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.

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.

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 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

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

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.

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

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.

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 relating to the Union Pacific Railroad. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

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.

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.

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 U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and McCarran Airport. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

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

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.
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