
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Bristol, Shelly
Coll # 98-01
Date: 1982 - 1998
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of personal testimonials by Bristol to be
read at the Nevada State Legislature regarding the necessessity
of universal specifications for HIV testing in Nevada brothels
and in association with the Nevada Association of Prostitutes
with AIDS. Also included is a copy of a WORLD (Women Organized
to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases) newsletter.
Brookman, Eileen
Coll # 95-14
Date: 1964 - 1992
Extent 15 boxes (14 document boxes and 1 flat oversize box)
Collection is comprised of the political and personal papers of
Nevada assemblywoman Eileen
Brookman who served from 1965 -1977 and again from 1986-1990.
She was particularly active in working to establish and improve
programs for senior citizens. Collection includes speeches,
research notes, correspondence, campaign materials, news clippings,
pamphlets, and photographs. There are also a large number of scrapbooks
and extensive information on her work with B'nai B'rith. COLLECTION
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Brown, Dora Lee
Coll # Mss23
Date: 1904 - 1946
Extent 1 folder (containing 30 items)
Collection consists of the papers (mostly photocopies of originals)
of an American Indian
family (Brown) who resided in Pahrump and Las Vegas, Nevada. Includes
correspondence
between family members, notes, certificates of awards, report
cards, birth announcements,
wedding announcements,1936 sample ballot, and copies of photographs.
Brown, Harlan
Coll # 1023-1
Date: 1943-1956
Extent 2 folders
Collection consists of mimeographed copy of the Index to Las Vegas
City Charter (1943), Chicago Tribune newspaper (8/12/52) focusing
on engineers and their achievements, and official drawings of
lots and additions with Harlan Brown's signature of approval as
a registered professional engineer in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Brown, Lori Lipman
Coll # 95-10
Date: 1964 - 1994
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains a portion of former state senator Lori Lipman
Brown's political papers including some campaign materials, along
with photographs and programs pertaining to the Nevada legislature
and education.
Bruner, Elmo
Coll # T96
Date: 1947 - 1965
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains the papers of Elmo C. Bruner, reflecting on
his time in Las Vegas as an architect, appraiser, and member of
the Nevada State Board of Architects. He was responsible for the
designs of many local buildings, including McCarran Air Terminal,
a number of churches, school buildings, and residences. This collection
contains building specifications, projects, and correspondence.
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.
Butterfield, Spencer
and Georgia
Coll # 78-107
Date: 1912 - 1975
Extent 2 boxes (1 document box, 1 record storage box) 17.5 linear
in.
Collection consists of news articles, photo albums and family
scrapbooks documenting Spencer and Georgia Butterfield's involvement
in Las Vegas business and civic activities. Georgia Butterfield
worked for the Office of Indian Affairs in the 1930s and was
a member of the Rotary Club, and Spencer Butterfield was the President
of the Bank of Nevada. This collection also holds their personal
and business correspondence and eulogies for Spencer Butterfield.
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Byrne, Grace Winkleman
Coll # 1006
Date: ca. 1950s
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of four typewritten essays, a manuscript about
Utah entitled "History of
Grazing," and a photo of Grace W. Byrne. A note with this
collection indicates that Grace Winkleman Byrne wrote for the
Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas Review Journal, and the Henderson Pages,
and that she founded the Henderson Chamber of Commerce.
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Cahlan, A.E.
Coll # T39
Date: 1930 - 1968
Extent 9 record storage boxes; 9.8 linear feet
Collection consists of scrapbooks containing the complete run
of Al Cahlan's "Where I Sit"
newspaper column that he wrote for the Las Vegas Review Journal
from 1930 to 1968. Al (A.E.) Cahlan was the editor of the Las
Vegas Review Journal for many years and active in the Nevada Democratic
Party. He was also active in Las Vegas civic and community affairs.
Cahlan, John and
Florence Lee (Jones)
Coll # T128
Date: 1945- 1982
Extent 27 boxes (20 document boxes, 7 record storage boxes)
Collection consists of papers of Florence Lee (Jones) Cahlan and
her husband John Cahlan.
(Jones) Cahlan worked as a reporter for the Review Journal, and
Cahlan served as editor for many years. The collection contains
materials documenting their personal lives, community interests,
articles and manuscripts, and drafts and notes for their book
Water -- A History of Las Vegas. Subjects include Nellis AFB,
Nevada American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, Las Vegas
Jubilee, high-speed ground transportation, Service League/Junior
League and Nevada State Museum. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Call, Anson
Coll # 1019
Date: ca. 1860s
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of typescript photocopies of the "Autobiography
of Anson Call" and "Sketch - Life of Anson Call 1810-1890
Pioneer in the Building of the West." Also, a typescript
transcription of Call's report, "Exploration of the Colorado,
1864," and two typescript transcriptions of Call's correspondence
in 1865. The two papers on Call appear to be incomplete.
Note: Published works of Anson Call are available in Special Collections.
Campaign for Choice
Coll # 95-11
Date: 1989 - 1990
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection is comprised of materials regarding the Campaign for
Choice, organized in 1989 to carry out the initiative on the
Nevada ballot regarding abortion. Materials include financial
documents, minutes, newspaper clippings, fact sheets, video and
audiotapes, and artifacts such as campaign buttons and bumper
stickers. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Campbell, Felicia
Coll # T176
Date: 1976
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains the records of Campbell, a member and attendee
of the Nevada Governor's Commission Government Conference on the
Status of People. It consists of the minutes from member meetings,
member addresses, general committee information-NV statutes-and
a record of appointments. (Commission was designed to report on
the state of the people).
Cannon, Howard
Coll # MS2
Date: 1958 - 1983
Extent 715 boxes
Collection is comprised of the senatorial papers of U.S. Senator
(from Nevada) Howard Cannon from 1959 to 1982. Cannon strongly
supported the Great Society programs and the War on Poverty. As
a decorated WWII pilot, he was particularly interested in aviation
issues. Collection materials include correspondence, speeches,
invitations, press releases, appointment books, audio, video,
and film. There are specific files on Las Vegas and an index file.
There are two boxes with U.S. Senator George Malone's papers.
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Cannon, Howard W.
Coll # 1008
Date: 1968-1975
Extent 1 folder (containing 7 items)
Collection consists of correspondence between U.S. Senator Howard
Cannon and UNLV Library
Director Hal Erickson regarding various national and local library
issues.
Carson Exchange
Hotel Register
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1918 - 1923
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of the hotel register for the Carson Exchange
Hotel in Carson City, NV, for the years 1918-1923.
Carson, T. Collection
Coll # 91-13
Date: ca. 1960's-1970's
Extent 1 pamphlet box
Collection consists of swizzle sticks from various Las Vegas hotel/casinos.
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Carville, Governor
E.P.
Coll # 77-104
Date: 1941
Extent 1 large flat oversize box
Collection contains newspaper clippings of events that occurred
and decisions made during Carville's time as governor in 1941.
Cashman, James
Coll # T41
Date: 1901- 1961
Extent 4 document boxes
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of the Cashman
Family. In particular, James Cashman, Sr., pioneer Las Vegan, businessman
and founder of Cashman Field. The collection contains correspondence,
title deeds for the purchase of property in Clark's Las Vegas
Townsite, scrapbooks, photographs, bank statements, and newspaper
clippings. There is also documentation pertaining to Cashman's
Garage, and labor union problems. The collection also contains
papers from Cashman's wife, Leah Barker Cashman. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Champo, Stella (Iaconis)
Coll # 1031-7
Date: 1924 - 1927
Extent 1 legal sized folder with 3 items and 1 flat box
Collection contains a High School autograph book, grammar school
certificate of promotion, a certificate in business writing and
3 photo albums containing general family photographs.
Charter Hospital of Las Vegas
Coll # 90-71
Date: 1968 - 1987
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of various professional papers, reports,
articles and documents related to
compulsive gambling and pathological gambling from Charter Hospital
of Las Vegas. Some papers focus on treatment programs such as
Gambler's Anonymous. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Cheel, Chester W.
Coll # 1020
Date: ca. 1960's
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of two photocopies of manuscript on early
Nevada History and Las Vegas
with some focus on the Mormons role in developing the area. Includes
a two-page handwritten
bibliography.
Children's Service
Guild
Coll # 93-29
Date: 1947 - 1990
Extent 5 boxes (4 document boxes and 1 record storage box)
Collection contains documents compiled by the Children's Service
Guild, a volunteer group organized in 1969 to provide support
for children through Clark County Family and Youth Services. Much
of the collection consists of news clippings pertaining to juvenile
crime and other juvenile-related issues in Las Vegas. The collection
also contains materials pertaining to the operation of Clark County
Juvenile Court Services. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Citizen Alert
Coll # 2000-8
Date: ca. 1980's - 1990's
Extent 9 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the organizational records of Citizen Alert,
a grassroots environmental group based in Nevada. They provide
education, advocacy, and empowerment to citizens on
matters of environmental policy and environmental justice. They
have been particularly active with regard to Yucca Mountain.
Clark County Bicentennial
Coll # T103
Date: 1974 - 1975
Extent 6 record storage boxes
Collection consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks,
and project proposals for the Clark County Bicentennial celebration.
It also includes newsletters and information about the involvement
of women in the community, all referencing the Bicentennial celebration.
Clark County Child Care Association
Coll # T83
Date: 1957 - 1975
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of the organizational records of the Clark
County Child Care Association, a professional association of child
care center operators. The collection contains
correspondence, financial records, minutes and membership information.
There are numerous
chronological gaps in the records. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
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Clark County Economic Opportunity Board
Coll # MS16
Date: 1962 - 1973
Extent 11 boxes (1 slim document box and 10 document boxes)
Collection is comprised of the administrative and program records
of the Clark County Economic Opportunity Board from 1963 - 1973.
The CCEOB was responsible for
administering and disbursing funds allocated from the federal
government's Economic Opportunity Act. The collection includes
minutes, reports, budget and financial reports,
correspondence, news clippings, press releases, and numerous files
on programs funded
by the CCEOB such as Operation Independence and Head Start. COLLECTION
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Clark County Mother
of the Year
Coll # 89-53
Date: 1970 - 1987
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection is comprised of material on the Clark County Mother's
Day Celebration from 1970 -
1978, and the Clark County Mother of the Year Awards from 1979-1987.
Documents include
correspondence and biographies. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Clark, Donald
Coll # T68
Date: 1953 - 1972
Extent 2 document boxes
The collection of Rev. Donald M Clark, who played a major role
in the development of the black community in Las Vegas and in
the struggle for civil rights, is comprised of materials ranging
from 1953 to 1972, detailing Rev. Clark's activities with his
community, NAACP, and Economic Opportunity Board. Types of documents
include correspondence, organizational plans, newspaper clippings
and personal memorabilia. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Clark, Ed W.
Coll # 1017-1
Date: 1936
Extent 2 folders
Collection consists of photographs of Ed W. Clark, ephemera from
the 1936 Democratic National Convention, invitation and program
to 1945 U.S. Presidential Inauguration and the book "Key
Pittman Late Senator from Nevada -- Memorial Addresses Delivered
in Congress." The latter has Clark's name embossed in gold
on the cover. There is also a copy of the Philadelphia Record
with a story on the Democratic National Convention on the front
page.
Clark, J. Ross
Coll # J. Ross Clark Scrapbook Box #50 (located on the roller
shelf)
Date: 1900 - 1963
Extent 1 oversize box
The J. Ross Clark Collection consists of one large scrapbook filled
with news clippings pertaining mainly to J. Ross Clark (brother
of railroad magnate and Clark-county namesake Sen. William A.
Clark) and the San Pedro, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City Railroad
Company. There are also some biographical sketches written by
family members.
Clark, Thomas PhD
Coll # 89-73
Date: 1953 - 1987
Extent 9 document boxes
Collection is comprised of the research files of UNLV linguistics
professor and author, Thomas
Clark, Ph.D. It includes gambling "How-to" guides distributed
by the casinos, World Series of Poker Annuals, articles about
the history and future of gambling, a copy of An Introduction
to Casino Management, a Gaming Control Board Questionnaire and
other State Gaming Board information. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Clark, Wilbur and Toni
Coll # 95-49
Date: 1947 - 1991
Extent 3 boxes (1 document box, 1 flat oversize box, 1 record
storage box)
Collection is comprised of the personal and business papers of
Wilbur and Toni Clark. Wilbur Clark was owner of the luxurious
Desert Inn Casino/Hotel that opened in 1950. The small collection
includes correspondence to Clark from a number of celebrities
such as the Duchess of Windsor and the Kennedys. There is also
a scrapbook, and newspaper clippings, and a number of 16 mm films
that feature Clark and his wife Toni at the Desert Inn. A related
photo collection contains over three hundred photographs of the
Desert Inn in the 1950s. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Clarke, Rosemary
Coll # 97-04
Date: 1970-1978
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains news clippings about Clarke's election to
the Nevada State Assembly, a photograph of her with Jesse Jackson,
her work in mental illness awareness and education, and correspondence
about her election.
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.
Clement, Mary Edna Brown
Coll # Mss39
Date: 1955
Extent 3 folders (containing 78 items)
Collection consists of correspondence, poetry manuscript and musical
score. Two letters dated 19 January 1956 and 26 February 1956
from Zoe A. Tilghman, Oklahoma City, to Mary Brown Clement, Las
Vegas. Correspondence refers to Pistol Pete by Eva Gillhouse.
"Black and Silver" poetry manuscript draft that was
published by Henry Harrison, poetry publisher, in New York, 1944,
written by Mary Edna Brown. Musical score and verse "Neshabe"
(Dark Water) from Cheyenne Indian melody, words by Zoe A. Tilghman,
music arranged by Ruth F. McNaughton, dedicated to Mary B. Clement.
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Cohn, Louis
Coll # Mss1
Date: 1907
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of a single document -- an application for
patent of the town site of South
Goldfield, Nevada, by Frank P. Langan. Advises proof required before
County Clerk of
Esmeralda County on January 7, 1908. Document signed by Earl W.
Tremont (Receiver) and Louis J. Cohn (Register).
Colorado River Commission
Coll # 2001-7
Date: 1920s-1990s
Extent 44 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of correspondence, memos, reports, Supreme
Court documents, legal briefs and various other published works
relating to the Arizona vs. California water lawsuit and the distribution
of power and water resources from the Colorado River and Hoover
Dam. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Cornwall, Beda
Coll # MS1
Date: 1940 - 1970s
Extent 4 boxes (2 document boxes, 2 flat oversize boxes)
Collection begins with minimal biographic information on Cornwall
and her involvement with the Library Committee, moving then into
a history of the committee: minutes, articles of incorporation,
by-laws, annual reports, treasurer's reports, fund raising info,
news clippings, photographs, and general subcommittee reports
on building projects, reciprocal borrowing, etc.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Cragin, (Seely)
Mrs. E. W.
Coll # 77-76
Date: 1940
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains material gathered by Mrs. E.W. (Seely) Cragin
(wife of Las Vegas mayor Ernie Cragin) and includes information
on women's organizations in Las Vegas, correspondence, news clippings,
photos and programs. There is also information on the christening
of SS Las Vegas Victory.
Crisler, Clara M.
Coll # Mss34
Date: 1875 -1944
Extent 9 folders (containing 25 items)
Collection contains correspondence, pamphlets, news clippings
and mementos of Clara M. Crisler, a leader in the social, political,
and cultural life of Nevada. Crisler accumulated a personal library
of over five thousand books that were later donated to UNLV in
1960 (Nevada Southern at the time). COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Crites, Diana
Coll # 96-15
Date: 1980s-1990s
Extent 4 record storage boxes (5.0 linear ft.)
Collection consists of the Nevada Power Company in-house phone
book, several in-house cookbooks and recipes, and framed memorabilia.
Cunningham, Cynthia
Coll # 87-37
Date: 1974 -1977
Extent 4 boxes (1 record storage box, 2 slim document boxes, 1
document box)
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of Cynthia Cunningham,
a Las Vegas resident who served on the State Board of Education,
1971-1979, and was involved in numerous volunteer organizations.
Collection includes material on her work with the Equal Rights
Amendment, sexism in the schools, and the Health Systems Agency
of Clark County. Collection includes audiotapes, films, posters
and news clippings on the ERA, and organization bylaws, memberships,
agendas, minutes, correspondence and publications on the Health
Systems Agency. There is little information on Cunningham herself.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Cunningham, Erma
Coll # T65
Date: 1941 - 1952
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of curriculum lists (attendance records and
grades) from 1941 - 1948 for the
Eldorado School District in Nelson, Nevada (Clark County). INVENTORY
AVAILABLE
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Daiell, H. L.
Coll # 1001
Date: 1953
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of bound book of letters (photograph copies)
titled "Howard D. Evans - His
History at Lakeside [Laboratories] - As Told by His Friends."
It is dated July 15, 1953 and was compiled by H.L. Daiell, M.D.
Also contains diploma of Miss Euphasia Humphrey from Rogersville
Union Seminary and a brief genealogy of Mrs. Harvel L. (Lillian)
Daiell.
Daniels, Beth
Coll # 93-35
Date: 1980s
Extent 5 record storage boxes (5.0 linear feet)
Collection consists of the transcripts and research notes of Beth
Daniels, a Las Vegas-based romance novelist.
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Daughters of the American
Revolution
Coll # 87-126
Date: 1950 - 1990s
Extent 10 boxes (4 oversize boxes, 4 record storage boxes, 2 document
boxes)
Collection is comprised of scrapbooks (event programs and general
correspondence) and news clippings of the Daughters of the American
Revolution (DAR) -- Valley of Fire Chapter. DAR was founded to
perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved
American Independence through patriotic and educational means.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Daughters of Union Veterans
Coll # 78-99
Date: 1948 - 1970
Extent 3 boxes (1 document box, 2 slim document boxes) 1.5 linear
feet
Collection consists of some records from the Daughters of Union
Veterans of the Civil War,
1861-1865. Tent No. 79 (Las Vegas, Nev.). This limited collection
contains two scrapbooks,
newspaper clippings, correspondence, and some Harper's Magazine
reprints. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
de Longchamps, Joanne Papers
Coll # 2001-4
Date: ca. 1940s-1980s
Extent 4 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the work of noted Nevada poet and artist
Joanne de Longchamps, and contains books, magazines, off prints,
and photocopies. The collection also contains a large amount of
correspondence between de Longchamps and her mother, and biographical
information on de Longchamps. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Decker, Clarabelle
Coll # 86-09
Date: 1926 - 1980
Extent 2 slim document boxes and 1 large oversize folder
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of Clarabelle Decker,
a Nevada teacher, librarian and writer. She helped found the Nevada
Library Association and was the first Clark County
Supervisor of Libraries. The collection consists of teaching aids,
directories, and her guide for junior high school libraries. Also
included are manuscripts and published versions of her work on
Oatman, AZ, her poetry, and her book, Common Sense Grammar. COLLECTION
GUIDE AVAILABLE
Denton, Hazel Baker
Coll # 97-03
Date: 1907 - 1955
Extent 7 boxes (6 document boxes, 1 flat box) 3 linear ft.
Collection is comprised of the personal papers and writings of
Hazel Baker Denton, educator and
writer. In addition to her work with the Lincoln Co. Board of
Education, National Education
Association of Nevada, and the Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs,
Denton was also elected to the Nevada State Assembly twice. Collection
consists of correspondence, personal diaries, news clippings and
speeches. Other materials include drafts and published versions
of her writing including the columns "Caliente All the Time"
and "While the Toast Burns," and the book Ironing Day.
Personal items such as baby books and scrapbooks also form part
of the collection. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Denton, Ralph
Coll # 2001-26
Date: ca. 1950-1990's
Extent 25 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the selected case files of noted Nevada
attorney Ralph Denton. Documents include legal briefs, contracts,
and case notes. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Desert Pupfish
Coll # MS20
Date: 1972 - 1976
Extent 4 document boxes
Collection consists of legal documents concerning the Desert Pupfish
court case - Francis Cappaert vs. U. S. Case number 74-1107. Includes
reporters transcripts, case files (incomplete), deposition of
James E. Deacon, photographs of exhibits. Includes decisions on
case number 74-1107. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Deskin, Ruthe
Coll # 95-37
Date: 1960 - 1994
Extent 1 document box
Collection contains newspaper articles and correspondence documenting
the personal and professional achievements of Deskin, including
"Ruthe Deskin Day", the naming of Ruthe Deskin Memorial
Elementary School and other honors.
Diamond, Renee
Coll # 96-18
Date: 1974-1995
Extent 7 boxes (6 record storage boxes, 1 document box)
Collection contains the campaign records for Diamond's run for
Nevada State Assembly. Included are mail out flyers, ERA statistics,
information on NOW (National Organization for Women) and other
women's organizations, financial records, cost analysis of running
for State Assembly, district maps, opposing candidates platforms
and other general campaign material.
Diamond, Renee
Coll # 98-05
Date: ca. 1970's
Extent 1 document box (15 videos)
Collection contains 15 videotapes of advertising spots for the
organizations Nevadans for ERA, Rural Women for ERA, and the Religious
Committee for ERA, and 4 cassettes discussing being a widow. These
records are stored with Coll. #96-18.
