Abstract
The Richard "Dick" Ham Photograph Collection (1910-2005) contains photographs of Boulder City, Nevada resident Richard "Dick" Ham, his family, friends, and romantic partners. Images include photographs of Las Vegas High School and the University of California, Berkeley where Ham attended high school and college. The collection includes both formal portraits as well as candid snapshots of Ham and the people who were part of his life.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Richard "Dick" Ham Photograph Collection (1910-2005) contains photographs of Boulder City, Nevada resident Richard "Dick" Ham, his family, friends, and romantic partners. Images include photographs of Las Vegas High School and the University of California, Berkeley where Ham attended high school and college. The collection includes both formal portraits as well as candid snapshots of Ham and the people who were part of his life.
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 as they were received.
Biographical / Historical Note
Richard "Dick" Ham grew up in Boulder City, Nevada and attended Las Vegas High School in the 1930s. As a teenager, Ham was in a five-year relationship with Fred Alward, the Lieutenant Governor of Nevada. He attended the University of California, Berkeley before joining the United States Navy during World War II. Ham began working in politics after the war including working for Senator Pat McCarran's office and then joining Grant Sawyer's gubernatorial campaign. Ham would eventually become Sawyer's Chief of Staff and work in politics until his retirement in 1990. He was married to Betty Ham until her death in 2001 and the couple had two children. Ham passed away in 2012 at the age of 89.
Sources:
McBride, Dennis.
"Obituary: Betty Ham,"
"Obituary: Richard Ham,"
"Carson man lives by simple motto,"
Preferred Citation
Richard "Dick" Ham Photograph Collection, 1910-2005. PH-00440. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated by Dennis McBride in 2021; accession number 2021-128.
Processing Note
In 2021, Tammi Kim processed the collection during accessioning and created the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. Original descriptions created by Dennis McBride have been retained.