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Lisle Family Photograph Collection (PH-00121)

Abstract

The Lisle Family Photograph Collection consists of thirteen black-and-white photographic reprints of images of Beatty and Warm Springs, Nevada dating from approximately 1950 to 1960.

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Date

1950 to 1960

Extent

0.06 Cubic Feet (1 hanging folder)
0.06 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Lisle Family Photograph Collection consists of thirteen black-and-white photographic reprints of images of Beatty and Warm Springs, Nevada dating from approximately 1950 to 1960.

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

Ralph Fairbanks Lisle and Chloe Calvin Lisle were early settlers in the mining community of Beatty, Nevada. Ralph Lisle moved to Beatty in 1938 and held several elected office positions, including Nye County Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, and hospital board member. Chloe Lisle moved to Beatty in the 1930s and worked as a teacher until the Lisle family opened a hardware store in 1955. Ralph and Chloe Lisle passed away on January 16, 2004 and February 2, 2001, respectively.

Sources:

Lisle, Ralph F., Chloe C. McCracken, and Nye County Town History Project. An Interview with Ralph F. and Chloe C. Lisle: An Oral History. Tonopah, Nev.: Nye County Town History Project, 1987.

Keefner, Claire. "Townbuilding runs in Fairbanks Family." Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 22, 1982.

Related Collections

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

Celesta Lowe Papers, 1943. MS-00360. Special Collections and Archives, University

Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Celesta A. Lisle oral history interview, 1976 March 07. OH-01129. Transcript. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lisle Family Collection on Education in Beatty, Nevada, 1950. MS-00212. Special Collections and Archives, University

Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Lisle Family Photograph Collection, approximately 1950-1960. PH-00121. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections and Archives by Chloe Lisle on February 21, 1981, accession number 1981-031-B.

Processing Note

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

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::PH00121

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