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Dick, Mida Mae
Coll # 86-10
Date: 1957 - 1986
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection consists of Las Vegas show programs and postcards,
entertainment magazines and newspaper clippings about Las Vegas
entertainment personalities, Las Vegas, and the state of Nevada.
The greatest amount of material focuses on the Tropicana and its
Folies Bergere show.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Dokter, Betty Ham
Coll # Mss36
Date: 1857 -1971
Extent 7 folders (containing 66 items)
Collection consists of selected papers of the Ham family, one
of Las Vegas' most notable and influential families. Contains
postcards, news clippings, booklets, membership cards, certificates,
correspondence of Ella Mereness (mother of Alta Mereness Ham),
and other papers relating to Artemus W. Ham, Sr., his wife Alta
(Mereness) Ham, and their children: Artemus W. Ham, Jr., Betty
Ham (Doctkter), and Robert C. Ham. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Dombrink, John
Coll # 93-14
Date: 1977
Extent 9 record storage boxes
Collection contains an oral history by Mary Glass, and newspaper
articles about gambling: effects gambling has on a community,
gambling and crime, who should control gaming and the limits of
the Nevada Board of Gaming, and a history of gambling in Nevada.
Also included in this collection are issues of the Las Vegas Valley
Almanac, Nevada Employment Salary Statistics and casino hotel
guides.
Dondero, Thalia M.
Coll # 94-48
Date: 1966 - 1994
Extent 68 boxes (10 slim document boxes, 58 document boxes)
Collection is comprised of the political papers of Thalia Dondero
during her last four years as a Clark County Commissioner from
1990 - 1994. Dondero, a long-time political and community activist
in Las Vegas, currently serves on the Nevada Board of Regents.
The collection consists of a variety of documents, brochures,
reports and statements pertaining to Clark County, Las Vegas and
Nevada. Issues covered in the collection include: environment,
liquor, gambling, public works, water management and nuclear waste.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Dondich, Josie (Johnson)
Coll # 86-21
Date: 1942 - 1962
Extent 1 document box (.5 linear ft.)
Collection is comprised of correspondence, clippings and photographs
from Josie Dondich,
owner of the Cut Rate Liquor Store in Las Vegas in the 1940s and
1950s. Correspondence of note includes that regarding the death
of Dondich's son, Alex, in a POW camp during WWII. There are also
a number of letters from Senator Pat McCarran and ephemera from
Las Vegas hotels. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Dorothy, Dorothy
Coll # 95-20
Date: 1783 -1985
Extent 16 boxes (3 slim document boxes, 13 document boxes) 10.5
linear ft.
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of noted Las Vegan
Dorothy Dorothy and documents her life in the Pahrump Valley,
her many civic interests, and her early interest in
songwriting. The Personal series contains biographical material
about Dorothy's family dating to 1783 and lengthy family genealogies,
along with material on her friend Lionel "Rusty" Horgan
and miscellaneous cards and correspondence with others. The Interests
and Activities series contains a wide variety of materials from
the 1930s to 1986 that reflect Dorothy's diverse interests. The
materials document Dorothy's involvement in Las Vegas civic and
animal rights groups, her interests in songwriting (as Dorothy
Varnum) and flying, and the settlement of the Pahrump Valley.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Doughty, Nan
Coll # MS21
Date: 1845 -1987
Extent 67 boxes (3 record storage boxes, 21 slim document boxes,
42 document boxes, missing box #43) (26 linear ft.)
Collection consists of two series related to the life of Las Vegas
writer Nan Doughty. The
Correspondence series contains letters written by many members
of Doughty's family. The Family papers series contains news clippings,
school papers, diaries, genealogy records, deeds, stock certificates,
manuscript drafts, Desert Research Institute Grant information
and notes from UNLV classes. Much of the material in both series
pertains to early mining in Nevada and the Southwest. COLLECTION
GUIDE 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).
Down, James H. Sr.
Scrapbook
Coll # 79-209
Date: 1918 - 1979
Extent 1 oversize box
This collection contains two scrapbooks of family memorabilia.
This includes photocopies of photos of Down's early days in Las
Vegas along with newspaper clippings about his run for mayor and
his time in office as County Commissioner.
Duncan, Ruby
Coll # 96-08
Date: 1979 - 1992
Extent 20 record storage boxes (24 linear ft.)
Collection contains the organizational records of Operation Life
Community Development Corporation, a non-profit organization that
worked to improve living conditions in West Las Vegas by providing
a variety of community development services. The organization
began in May 1972, in the wake of a welfare protest march orchestrated
by the Clark County Welfare Rights Organization and Ruby Duncan.
Operation Life grew from this organization and was directed by
Ruby Duncan, as executive director from 1972 until her health
forced her to retire in 1990. In general, this collection documents
part of the history of a non-profit community development corporation.
In addition, the material provides a glimpse of the regulations
and protocol governing the public and private funding process.
The collection also provides a partial documentation of the lives
and struggles of West Las Vegans and the improvements they endeavored to make to their community. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
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Dunes Hotel
Coll # 93-08
Date: 1955 - 1992
Extent 19 document boxes (7.5 linear ft.)
Collection is comprised of publicity files of the Dunes Hotel.
Material includes scrapbooks, budgets, employee files, contracts,
correspondence, press releases, news clippings, advertising and
publicity. Notable subjects include the Casino de Paris production
show and showgirls, Major Riddle and Dunes Hotel restaurants such
as the Sultan's Table. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Dungan, Flora
Coll # T117
Date: 1929 - 1973
Extent 8 boxes (1 slim document box, 7 document boxes) 3.5 linear
ft.
Collection is comprised of the personal and professional papers
of Flora Dungan, a Las Vegas
businesswoman (accountant) who was elected to the Nevada State
Assembly and served on the Nevada Board of Regents. Collection
contains documents pertaining to her education, community activism,
legislative and regent terms. There is also a box of confidential
material. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
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Edwards, Elbert
Coll # 90-32
Date: 1903 - 1993
Extent 6 boxes (3 record storage boxes, 2 document boxes, 1 slim
document box)
Collection consists of the papers of Elbert Edwards, educator
and, later, Superintendent of the Las Vegas School District. Documents
include his research materials, manuscripts , reports, and
interviews on numerous Southern Nevada history topics. Subjects
include the Mormon Church in Southern Nevada, Clark County schools,
Spanish Trail, Clark and Lincoln Counties. Other items in the
collection are: the Boulder City cemetery Genealogical Records
from July 1993 with a complete list of cemetery residents with
plot location, biographies of Arthur Knight Hafen, Milton Lafayette
Lee, John Hyram Wittwer, Henry Hudson Lee and others, and research
notes about train robberies, cows and the cattle industry, old
mining methods and the use of steamboats on the Colorado River.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
El Cortez Hotel
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1963
Extent 1 DBL OVERSIZE box
Collection contains a scrapbook from 1963 of news clippings of
promotional events, performers and the general goings on of the
hotel.
El Rancho Vegas Hotel
Coll # T120
Date: 1954 - 1960
Extent 1 slim document box; 1 oversize folder
Collection is comprised of a small number of documents pertaining
to the El Rancho Vegas
Hotel/Casino. Items include a community fair program (with Judi
Watts photo on the front as the fair queen), stationery, and a
1954 El Rancho Vegas stock certificate. A panoramic photo of the
El Rancho Vegas is located in an oversized folder. Please note
that other artifacts pertaining to the El Rancho Vegas Hotel are
available - please consult the Manuscripts Librarian for details.
Ellsworth, Elmo
Coll # T125
Date: 1965-1970
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection is comprised of the business and personal papers of
Elmo Ellsworth, Las Vegas businessman and booster. A member of
the LV Chamber of Commerce, Ellsworth was known for greeting visitors
at McCarran airport in his trademark western shirts and white
Stetson hat. The collection includes documents from his employment
at the Flamingo and Riviera Hotels and his work in securing conventions.
Items include correspondence and room records.
Evans, Dorothy Casner
Coll # Mss27
Date: 1940 - 1954
Extent 1 folder (containing 3 items)
Collection consists of "General Commodities" business
card of Dave Roberts & Son; Nevada
Chauffeur's License for Mrs. D.M. Casner; and invoice for items
sold to Dave Roberts from
Campbell & Kelly, Inc., Dr. Foundry and Machine Works.
Exchange Club
Coll # 2003-19
Date: 1952 - 1992
Extent 3 boxes (1 document box, 2 flat oversize boxes)
Collection documents the charitable acts of the Exchange Club
through newspaper articles and photographs; their work raising
money for children's rodeos, introducing McGruff and other crime
prevention programs to children, working on street paving projects
and building a girl scout camp. There are also several copies
of the Exchange Club newsletter The Exchange Club Bullsheet and
its earlier incarnation Las Vegas Exchangite
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Fayle Family Papers
Coll # 98-18
Date: 1916-1980's
Extent 20 boxes (1 flat box on shelf, 12 record storage boxes,
7 document boxes, 1 flat box and miscellaneous loose papers)
Collection consists of the personal and business papers of the
Fayle family of Goodsprings, Nevada, including patriarch George
Fayle and wife Jean, and son Leonard Fayle, and his wife, Anna.
Collection contains documents relating to their business, civic
and personal activities and includes correspondence, hotel registers,
account books, quit claim deeds, mine records, and photographs.
Extensive documentation on the Yellow Pine Mine.
Ferron, William E.
Coll # Mss41
Date: 1892 -1976
Extent 8 folders (containing 59 items)
Collection consists of biographical material, speeches, and memorabilia
of Las Vegas pioneer
William E. Ferron (former mayor and owner of several Las Vegas
drug stores including the White Cross Pharmacy), his wife Mary
Ruth Cooper Ferron (Mesquite Club pioneer), and their two daughters,
Barbara Ferron Doyle, and Shirley Elizabeth Ferron Swanson. Includes
an early history of Las Vegas, presented by Florence Lee Jones
Cahlan to the Rotary Club.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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First Good Shepard Lutheran Church
Coll # Mss19
Date: 1944 -1976
Extent 1 legal sized folder containing 98 sheets of legal sized
paper
Collection consists primarily of photocopies of scrapbook pages
(also in Special Collections) and
additional material not placed in the scrapbook. Materials include
(photocopies of) photographs, programs, news clippings and architectural
drawings of the First Good Shepard Lutheran Church. Materials
focus on the construction of church building at 12 Maryland Parkway
and Bridger Avenue in downtown Las Vegas.
Flamingo Hilton
Coll # 85-10
Date: 1973 - 1983
Extent 2 boxes (1 record storage box and 1 document box) 1.5 linear
ft.
Collection consists of select organizational and promotional records
of the Flamingo Hilton Hotel from the 1970s and 1980s. Materials
include press releases, invitations, brochures, table tents, staff
meeting minutes, design proposals/bids for neon signs, ad copy
and some artifacts.
Fluke, David
Coll # 89-29
Date: 1947 - 1981
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection consists of the notebooks of David Fluke, a Las Vegas
resident whose hobby was
documenting the history of Las Vegas Strip entertainment and performers
from 1947-1981.
Notebooks feature handwritten lists of the entertainers' play
dates, lounge shows, dates of
Las Vegas debuts, celebrity trivia and biographies. INVENTORY
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Fong, Lilly
Coll # T148
Date: 1960 - 1996
Extent 38 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the personal papers of Lilly Fong, the
first woman and first Asian-American member of the Nevada Board
of Regents. Material focuses on her community activities in various
organizations and her work on the Board of Regents. Materials
include clippings, magazines, correspondence, conference programs,
and reports. INVENTORY AVAILABLE NOTE: THIS COLLECTION IS STORED
IN LIED LIBRARY'S LASR SYSTEM; PLEASE CALL AHEAD TO OBTAIN BOXES.
Ford, Jean
Coll # MS25
Date: 1958 -1998
Extent 39 boxes (25 document boxes, 13 slim doc boxes and 1 record
storage box) 17 linear ft.
A partial collection of the political papers of Jean Ford, longtime
community and political activist in Nevada. Ford served in the
Nevada state legislature as an assemblywoman and senator, and
was active in many women's organizations. This collection focuses
primarily on her legislative work and her work on a number of
women's issues facing Nevada. There are also numerous materials
on her work to preserve the environment. Documents include campaign
literature, financial records, correspondence, news clippings,
minutes, working files, flyers, and press releases. COLLECTION
GUIDE AVAILABLE
Fort Mohave, Arizona Indian School
Coll # T26
Date: 1890 - 1893
Extent 1 document box (5 linear in.)
Collection consists of the correspondence records of the Fort
Mohave Industrial School in two bound volumes. The school served
the Walapai and Mohave Indians at a site near present-day Kingman,
Arizona. Correspondence (between the school's superintendent,
Samuel M. McCowan and Commissioner [of Indian Affairs] Thomas
J. Morgan or Assistant Commissioner R.V. Belt) documents the school's finances and administrative operations
as well as policy implementation and fact finding. COLLECTION
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Franklin Sr., George E.
Coll # T12
Date: 1966 - 1968
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of George E. Franklin, Sr.'s original typescript
manuscripts (with edits) for his two books: The Fallacy of Appeasement
(essays on U.S. foreign policy spanning from WW II through Castro
and Vietnam) and From Cotswolds to High Sierras (autobiography-boys
life in England, emigrating to the Western U.S. in the early 1900s
at age 12). He designed the Franklin engine and was a successful
businessman in Las Vegas in 1940s-1950s.
Frank's Cafe
Coll # Mss24
Date: n.d.
Extent 1 folder (containing 1 item)
Collection consists of a discount ticket for Frank's Cafe, $2.50
for $2.25, 122 South First St., Las Vegas, Nevada, sold to Jose
A. Ramos, signed F. Rivero.
Frazier, Maude
Coll # Mss30
Date: 1955 - 1962
Extent 4 folders (containing 19 items)
Collection consists of programs, awards, certificates and annual
(1958 yearbook) concerning the life of Maude Frazier, Nevada stateswoman
and educator. Frazier taught school in Nevada from
1906 to 1946, was elected to the State Legislature in 1950 and
appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, the highest position
ever held by a woman in Nevada. She was instrumental in establishing
Nevada Southern University (later UNLV). COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Friedman, William
Coll # T94
Date: 1974 - 1982
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection contains manuscript copies of the first and second
editions of Bill Friedman's Casino Management and the rough draft
of the second edition.
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Frontier Council Girl Scouts
Coll # 96-14
Date: 1945 - 1995
Extent 24 record storage boxes (35 rolls of microfilm)
Collection contains the organizational records of the Las Vegas
chapter of the Frontier Council Girl Scouts. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
NOTE: COLLECTION HAS BEEN MICROFILMED AND IS AVAILABLE in R&I
(2nd floor).
Frontier Hotel - Casino
Coll # 88-109
Date: 1948 - 1988
Extent 79 boxes (75 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 3 flat
oversize boxes) 32 linear ft.
Collection is comprised of the publicity files of the Frontier
Hotel. Documents include press releases, news clippings, ad copy,
photographs, marketing information, and programs on the various
performers and promotional events that took place at the hotel.
There is a significant amount of material on Siegfried and Roy
during their time at the Frontier Hotel. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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.
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Gambling
Coll # 1025
Date: 1857 - 1975
Extent 3 flat oversize boxes
This collection contains gambling memorabilia and information
from around the world, items ranging from a report from the Commission
to Investigate Alleged Police Corruption and a Dictionary of Police
Terms used in the Knapp Commission Hearings to game rule books
(in various languages), slot machine company promotional pamphlets
and general newspaper articles about "beating the house."
Also included in this collection are 2 silver dice from Mexico,
2 wooden/plastic dice from Aruba-Bonaire Curacao, a $20 roll of
fake silver dollars and Las Vegas Tourism Board lapel pins.
Gamlin, Arthur
Coll # T76
Date: 1949 - 1950
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of sales binder of Arthur Gamlin & Co.,
a manufacturer of gaming tables, located in Kansas City, MO, in
1949. Binder contains detailed price lists based on cloth costs,
sizes and colors for table games such as blackjack, chemin de
fer, craps and faro. Other materials in the collection include
photographs, and negatives of the various gaming table layouts
available.
Garside, Sherwin "Scoop"
Coll # 94-33
Date: 1941-1983
Extent 5 boxes (4 document boxes and 1 record storage box)
Collection is comprised of the papers of Las Vegas journalist
Sherwin "Scoop" Garside - local history collection includes
photos of the Old Spanish Trail to be used for publicity, correspondence
from the Nevada State Centennial Commission, history of mines-Tonopah,
Goldfield, Bullfrog, etc.- copies of articles written by Garside,
family photos and general photographs of people and places, negatives
of Las Vegas; Searchlight; St. George, Utah, and several unlabeled
negatives.
Geological Society
of America
Coll # 1029-2
Date: 1972-1974
Extent 3 folders
Collection consists of correspondence between members of the Geological
Society of America
regarding plans for their annual conference in Las Vegas. Includes
numerous letters from Chester
Longwell. Also includes planning documents such as lists of speakers,
preliminary program schedule, etc.
George, Sadie and Hampton Papers
Coll # 2001-15
Date: 1890s -1920s
Extent 5 document boxes
Collection is comprised of the correspondence of Kiel Ranch residents
Sadie and Hampton George. Notable correspondents include Helen
Stewart. Two significant letters tell of the infamous Kiel Brothers
murder/suicide at the Kiel Ranch. Collection also contains title
deeds to various properties. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Germain, Raymond
Coll # T80
Date: 1960 - 1968
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of photographs of post office openings, first-day
stamp covers, programs from post office dedications, and a 1968
manual from the Assistant Post Master General's Bureau of Facilities
with organization charts and job descriptions. There does not
appear to be any connection to Las Vegas.
Gillhouse, Fred & Eva
Coll # T56
Date: 1951 - 1966
Extent 1 document box; (. 5 linear feet)
Collection is comprised of correspondence, speeches, and news
clippings of Eva Gillhouse, Las
Vegas author (with Frank Eaton) of Pistol Pete: Veteran of the
Old West. Also contains presentation notes, Mesquite Club material,
memos from the Southern Nevada Historical Society, and numerous
publications from Friends of the Bancroft Library in Berkeley,
California. Photographs from the collection appear in the Eva
Gillhouse Photo Collection (0032).
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Gold Hill (Nevada) Masonic Lodge Records
Coll # T10
Date: 1866 - 1916
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of two ledger books and one minute book
for the Silver Star Masonic Lodge that was located in Gold Hill,
Nevada. Ledger books date from 1866-1916 and the minute book from
1866-1872.
Gold Star Mothers (Nita
Londo Reiter)
Coll # 99-13
Date: 1954-1995
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection is comprised of a scrapbook of the Gold Star Mothers,
an organization of mothers who have lost children in American
military conflicts. Collection contains scrapbook with photographs,
minutes, newspaper clippings, and an additional photo album.
Goldfield, Nevada
Coll # MS10
Date: 1904 - 1923
Extent 2 boxes (1 document box, 1 slim document box) and 1 oversize
folder
Collection is comprised of documents chronicling the history of
the town of Goldfield, Nevada, which began as a mining camp in
May 1903. It had a short lived boom following several large gold
strikes. The collection contains material such as mining company
minutes, ledgers, prospectuses, Nelson-Gans fight program, stock
certificates and minutes from the Goldfield Women's Club. Contains
information from the following mining companies: Forward Mining
Development Co., General Washington Mining Co., Goldfield Mascot
Mining Co., Goldfield Rex Mining Co., Goldfield Consolidated Mines
Co., and the Sandstorm -Kendall Consolidated Mining Co. COLLECTION
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Governor's Commission
on Status of People
Coll # T176
Date: 1975 - 1977
Extent 1 record storage box (1 linear ft.)
This collection is on the Commission on the Status of People, which
was formerly called Commission of the Status of Women, established
in 1965 by Governor Grant Sawyer. Governor Mike O'Callaghan requested
the Commission to investigate state laws that adversely affect
Nevadans. The Commission was appointed from 1975 - 1977, and this
collection contains the reports and a variety of documents pertaining
to the Commission and several publications from other states concerning
the status of women.
Governor's Conference
on Nevada Libraries
Coll # 85-92
Date: 1978
Extent 2 boxes (1 document box, 1 flat box)
Collection is comprised of a scrapbook pertaining to the Governor's
Conference on Nevada Libraries-correspondence re: funding and
planning, newspaper clippings about available library services,
copies of sample questionnaires for patrons and radio public service
announcements. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Governor's Conference on Women
Coll # 95-13
Date: 1989
Extent 1 folder, 13 items
This collection contains programs, organizational records and
reports relating to the Governor's
Conference on Women held in March 1989 in Nevada.
Gragson, Oran
Coll # T86
Date: 1959 - 1974
Extent 16 boxes (13 record storage boxes, 3 document boxes) 14
linear ft.
