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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.

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 hand-written
bibliography.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Harrington, Elizabeth
Coll # T165
Date: 1975 - 1979
Extent 1 slim document box
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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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, 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.