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Robert Worts Photographs (PH-00007)

Abstract

The Robert Worts Photographs depict the Corn Creek Ranch in Nevada from 1936 to 1939. Located northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, Corn Creek Ranch was home to writer George F. Worts in the late 1930s. Materials in the collection include photographs of Worts, buildings on Corn Creek Ranch, and a camp on Mount Charleston.

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Date

1936 to 1939

Extent

0.10 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)

Related People/Corporations

Creator: Worts, Robert

Scope and Contents Note

The Robert Worts Photographs depict the Corn Creek Ranch in Nevada from 1936 to 1939. Located northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, Corn Creek Ranch was home to writer George F. Worts in the late 1930s. Materials in the collection include photographs of Worts, buildings on Corn Creek Ranch, and a camp on Mount Charleston.

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 website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials remain in original order.

Biographical / Historical Note

Novelist and pulp fiction author George F. Worts was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1892. Several of his books were adapted into films in the early-twentieth century, including Madness of Youth (1923), The Phantom President (1932), and Absolute Quiet (1936). In 1936, Worts moved onto the Corn Creek Ranch in Nevada, where he had a new study built, along with other buildings. In 1940, Worts sold Corn Creek Ranch to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which converted the ranch into the Desert Game Range CCC Camp.

Worts died in 1967.

Sources:

"George F. Worts," Internet Movie Database, accessed August 17, 2015. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941817/.

Scott Flaherty, "Region 8: Nevada Refuges Home to Wildlife and Historic Homesteads," U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. December 30, 2008. http://www.fws.gov/FieldNotes/regmap.cfm?arskey=25309

Related Collections

The following resources may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection:

Dane, Walter. Interview, March 11, 1978. OH-00320. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Berry, Lydia. Interview, February 22, 1979. OH-00191. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Robert Worts Photographs, 1936-1939. PH-00007. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 1975 by Sue Worts on behalf of Robert Worts; accession number 1975-003. There is no deed of gift on file for this collection.

Processing Note

Materials were processed by Special Collections staff. In 2015, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Lindsay Oden wrote the collection description in compliance with current professional standards.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::PH00007

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