Collection is comprised of the political papers of Oran Gragson,
Las Vegas mayor from 1959-1974. Collection includes news clippings,
city documents, memos, daily planners and correspondence. The
bulk of the collection consists of Gragson's mayoral files which
are arranged alphabetically . Subjects include crime, labor union
arbitration, race relations,
pollution abatement, and there is much information concerning
the city's involvement with county and federal agencies regarding
law enforcement, economic opportunity projects and planning. The
collection also documents Gragson's failed bid to win the 1962
Nevada gubernatorial election. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Grant, Archie and Zora
Coll # T25
Date: 1918-1990
Extent 2 document boxes (10 linear in.)
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of Archie and Zora
Grant. Materials such as
scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, correspondence, award certificates
and membership records document Archie Grant's many contributions
as a member of the Nevada State Legislature, State Board of Education,
Las Vegas Housing Authority and Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.
There is a significant amount of correspondence from Grant to
his mother during his time with the AEF in France during WWI.
One scrapbook documents Zora Grant's work as President of the
Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs in the 1940s.
Greenpeace
Coll # 95-51
Date: ca. 1980-1990's
Extent 7 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the organizational records of the Las
Vegas chapter of Greenpeace. This includes the organization's opposition
to the MX Missile Complex, tax records, other environmental newsletters,
and Greenpeace distribution materials-bumper stickers, lapel pins,
coloring books and catalogs.
Greenspun, Hank
Coll # T29
Date: 1963 - 1966
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of the manuscript and galley proofs for Hank
Greenspun's book, Where I Stand: The Record of a Reckless Man.
Hank Greenspun was the publisher of the Las Vegas Sun and wrote
a long-standing column of the same name. Galley proofs include
an introduction by Ed Reid (author, The Green Felt Jungle).
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Gregory, Leila (Walker)
Collection
Coll # T162
Date: ca. 1920 - 1970s
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of news clippings and handwritten notes regarding
the murder of Reed
Walker (Leila's second husband) who was Chief Building Inspector
for Las Vegas (includes his
identification card and inspector badge). There are also notes
and Mormon genealogy information on Leila and her third husband,
Arthur Gregory, Gregory's diplomas, and Leila's correspondence
with Anna Dean Kepper regarding her donation.
Gregory, Matt
Coll # 96-22
Date: 1959-1986
Extent 3 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the papers of Las Vegas producer, manager/agent
Matt Gregory. Gregory was also known as creator of the Las Vegas-style
mini-revue. Collection includes contracts, costume sketches, press
releases, videos, show reviews, and advertisements. Shows documented
include Fancy That, Feminine Touch, Mad Mod World, La Nouvelle
Eve, and Kanpai. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Griffith, Robert
Coll # 90-48
Date: 1950 - 1989
Extent 2 boxes (1 document box, 1 record storage box)
Collection consists of slides of various countries including the
United States, Europe, Middle and Far East, Canada. INVENTORY
AVAILABLE
Griffith, Robert B.
Coll # 90-48
Date: 1928 - 1968
Extent 2 boxes (1 document box; 1 record storage box)
This collections consists of Robert Griffith's papers pertaining
to the Colorado River Commission (he was chairman at one point
in his career) on water rights, usage and alternate water sources.
Included is a feasibility study of the mechanical system for the
Griffith Phytotronics Laboratories, labs designed for experimenting
with plant growth and development. And finally, the collection
has news clippings about the national air races from 1928, a photograph
of an early airplane, Griffith's American Legion papers, and the
death and burial records belonging to his father, an embalmer.
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Hagemann, V
Coll # Mss14
Date: 1883 June 12
Extent [2] p. on 1 leaf ; 28 cm. + verbatim transcript (1)
Collection consists of a single piece of correspondence between
V. Hagemann of San Francisco to J.H.B. Harris of Silverpeak, Nevada,
dated June 12, 1883. Contains gossip related to mining of the California-Nevada
region. Transcription done by former Special Collections curator,
Anna Dean Kepper, is included with the original.
Halligan, Edward
Coll # T84
Date: 1962 - 1966
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of Lt. Colonel Edward G. Halligan's papers
and publications regarding atomic testing in the early 1960s.
Halligan worked in the Las Vegas office of the United States Atomic
Energy Commission (USAEC) as operations coordinator for the Nevada
Test Site (NTS). The collection contains various materials on atomic
testing and research on nuclear explosives. Documents include
"Commander's Radiation Guide and Estimator for Weapons Effects,"
"Technical Operations on Project Long Shot" Halligan's
speech on Project Plowshare, various brochures, and select NTS
newsletters. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Ham, Jane
Coll # T168
Date: 1980 -1981
Extent 6 document boxes
Collection is comprised of the legislative records of Nevada state
assemblywoman Jane Ham for the 1981 legislative session. Materials
include bills and amendments, correspondence, reports, studies,
memos and booklets pertaining to issues of concern in that particular
session. Subjects include crime, gaming, health and welfare, education
and the MX in Nevada. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Hamilton, John
Coll # 94-29
Date: ca. 1980's and 1990's
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection contains Keno pay charts. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Hammond, Lena
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1910-1959
Extent 1 flat box (1 linear ft.)
Collection contains a scrapbook and photo album of miscellaneous
family photos of picnics, posing in Sunday best, etc., circa 1920s.
Also included are newspaper articles from the Tonopah Times Bonanza
about the history of and behind the local school, local mines,
the railroad, etc., and a legal document declaring the executor
of the estate of Teresa M. Kendall.
Hancock, Doris
Coll # 87-59
Date: 1915 - 1987
Extent 4 boxes (1 slim document box, 3 document boxes) 17.5 linear
in.
Collection consists of the personal papers of Doris Hancock, a
Las Vegas kindergarten teacher who helped organize the Las Vegas
Art League. Collection contains material about Southern Nevada
and surrounding areas, particularly mining towns, Colorado River,
Boulder Dam, Red Rock Canyon, early Las Vegas and Death Valley.
It also includes some of Hancock's school
memorabilia, correspondence, sketches and two scrapbooks. COLLECTION
GUIDE AVAILABLE
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Harmon Family Papers (Harley)
Coll # 89-01
Date: 1910 - 1920
Extent 5 boxes (3 document boxes, 2 record storage boxes) and1
folder
Collection consists of the political and personal correspondence
of Las Vegas pioneer Harley A.
Harmon. There are family scrapbooks with his wedding announcement,
birthday cards, childrens' honors, etc.: correspondence includes
letters and greeting cards, certificates of acceptance into groups
like the Fraternal Brotherhood of Eagles, etc.; news clippings
of running for County Clerk, District Attorney, Governor and reporting
on his death, and a Western Union Telegraph from Franklin Roosevelt
looking forward to counting Nevada as a Democratic state in the
upcoming presidential election. There are also clippings about
the rise of his son in politics.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Harrah's Entertainment,
Inc.
Coll # 2002-33
Date: 1930's - 1990's
Extent 21 boxes (17 record storage boxes, 2 large flat oversize
boxes, 2 flat oversize boxes)
Collection is comprised of the corporate archives of Harrah's
Entertainment Inc. Includes Harrahscope company newsletters, photographs,
photo albums, news clippings, promotional items (ranging from
matchbooks, dice, hats, glasses to key chains and playing cards),
Bill Harrah's personal playing card and automobile hood ornament
collections. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Harrington, Elizabeth
Coll # T165
Date: 1975 - 1979
Extent 1 slim document box (2.5 linear in)
This collection contains the original drafts of the thirteen essays
that Elizabeth Harrington wrote about her life in early Las Vegas.
These articles were written from her memory and experiences of
life in Las Vegas from ca. 1904-1940s, and were published in the
Nevadan section of the Las Vegas Review-Journal from 1975-1979.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Basil Harris Scrapbook
Coll # 95-23
Date: ca. 1940s-1960s
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of a scrapbook on the Las Vegas Strip from
the 1940s-1960s consisting of cocktail napkins, show programs,
menus, swizzle sticks, postcards from a number of different hotel/casinos
including the Flamingo, the Sands, the El Rancho, and the Last
Frontier.
Hart, Nat
Coll # 2000-15
Date: 1950-1990's
Extent 16 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of
noted Las Vegas chef and
restaurateur, Nat Hart, who ran the Bacchanal Restaurant in Caesar's
Palace. Material includes
news clippings, scrapbooks, awards, architectural plans, recipes,
and photographs.
Harvey's Limited Edition Pewter Plates
Coll # 87-77
Date: 1910-1935
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains four pewter plates of noted Las Vegas historical
sites: Union Pacific Depot; City Hall, 1935; Clark County Courthouse,
1914; and Fourth Street School, 1910.
Hayes, Grace
Coll # 86-75
Date: 1900 - 1989
Extent 4 document boxes (19 linear in.) + 1 album
Collection includes the personal and financial papers of actress
and singer Grace Hayes, who owned the Red Rooster, a nightclub
on Highway 91 (later the Strip). Collection includes financial
documents; newspaper clippings about Grace Hayes; her son, actor
and writer Peter Lind Hayes; and his wife actress Mary Healy.
Also includes obituaries for her husband, producer Robert Hopkins;
personal correspondence; show business mementos; legal documents;
and photo albums. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Hazard, H. E.
Coll # T22
Date: 1939 - 1977
Extent 1 document box (5 linear in.)
Collection consists of political (as a member of the Nevada State
Legislature) and personal correspondence re: supporting Union
Labor, the need for proper housing for African Americans, appointment
to the Council of Defense of Nevada by the Governor, and visits
from the governor. Clippings on political and social issues; memorabilia-war
ration books; invitations to attend JFK, LBJ and Jimmy Carter's
inaugurations; Democratic Party National Convention papers: application
for State Gambling License (blank form). INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Hecht, Chic
Coll # MS3
Date: 1983 - 1988
Extent 118 document boxes (60 linear ft.)
This collection contains the senatorial papers of Chic Hecht,
U.S. Senator from Nevada from 1983-1988, with documentation from
the 98th, 99th and 100th Congresses. Materials include correspondence,
bills, speeches, and press releases. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
NOTE: THIS COLLECTION IS STORED IN LIED LIBRARY'S LASR SYSTEM;
PLEASE CALL AHEAD TO OBTAIN BOXES.
Heffner, Van V.
Coll # 93-34
Date: ca. 1980's - 1990's
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection contains the convention programs for Nevada Lodgings
(for the Nevada Hotel and Motel Association) annual meetings and
the Chef of the Year convention, and the Food Executive Newsletter,
Nevada Hospitality, Nevada Lodging, International Food Service
Executive Association Magazine and other culinary and lodging/management
publications.
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Hendel, Charles A.
Coll # T67
Date: 1906 - 1976
Extent: 1 slim document box
Collection consists of 1 binder of poetry by Hendel and a 2nd
binder of prose and poetry re: the state of the world, war, Hitler,
and strikes/striking. There is also included a little history/story
of Weepah and the attempted robbery of the post office, some biographical
information on Hendel-date and place of birth, parents and their
occupations, military service, political and social beliefs, being
named Poet Laureate of the 45th Congress and his death.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Henderson, A.S.
Coll # T113
Date: 1898 - 1960
Extent 2 boxes (1 document box, 1 oversize box)
This collection is comprised of the papers of A. S. Henderson,
a native Nevadan who served on the Eighth Judicial District Court
of the State of Nevada from 1946 to 1960. The collection focuses
primarily on his prominent career as a district court judge in
Las Vegas. Little is mentioned about his service as an educator,
district attorney, or legislator. Types of documents in the collection
include Henderson's correspondence, campaign statements, certificates
and proclamations, his memorial book, newspaper clippings, an
1879 edition of Eureka and Its Resources, and ephemera. COLLECTION
GUIDE AVAILABLE
Hewett, D. F.
Coll # 1017-2
Date: 1967
Extent 1 folder (containing one item)
Collection consists of one letter on Department of Interior letterhead
from employee D.F. Hewett
(who worked with the geological survey) to UNLV Library Director
Hal Erickson regarding his
memories of old Las Vegas (first came to Las Vegas in 1906 and
the changes he's seen) and Erickson's donation request.
Hezzelwood, Larry
Coll # 1018
Date: 1953 - 1954
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of the correspondence of Larry L. Hezzlewood
pertaining to the creation of a
titanium processing plant in Boulder City, Nevada, as part of the
Aero Metals Corporation.
Hickey, Thomas
Coll # 86-20
Date: 1970's-1990's
Extent 64 boxes (60 record storage boxes, 4 document boxes)
Collection consists of the political papers of Nevada state senator
and legislator Thomas Hickey. State Assembly and State Legislature
material relates to issues such as children, health, education,
budget, nuclear testing, Yucca Mt., Dept of Energy, women's issues,
women's prison, abortion, charitable organizations and mental
health. Includes correspondence. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Hirsch, C. J.
Coll # 87-111
Date: 1955 - 1987
Extent 9 boxes (7 document boxes, 1 slim document, 1 record storage
box)
Collection is comprised of the papers of Charles Hirsch, noted
casino accountant for the Sands Hotel, news clippings of interviews
with Hirsch on running a casino and "can you beat the system"
etc., books, general correspondence about meetings and upcoming
speeches for the American Society for Quality Control - Las Vegas
Chapter, a copy of the Sands Hotel Master Gaming Report 1965.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Hock, Raymond
Coll # 90-19
Date: 1946-1971
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection contains a scrapbook of photos (setting traps for radio
tagged birds in Alaska, at the Arctic Research Lab at Point Barrow)
and programs chronicling the life of the late Dr. Raymond Hock
of the Desert Research Institute and UNLV zoology.
Horse Racing Stamp
Coll # 1029-5
Date: 1974
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of commemorative stamp saluting horse racing,
first day of issue fact sheet,
and a copy of Stamp News (3/18/74) featuring a story on the horse
racing stamp.
Hotel Nevada Guest Register
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1910-1911
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of the guest register for the Hotel Nevada,
which opened on the southeast
corner of Main Street and Fremont Street in Las Vegas in 1906.
This particular volume lists guest names and their home cities
for the period spanning July 1910 through September 1911.
Houghton, Fred
Coll # T135
Date: 1920 - ca. 1970's
Extent 9 document boxes
Collection is an accumulation of travel brochures, community chamber
of commerce promotional brochures, menus, newsletters (Nevada
Business Review, Arid Lands Research Newsletter), topo. maps,
and water-related reports and general information such as applications
seeking water rights, a report to the Nevada State Engineer re:
ground-water supplies in Las Vegas Valley, and correspondence regarding
water rights and entitlements, etc.. Also included in this collection
is Houghton's diary, records of his estate, League of Women Voters
"Thank you for your contribution…" letters, military
records, legal documents he was the attorney of record on, and
copies of the Chicago Nightlife magazine.
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Houghton, Fred
Coll # 89-76
Date: 1920's-1940's
Extent 4 record storage boxes
Collection contains correspondence regarding mining, law, women's
organizations, court records of which Houghton was the attorney
of record on, primarily in Chicago.
Houssels, Nancy
Coll # 97-11
Date: ca. 1990s
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of newsletters, programs, posters, magazine
articles, anniversary reports, and
news clippings on the Nevada Dance Theatre (now Nevada Ballet
Theatre). Nancy Houssels
co-founded the Nevada Dance Theatre with Vassili Sulich in 1974.
Howard Hughes/William Hannah
Coll # 96-21
Date: 1930s-1970s
Extent 101 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the files of William Hannah, public
relations director for Howard
Hughes. Collection is comprised primarily of newspaper clippings,
magazines and photographs. Clippings focus on subjects such as
organized crime, gaming, Spruce Goose, Hughes' RKO Studios, and
the Flying Boat. BOX LIST AVAILABLE
Hulse Manuscript
Coll # 1023-2
Date: 1973
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of the original manuscript (typescript) copy
of James W. Hulse's book
Lincoln County, Nevada -- 1864-1909: History of a Mining Region
with handwritten edits noted throughout the text. Also contains
letter from Hulse to former UNLV Library Director Hal Erickson
regarding the manuscript.
Humphries, Kathy (Quinn)
Coll # 1017-3
Date: 1969-1971
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of various items regarding the Paiute Indians
of Southern Nevada and includes photo negatives, kinship chart,
and an audio tape of Paiute vocabulary. It also contains a family
history, a list of Paiute words and their meanings, the uses of
various herbs and plants, and a brief autobiography of Stella
Smith of the Las Vegas Indian Village.
Hurley, Strutt
Coll # 2003-06
Date: 1989 - 2000
Extent 3 record storage boxes
Collection contains commemorative material (hats, pins,shirts)
from Gay Pride celebrations, AIDS Walks and Pridefest from various
years from around the country. Also included in this collection
is organizational information for SNAPI (Southern Nevada Association
of Pride, Inc.). COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
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IFSEA
Coll # 89-32
Date: ca. 1910-1990s
Extent 144 boxes (record storage and document)
Collection is comprised of the organizational records of the International
Food Service
Executives Association. The records include meeting programs,
minutes, menus, conference
reports and proceedings, financial reports, newsletters, awards
certificates, photographs,
scrapbooks. Materials are from both national and regional branches
of the organization. Club artifacts and trophies also form part
of the collection. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Inspector of Election (Griffith, Robert)
Coll # Mss4
Date: 1911
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of tally list, poll list, challenge list,
and rejected ballots tally list, and cover
envelope for the first election of mayor and commissioners in
Las Vegas. Records of a
precinct in the election for adoption of the charter of the City
of Las Vegas. The poll list provides the names of each individual
voting in this first election, including pioneers such as "Pop"
Squires, A.S. Henderson, and Harley Harmon.
International Association of Gaming Attorneys
Coll # 85-113
Date: 1979 - 1985
Extent 3 boxes (2 record storage boxes, 1 document box)
Collection is comprised of materials collected by the International
Association of Gaming Attorneys. Documents include gaming license
applications from various corporations in Nevada and New Jersey,
gaming publications, gaming -conference proceedings, gaming commission
reports and correspondence of the National Association of Gaming
Attorneys. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
International Training in Communications
Coll # 2000-21
Date: 1983-1997
Extent 3 record storage boxes
Collection comprised of scrapbooks focusing on the Vegas Valley
Chapter of the public speaking organization International Training
in Communications. Material in scrapbooks includes photos, news
clippings, newsletters, and miscellaneous ephemera.
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Ives, Joseph C.
Coll # 1012
Date: 1857-1858
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of 17 letters (photocopies) between Lt. Joseph
C. Ives (United States Army
Corps of Topographic Engineers) and his wife, Cora Semmes Ives,
between Sept. 1857 and June 1858. Ives was in command of a U.S.
Army expedition whose mission was to explore the region of the
Colorado River and the Grand Canyon, and to establish the limit
of navigation of the Colorado River. The correspondence is largely
personal in nature, but is a useful supplement to the official
report documenting the voyage, Report Upon the Colorado River
of the West -- Explored in 1857-58.
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Jacques, Marguerite
(Marge)
Coll # 2001-22
Date: 1971-1995
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of the personal papers of Marge Jacques, prominent
member of the Las Vegas gay and lesbian community, and owner of
the gay bar, "Le Café." Records contain 2 le
Café t-shirts, 1 rosary, 13 home taped VHS videotapes,
an autographed picture of Joan Rivers, the licensing records for
the disco Gipsy along with the expense records and calendars of
upcoming performers, the financial records for le Café
and the Other Place, and general photos.
Janish, Jeanne Russell
Coll # 95-31
Date: 1917 - 1994
Extent 13 boxes (1 record storage box, 4 slim document boxes,
6 document boxes, 2 large flat
boxes)
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of Jeanne Russel
Janish, a Nevada artist and illustrator noted for her botanical
illustrations. Janish traveled widely in China as a young woman
and produced numerous pencil drawings and watercolors of that
country. In her later years, she focused on the American Southwest.
She was a graduate of Vassar and held a Masters degree from Stanford.
Material in this collection includes school report cards; detailed
diaries from 1918-1964, 1968, and 1973; personal correspondence;
family papers; and two original manuscripts. The collection also
contains several publications pertaining to her and her husband's
interests, craft materials, drawing tools, photocopies of dried
flowers, watercolor paintings, and pencil sketches. COLLECTION
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Jeffrey, Jack
Coll # 99-12
Date: 1980-1981
Extent 2 boxes (1 record storage box, 1 document box)
This is a partial collection of the legislative papers of Nevada
state assemblyman Jack Jeffrey, who represented Boulder City,
part of Henderson and the Moapa Valley area. Collection is comprised
of records from the 1980-81 session of the Nevada State Legislature.
Contains appropriations report, Springer Legislative reports,
fiscal notes, assembly and senate bills and resolutions, and Minutes
from the Committee on Governmental Affairs. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Jensen, Ellen B.
Coll # T18
Date: 1967 - 1969
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of feature articles by Ellen Jensen that were
submitted to the Las Vegas Review Journal (published in the Nevadan)
and the Las Vegas Sun (published in Sunday Scene). Materials include
research notes, drafts, and carbons. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Jensen, Frank C. "Doc"
Date: 1931-1935
Collection consists of the digital facsimile of the personal diary
of Frank C. "Doc" Jensen, Hoover Dam medic, covering
the years of the Dam's construction. The original of this volume
and the others reside in the Boulder City Museum and Historical
Association. Link to the
digital copy at http://digital.library.unlv.edu/diaries_hooverdam/index.html
Jenson, Norman C.
