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Lois Wright Potter and Logan Wright Photograph Collection (PH-00125)

Abstract

The Lois Wright Potter and Logan Wright Photograph Collection (approximately 1895-1931) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives. The images depict Southern Nevada towns, including Delamar, Hiko, Pioche, Tonopah, Richardville, Pahranagat, Alamo, and Goodsprings, Nevada.

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Date

1895 to 1931

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet (1 hanging folder and 1 shared box of negatives)
0.10 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Lois Wright Potter and Logan Wright Photograph Collection (approximately 1895-1931) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives. The images depict Southern Nevada towns, including Delamar, Hiko, Pioche, Tonopah, Richardville, Pahranagat, Alamo, and Goodsprings, Nevada.

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

Lois Violet Wright Potter was born on February 4, 1903 to Mary Eliza Sharp and John Peter Wright in Delamar, Nevada. She married Dan Potter and they lived in Alamo, Nevada until his death in 1941. In 1992, Potter moved to Hiko, Nevada, where she died on October 1, 1996.

Logan Wright was born in 1949, and was the nephew of Lois Violet Wright Potter.

Source:

Genealogy files about "Lois Violet Wright and Logan Wright" Accessed on March 10, 2020 on familysearch.org

Preferred Citation

Lois Wright Potter and Logan Wright Photograph Collection, appoximately 1895-1931. PH-00125. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 2009 by Logan Wright; accession number 2020-052.

Processing Note

In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Ryan DiPaolo wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::PH00125

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