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Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

Abstract

The Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (1870-1987) consists of approximately 960 black-and-white and color photographic prints, black-and-white photographic negatives, and black-and-white and color photographic slides, taken by Nanelia Doughty, family members, and friends.

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Date

1870 to 1987
bulk 1900 to 1980

Extent

2.21 Cubic Feet (21 hanging folders, 1 shared box, 1 shared binder)
2.23 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (1870-1987) consists of approximately 960 black-and-white and color photographic prints, black-and-white photographic negatives, and black-and-white and color photographic slides, taken by Nanelia Doughty, family members, and friends. Images include locations throughout the western United States, particularly Nevada, California, Oregon, and Washington.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged by type and location.

Biographical / Historical Note

Nan Doughty wrote many articles about early Nevada history, focusing on the mining communities of Candelaria and Tonopah. She was born on June 27, 1907 to Thorwald A. Siegfriedt, an attorney, and Nanelia Lou-Vee Bradford. During the early twentieth century, most of the family dropped the last letter in their last name, spelling it Siegfried. Her parents named her Bertha Nanelia, but she always went by either Nanelia or Nan. She attended Queen Anne High School in Seattle, Washington. In high school, she wrote poetry for the school paper, was a member of the Honor Society, Girls Athletic Association, Girls Club, Latin Club, and French Club. Active in sports, Nan ran track and played basketball, baseball, and tennis. She graduated from high school on June 13, 1923. Her parents divorced in 1924, and her mother began work as a real estate agent.

In 1925, Nan enrolled at Stanford University and graduated with her Bachelor's degree in English in 1930. Nan also excelled at the arts and made wood cuts; her work appeared in galleries throughout Seattle. She married William Frank “Doc” Doughty on June 10, 1944. The couple had no children and they divorced in 1957.

After her divorce, Nan returned to school and earned her Master’s degree in English at Arizona State University in 1963. She then completed her doctoral coursework at the University of California, Riverside, but left before finishing her dissertation. She taught English as a Second Language courses in Riverside.

In 1966, Nan moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and began teaching English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). In addition to teaching, she began researching and collecting materials related to her family's activities in early Nevada mining towns. She wrote about Nevada history and mining for the The Nevadan supplement to the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Central Nevada Historical Society's publication, Central Nevada's Glorious Past. She taught at UNLV until 1972. Doughty passed away in Las Vegas on June 29, 1987 at the age of 80.

Related Collections

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

Nan Doughty Family Collection, 1845-1993. MS-00021. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

William Hillman Shockley Photograph Collection, 1875-1925, 1951. PH-00241. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

May Bradford Photograph Collection, 1870-1976. PH-00242. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Nan Doughty Photograph Collection, 1870-1987. PH-00240. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated by Nan Doughty in multiple accessions; accession number T-3, T-59, and T-172. Additional materials were donated by her sister, Mary Lou S. Williams, in 1987; accession number 1987-107.

Processing Note

Materials were processed by Special Collections staff in the 1990s. In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Angela Moor and Melise Leech arranged the materials, wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.

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Collection

Collection Type

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US::NvLN::PH00240

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