Coll # 1002
Date: 1867, 1903
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of a photograph of "Report of a Guard
Mounted at Fort Jefferson, Florida on 28 May 1867" and a
typewritten transcription of this document. It also contains an
original document entitled "Quarterly Report of Artillery
Inspection of Fort Taylor, Florida" dated 31 Dec. 1903 and
Lt. Col Jensen's notes and explanations regarding the document.
The folder also contains the donor's correspondence with UNLV
Library Director Hal Erickson.
Jewish Immigration Archives
Coll # 2001-6
Date: 1997-current
Extent still receiving accretions check shelf for accurate count
Collection is comprised of material that documents the Jewish
community in Las Vegas. Materials include newsletters and flyers
from the Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada, local temples,
Shabbat, local family histories, artifacts, and a Jewish veteran's
cemetery index. Accretions received yearly from donor.
Jimenez, Miguel
Coll # Mss20
Date: 1951
Extent 1 folder ( 5 pages)
Collection consists of two stock certificates, No. 9049 and 9986,
of the Las Vegas Thoroughbred
Racing Association; letter (n.d.) from Miguel G. Jimenez, Los
Angeles, to Chalres (Charles) R.
Horden, Las Vegas, authorizing purchase of stock of LVTRA; receipt
for payment of 5 units of stock in LVTRA, dated 31 August 1951.
Johnson, Rex
Coll # 1029-3
Date: 1941
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of loose-leaf notes from the daily journal
of Rex Johnson, Budget and Planning Officer at Coordinator of
Information office from Sept 2, 1941, to Dec 23, 1941. Also contains
list of foreign visitors to his office for the years 1945-1947.
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Jones, Sam
Coll # 1031-3
Date: 1938
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of one handwritten letter addressed to Sam
Jones of Goodsprings, dated
[19]38. The author of the letter is not identified.
Junior League of Las
Vegas
Coll # T99
Date: 1900
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection consists of mounted photographs dealing with historical
Las Vegas people and events that were most likely used in an exhibit.
Junior League of Las
Vegas
Coll # 97-12
Date: 1945-1982
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of organizational records of the Junior League
of Las Vegas. Materials include minutes, annual reports1952-1968,
correspondence, information about the organization's 50th anniversary
celebration-Las Vegas chapter's 10th anniversary celebration,
advertising records, ideas on gifts to the community, a scrapbook
1945-1967, newspaper clippings about the Junior League and information
on various projects-benefit for disabled children. (see also Junior
Service League of Las Vegas and the Service League of Las Vegas,
both located on the roller shelves)
Junior Mesquite Club
Coll # 2002-07
Date: 1960s-1990s
Extent 8 Boxes (5 record storage boxes, 3 oversize boxes)
Collection contains the organizational records of the Junior Mesquite
Club, a branch of the Mesquite Club for those women under forty.
Materials include scrapbooks, photo albums, minutes, and correspondence.
Junior Service League
[Las Vegas]
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1962-1996
Extent 9 boxes (7 double oversize boxes and 2 oversize boxes)
Collection consists of the Las Vegas Junior Service League scrapbooks
with news clippings of projects; items donated; good deeds
and programs; and photos of meetings, conferences and events. (see
also Junior League of Las Vegas collection 97-12 and the Service
League of Las Vegas on roller shelf)
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Katz-Yarchever, Edythe
Coll # 96-17
Date: 1935-1985
Extent 6 boxes (1 record storage box, 3 document boxes, 2 oversize
boxes on roller shelves)
Collection consists of the papers of Edythe Katz-Yarchever and
her first husband, Lloyd Katz,
who owned a number of movie theatres in Las Vegas, including the
Fremont Theatre and the Huntridge Theatre. The collection chronicles
their prominent role in the Jewish community in Las Vegas and
includes scrapbooks, clippings, programs, certificates, and photographs
on local Jewish community organizations.
Kaufman, Perry
Coll # 2000-07
Date: 1940-1960's
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of research files for his book The Best
City Of Them All : A History Of Las Vegas, 1930-1960.
Kaye, Norman
Coll # T14
Date: 1965 - 1969
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of the papers of Norman Kaye, member of
the Mary Kaye Trio and Poet
Laureate of Nevada since 1960. Kaye wrote the song "Throw
a Dime My Way," the theme for the March of Dimes and many
others. He also founded the chorale group, the "Las Vegas
Ambassadors" in the 1960s. The collection includes some correspondence,
biographical information, news clippings, original sheet music
compositions, poems, and audio tapes and 45s of Mary Kaye Trio
recordings.
Kearns, Ardis
Coll # 95-12
Date: 1960s-1970s
Extent 12 document boxes
Collection consists of the papers of Ardis Kearns, Las Vegas resident
and longtime member of the Nevada branch of the League of Women
Voters. Subjects include juvenile delinquency, criminal justice,
Clark County land use, energy and the League of Women Voters.
The collection is comprised of notes, publications, reports, and
correspondence on women's organizations, and various social and
political issues. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Keeler, Dorothy V.
Coll # T121
Date: ca. 1920 -1970s
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of news clippings, telegrams, and photographs
relating to the career of Dorothy Keeler, who was Las Vegas Deputy
City Clerk from the late 1920s to 1938. There are also materials
relating to the career of Eva Adams, Nevada-born director of the
U.S. Mint from 1961-1969, and programs from the 100th Anniversary
of Nevada celebration and "Nevada's Outstanding Women of
the Century" celebration.
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Kepper, Anna Dean
Coll # 87-44
Date: 1970 - 1983
Extent 5 record storage boxes
This collection contains the personal and professional papers
of Anna Dean Kepper, curator of UNLV's Special Collections from
1975 -1983. Kepper was responsible for many of the most significant
historic preservation efforts in Las Vegas and for bringing a
number of historically significant collections into the UNLV Libraries.
Her collection consists of oral history interviews, correspondence,
newsletters, newspapers clippings, research notes, and slides.
Much of the collection focuses on historic preservation efforts
in Las Vegas. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Key, Alice
Coll # 95-47
Date: 1936-1995
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of the papers of Alice Key, who came to Las
Vegas in 1955 as Public Relations Director for the Moulin Rouge
Hotel. Key had been a chorus girl in her early days in Los Angeles.
Key was active in the Civil Rights movement in Las Vegas, and
in a number of political and community service organizations such
as the NAACP. Collection consists of clippings, photographs, correspondence,
and videos regarding civil rights and entertainment, in particular,
the preservation of the Moulin Rouge Hotel. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Kielhofer, Charles
Coll # Mss18
Date: 1958
Extent 1 folder (contains 3 pages)
Consists of a letter (photocopy) dated 1/31/58 from Charles Kielhofer
responding to an article in the Las Vegas Review Journal concerning
the Bullfrog Mine and the establishment of the Bullfrog Mining
Company. He relates that it was George Ladd and Otis Johnson, not
Shorty Harris, who discovered Bullfrog.
Kim Sisters
Coll # Roller shelf
Date: 1965 - 1969
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of two scrapbooks of the Kim Sisters, a trio
of Korean-born musical entertainers who were prominent on the
Las Vegas Strip from the 1950s-1970s. The scrapbooks contain ads
for upcoming shows from around the world, reviews of performances,
articles and interviews and copies of The Ed Sullivan Show programs
on which they appeared.
Klein, Freda
Coll # 97-06
Date: 1967-1993
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of a scrapbook of certificates, news clippings,
photographs, and correspondence relating to Klein's personal career
in the Nevada Employment Security Department, and college/university
career.
KLVX TV - Project Innovate
Coll # 89-20
Date: 1962-1986
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection is comprised of the KLVX- Project Innovate organization
records. This project is a program set up to provide the Clark
County School District with audiovisual equipment and to construct
noncommercial educational television broadcast facilities for
the Clark County School District. The records include bidding
information, proposed uses for the broadcast system, grant applications
for matching federal funds, school policies and statutes, evaluation
reports and copies of the Nevada Education Magazine.
Krenzer, Sandi
Coll # 96-19
Date: 1990-1995
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains a brief biography of Krenzer, a copy of a
brief description of her achievements from "Distinguished
Women in Southern Nevada," a letter of endorsement from the
Nevada Conference of Police and Sheriff's for election race to
Assembly District 3, campaign and fundraising materials-mailers,
etc.
Kunkle, Victor
Coll # 88-65
Date: 1960's-1970's
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of the following artifacts: dice sets from
Las Vegas hotels, Clark County deputy badges, and a large coin
and currency collection drawn from all over the world.
Kyle Ranch Committee
Coll # 91-48
Date: 1975 - 1985
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of blank checks and accounting ledgers from
Kyle Ranch Committee and North Las Vegas Bicentennial Committee.
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Laird, Nell
Coll # T55
Date: 1908
Extent 1 slim document box (3 linear inches)
Collection consists of the the receipt book of the J. R. Lane
Illuminating, Lubricating and Fuel Oil (Company) located in Rhyolite,
Nevada. Receipt book lists the names of customers and purchases
made in Rhyolite in 1908.
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Lake-Eglington, Olive
Coll # T36
Date: 1909 - 1978
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of the personal papers of Olive Lake-school
programs, autograph books, school graduation information, medical
bills, children's report cards, family news correspondence and
WW II ration books. There is also a certificate from the Union
Pacific Railroad for being a True Pioneer.
Lanman Collection
Coll # 1031-9
Date: 1828 -1923
Extent 6 legal size folders, 1 letter size folder
Lanman wrote a Dictionary of the United States Congress and General
Government in the late 19th century. This collection contains
the title page and the table of contents of the Dictionary and
responses to his solicitation requesting biographical information
from notable government figures such as Silas Rody Ashley, Thomas
Fitch, Gordon N. Matt, , Henry Worthington, S.M. Worts, and Ernest
B. Norris. Of particular interest with reagard to Nevada are the
original holograph letters of James W. Nye and William M. Stewart.
Lannegrasse, Vern
Coll # 88-107
Date: 1960's-1980's
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of menus, programs from various culinary events
and dinners, magazines.
Las Vegas Airfield (Robert B. Griffith)
Coll # Mss3
Date: 1941
Extent 1 folder (containing 15 items)
Collection includes the U.S. War Department's option for purchase
of land for "Project: Las Vegas Airfield, Nevada"; notice
of acceptance of option; and First National Bank's escrow instruction
to Robert B. Griffith. Land was purchased from Robert B. Griffith
& Mrs. Rose (Ruth) Griffith; A. Corradetti & Mary E. Corradetti.
This was the future Nellis Air Force Base.
Las Vegas Art League
Coll # T105
Date: 1966-1967
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains the scrapbook for the Greater Las Vegas Art
Week. Scrapbook includes newspaper clippings about the participating
artists, photos of events and displays, and correspondence regarding
the event.
Las Vegas Board of
Commissioners
Coll # 85-88
Date: 1921 - 1946
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection is comprised of documents produced by the City of Las
Vegas - Board of Commissioners. Materials include minutes, resolutions,
budgets, call of special meetings, petitions, leases and reports.
Subjects include Las Vegas Land and Water Company deed,
War Memorial Building, city elections, city library, and the Department
of Recreation. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Las Vegas Bugle
Coll # 2003-21
Date: 1984 - 2002
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection consists of material documenting the history of the
Las Vegas gay/lesbian newspaper the Las Vegas Bugle. Collection
is comprised one box of photographs documenting the first Gay
Prom Night, Gay Pride Celebration Parade and various other gay
events and celebrations, and a second box of papers and notes for
Las Vegas Bugle stories focusing on gay issues.
Las Vegas Chamber of
Commerce
Coll # 96-07
Date: 1911 - 1988
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of organizational records of the Las Vegas
Chamber of Commerce. Materials include Board of Directors' meetings
- minutes (incomplete), financial records, news clippings, photographs,
correspondence, reports, publications and scrapbooks. There are
a series of files on the history of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce
and Las Vegas News Bureau. Includes some Chamber of Commerce publications.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Las Vegas City Commission Minutes
Date: 1911-1958
Extent 16 oversize volumes
Collection is comprised of the typescript minute books of the
Las Vegas City Commission, the
governing body formed with the incorporation of Las Vegas in 1911.
The minute books chronicle all aspects of the city's early development
from laying of sewage and water lines to the issuance of gaming
licenses for the period spanning 1911-1958. Also includes one
volume of legal documents and three volumes of city ordinances.
Las Vegas City, Engineering
and Planning
Coll # 86-69
Date: 1949 - 1975
Extent 2 record storage boxes (2 linear ft)
Collection contains various published studies and reports dealing
with transportation in the Las Vegas Valley. Documents include
environmental action plans, reports, evaluations of parking, highway
projects and budgets for projects; includes some publications
of codes and standards. Also contains a significant amount of
information on Interstate 15. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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Las Vegas Community
Murals Project
Coll # T79
Date: 1977
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of material relating to the Las Vegas Community
Murals Project headed by artist Robert Beckman in 1977. Collection
contains press releases, participant list, mural photographs,
newsletters, and original colored designs and sketches of many
of the murals. There are also notes on each mural which detail
dimensions, artists, dates, and funding information.
Las Vegas Gay Archives
Coll # 85-121
Date: 1980 - 1996
Extent 3 record storage boxes (3 linear ft)
Collection consists of documents that chronicle aspects of gay
life in Las Vegas. Includes both
published and unpublished materials and ephemera from local gay
businesses. Topics include AIDS, bars, Beaux Arts Ball, drag,
entertainers, and prostitution. Organizations covered include
Las Vegas Lesbian and Gay Academic Union (LGAU) at UNLV, Las Vegas
Gay Community Center, Las Vegas Professional Men's Club, and Nevadans
for Human Rights. Other materials include local gay periodicals
and audio tape interviews with local gay personalities. INVENTORY
AVAILABLE
Las Vegas High School
Coll # 79-210
Date: 1927 - 1979
Extent 1 OVERSIZE box (1.5 linear feet)
Collection contains a scrapbook from the class of 1929. In this
scrapbook are programs from Sr. class drama productions, reunion
invitations, and news clippings and articles from the 30th, 40th,
45th and 50th class reunions. There is also a guest book for the
50th class reunion.
Las Vegas Housing Developments and Apartment Complexes
Coll # 93-36
Date: 1980s-1990s
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection contains brochures and prospectuses on Las Vegas housing
developments and apartment complexes from the 1980s and 1990s.There
is a both an alphabetical and geographical index. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Las Vegas Land and Water Co.
Coll # Mss35
Date: 1927 -1940
Extent 1 folder (containing 15 items)
Collection concerns water shortages in the City of Las Vegas due
in part to wasteful water usage, and refers to City Ordinance
No. 247. It includes correspondence, resolutions, petitions, application
for permit and newspaper clippings. Several items signed by Walter
R. Bracken, Vice President and Agent of the Company, and A.M.
Folger, Assistant Agent.
Las Vegas Men's Club
Coll # 2001-11
Date: 1991-1998
Extent 2 boxes (1 record storage box, 1 document box)
Collection is comprised of the organizational records of the Las
Vegas Men's Club, a local gay
men's club that is now defunct. The records include the club bylaws
and financial records, member lists, the club newsletter, flyers
and general correspondence regarding upcoming meetings and events,
plaques received for outstanding fundraising, blank copies of
wedding certificates and a newspaper article on the necessity
of a living will and living trust enclosed with correspondence
from an attorney. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Las Vegas Numismatic Society
Coll # 87-41
Date: 1962 - 1970
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists primarily of material pertaining to the Las
Vegas Numismatic Society such as
receipts, membership lists, deposit slips, correspondence, news
clippings, photographs,
newsletters, and memos. Unrelated items in the collection include
Nevada Test Site newsletters,
publications from Reynolds Engineering and Electrical Co. and
Sahara Hotel brochures,
newsletters, and postcards. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Las Vegas Paiute Tribal Archives
Coll # E 99 P2 L37x
Date: 1911-1976
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of documents concerning the Las Vegas Indian
Colony which was made up of the Paiute and Chemehuevi Indians.
Includes government documents from such agencies as the Bureau
of Indian Affairs. Also includes material on the Moapa River (Paiute)
Reservation. Some of the documents are from other groups such
as the Citizens' Committee for Community
Improvement of Las Vegas, Nevada. Also includes transcriptions
of oral history interviews conducted in the 1970s with Maureen
Frank, Daisy Mike, Nellie Sanchez, Herbert Myers, Juanita Lee,
and Lee Castillo.
Las Vegas Porcelain Artists
Coll # 90-42
Date: 1970 - 1988
Extent 4 boxes (3 document boxes and 1 record storage box)
Collection contains the organizational records of the Las Vegas
Porcelain Artists. Consists of
documents such as correspondence, membership information, promotional
materials, photo albums, financial records, and some slides. INVENTORY
AVAILABLE
Las Vegas Show Costume
Designs
Coll # 2000-19
Date: ca1960s-1990s
Extent 6 oversize flat boxes
Collection comprised of costume design sketches created by Anne
Guertin, Corrado Colabucci, Larry Merritt and Josephine Spinedi
for various Las Vegas production shows.
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Las Vegas Show Programs
Coll # 93-28
Date: ca 1950s - 1960s
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of various show programs from hotels such
as Caesar's Palace, Desert Inn, Flamingo, Dunes, El Rancho, Fremont,
Frontier, Hilton, International, and the Sands. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Las Vegas Stars
Coll # 86-65
Date: 1983 - 1988
Extent 7 document boxes
Collection consists of programs, posters and newspaper clippings
of the Las Vegas Stars (minor
league) baseball team. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Las Vegas/Clark County Consolidation
Coll # 93-17
Date: 1977 - 1992
Extent 1 document box
Las Vegas City/Clark County Consolidation collection is comprised
of newspaper articles and
legislative notes used in a research paper titled "Blurred
Boundaries and Business Licenses" by Jim Azar. This consolidation
movement focused on government entities not included in the
consolidation of county and city law enforcement in the early
and mid-seventies. Refer to collection 90-84 for that earlier
consolidation move.
Las Vegas/Clark County
Urban Action Committee
Coll # 90-84
Date: 1972 - 1974
Extent 1 document box
The Las Vegas/Clark County Urban Action Committee Task Forces
were formed to study and
report findings for consolidation of Clark County and Las Vegas
government entities. Collection is comprised of the reports, meeting
minutes and recommendations of this task force.
League of Women Voters (Las Vegas Valley)
Coll # MS24
Date: 1964 - 1993
Extent 18 document boxes (9 linear ft.)
This collection contains the records and publications of the League
of Women Voters of the
Las Vegas Valley from 1964 to the 1990s. The majority of the material
covers the 1960s and
1970s, and consists of administration records and information
on specific issues. The material in the collection provides a
clue to the relative importance of various issues at specific
times, and outlines the basic administrative workings of a chapter
of the League of Women Voters. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Leavitt Collection
Coll # 95-35
Date: 1968 - 1981
Extent 1 slim document box and 35 volumes
Collection contains the Real Estate Property Index to Clark County
and aerial photographs of neighborhoods, undeveloped land, outlying
areas and maps of Las Vegas.
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Leavitt, Cecil
Coll # 1023-3
Date: ca.1960s
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of photocopied typescript of "History
of Bunkerville" which was written by Cecil Leavitt (resident
of Bunkerville) as a term paper for a history course.
Lee, Henry Hudson
Coll # T31
Date: 1811-1972
Extent 1 document box (5 linear inches)
Collection is comprised of manuscript copies of Henry Hudson Lee's
memoirs entitled "My
Memoirs" and his biography of his father entitled "A
Brief Sketch of the Life and Family of Milton LaFayette Lee."
Henry Hudson Lee worked as the County Recorder and Auditor of
Lincoln County in the early 1900s. He was also involved in cattle
ranching most of his life.
Leland, Elma
Coll # Mss50
Date: 1948 - 1978
Extent 5 folders (containing 72 items)
Collection consists of materials relating to the history of air
transportation in Las Vegas, primarily Western Air Lines and Fred
W. Kelly, that company's first pilot. Also includes news articles
on McCarran Airport. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Leprechaun Mining and
Chemical, Incorporated
Coll # 2003-04
Date: ca. 1950 - 1998
Extent 11 boxes (10 record storage boxes, 1 document box)
Collection contains the operational records for Leprechaun Mining
and Chemical, Inc., a salt mining company, including the financial
records: tax documents, CPA reports and records of stockholder
shares and dividends, and general mining reports on evaporation
rates and mineral grades. There are also several books of stock
certificates listing stock holders. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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Levinson, Bea
Coll # 97-02
Date: 1972 - 1990
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of news clippings, reports, bylaws, certificates,
and photographs relating to
Jewish Family Services and divorced homemakers.
