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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.

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).

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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