Abstract
The Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining (approximately 1900-1955) document Brooks' time working in the mining and railroad industries in central and southern Nevada, as well as in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Brooks worked as a mining engineer and executive in many Nevada mining districts, including Goldfield, Tonopah, Bullfrog, Rawhide, Chloride, Beatty, Wonder, and Searchlight. The collection consists of photographs, photograph albums, ledgers and mining certificates, correspondence, and publications that all relate to mining. Notable figures mentioned in material throughout the collection include George Nixon, George Wingfield, William MacMaster, and James Butler.
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The Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining (approximately 1900-1955) document Brooks' time working in the mining and railroad industries in central and southern Nevada, as well as in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Brooks worked as a mining engineer and executive in many Nevada mining districts, including Goldfield, Tonopah, Bullfrog, Rawhide, Chloride, Beatty, Wonder, and Searchlight. The collection consists of photographs, photograph albums, ledgers and mining certificates, correspondence, and publications that all relate to mining. Notable figures mentioned in material throughout the collection include George Nixon, George Wingfield, William MacMaster, and James Butler. Brooks also collected photographs taken by author Raymond Paine in Goldfield, and Native American doctor and miner White Wolf, who also lived in Goldfield concurrently with Raymond Brooks. Additional description is available in the collection file.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
These materials are organized thematically.
Preferred Citation
Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining, approximately 1900-1955. MS-01153. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f13f6s
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Acquisition Note
Materials were purchased in 2023 from Gregory Bock (Vigilante Rare Documents); accession number 2023-040. Additional scrapbook was purchased in 2023 from Timbuktu Books; acccession number 2023-071.
Processing Note
In 2023, Sarah Jones organized the material, rehoused the collection, and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.
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Appraisal Note
Acquired by Director, Sarah Quigley, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on mining. All material that formed the original purchase have been retained.
Separated Materials
Issues of Goldfield Daily News and Tribune that were acquired as part of this collection have been separated and described individually in the University Libraries' catalog.