Liberty Engine Company No. 1
Coll # T11
Date: 1876-1928
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of two ledger books and some bank records
for the Liberty Engine Company No. 1. Ledger books date from 1876
to 1917. Bank deposit records date from 1926-1927. Liberty Engine
Company No. 1 was the volunteer fire fighting unit for Gold Hill,
Nevada, until it closed in 1938.
Liddle, Samuel
Coll # Mss31
Date: 1885 -1890
Extent 7 folders (containing 164 items)
Collection consists of ledgers, accounts and correspondence for
the General Store of Samuel
Liddle, located in Leadville, Nevada, from 20 October 1885 to
11 November 1890. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Lisle Family
Coll # T153
Date: 1914 - 1948
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains the 1914 Primary Election register for Beatty
Precinct, Nye County, Beatty School Registry of Students from
1933-1948 and correspondence re: attempting to obtain government
funding for the Beatty High School.
Loewy, Michael
Coll # 2000-03
Date: 1987-1991
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of four files on the Desert and Mountain States
Lesbian and Gay Conference.
Longwell, Chester
Coll # MS17
Date: 1919 - 1974
Extent 17 boxes (2 slim document boxes, 15 document boxes)
The Chester Longwell Papers document his professional career as
a geologist and his pioneering
field work in Clark County, Nevada. Includes Longwell's field
notes, manuscripts, articles and
speeches related to geology (mostly of Clark County), personal
and business correspondence,
publications of Longwell's and colleagues. The collection also
contains subject files, name files, and rock specimen tags. COLLECTION
GUIDE AVAILABLE
Lotteries
Coll # 1024
Date: 1714-1979
Extent 1 Flat oversize box
This collection is comprised of lottery tickets, advertisements,
prize breakdowns and drawing schedules from around the world.
There are 3 lottery tickets dated 1714 and 1715, the proceeds of
which were to finance the cutting of a canal in Connecticut; an
announcement of a lottery to be held for household goods in 18th
century England; and several other lottery tickets and drawing
schedules from 18th and 19th century United States and Europe.
There is also included in this collection an undated deck of 25
cards called the "Hands of Poker" printed in London,
England, and a letter from the Postmaster General announcing a
new law making it illegal to mail lottery information dated in
1876.
Lowe, Celesta
Coll # 95-48
Date: 1943-95
Extent 2 boxes (1 slim document box, 1 flat box on roller shelf)
1.5 linear ft.
Collection consists of Celesta Lowe's clippings, published writings
("Echoes from the Archives" and "Southwestern Bookshelf"
columns), correspondence, and photographs related to local
history. Also contains National League of American Pen Women and
Pen-Hens material.
Celesta Lowe grew up in Goodsprings and worked for James R. Dickinson,
who was the first head of Nevada Southern University (later UNLV).
She played a large part in developing the Special Collections
Division of the library. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Lowman, Zelvin
Coll # 91-35 (also x-ref. with T104)
Date: 1971-1976
Extent 8 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the legislative papers of Zelvin Lowman
who served in the Nevada State Legislature from 1966-1976. Collection
includes publications, correspondence, reports and newspaper clippings
pertaining to his time in office. Subjects include Clark High
School, capital punishment, medical malpractice, Las Vegas/Clark
County consolidation, ERA. PARTIAL INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Luckman, John
Coll # T58
Date: 1977 - 1978
Extent 1 document box
Collection contains the typescripts and page proofs of the following
gaming books: Gambler's Bedside Book, edited by John K. Hutchens;
The Big Player by Roger Rapoport and Ken Uston; How to Play and
Win at Poker by John Montgomery (page proofs). Published copies
of all three books are in UNLV Special Collections stacks.
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Lurie, Ron
Coll # 91-45
Date: 1972-1990
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection is comprised of manuscripts and photographs of the
former mayor of Las Vegas.
Lyman, Marguerite Rice
Coll # 1014
Date: 1817 - 1964
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of six typescripts concerning Southern Nevada
history, the Muddy Mission,
Spring Valley, and profiles of Rice family pioneers. Emphasis
on Mormon church activities.
Lyon, Annette
Coll # 90-45
Date: ca.1970s-1980s
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection consists of ashtrays and pens from numerous Las Vegas
casinos.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Lytle, Mary
Coll # T186
Date: 1909 - 1968
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains the certificates and records of Mary Virginia
Perkins Lytle-certificates of Nursing and Midwifery by the State
Board of medical examiners, Utah; correspondence from Fred Gale
requesting information re: her Midwifery experience; a photo of
Lytle with her husband; and a brief biography. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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MacEachern, Jan
Coll # 97-15
Date: 1958-1980s
Extent 9 boxes (8 record storage boxes, 1 flat box on roller shelves)
Collection consists of the papers of Jan MacEachern, Nevada political
activist and teacher.
Collection consists of clippings, programs, correspondence, financial
reports, rosters, and
photographs relating to her work on various Las Vegas and Boulder
City legislative and local political advisory boards such as League
of Women Voters, Boulder City Democratic Club, and Common Cause.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Mack, Jess & Dorothy
Coll # MS22
Date: 1950 - 1989
Extent 12 boxes (9 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 2 record
storage boxes)
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of Jess Mack, actor,
comedy writer, booking agent and the first franchised agent for
the Screen Actors Guild in Las Vegas. Noted for his work in burlesque
and acting as agent to a number of prominent strippers during
the golden age of burlesque. Collection includes legal documents,
photographs, gags, scripts, sketches, newspaper clippings, correspondence,
issues of "Cavalcade of Burlesque", articles and publicity.
There are also a number of video tapes and cassette tapes. INVENTORY
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Maines, Ken "Nevada"
Coll # 1031-4
Date: 1972
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of various items written by Ken "Nevada"
Maines, including sheet music for his songs (Fremont Street, My
Name Is Love, and My Little Polish Rose), a poem, and his hints
for handicappers. There is also an offprint of an article on Maines
that appeared in the Las Vegas Sun.
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.
Malone, George
Coll # Mss37
Date: 1928 -1933
Extent 1 folder (contains 343 items, bound)
Collection consists of one bound volume of letters, documents,
speeches, reports and maps
pertaining to George W. Malone's position as Nevada State Engineer;
National Executive
Committeeman, American Legion; President, Association of Western
Engineers; Secretary, Colorado River Commission; member, Nevada
State Range Commission.
Malone, Mike
Coll # 98-21
Date: 1984-1996
Extent 8 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the papers of Mike Malone, Nevada State
Assemblyman and former Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer.
Collection consists of newspaper clippings, campaign material,
minute books, assembly and senate materials from the 1983 and
1989 legislative sessions. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
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Manis
Coll # 87-92
Date: 1910 - 1955
Extent 3 record storage boxes; photo albums
Collection includes documents and publications relating to Boulder
(Hoover) Dam and the Boulder Canyon Project. Documents include
brochures, pamphlets, postcards, scrapbooks and news clippings.
Subjects include Boulder City, Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and Route
66. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Mann, Mildred
Coll # 96-10
Date: 1915-1995
Extent 12 boxes (10 document boxes, 2 slim document boxes) and
1 thin envelope (4.5 linear ft.)
Collection is comprised of the papers of Mildred, Mann, a North
Las Vegas resident and community activist. Mann was involved in
state and national ceramic associations, and taught ceramic arts
for many years in various venues, including to the visually impaired.
Collection documents her involvement in teaching ceramics and
her work with the International Order of Odd Fellows. It includes
correspondence, clippings, certificates, manuals, photos, and
newsletters. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Mannone, Wingy
Coll # 2001-28
Date: 1934 -1996
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of Las Vegas trumpet
player Wingy Mannone and includes photographs, news clippings,
and personal memorabilia. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Marshall L. Wright
- Riviera Hotel Scrapbook
Coll # 97-14
Date: 1954-1956
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection contains a scrapbook of newspaper articles about Wright
and the Hotel Riviera, ads for upcoming performers like Liberace,
a copy of a menu, pictures of the hotel under construction, general
correspondence and the press packet from the 1955 opening.
Marshall, Gladys Boggs
Coll # T57
Date: 1910 - 1974
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection includes several poems by Gladys Boggs Marshall, a
manuscript draft of her unfinished paper "History and Story
of Las Vegas," news clippings, and a scrapbook. PARTIAL COLLECTION
GUIDE AVAILABLE
Maurice, Dick
Coll # 2001-27
Date: 1970-1980
Extent: 3 boxes (1 document box, 1 slim document box, 1 small
flat box)
Dick Maurice was a Las Vegas-based radio and TV personality. His
collection contains audio and/or visual tapes from all of his
shows, photographs and some personal papers. SEE ARNOLD SHAW ARCHIVIST
FOR INVENTORY
May, Paul
Coll # T97
Date: 1969 - 1984
Extent 3 boxes (1 record storage box and 2 document boxes)
Collection is comprised of the papers of Paul May, who represented
Las Vegas in the Nevada State Legislature. Collection contains
correspondence, legislative documents, reports of taxation in
Nevada, and invitations to casino and show openings, and community
events. PARTIAL
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McClure, Florence
Coll # 2003-23
Date: 1970 - 2001
Extent 8 boxes (6 record storage boxes, 2 document boxes)
Collection is comprised of newspaper clippings related to Florence
McClure's civic activities and interests. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
McCuistion, Florine
Coll # T93
Date: 1940 -1973
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of the papers of Florine McCuistion, a noted
Las Vegas interior designer
who wrote a column called "Interior Design Workshop"
in 1971 for the Las Vegas Sun. She
designed the interior of the Nevada State Bank and the Clark County
Health Center. Her husband was M.E. Ted McCuistion, longtime Nevada
state legislator. The collection is comprised of drafts of her
column, numerous plaques and certificates she received during
her career, newspaper clippings, and a few photographs.
McDaniel, James B.
Coll # T133
Date: 1960 - 1978
Extent 8 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the plans and drawings of Las Vegas architect
James B. McDaniel who designed many UNLV buildings. Collection
includes both rolled drawings and files that contain construction
estimates, outline specifications, invoices, change orders and
correspondence. Buildings include UNLV PE Complex, St. Viator
Church, UNLV Bookstore remodel, and Helen J. Stewart School. INVENTORY
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McGonagill, Irma
Coll # T60
Date: 1904 - 1905
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains the informal records of early Nevada mining
in Tonopah, Nevada, including the outlines for a section of Irma
McGonagill's memoir and a few fleshed out paragraphs and the beginnings
of Chapter 1. There is also a stock certificate for the Silver
Bow Mining Company. (see also Photo Collection 0246)
McLaughlin, Thomas
Coll # 85-90
Date: 1940s-1960s
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of programs, news clippings, photographs and
scrapbooks of Thomas
McLaughlin, a prominent Las Vegas realtor. McLauglin was active
in local fraternal
organizations such as the Sons of Saint Patrick and the Knights
of Columbus. Clippings focus on the activities of these organizations,
trends in Las Vegas real estate, political issues and candidates
in Nevada and McLaughlin's role as trustee for the ailing Las
Vegas Racetrack. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
McWilliams, Iona and J.T.
Coll # T62
Date: 1936 - 1960
Extent 3 document boxes
Collection is comprised of the papers of Las Vegas pioneers J.T.
McWilliams and wife Iona
McWilliams. J.T. McWilliams, a surveyor and civil engineer, founded
the original Las Vegas townsite ("McWilliams Town")
and owned a large portion of Lee Canyon, much of which he donated
to become a public park. Collection is comprised of McWilliams
financial ledgers from 1905 listing property sales by block and
lot in the original Las Vegas townsite, expenses, and a copy of
the deed to his Goodsprings property. Other items include receipts,
correspondence photographs, maps (including those of the original
Las Vegas townsite), ads for McWilliams maps, and surveying manuals.
Meadows Playhouse
Coll # T163
Date: 1968-1981
Extent 4 boxes (2 document boxes and 2 record storage boxes)
Collection houses the architectural plans for the Meadows Playhouse,
a UNLV playhouse, and interdepartmental correspondence about designing
a Theatre major, examples of other university Theatre major requirements,
copies of plays with set design notes, notes on student actors,
production playbills and newspaper clippings about upcoming productions.
Meehan, Louise
Coll # 89-93
Date: ca. 1980's
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of Las Vegas casino promotional items-ashtrays,
wine glasses and photos.
Meiklejohn, Patrick
Coll # 94-41
Date: x
Extent 3 record storage boxes
Collection consists of 100+ decks of casino playing cards and
misc. casino memorabilia of undetermined amount and cost.
Mercer, L. Paul
Coll # Mss46
Date: 1957 - 1972
Extent 6 folders (containing 161 items)
Collection consists of material relating to Paul Mercer's interest
in the arts of spinning, dyeing, and weaving. It includes letters
from fellow enthusiast, Fred A. Pennington, and his wife, Lulu.
Also includes manuscript of Dye Formulas and Color Representations
from the notes of Paul Mercer. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Mesquite Club Records
Coll # 2001-9
Date: 1911-2000
Extent 29 record storage boxes
This collection contains the organizational records of the Mesquite
Club, the oldest women's service club in Las Vegas, founded in
1911, and still in existence today. The collection documents the
administrative, service, and social activities of the club, which
is known for its dedication to community improvement in Las Vegas.
The records are comprised of materials that provide information
on the club's organizational and administrative structure, its
numerous community service projects and social events, the Mesquite
Clubhouse, and the Club's relations with the General Federation
of Women's Clubs (GFWC). Types of documentation in the collection
include minutes, correspondence, committee reports, newsletters,
scrapbooks, and photographs. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
MGM Grand
Coll # T175
Date: 1970 - 1982
Extent 3 boxes (2 record storage boxes, 1 document box)
Collection is comprised of litigation documentation stemming from
the November 1980 MGM Grand Hotel fire that killed 85 people.
Included in the documentation are testimonies regarding construction
materials and processes, testimonies regarding the electrical
system and the ways in which fire and smoke spread, and an index
of eyewitness accounts. There is also included in this collection
a transcript from a Nova special "Why America Burns"
and a copy of the 1970 Building Code.
Mim's Sutro Co .
Coll # T 170
Date: 1905
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains the stock ledger for the Nevada mining company
Mim's Sutro Co.
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Mines and Mining
Coll # MS11
Date: 1870 - 1980
Extent 23 boxes (15 document boxes, 7 slim document boxes, 1 record
storage box) and miscellaneous scrapbooks and newspaper clippings
sitting on shelf
Collection consists of business and legal documents from a number
of mines in Southern and Central Nevada. Types of documentation
include prospectuses, stock certificates, correspondence, invoices,
employee lists, purchasing records and mill foreman reports. The
records also include the histories of the Nevada mines-location,
operation dates, mineral being mined, and production amount. This
information is related in correspondence, brochures, reports and
newspaper clippings. Mines in the collection include: Eberhardt
and Aurora Mining Company, Nevada-Utah Mines and Smelters Corporation,
Techatticup Mine, Bulen Mining Company, Bullfrog-Red Oak Mining
Company, Pioche Mines Company, Tonopah Mining Company, Yellow
Pine Mining Company, Esmeralda County, White Pine, Lincoln County,
Nye County, Goodsprings Mining District. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Minsky, Harold
Coll # 87-97
Date: 1922 - 1978
Extent 27 boxes (24 document boxes, 2 slim document boxes, and
1 record storage)
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of noted burlesque
producer, Harold Minsky. Minsky was noted for creating the "family
burlesque" style and for introducing the topless showgirl
to Las Vegas at the Dunes Hotel in 1957. His collection includes
scripts, publicity, photographs, financial records, payroll records,
sheet music, news clippings, contracts, and correspondence. COLLECTION
GUIDE AVAILABLE
Miss Nevada USA Pageant
Coll # 85-136
Date: 1981 - 1986
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains the programs for the Miss Nevada Pagent held
in Las Vegas 1981-1986.
Mitchell, Luanna
Coll # 94-26
Date: 1951 - 1977
Extent 3 record storage boxes, and 3 oversize scrapbooks
Collection is comprised of newspaper clippings about the Ladies
Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization and the
Auxiliary's programs and community service. There are also photographs
of the Ladies visiting veterans in the hospital, invitations to
VFW events and a member yearbook.
Monte Carlo Club
Coll # T72
Date: 1944
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of select records from the Monte Carlo Club,
a Fremont Street casino which
opened in 1944 with the tagline "Home of More Jackpots."
The collection contains blank checks
and stationery from the Monte Carlo Club, and a binder with articles
of incorporation, bylaws, and a ledger listing the names, addresses
and number of shares owned by individual stockholders. Listed
as the incorporators were Wilbur Clark, Art Ham and Ryland Taylor.
Montoya, Max
Coll # Mss32
Date: 1935
Extent 1 item
Collection contains a 1935 commemorative 3 cent stamp depicting
Boulder (Hoover) Dam at its completion.
Moore, James
Coll # 1015
Date: ca. 1960's
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of three photocopied typescripts: The Dice
Killer, Casino Dealer's Best
Friend, and Expert at the Blackjack Tables.
Moore, William J
.
Coll # T174
Date: 1925 - 1974
Extent 7 document boxes
The William J. Moore collection consists of a number of mining
publications (Uof NV Bulletins on Geology and Mining, photographs
of mine locations, mine production reports, sales contracts of
various ores), maps (quadrangles with marked mine locations),
claims, and correspondence re: the casino construction. It also
includes original plans for the Last Frontier. Scrapbooks from
the Frontier Hotel are in the oversize section of Special Collections
and not included in the inventory for this collection. There is
also information on estimates and analysis for a 500 room Las
Vegas
resort hotel. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Morlan, Jerry
Coll # 2004-11
Date: 1956-1998 (bulk 1986-1996)
Extent 1.5 linear feet (1 document box, 1 oversize box)
Collection consists of personal papers of Jerry Morlan, Las Vegas teacher and educator.
Morlan was influential in integrating technology into the classroom, and advocated
vocational learning through the industrial arts. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Morledge, Fred L.
Coll # Mss43
Date: 1948 -1961
Extent 7 folders (382 items)
Collection contains Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital (SNMH) minutes
of Board meetings from 1955-1956, Grand Jury accusations against
the Board regarding the poor operation of the hospital, the Board's
responses, and news clippings from the Las Vegas Review Journal
regarding this controversy. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Morris, William
Coll # 1031-6
Date: 1909-1935
Extent 1 folder
Collection contains correspondence and tax papers for William
Morris, an early resident of Death Valley, California. He served
on the board for the Las Vegas Department of Education in 1934.
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Mortensen, Verna
Coll # T78
Date: 1960 - 1979
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of materials pertaining to Verna Mortensen's
work with the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and their efforts to
preserve the Mormon (Las Vegas) Fort. Contains newspaper clippings,
federal grant application for restoration of the Fort, DUP brochure,
and a paper on the history of the lower Colorado Region. The collection
also contains two detailed eulogies of Mortensen, a native of
Bunkerville, NV who had lived in St. George, UT and Las Vegas,
NV.
Munson, Fred A.
Coll # T139
Date: 1926 - 1970
Extent 1 record storage box
The Fred Munson collection a number of greeting cards, postcards,
and photographs. The photos are mostly of unidentified family
and travel. Collection also contains newspaper clippings about
Munson's unique stone house. Munson was a gravel maker who made
most of the gravel used in Hoover Dam but the collection does
not contain any documents pertaining to his work.
Murphy, Franklin
M.
Coll # T130
Date: 1922 -1958
Extent 6 record storage boxes
Frank M. Murphy was a geologist active in Nevada. His collection
contains numerous publications, articles, maps, and reports pertaining
to geology and mining in Nevada. The collection also includes
business and personal correspondence, resumes, and letters of
application.
MX in Nevada (Hulse,
James)
Coll # Mss17
Date: 1980
Extent 2 folders (containing 13 pages and 1 bound item)
Collection contains a published series of essays entitled "MX
in Nevada: A Humanistic Perspective" ( Reno : Nevada Humanities
Commission, 1980), Francis X. Hartigan, editor. Includes James
W. Hulse's typescript draft with handwritten edits of "A
View from Pioche," excerpted from the aforementioned work
for delivery to Labor Day Celebration Humanities program in Pioche
Nevada, 31 August 1980.
MX Missile
Coll # T157
Date: 1981
Extent 1 document box
MX review committee and subcommittee reports and draft environmental
statement for the MX
Missile Project.
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National League of American Pen Women (Las Vegas Chapter)
Coll # 2000-06
Date: 1950-1990
Extent 2 boxes (1 record storage box, 1 flat box on roller shelves)
Collection consists of the scrapbooks and minutes of the Las Vegas
branch of the National League of American Pen Women. The NLAPW
is a professional organization of women that promotes development
of the creative talents of professional women in the arts ( it
encompasses arts, letters and music).
National Organization
for Women (NOW)
Coll # 95-30
Date: 1966-74
Extent 8 boxes (7 document boxes, 1 slim document box) 3.5 linear
ft.
Collection consists of the organizational records of the Las Vegas
chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). It includes
materials such as budgets, membership rosters, correspondence,
clippings, minutes, newsletters, policies, and task force reports.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Navy Mother's Club
of America
Coll # 87-71
Date: 1946 - 1968
Extent 2 boxes (1 document box and 1 slim document box) 7.5 linear
in.
