Abstract
The Frank Benham Photograph Collection on Goldfield, Nevada (1900s-1947) primarily contains black-and-white photographic prints of buildings and people in Goldfield, Nevada. Also included in the collection are black-and-white photographic prints of nearby mining towns, as well as postcards and one negative. Frank Benham co-owned a real estate business and served as assistant postmaster for Goldfield in the early 1900s.
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The Frank Benham Photograph Collection on Goldfield, Nevada (1900s-1947) primarily contains black-and-white photographic prints of buildings and people in Goldfield, Nevada. Also included in the collection are black-and-white photographic prints of nearby mining towns, as well as postcards and one negative. The negative and one postcard depicts Walter Edward Perry Scott, also known as "Death Valley Scotty" or "Scotty the Desert Mystery," a well-known prospector and the namesake of Scotty's Castle in Death Valley National Park, California. Frank Benham co-owned a real estate business and served as assistant postmaster for Goldfield in the early 1900s.
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
Materials remain in original order.
Preferred Citation
Frank Benham Photograph Collection on Goldfield, Nevada, 1900s-1947. PH-00288. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated by Frank Benham, Jr. in 1995; accession number 95-8.
Processing Note
In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Christina Lamoureux wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.