Collection consists of two scrapbooks of memorabilia and news
clippings from the Navy
Mother's Club of America. Also included are the club's bylaws
from 1946-1968 and photographs of various club events and installations.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Neely, William
Coll # 1029-4
Date: [18]64
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of one typescript letter (photocopied) transcribed
from an original dated
Dec 4, [18]64 from W[illiam] Neely in Virginia City NV to his
nephew. The letter discusses Nevada's impending statehood and
the business and financial situation at the time. Contains some
detail about mining work and advises nephew "not" to
come to Nevada.
Neonis, Delores
Coll # T102
Date: 1945-1976
Extent 7 record storage boxes
Collection contains the personal and professional records of Delores
Neonis, secretary for the Committee for Effective Mass Transportation.
Included in these records are correspondence and reports from
the Board of County Commissioners and the District Attorney's
Office regarding the feasibility of mass transportation, specifically
the monorail, and possible location sites. Ms. Neonis' personal
records contain copies of plays, miscellaneous photos of people,
daytimers, receipt books and personal "chit-chat" correspondence.
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Nevada Association
of Psychiatric Physicians
Coll # 2001-8
Date: 1990s
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains the organizational records of the Nevada Association
of Psychiatric Physicians. Accretions will be added as they are
received. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Nevada Banking History
Coll # 86-03
Date: 1863 -1971
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection contains information on the history of banking, primarily
in Worcester, NV and a history of the Worcester bank. Included
in this history are pamphlets and promotional publications on
early Nevada banks, contemporary newspaper clippings and correspondence
about Butch Cassidy and common banking correspondence. Of interest
is a copy of a proclamation and report by the governor of the
Territory of Nevada about an international mineral exhibition
dated 1863.
Nevada Biltmore Hotel
Coll # 2003-28
Date: 1942 - 1985
Extent Collection consists of a scrapbook on the Nevada Biltmore
Hotel, located in downtown Las Vegas. The scrapbook contains photographs
of the hotel, hotel stationary, a menu and news clippings announcing
who will be staying at the Biltmore and who will be appearing
and performing. There are also news clippings about city leaders.
Nevada Commission
on Tourism
Coll # 97-01
Date: 1986-1990s
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection consists of news clippings, magazine articles, and
manuscripts regarding the Las Vegas office of the Nevada Commission
on Tourism.
Nevada Democrat
Newsletter
Coll # 87-150
Date: 1965 - 1970
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection contains copies of the Political Race Dope Sheet, a
humorous description of candidates designed to resemble a horse
race sheet, and copies of the Clark County Democrat.
Nevada Federation
of Women's Clubs
Coll # 86-62
Date: 1986
Extent 1 document box
Collection contains Porcelain figures.
Nevada Gaming 50th anniversary
Coll # T156
Date: 1981
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of material commemorating the 50th anniversary
of the legalization of casino gaming in Nevada and includes plaques,
news releases, articles, etc.
Nevada Motion Picture
Division
Coll # MS5
Date: ca1970s-1990s
Extent 24 document boxes
Collection is comprised of film scripts from the Motion Picture
and Television Division of the
Nevada Commission on Economic Development. All film and television
scripts were set around Las Vegas or in the Nevada desert. Notable
titles include "Vegas Vacation," "Honeymoon in
Vegas," and "Leaving Las Vegas." INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Nevada Music Teachers Association
Coll # 85-123
Date: 1963 -1983
Extent 3 record storage boxes
Collection focuses on the work of the Nevada Music Teachers Association
and Las Vegas piano teacher, Betty Henderson. The collection is
comprised primarily of reel-to-reel tapes of auditions, recitals
and concerts. Others materials include newsletters, sheet music,
scrapbooks, photos, and programs. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Nevada Nurses Association
Coll # 85-34
Date: ca. 1940s - 1990s
Extent 23 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the organizational records of the Nevada
Nurses Association. Subjects
include Jean Rambo, state legislature, ERA, Planned Parenthood,
and League of Women Voters. Types of material in the collection
include clippings, history, membership information, receipts,
correspondence, convention notes and programs, alumni directory,
newsletters, pamphlets, meeting minutes and scrapbooks. INVENTORY
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Nevada Poetry Society
Coll # T89
Date: 1960-1973
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection is comprised of the records of the Nevada Poetry Society.
Society president, Mildred
Breedlove, features prominently in the collection. Materials include
bank records, correspondence, financial documents, newsletters,
poems and the book Silver Springs: Anthology of the Nevada Poetry
Society. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Nevada Political Buttons
Coll # 89-06
Date: 1979
Extent 1 pamphlet box
Nevada political buttons
Nevada Silver Centennial Stamp
Coll # 1031-1
Date: 1959
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of envelopes with the Silver Centennial Stamp
cancelled with the "Virginia City - Nevada Silver Centennial
- 1859-1959" die hub with postmarks of 10 Nevada cities including
Las Vegas. There is also a first day of issue decorative envelope.
Nevada State Museum
- Dr. Sheilagh Brooks
Coll # 87-48
Date: 1970 -1990
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains the inventory forms for all properties nominated
and listed (during the above time period) on the National Register
of Historic Places throughout Nevada. The inventory forms state
the owners name, location of the property and a description of
the property's historical significance. Also included in this
collection are the Museum's financial statements, by-laws, meeting
minutes, news clippings about general museum business and correspondence
and memos regarding museum objectives, exhibit schedules and other
similar topics. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE.
Nevada State Park System
Coll # T23
Date: [1883] - 1981
Extent 3 document boxes (15 linear in.)
Collection consists of select records from the Nevada State Park
System. Includes administration and planning documents, financial
records, correspondence and news clippings. Collection includes
documentation on the Spring Mountain Ranch, Valley of Fire, Death
Valley National Monument, and general information on caves.
Nevada Watercolor
Society
Coll # Roller Shelf #76
Date: 1968-1984
Extent 2 OVERSIZE boxes
Collection consists of scrapbook and clippings about local and
visiting artists, exhibits and a watercolor painting of a hypothetical
exhibit.
Nevada Wildlife Federation
Coll # 98-04
Date: 1993 - 1998
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains the records for the Nevada Wildlife Federation,
the organization bylaws and Board of Director minutes and copies
of their newsletters Western Sportsman and Nevada Wildlife.
Nevada Women's History Project (NWHP)
Coll # 99-04
Date: 1995-1998
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection is comprised of select organizational records of the
Nevada Women's History Project
(NWHP), founded in 1996 as a means to provide visibility and support
for the gathering and
dissemination of the history of women in Nevada. Material in the
collection reflects the early
organization of NWHP Southern Region. Collection contains meeting
minutes and agendas,
correspondence, membership lists, newsletters, press releases,
and project files. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
New York New York
Hotel/Casino 9/11 T-Shirt Collection
Coll # 2002-30
Date: 2001-02
Extent 460 Oversize boxes
Collection consists of tee shirts (t-shirts) and other artifacts
which were left at the Statue of Liberty replica located at the
New York New York Hotel/Casino in memory of the firefighters and
law enforcement personnel who lost their lives during the terrorist
attacks on September 11, 2001. (Stored in LASR)
Newton, Wayne Fan Club Collection
Coll # 88-158
Date: 1966 - 1988
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of Wayne Newton Fan Club memorabilia.
It includes news clippings, articles, newsletters, correspondence,
promotional materials and recordings all pertaining to Wayne Newton
and his career in Las Vegas. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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O'Donnell, Tom (Judge)
Coll # 85-61
Date: 1966 - 1984
Extent 1 large flat oversize box
Collection contains the scrapbooks and news clippings of Judge
O'Donnell's campaign for district judge, events/court cases while
he was on the bench and general personal detritus.
Olmstead, Vern
Coll # MS8
Date: x
Extent 69 document boxes, 6 record storage boxes
Collection consists of Olmstead's materials on meat cutting, marketing,
and production. There are a number of books in the collection.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
NOTE: THIS COLLECTION IS STORED IN LIED LIBRARY'S LASR SYSTEM,
PLEASE CALL AHEAD TO OBTAIN BOXES.
Ortiz Collection
Coll # Mss38
Date: 1976 - 1977
Extent 10 folders (containing 208 items)
Collection consists of material relating to issue of consolidation/annexation
of local governments in Clark County. Primarily concerns limits
of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada in clippings from the newspapers,
Las Vegas Review-Journal and Las Vegas Sun, 9 July 1975 through
13 November 1977. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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Page, John Chatfield
Coll # MS23
Date: 1930 - 1947
Collection consists of the diaries of John Chatfield Page, who
served as Construction Engineer on Boulder (Hoover) Dam from 1931-35.
There is also a small amount of ephemera and biographical material
on Page which provide information on his career with the Bureau
of Reclamation. The original diaries have transferred to the Boulder
City Museum and Historical Association, but the library holds
complete digital facsimiles. To view, please go to:
http://digital.library.unlv.edu/diaries_hooverdam/index.html
Paher, Stanley
Coll # T127
Date: 1976 - 1981
Extent 4 boxes (1 record storage box, 3 document boxes)
The Stanley Paher collection contains his original draft, book
proofs and submitted articles for the book Nevada Official Bicentennial
Book. The book was later published under the title, Nevada Towns
and Tales.
Parks, David
Coll # 2000-14
Date: 1981-1994
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of a small selection of personal papers
from Nevada's first openly-gay
assemblyman, David R. Parks. Includes business records on the
Camp David Bath House in Las Vegas and a campaign sign from Parks'
1996 campaign.
Parks, W.S. Dr.
Coll # T34
Date: 1923 - 1933
Extent 1 record storage box (13 linear inches)
Collection contains the household and business records of Dr.
W.S. Parks, early Las Vegas dentist and son of Las Vegas pioneer,
John S. Park. Collection contains record books, cancelled checks,
and receipts. Provides insight into grocery, automobile, coal,
ice, household repairs, insurance and water costs in the 1920s-1930s
in Las Vegas.
Partridge, John
M.
Coll # 88-141
Date: 1932-1971
Extent 4 document boxes
Collection contains the personal records of John M. Partridge,
a member/trainer for the United States Navy who was involved with
adult education and occupational training. He lectured on transferring
the training methods of the military to the civilian job place.
Included in his records are high school graduation information
through college and military education and training. Also included
is a pilot's license, hotel management trainers manual, resumes,
job applications and copies of speeches. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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.
Perry, Alice Lorraine
Thomas
Coll # T171
Date: 1900 - 1969
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains the personal records of Alice Thomas and her
family, early residents of the Beatty, NV area-report cards, graduation
certificates, school records, general family correspondence and
some short stories and poems. There is an interesting letter from
Alice Thomas' school principal about the quality of education
available from a one room, one teacher school.
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Petitions
Coll # Mss29
Date: 1940
Extent 1 folder (containing [24] items)
Collection consists of petitions of citizens of Las Vegas from
1 February 1940 to 4 December 1940 that were filed with the Clerk,
City of Las Vegas. A number of these petitions focus on the need
for improvements on the Westside and were filed by the Westside
Improvement
Committee. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Phillips, Helen Thelma "Peggy" Lewis Hyde
Coll # 98-06
Date: 1963
Extent 5 record storage boxes
Collection contains the personal papers of Helen Phillips documenting
her role in the Las Vegas community. It contains correspondence
and newspaper articles of her charitable activities, plaques received
for service and photographs. Phillips was a longtime resident
of Boulder City, and active in improving education in Clark County.
Collection also includes numerous issues of the Paradise Press,
a local newspaper printed for the residents of Paradise, one of
the unincorporated areas of the Las Vegas Valley.
Pichot, Mary Kozlowski
Coll # 96-16
Date: 1969-90
Extent 3 document boxes
Collection consists of the records of Mary Kozlowski Pichot, a
Las Vegas environmental
activist. The collection focuses on Pichot's work in various environmental
and strategic planning
committees such as Aquavision, Las Vegas 2000 and Beyond and Citizen's
General Plan Adivising Committee. Much of the collection documents
early environmental activism regarding the Las Vegas Wash. Types
of documents include meeting minutes, clippings, correspondence,
governmental reports, and testimony regarding regional planning
and environmental issues.
Pittman, Ida (Brewington)
Coll # 85-77
Date: 1945 - 1977
Extent 2 boxes (1 document box, 1 slim document box) 8 linear
in. + 1 portfolio
This collection contains many news clippings about Ida Brewington
Pittman's husband Vail, who was governor of Nevada 1945-1950.
The collection also contains letters of condolences over Vail
Pittman's death, original speeches from the Vail Pittman Elementary
School's dedication, copies of resolutions, an inaugural invitation,
some financial notes, travel papers, address lists, and notes
about phone calls. Most of the items in this collection pertain
to her husband's life rather than her own. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Pittman, Key
Coll # 1003
Date: 1939-1940
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of correspondence between Nevada's U.S. Senator
Key Pittman (via his clerk James A. White) and various constituents
who have sent him books on a variety of subjects. The possibility
of conflict in Europe is mentioned in some of the letters.
Planned Parenthood
of Southern Nevada
Coll # 96-01
Date: 1980-95
Extent 17 document boxes
Collection consists of the administrative and educational records
of Planned Parenthood of
Southern Nevada. Much of the collection focuses on administrative
concerns such as grants and
fundraising, and speakers, but there is also material pertaining
to education and programs sponsored by PPSN. Types of material
include brochures, flyers, grant records, news clippings, and
training materials. Access to certain materials is restricted
-- please see finding aid for details. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Poll Tax [receipt] (State of Nevada)
Coll # Mss13
Date: 1915
Extent 1 folder (containing 1 item)
Consists of the poll tax receipt of Oscar Ikonen [Enonen?] from
Esmeralda County, Nevada. The
Poll Tax Collector is the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co., and
Clyde P. Johnson is listed as County Auditor. It is dated April
1, 1915.
Ponticello, John
Coll # 87-20
Date: 1963 - 1970
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of copies of a variety of gaming related materials
that include gaming licenses, gaming applications, work cards
for Clark County and Las Vegas. The main focus of the collection
is on The Research Gambling Game Project, conducted by Ponticello
through th the Oregon Research Institute and for the University
of Michigan. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Powell, Stephen
Coll # Mss40
Date: 1972
Extent 1 folder (containing 69 typescript pages)
Collection consists of the manuscript copy of Powell's gambling
bibliography based on the
collections at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The published
copy is in the Special Collections book stacks.
Price, Robert (Bob)
Coll # 85-89
Date: 1975 - 1980
Extent 3 boxes (1 document box, 2 record storage boxes)
Collection is comprised of the legislative records of Nevada assemblyman
Robert Price. Much of the collection concerns a legislative subcommittee
appointed to investigate insurance practices in Nevada. Documents
include clippings, letters, minutes, testimony, press releases
and reports
related to automobile insurance in Nevada. Other legislative concerns
included in this collection
relate to housing, flood control, fire protection, tax regulations,
gaming regulations and the Nevada Gaming Commission. INVENTORY
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Proctor, Cork
Coll # 2002-12
Date: 1943 - 2003
Extent 3 document boxes
The personal papers of Cork Proctor, musician and entertainer.
Collection contains flyers, awards, contracts, clippings, reviews
and two transcribed oral interviews. SEE ARNOLD SHAW ARCHIVIST
FOR INVENTORY
Pueblo Grande
Coll # T143
Date: 1926 - 1980
Extent 2 boxes (1 record storage box, 1 document box)
The Pueblo Grande collection contains essays (re: theories on
Pit-Dwellings, lost cities and the disappearance of the Anasazi)
and correspondence for nomination and documentation of inclusion
to the National Register. It also contains photographs and an
inventory of the Pueblo and Anasazi artifacts included in the
Pueblo Grande de Nevada site, Lost City Museum.
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Questions for the
Examination of Teachers
Coll # Mss11
Date: 1894
Extent 1 folder (containing 1 bound 12 page booklet)
Collection consists of the "Questions for the Examination
of Teachers" that were prepared by
the [Nevada] State Board of Education. This is the personal copy
of applicant Charles Thompson and contains the names of four applicants
and their scores. Includes questions pertaining to Physiology,
Reading, Orthography, Geography, United States History, Grammar,
etc. Questions 10, 11, and 12 of Arithmetic on loose slip of paper
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Rathbun, Frank D.
Coll # T144
Date: 1919 - 1939
Extent 5 boxes (1 record storage box, 2 document boxes, 1 slim
flat box and 1 regular flat box both on roller shelf)
The Rathbun papers include publications on the Colorado Aqueduct
and telephone lines at Hayfield and the Colorado Rim. There is
also a descriptive chapter on desert mirages and archeological
field notes written by Rathbun. The archeological materials include
inventories from sites in the Southern Great Basin, photos of
dwellings and pictographs (taken in the 30's), Nevada Highways
and Parks promotional brochures and general newspaper articles
on anthropology and archeology (1920's-1930's).
Rawls, Ellen Burke
Coll # 2002-19
Date: ca 1980s-1990s
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of newspaper columns on Atlantic City entertainment
by Atlantic City
journalist Ellen Burke Rawls. Other materials include correspondence
and columns on various
aspects of Atlantic City and New Jersey life.
Red Rock Audubon Society
Coll # 97-13
Date: 1983-1996
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists primarily of issues of the Rock Wren, the
newsletter of the Red Rock Audubon Society. There are a few items
relating to the National Audubon Society as well.
Red Rock Canyon National Recreation Area
Coll # 98-03
Date: 1982 - 1994
Extent 2 record storage boxes (2.2 linear ft.)
Collection consists of publications and news clippings related
to the Red Rock Canyon National Recreation Area.
Reiter, Mary Jane Griffith
Coll # 86-31
Date: 1927-1958
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains the personal records of Mary Jane Reiter,
the daughter of Las Vegas pioneer Robert Griffith. Included in
this collection is a record of her properties-rent, utilities
etc. and the accounts receivable for 1927-1944, a copy of a "Petition
for Probate of Will" which is a list and disposition of properties,
the Colorado River Commission monthly financial report, and a
bibliography of Nevada History and its relation to the Westward
Movement.
Republican Women of Las Vegas
Coll # 96-12
Date: 1979-93
Extent 3 record storage boxes
Collection contains the scrapbooks of the Republican Women of
Las Vegas and news clippings advertising future meetings and topics
of discussion (MX Missile, sexual assault), copies of The Republican
Woman magazine, and certificates for community service. The scrapbooks
hold the photographs and minutes from conventions and meetings.
Revere, Lawrence
Coll # Mss44
Date: 1965 -1970
Extent 7 folders (containing 109 items)
Collection consists primarily of Lawrence Revere's correspondence
with authors and creators of
blackjack systems. Revere authored numerous books on blackjack
strategy. Correspondents
include Dr. Allan N. Wilson, Louis G. Halloway, Julian H. Braun,
Edward O. Thorp, and John
Reppert. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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Rhodine, George
Coll # T95
Date: 1974 -1976
Extent 2 record storage boxes
The George Rhodine collection focuses primarily on the US Bicentennial
celebrations, both nationally and locally. It contains a variety
of news clippings, correspondence, publications and articles.
A portion of the collection includes items on juvenile delinquency,
ERA, parenthood and community service.
Rinker, C. A. Earle
Coll # MS 2006-09
Date: 1880-1960 (inclusive), 1906-1910 (bulk)
Extent 12 boxes (9 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 1 oversize box, 1 photo negative box)
This collection contains a wealth of materials that document the history of early twentieth century Goldfield, a mining boom town in central Nevada, as well as the life of its collector. Materials include highly descriptive correspondence and images of Goldfield during its peak years of 1906-1910, as well as mining prospectus, maps, ledgers, souvenirs and ephemera that document mining activity specifically and daily life in a mining boom town more generally. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Rissman, Homer
Coll # 2002-20
Date: 1957-1996
Extent 18 boxes (1 slim document box, 17 document boxes)
Collection is comprised of the drawings and architectural renderings
of noted Las Vegas architect Homer Rissman. Some of Rissman's
most notable projects include the Flamingo Towers, Sands Expo
Center, Circus Circus (the original), and the additions to the
original International (later Las Vegas Hilton).
Robinson, Dr. Robert
E. (Bob)
Coll # 2000-09
Date: 1972-1986
Extent 6 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the legislative papers of Robert (Bob)
Robinson, Nevada assemblyman from 1973-1986. Materials include
bill proposals, correspondence, news clippings, campaign materials,
questionnaires, financial information, newsletters, photographs,
and publicity. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Rockwell, Earl
Coll # T53
Date: 1866 - 1979
Extent 2 boxes (1 document box and 1 slim document box) 8 linear
inches
Collection consists of the papers of Earl Rockwell, brother of
Leon Rockwell. Contains numerous materials pertaining to Elmira,
New York, plat map of Bonanza Village Tract (Las Vegas), ephemera
such as calling cards, receipts, bank books. There are seven diaries
from the late 1800s that appear to have been written by Amanda
Brees who may have been their grandmother. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Rockwell, Leon
Coll # MS13
Date: 1841 -1967
Extent 16 document boxes
Collection consists of materials documenting the life of Las Vegas
pioneer Leon Rockwell. Many of these materials provide excellent
documentation of everyday life and special events in Las Vegas
and Nevada from the 1920s-1940s. Collection is comprised of diaries,
correspondence, photographs, postcards, Las Vegas community event
programs, ledger sheets, business cards and scrapbooks. There
are a number of books in the collection as well.
Items range in date from early 1895 to 1967. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Rodgers, Kerin Scianna
Coll # 97-08
Date: 1973 - 1986
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection is comprised of news clippings, campaign materials,
correspondence and photographs
pertaining to Rodgers' work with the Democratic party and her
political activities in Southern Nevada and Las Vegas. Rodgers
also owned the Gipsy, a Las Vegas gay dance bar located on Paradise
Road near Naples Ave.
Romans, Lorenzo
Coll # T90
Date: 1894
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of the photographs and papers of Lorenzo Romans
a realtor who spent most of his life in Los Angeles and moved
to Las Vegas late in life. A newspaper clipping in the collection
describes how Romans originally came to Las Vegas in 1894 and
stayed at the Las Vegas Rancho as a guest of Helen Stewart during
a land speculating trip. The article provides Romans' vivid recollections
of the Las Vegas landscape in the 1890s and his swim in the Las
Vegas springs. Collection consists primarily of photographs both
loose and in photo albums along with some correspondence and post
cards. The majority of the photographs are either family photos or depict the Los Angeles area; there is little
else relating to Las Vegas.
Ronzone Family Papers
Coll# MS 2005-27
Date: 1900-1991
Extent 1 record storage carton and 1 slim document box
The materials in this collection document the story of the prominent Ronzone family of Las Vegas, their successful department store, and Dick Ronzone’s involvement in local politics. Most documents range from the 1950s through the early 1990s. The bulk of the materials are newspaper clippings that follow the political career of Dick Ronzone in the 1970s and 1980s. Other topics covered by the collection include Ronzone family history dating back to 1900, their department store in the 1940s and 1950s, Ann Ronzone’s community activities from the 1950s to the 1990s, and a broad local history of the Las Vegas area. This collection contains various materials including newspaper clippings, documents, correspondence, certificates, ephemera, yearbooks, publications, artifacts, photographs (see separation note), and one oral history on cassette tape. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Roske, Ralph
Coll # 90-43
Date: 1865 - 1990
Extent 4 boxes (3 record storage boxes, 1 document box)
The papers of Dr. Ralph Roske, UNLV history professor from 1965
- 1990. The collection
contains a variety of class materials and student papers, Dr.
Roske's original book manuscripts (Las Vegas: A Desert Paradise,
Everyman's Eden, Lyman Trumball), Kraig Knapp and John Wittwer
interviews along with various research notes and correspondence.
The majority of the collection pertains to Southern Nevada history.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Roth, George Knox
Coll # 82-06
Date: 1966 - 1970
Extent 4 record storage boxes
The collection of George Knox Roth, a research assistant to John
Meier, a special assistant to Howard Hughes in Nevada. Collection
contains clippings, technical reports and publications, and correspondence
relating to: the Atomic Energy Commission, the environmental impact
of nuclear testing in Nevada, AirWest and Hughes Airport and other
aspects of Howard Hughes' operations in Nevada. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Rusco, Elmer Professor
Coll # T123
Date: 1964 - 1972
Extent 1 document box (5 linear in.)
Collection is comprised of the papers of Elmer Rusco, former UNR
professor, who has done
extensive research into civil rights and race relations in Nevada.
Topics include school
integration, welfare, black employment, poverty, and Clark County
School District staff training
pertaining to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There is also information
on Local 357 regarding
discrimination cases against blacks by the union, and information
on the number of minorities working at the major Strip hotels.
Types of material in the collection include correspondence, news
clippings, and research notes. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
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Ryan, George Kelly
Coll # 1031-5
Date: 1929 & 1971
Extent 2 folders
Collection consists of the research notes on San Pedro, Los Angeles,
and Salt Lake Railroad including a chart and written report on
the Salt Lake Railroad recording all name changes, acquisitions,
consolidations, splits…etc. with notes on construction. There
are also requests submitted to Union Pacific Railroad for historical
info (track info, stops, depots…etc., and correspondence
from the Arizona Pioneer's Historical Society re: O.V. Gass -
member of AZ Territorial Legislature. Included in this collection
is also the biographical information Ryan collected on the Royce
Family (early Nevada pioneers), newspaper clippings about Nevada's
fight to control the Colorado River and the Green River - 1929.
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Sadovich, Maryellen
Vallier
Coll # Mss45
Date: 1852 -1934
Extent 9 folders (144 items)
Collection consists primarily of photocopies of National Archives
material relating to early Nevada History. Documents include:
act concerning setting the boundaries for the State of Nevada,
contracts for setting up mail service btw Utah and California,
Office of Indian Affairs documents regarding a reservation in
southern Nevada, postal routes in southern Nevada, and plat showing
country tributary to SPLASL Railroad. Other items include Gibb's
phonetic alphabet of southern Nevada Indians, and numerous documents
regarding the Eldorado Mining District. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
San Pedro, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake City Railroad
Coll # MS7
Date: 1905 - 1923
Extent 43 boxes (35 document boxes, 2 record storage boxes, 6
flat boxes on roller shelves)
Collection is comprised of the records of the San Pedro, Los Angeles
& Salt Lake Railroad whose construction led to the founding
of the city of Las Vegas. The papers cover a wide range of the
company's operations. There is correspondence relating to lots
in the Las Vegas town site, numerous accounting reports, freight
lists, invoices and other administrative materials from 1905-1923.
There are also records of Arden Station (located 10 miles south
of the Las Vegas Station) and miscellaneous materials relatingmaterials relating
to the Union Pacific Railroad.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Sands Hotel
Coll # 2000-12
Date: 1952 - 1979
Extent 80 boxes (7 flat boxes and 2 large flat boxes located on
the roller shelf, 58 document boxes, 12 record storage boxes,
2 flat boxes, 1 large flat box)
The Sands Collection is comprised of the publicity files of Al
Freeman, Publicity Director of the Sands Hotel for many years.
Materials in the collection include business documents, correspondence,
press releases, news clippings and advertisements etc. but the
bulk of the collection is comprised of photographs. The collection
is particularly rich in photographs of celebrities and entertainers,
the Rat Pack being the most prominent among these. There is also
a significant amount of material on the Copa Girls. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Sawyer, Byrd Wall
Coll # 90-52
Date: 1880-1969
Extent 9 boxes (5 record storage boxes, 3 document boxes, 1 slim
document box)
Collection is comprised of the papers of Byrd Wall Sawyer and
contains a variety of materials related to Nevada history. Collection
includes Nevada State Library materials and publications, news
clippings, correspondence, speeches and memos relating to Reno,
Carson City and Washoe County. There are research notes and copies
of the books; "Midwifery" and "The Open Range of
Nevada, 1826-1900." The collection also contains some photographs
and numerous slides of foreign countries. There are also audio
recordings and video of the Boulder City anniversary. book manuscript
- "Here is Nevada"; bibliography 1939; Co-authors -
Byrd Wall Sawyer and Effie Mona Mack INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Schwartz, Sonny
Coll # 2001-14
Date: 1970s-1990s
Extent: 12 document boxes
Collection consists of audio cassette tapes from the radio show
of Sonny Schwartz, Atlantic City
journalist and radio host. Other material in the collection includes
news clippings, video tapes,
correspondence, radio program guest schedules, and newspaper columns
written by Schwartz.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Semling, Evelyn
Coll # Mss47
Date: 1980
Extent 1 folder (containing 32 items)
Collection consists of original manuscript compositions containing
the words and music to 38
songs (title: Music in Motion) for children written by Evelyn
Semling during her teaching career.
Service League [Las Vegas]
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1946-1970
Extent 8 boxes (4 oversize boxes, 4 double oversize boxes)
Collection consists of the Las Vegas Service League scrapbooks
containing newspaper articles about the members, various charitable
acts performed by the league and league gatherings. (see also
Junior League of Las Vegas collection 97-12 and the Junior Service
League of Las Vegas on the roller shelf)
Shade Tree
Coll # 96-06
Date: 1990 - 1994
Extent 3 record storage boxes
The Shade Tree is a Las Vegas-based homeless shelter for women
and women with children. The Shade Tree Collection contains staff
logbooks for 1991 - 1994 and volunteer journals for 1990 - 1991
for this women's and children' safe house.
Shapiro, S. R.
Coll # 1016
Date: ca. 1800 - 1977
Extent 1 flat box
Collection contains a wide variety of gambling memorabilia and
gaming instructions and pamphlets from casinos around the world:
Venice, Monte Carlo, Curacao, Paris, Miami, Las Vegas, Panama,
Mexico and Aruba. There is also a copy of a French natural history
book entitled Memoires de la Societe D'Histoire Naturelle de Paris
dated either 1799 or 1807. Inside the book are attached ads and
lottery announcements from English Newspapers dating from 1811
to 1816.
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Shaver, A. J.
Coll # T64
Date: 1925 - 1964
Extent 1 slim document box; 1 record storage box
Collection is comprised of numerous government documents relating
to the Boulder (Hoover)
Dam/Colorado River Project (the Boulder Dam legislation passed
by the U.S. Senate and a copy of the Congressional Record April
13, 1928). Land Use, Development, Water and Power - Nevada - California
- Arizona; Boulder Canyon Reclamation; Lower Colorado River Valley
land Use Advisory Committee; Mrs. A. J. Shaver - Girl Scouts -
Las Vegas, Nevada; High School PTA - Las Vegas, Nevada INVENTORY
AVAILABLE
Shaw, Arnold
Coll # 2001-13
Date: 1920's-2001
Extent Numerous
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of noted popular
music scholar and author Arnold
Shaw. Shaw was the author of biographies on Frank Sinatra and
Harry Belafonte and books such as The Jazz Age, Dictionary of
Pop/Rock, Black Popular Music in America, and Fifty-Second Street.
Materials in the collection include correspondence, news clippings,
records (lps), tapes, cassettes, sheet music, short stories, plays,
books, and interviews. SEE ARNOLD SHAW ARCHIVIST FOR INVENTORY
Shaw, James C.
Coll # 86-55
Date: 1986
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains menus and sales packages from various hotels
in Canada and the U.S.
Shepp, Helen
Coll # 85-85
Date: 1953 - 1962
Extent 1 document box
Collection contains copies of the Navy Mothers Newsletter, a charitable
organization that raised money for scholarships, visited lonely
people in the hospital, and performed other community activities,
and copies of applications and correspondence regarding membership
to the American Association of the United Nations
Sieffert, Mrs.
Coll # 1015
Date: 1908 - 1921
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists primarily of correspondence between U.S. Senator
George S. Nixon and William B. Ogden regarding the appointment
of a postmaster in Gold Mountain and Drumville (both Esmeralda
County), Nevada.
Siegel, Sam
Coll # T81
Date: 1958 - 1967
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains the corporate records of Sam Siegel's Clark
Dade Investment Enterprises,
incorporated on February 14, 1958 and located at 1200 1/2 Nellis
Blvd. The corporation apparently operated a trading stamp coupon
book exchange service and George's Chuck Wagon Caterers. Materials
include a corporate record book listing names of stockholders/subscribers,
some correspondence, a book of blank stock certificates, and some
photographs of Siegel with a woman who appears to be Jayne Mansfield.
Sierra Club
Coll # 87-96
Date: 1975 - 1988
Extent 22 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the records of the Las Vegas chapter
of the Sierra Club. Contains some Sierra Club publications and
numerous government publications pertaining to environmental issues
in Southern Nevada, Arizona. California and Utah. The bulk of
the material pertains to Clark County and the surrounding area
and includes correspondance, environmental impact documents, development
plans, research studies and final decisions. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Silberstang, Edwin
Coll # T110
Date: 1973
Extent 1 record storage box
The Edwin Silberstang Collection contains rough draft, carbon
copy, and final copies of his book, Playboy's Book of Games.
Silver Slipper Scrapbook
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1974 - 1976
Extent 1 flat oversize box
Collection consists of 1 scrapbook containing adds announcing
upcoming performers and performance reviews at the Silver Slipper
Casino.
Slavin, Sarah
Coll # 95-50
Date: 1905 - 1965
Extent 1 record storage box
This collection focuses on Las Vegas physician Dr. Hale Slavin
and his family. It includes school papers, family photographs,
correspondence and memorabilia.
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Smith, Arlene Mathews
Coll # Mss49
Date: 1906 - 1965
Extent 6 folders (containing 33 items)
Collection consists primarily of material pertaining to Panaca
area in Nevada and 4-H activity. Includes 4-H Boys and Girls Club
work instructions and record, which consists primarily of U.S.D.A.
Farmers Bulletins. Contains two copies of the "Lincoln Lantern"
dated 1927. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Smith, Benjamin
Franklin
Coll # 1013
Date: ca. 1960s
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of (photocopied typescript) the autobiography
of professional gambler Benjamin Franklin Smith, (Lady Luck and
I) who gained fame after creating a system to beat the blackjack
tables, and news clippings about Smith from Las Vegas newspapers.
Smith, Willis B.
Coll # 1031-8
Date: 1958
Extent 2 folders
Collection is comprised of press releases and correspondence on
the history and development of Western Airlines from 1958.
Soroptomists International
of Greater Las Vegas
Coll # 2002-06
Date: 1968 - 2000
Extent 15 boxes (13 record storage boxes, 2 banker boxes)
Collection contains the organizational records of the Soroptomists
International of Greater Las Vegas, the Las Vegas chapter of this
internationally-known service organization for professional women.
Material includes meeting minutes, rosters and agendas, correspondence,
scrapbooks and plaques, community service project notes, convention
information, and copies of the 1988 editions of the newsletter
"The Mentor" and copies of the magazine "The Soroptomist
of the Americas", ca. 1980's-1990's. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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.
Southern Nevada Antique Bottle Club
Coll # T160
Date: 1967 - 1975
Extent 1document box
Collection is comprised of the organizational records of the Southern
Nevada Antique Bottle Club and includes membership information
and newsletters.
Southern Nevada Historical Society
Coll # T136
Date: ca.1950 -1980
Extent 5 document boxes
Collection consists of the organizational records of the now defunct
Southern Nevada Historical
Society. The collection includes meeting minutes, correspondence,
financial records, membership information, and records on historic
preservation-related activities in the Las Vegas and southern
Nevada area. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Southern Nevada
Women's Political Caucus
Coll # 94-46
Date: 1983 - 1984
Extent 2 document boxes
The Southern Nevada Women's Political Caucus was a chapter of
the National Women's Political Caucus. It was active in child
care issues and in aiding women who desired to be elected to public
office. The collection contains two small boxes pertaining to
their activities from 1983 - 1984. There are also a number of
documents pertaining to the national organization dating back
to the 1970s. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Spicer, Jim &
Effie
Coll # T158
Date: 1960-1981
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of materials relating to the Spicer family,
Nye County, Nevada, and the Boiling Pot Ranch, Beatty, and the
transcription of Jack Milligan's diary (1932-1935). Also contains
a photocopy of chapter 18 from the History of Pahrump Valley with
comments on the Spicers by David Lynch.
Spur, J. F.
Coll # 1010
Date: ca. 1902-1913
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of manuscript "Geology and Ore-Deposition
at Tonopah, Nevada" by J.E. Spurr with hand-drawn diagrams.
This manuscript is a geological description of the Tonopah mining
area, and the Tonopah Mining Company is mentioned frequently.
It is undated, but dates could be ca. 1902-1913.
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Squires, C. P. &
Delphine
Coll # MS9
Date: 1887 -1964
Extent 5 document boxes (3 linear ft.)
This collection contains the family papers of Las Vegas pioneers
Charles "Pop" Squires (editor of the Las Vegas Age and
member of the Colorado River Commission) and his wife, Delphine,
who helped found Christ Church Episcopal and the Mesquite Club.
The Squires Papers concentrate on the Las Vegas years (1905- 1964),
although there is some material from earlier periods. The Civic
interests series contains miscellaneous items relating to early
life in Las Vegas (1905-1958). The Manuscripts series contains
book and short story manuscripts, articles, press releases and
radio scripts written by Squires and his wife. The Correspondence
series reflects the period 1910-1958 (many letters relating to
his work on the CRC including some from President Herbert Hoover)
with a few items dated earlier. The Family series contains items
related to family life such as report cards, certificates, Parent
Teacher Association, club activities, news clippings, and church
activities. These items cover the years 1887- 1951. COLLECTION
GUIDE AVAILABLE
St. Denis, Ruth
Coll # 85-112
Date: 1905 - 1984
Extent 5 boxes (1 flat box and 2 large flat boxes located on the
roller shelf and 1 document box, 1 record storage box)
The Ruth St. Denis Collection pertains to the St. Denis School
of Dance in Los Angeles, CA. The collection contains scrapbooks
filled with magazine cutouts from early 20th century- performers
and celebrities. It also includes a variety of books on costume
and dance. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Stardust Convention
Cards
Coll # 2003-03
Date: ca. 1960's
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection contains the contact information and convention plans
for thousands of companies from around the United States on index
cards, indexed by geographic location.
Steamboats on the Colorado River
Coll # T129
Date: 1976
Extent 3 record storage boxes
The "Steamboats on the Colorado" collection consists
of photographs and text used in the KIVX Channel 10 production,
Steamboats on the Colorado, 1852 -1907. The research was conducted
and authenticated in 1976.
Stern, Belle Tyktin
Coll # 88-108
Date: 1940 - 1985
Extent 1 document box
Collection contains brochures, Nevada History crossword puzzles,
trail maps and itineraries for Nevada Discovery Tours, Jean Ford
Co., and the Last Frontier Hotel/Casino. These were tours designed
to provide the customer with an informative, fun history lesson.
Some of the itineraries included stops at the Hoover Dam and hiking
and staying along the Old Spanish Trail.
Stern, Martin
Coll # 96-23
Date: x
Extent
Collection consists of the drawings and architectural renderings
of noted architect, Martin Stern, famous for his work on the Googie-style
Ship's coffee shops in Los Angeles, and for his work on various
Las Vegas hotel/casino projects such as the Sands Tower, the International
(now Hilton) Hotel and the MGM Grand (now Ballys). INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Stevens, Maury
Coll # 86-66
Date: 1953 - 1981
Extent 2 document boxes
The collection of Maury Stevens, a Las Vegas advertising executive
who worked at a number of
Strip hotels and edited Las Vegas Life and Now Magazine. The collection
contains a variety of
programs, brochures, photos, magazines and news clippings pertaining
to hotels, performers and
special events in Las Vegas. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Stevens, Muriel
Coll # 86-67
Date: 1971 - 1981
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains some of the records of television chef Muriel
Stevens. Included are brochures and programs from the Restaurant
Hotel Motel Expo and the National Fancy Food and Confection Show,
recipes for cooking demonstrations, the chef's menu for the Boardwalk
Regency Hotel and Casino, cooking certificates, city maps, and
newspaper articles about a milk supplier controversy with allegations
of kickbacks INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Stewart - Knack
Collection on Nevada Indians
Coll # 87-26
Date: 1830 - 1975
Extent 3 record storage boxes
The Stewart - Knack Collection is a collection of Native American
research materials used by noted anthropologists Dr. Omer Call
Stewart and Dr. Martha Knack. It contains notes, documents, judicial
opinions, maps and journal entries dealing with the following
tribes: Washo, Northern Paiute, Southern Paiute, Chemehuevi and
Mohave. Knack and Stewart co-authored the book As Long as the
River Shall Run: An Ethnohistory of Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation.
Dr. Knack is a professor in the Anthropology Department of UNLV
and Dr. Stewart a Professor Emeritus at University of Colorado,
Boulder. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Stewart Ranch Burial
Records
Coll # Mss7
Date: 1905 -1913
Extent 128 p., bound ; 34 cm
This collection consists of a record book recording burials for
the Las Vegas area before Woodlawn Cemetery was established. Contains
names, ages and descriptions of deceased, dates of death, causes
of death, and lists burial plots numbers at the Stewart Ranch
from 1905-1913. Record book contains a sketch of burial plots
and corresponding numbers on flyleaf of book.
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Stewart, Helen J.
Coll # T87
Date: 1869-1978
Extent 4 document boxes (20 linear in.)
Collection consists of the personal papers of Helen J Stewart,
owner of the Las Vegas Ranch and an active participant in the
social, political, and business life of early Las Vegas. A founding
member of the Mesquite Club (oldest women's service organization
in Las Vegas), she became an authority on state history and developed an extensive collection of Indian baskets.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Stewart, William M.
Coll # Mss51
Date: 1854 - 1872
Extent 1 folder (containing 12 items)
Collection consists of several pieces of correspondence fromWilliam
Morris Stewart, one of
the first U.S. Senators from Nevada (1864-1874 and 1886-1904),
and author of the National Mining Laws. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Stocker, Harold & Mayme
Coll # T63
Date: 1860 - 1982
Extent 11 document boxes; 6 linear ft.
The collection of Oscar and Mayme Stocker and their sons Lester,
Clarence, and Harold. The
Stockers settled in Las Vegas in 1911 where Mayme was the first
person to receive a gaming license in 1931 when she opened the
Northern Club. Collection consists of news clippings,
correspondence, and bank statements. The business and legal series
consists mainly of Harold's papers from 1930-1977, and includes
deeds, leases, business agreements, and Chief Hotel Court statements
and room accounts. There is also material dealing with family
history and their interests and activities, and political documents
which cover Harold Stocker's Republican Party activities from
1939-1976, including party publications, newspaper clippings,
correspondence, and bank statements. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Stuckey, Evelyn
Coll # 86-56
Date: 1949 - 1969
Extent 17 boxes (13 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 3 large
flat boxes)
The Evelyn Stuckey Collection focuses on the Las Vegas Rhythmettes,
a unique dance/pep club for girls that was active at Las Vegas
High School in the 1950s and 1960s. It includes news clippings,
magazine articles, photographs, correspondence and a number of
other documents pertaining to Rhythmettes founder Evelyn Stuckey
and the Rhythmettes organization. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Sulich, Vassili
Coll # 2003-11
Date: 1950's - 1990's
Extent 10 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of
Croatian-born choreographer, Vassili Sulich, founder of the Nevada
Dance Theatre, the first professional ballet company in Nevada.
Includes materials from his time as a professional ballet dancer
in Europe, and as dancer at the Follies Bergere at the Tropicana
Hotel in Las Vegas. Collection is comprised of photographs, news
clippings, correspondence, programs, posters, scrapbooks, and
various ephemera.
Sumpter, Rodney
Coll # 2000-01
Date: 1985-1986
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of legal files relative to the 1985-86
challenge of Nevada's sodomy laws (NRS 201.190).
Syphus - Bunker Papers
Coll # T85
Date: 1891 - 1895
Extent 2 boxes (1 record storage box and 1 document box)
Collection is comprised primarily of the correspondence of John
Bunker and Mary Etta
Syphus from 1891-1895. Mary Etta was one of ten children of Luke
and Christina Syphus, a pioneer Mormon family who settled in Panaca,
Nevada in the late 1800s. In September 1895, Mary Etta married
John Bunker, but passed away just two months later in November
1895. The earliest correspondence was written when Bunker was
living in El Dorado Canyon Nevada and Syphus in Panaca Nevada,
and the later correspondence when Bunker was in Logan Utah and
Syphus attending the BYU Academy Church Normal School in Provo
UT. There is additional correspondence between Mary Etta Syphus
and various friends along with some certificates and wedding announcements.
The collection also includes a genealogy chart and the Syphus
family history. Collection contains both originals, and typed
transcriptions of the correspondence. Subjects discussed include
the Muddy River, sicknesses, weather, neighbors, LDS church, school
and leisure activities.
Syphus, Levi
Coll # T178
Date: 1889 -1899
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection houses the business records of Levi Syphus, the daily
sales and statement books with lists of payouts (item and amount)
and receivables (sold what to whom for how much).
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Tales of Las Vegas (Students of Modern History)
Coll # Mss6
Date: 1924 - 1925
Extent 54 p., bound : ill. ; 31 cm
Collection consists of two [unpublished] manuscript copies of
"Tales of Las Vegas." This early history of Las Vegas
was created by Las Vegas high school students in the Modern History
course in 1924 and was later revised by the students in the United
States History course in 1925. Illustrated throughout with photographs
of early Las Vegas. All photographs are captioned.
Taylor, Erle
Coll # T108
Date: 1967 - 1976
Extent 1 document box
The collection of Erle Taylor, director of aviation at McCarran
International Airport from 1965 -
1977. His collection consists of photographs, slides, post cards,
news releases, and articles pertaining to aviation including airports,
planes, air shows, the US Air Force Thunderbirds and McCarran
Airport. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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Taylor, Richard
Coll # 86-17
Date: 1955-1992
Extent 10 boxes (8 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 1 record
storage box)
Collection contains the papers of Richard Taylor, former manager
of the Hacienda Hotel.
Includes news clippings, promotional materials, financial reports,
correspondence and memos from the Hacienda; news clippings, advertisements,
maps, real estate reports and correspondence regarding Mount Charleston
and its development and history including Lee Canyon and Kyle
Canyon; news clippings related to the town of Laughlin, Nevada
and its history in the late 1980s
and early 1990s. There are also clippings on Laughlin developments
such as the El Miraco
and Silverado.
Thompson, William
Coll # 87-63
Date: 1987
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection consists of foreign casino publicity and promotional
materials such as matches, menus, coasters, key chains and a variety
of other memorabilia from international casinos. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Thunderbird
Coll # T100
Date: 1965 - 1973
Extent 12 document boxes
The Thunderbird Hotel Collection is comprised of material from
the hotel's entertainment department. It contains a variety of
photographs, memos, news releases, news clippings, contracts,
slides, posters and articles pertaining to entertainers and shows
at the Thunderbird.
Collection is arranged alphabetically by name of entertainer or
act. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Tobin, Phil
Coll # Mss10
Date: 1974
Extent 1 folder (containing 2 pages)
Collection consists of correspondence between Phil M. Tobin and
Susan J. Anderl [Jarvis] [former Special Collections Librarian],
1974 Apr. 30 and May 10, documenting loss of Tobin manuscripts
relating to passage of the AB 98 which legalized gambling in Nevada
in 1931.
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad
Coll # MS6
Date: 1910 -1940
Extent 3 document boxes
The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Collection contains miscellaneous
correspondence, waybills, requisitions and other records relating
to the company's operation. Incorporated in 1904, the Tonopah
and Tidewater Railroad operated for 35 years, connecting Ludlow,
California (on the Santa Fe Railroad main line) with Beatty Nevada
by way of Death Valley. "Tidewater" referred to dreams
of eventually completing connections with San Diego, California.
Declining mining fortunes and waning borax operations in Death
Valley after 1927 caused the slow decline of the railroad, which
finally ceased operations in 1940. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Trump Taj Mahal Press
Clippings
Coll # 2001-10
Date: 2001 -
Extent 5 document boxes
Collection contains the press clippings from numerous papers regarding
the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel/Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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U - Wah - Un Study Club
Coll # T126
Date: 1919 - 1987
Extent 2 document boxes
The U - Wah - Un Study Club was a women's literary club formed
in Las Vegas in 1919. The collection covers activities of the
club from its founding to 1987 and includes year books, a scrapbook,
financial records, minutes and biographies. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Ullom - Brockman
Coll # T152
Date: 1889 -1943
Extent 1 document box
Collection contains the personal records of union of the two old
pioneering families Ullom and Brockman. Included are photocopies
of photographs--the typical family snapshots, personal postcards,
letters, telegrams, wedding announcement, school papers and newspaper
clipping reporting on the death of the son.
Union Pacific Railroad
Coll # 97-19
Date: 1902-
Extent 123 boxes (1 flat box, 1 slim document box, 1 document
box, 120 record storage boxes)
51 unlabeled boxes (1 slim document box, 50 document boxes) 6
3-ringed binders
Collection documents the Union Pacific Railroad's presence in
Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. The collection includes correspondence,
documents, booklets, maps, blueprints, drawings, and tracings.
Subjects include: Walter Bracken/ Las Vegas Land and Water Co.,
UPRR Land & Tax Department, UPPR Law Dept., UPRR Engineering
& Industrial Development, US Harbor Reports, Tide Lands Abstracts,
J. Ross Clark -- 2nd Vice President. Architectural drawings/blueprints
include: LV Depot Buildings & Stock Yards, LV Yard Facilities
&
Systems, LV City Buildings & Improvements, LV RR-Owned Structures
"Off Yards", LV Ranch, LV Water Supply, LV Yard Buildings,
LV Airports & Air Force Base, Nevada Highways, Boulder City
& Henderson, and Nevada Stations South of Las Vegas. Also
comprised of numerous ink on linen drawings by the San Pedro,
Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad
for the Southern California and Southern Nevada Region.
COLLECTION GUIDES AVAILABLE
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Valder, Ann
Coll # 90-60
Date: 1950 - 1983
Extent 5 document boxes
Collection is comprised of the papers of Ann Valder, a journalist
who wrote for the Las Vegas Sun. Collection contains a variety
of articles written by Ann Valder, personal correspondence, biographical
information, American Cancer Society correspondence, news releases
and a number of articles from different authors. COLLECTION GUIDE
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Van EE, Jeff - Sierra
Club
Coll # 94-36
Date: 1978-1994
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection contains the records of the Sierra Club, primarily
their efforts to limit tourist flights over the Grand Canyon and
includes impact reports on noise pollution. There is also an Environment
Impact Statement on the Glen Canyon Dam and a copy of the California
- Nevada Land Exchange Bill.
Vance, Paul
Coll # 86-41
Date: 1829 -1986
Extent 1 slim document box
This collection consists of the Nevada cemetery censuses from
the following Lincoln County towns: Buillionville, Panaca, and
Caliente INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Vanda, Charles
Coll # 88-142
Date: 1955 -1987
Extent 3 boxes (2 record storage boxes, 1 slim document box)
The Charles Vanda Collection contains a variety of achievement
awards, plaques, and certificates that were presented to Charles
Vanda throughout his career. It also contains some news clippings
and articles pertaining to Charles Vanda, the arts and UNLV. broadcasting
pioneer and, after his retirement from CBS, a leader in the Las
Vegas arts community. See inventory.
Vergiels, John
Coll # 87-60
Date: 1977 - 1989
Extent 69 boxes (66 record storage boxes, 3 document boxes)
The Senator John M. Vergiels Papers document his career in the
Nevada Legislature in the 1980s. Materials include legislative
reports, bills, correspondence, committee reports and studies
from the Nevada Legislature. Subjects covered include nurses,
living wills, animal rights, and occupational therapy among others.
Vinas, Jose Luis
Coll # 2003-10
Date: ca. 1950's - 1980's
Extent 3 flat oversized boxes
Collection consists of the costume designs, news clippings, and
photographs of noted Las Vegas costume designer, Jose Luis Vinas,
who designed for producer Frederic Apcar in shows such as Vive
Les Girls and Casino de Paris.
Von Tobel Store
Coll # 96-11
Date: 1964 -1994
Extent 1 record storage box
The Von Tobel Store collection contains store policies, employment
materials, handbooks,
and promotional items.
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Waite, Lu Jones
Coll # T17
Date: 1968
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of the manuscript for Lu Jones Waite's novel
-- Out of the West. Waite wrote a number of fictional works which
were centered around Mormon families and the Mormon faith.
Watts, Frank
Coll # 85-135
Date: 1880, 1913, 1966 - 1968
Extent 1 flat box
Collection contains gambling memorabilia (decks of cards, tokens,
matchbooks, ashtrays), a wanted poster about white slavery from
1913 and a ledger of salt shipments in Nevada. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Wengert Family
Coll # T114
Date: 1910 - 1965
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the family papers of Las Vegas pioneers
Cyril Wengert and his wife,
Lottie-Ward Scholl. Materials include family photographs, community
invitations, postcards from Yellowstone Park, brochure on the
Nevada Power Co. building dedicated to Cyril S. Wengert, news
clippings, school awards and diplomas, product advertisement cards
for Hires Root Beer, shoe companies and others.
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Western Nevada Project
Coll # 91-24
Date: 1952-1954
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection consists of approximately 2,000 aerial photographs
of Southern and Western Nevada.
Photographs are not indexed.
Wheeler, Maria Burston
Coll # Mss42
Date: 1840 -1933
Extent 2 folders (containing 127 items)
Collection consists of a typescript account of Maria Wheeler's
experiences from her childhood in England, crossing the Atlantic
to the United States, and her trek to the western US, specifically
the Las Vegas region. Significant because of its vivid description
of her time at the Mormon Fort around 1855 including the crops
planted, relations with the local Paiute Indians, construction
of the buildings etc. Her husband was one of the original Mormon
settlers called to develop the mission at Las Vegas.
White Cross Drugstore
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: ca. 1964
Extent 1 DBL OVERSIZE box
Collection is comprised of an oversize scrapbook documenting the
history and mission of the White Cross Drugstore . The White Cross
Drug Store was founded in 1918 by Las Vegas pioneer W.E. Ferron;
its slogan was "the place to go for the brands you know."
The album contains photographs, employee training materials, news
clippings, advertisements, displays and some historical narrative
and press release material on the history and mission of the store.
There is contemporary advertising ephemera/brochures on cosmetic
products and perfumes from the early 1960s.
White, Jaunita Greer
Coll # 85-125
Date: 1927 - 1980
Extent 22 document boxes
The Juanita Greer White Collection contains personal, professional
and business material
pertaining to Dr. Juanita White in her capacity as a member of
UCCSN Board of Regents, American Association of University Women
and numerous other activities in education, health, youth and
aging. Note: additional material added later included documents
from her work in the Nevada State Legislature, Board of Regents,
books, catalogs, chemistry papers, plaques, and campaign materials.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Whiteley, Harry Hayden
Coll # T21
Date: 1949 - 1969
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of the papers and drawings of Las Vegas architect
Harry Hayden Whiteley who designed a number of buildings in the
1950s-1960s. Whiteley had previously designed residential and
commercial buildings in Beverly Hills and San Diego before settling
in Las Vegas. Collection is comprised of structural calculations,
building specifications, drawings, renderings, and photographs.
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Whitmore, Sidney
Coll # Mss48
Date: 1816 -1913
Extent 5 folders (containing 42 items )
Collection consists of land patents, quit claim deeds, shareholder's
records, family records, and
photographs pertaining to southern Nevada history. Includes information
about Moapa Fruit
Land Company; A New Compendia of Geography by John Smith; History
of George Burton Whitney and wife Lovina Syphus, and her parents
Luke Syphus and Christiana Long, photographs of the Colorado River,
Utah, and Nevada; descriptions of St. Thomas, Nevada and St. George,
Utah. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Wieking, Henry C
Coll # 1031-2
Date: 1932
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of the personal recollections (including daily
journal pages) of Henry C. Wieking, foreman at the BLM's Concrete
Testing Laboratory, the agency charged with screening the gravel
that was used to make the concrete for Hoover Dam. Also contains
newspaper clippings and a BLM memorandum. Wieking writes of the
lab established at the Las Vegas Fort in the early 1930s.
Wile, Albert E.
Coll # T54
Date: 1941 - 1970
Extent 1 slim document box (3 linear inches)
Collection consists of personal and business records of Albert
E. Wile, former Las Vegas Police Captain and Chief of Police,
North Las Vegas. Collection contains Las Vegas jail records, correspondence,
war time food allotments, financial, insurance, and medical records.
Wilkinson, Marc
Coll # T70
Date: 1950 -1961
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of varied materials such as the Credit Women's
Breakfast Club membership list, Teenager Cosmetics Inc. prospectus,
Soroptomist Club of Las Vegas membership list, and a program from
the Southern Nevada Knife and Fork Club. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Willard, Bill Papers
Coll # 2001-17
Date: 1913-1999
Extent: 53 boxes (48 document boxes, 5 flat boxes)
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of Bill Willard,
a writer, performer, artist, columnist and former director of
the Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center. The collection
is comprehensive and contains a variety of records relating to
all areas of his life and interests. SEE ARNOLD SHAW ARCHIVIST
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Williams, Aaron
Coll # 87-36
Date: 1965 - 1975
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection is comprised of the papers of Aaron Williams, North
Las Vegas City Councilman and
Clark County Commissioner. Consists mainly of material from scrapbooks
and newspaper clippings chronicling Williams' political career
and the issues he dealt with. Issues included are those related
to community and infrastructure development, such as airports,
sewage treatment plants, senior citizens, health, and urban planning,
as well as local government activities
during the late 1960's and early 1970's. The remainder of the
materials in the collection consist
primarily of correspondence from 1966-1976, various certificates,
and a very limited number of
items pertaining to affirmative action programs and the organization
"Poor People Pulling Together." COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Williams, Frank
Coll # Mss33
Date: 1892 -1947
Extent 13 folders (containing 118 items)
Collection consists of manuscripts written by Frank Williams from
1892 to 1946. The bulk of the writing was done in the 1940s and
concerns his life, local histories of Goodsprings, Potosi, Mesquite
Valley and the Yellow Pine Mining District. It also contains reports
and material reflecting his role as University Regent (1909-1912
and 1923-1942) and his four terms in the State Assembly. Also
includes various addresses and articles regarding mines and mining,
the evils of gambling, and his life in Las Vegas and Vanderbilt with wife, Edith C. Williams. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Williams, Nancy
Coll # 97-10
Date: 1983-1996
Extent 1 document box (.25 linear ft.)
Nancy Williams' collection contains news clippings, poetry, photos
and correspondence focusing on Clark County Nevada Juvenile Services
and African American poetry
Wilson, Fred & Maurine
Coll # MS12
Date: 1916 - 1980
Extent 11 boxes (10 document boxes, 1 record storage box) 5.5
linear ft.
Collection is comprised of a variety of material that documents
the lives of Maurine Hubbard Wilson and Fred Holmes Wilson. It
includes correspondence, personal papers and diaries. It also
contains historical research on the First Methodist Church in
Las Vegas, as well as films on life in Las Vegas from 1929 to
1930. Some of these films have been compiled and reformatted on
1/2 in. videocassette; cataloged and placed in the Media Services
area of the library. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Wilson, Gary Guy
Coll # 2001-25
Date: x
Extent
Collection consists of the drawings and renderings of local Las
Vegas architect, Gary Guy Wilson. SEE PETER MICHEL FOR INVENTORY
Wilson, James B.
Coll # T1
Date: 1875-1940
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains the business records-supply invoices for the
Sand Stone Ranch - Nevada; Lincoln County - Nevada; Pioche - Nevada;
Goodsprings - Nevada; and general family correspondence and the
Wilson Family photograph album PARTIAL INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Wittwer, John
Coll # T101
Date: 1919 -1948
Extent 6 Boxes (4 record storage boxes, 1 slim document box, 1
document box)
Collection consists of the reports of Southern Nevada Agricultural
Extension Agent (County
Agent), J.H. Wittwer dating from 1919-1948. The reports contain
photographs and information on subjects such as the dairy industry,
soil conditions, vegetable production, and flood control in southern
Nevada. The reports also detail much of the 4-H activity in the
area during this time. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Women's Auxiliary Branch of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
Coll # 2002-16
Date: 1950-2001
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection consists of scrapbooks and photo albums of the Las
Vegas chapter of the Women's Auxiliary Branch of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles. The Fraternal Order of Eagles is a national fraternal
organization that performs charity and service work.
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.
Woods, Vivian
Coll # 95-16
Date: 1960 - 1991
Extent 1 document box and 1 slim document box
Collection contains the Las Vegas Art League scrapbooks, photo
albums, correspondence to members about waning funds, a history
of the Las Vegas Artist's Co-Op, and the Las Vegas Artist's Co-Op
member rosters.
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Young Audiences
Coll # T177
Date: 1960 - 1983
Extent 10 boxes (4 document boxes, 6 record storage boxes)
Collection contains the organizational records of the Young Audiences
group. Materials include minutes, financial records, bylaws, photographs,
projects, membership information, reports, publications, news
clippings, and public relations material. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO)
Coll # 98-12
Date: 1920-1995
Extent 33 document boxes
Collection documents the history of the Young Electric Sign Company
(YESCO) and is comprised of numerous visual materials such as
photographs, negatives, slides, transparencies and videotapes.
Also contains correspondence, price books, drawings, calculations,
newspaper and trade magazine articles on YESCO, and oral history
interviews and audio recordings of YESCO designers and executives.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Younts Papers
Coll # Mss8
Date: 1848 -1976
Extent 1 folder (containing 6 pages)
Collection consists of a letter written by Leonard Fayle to John
L. Yount, 1976 October 2, and a
manuscript [written by Elizabeth Perkins Frederickson?] describing
the beginnings of the
Manse Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. Manuscript also gives biographical
information about Joseph Yount, Harsha White, Jack Frederickson,
and others.
Younts, John L.
Coll # Mss9
Date: 1873 -1976
Extent 1 folder (containing 6 pages)
This collection contains the recollections of John L. Yount, describing
the Yount family at Ash Meadows, Pahrump, and Manse Ranch. Contains
biographical sketches of Joseph Yount, Harsha White, and others.
Includes photocopy of a letter written by Leonard Fayle to John
L. Yount, 1976 October 2.
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Zucker-Bozarth,
Blanche
Coll # 96-13
Date: 1970 - 1993
Extent 30 boxes (27 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 2 record
storage boxes)
Collection is comprised of the papers of Las Vegas community activist
Blanche Zucker-Bozarth. It contains materials documenting her
advocacy work regarding child abuse and libraries in Nevada, and
her involvement with the Mesquite Club. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
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