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Charles Thomas-Perry Photograph Collection (PH-00150)

Abstract

The Charles Thomas-Perry Photograph Collection depicts towns in Southern and Central Nevada from 1900 to 1940. The photographs primarily depict the Thomas and Perry families in Beatty, Nevada and Pioneer, Nevada, including Charles Thomas’s store and their family homes. The photographs also depict buildings, celebrations, children, and the towns of Searchlight, Rhyolite, Goodsprings, and Goldfield, Nevada.

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Date

1900-1940

Extent

1.10 Linear Feet (5 hanging folders and 1 box)

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Charles Thomas-Perry Photograph Collection depicts towns in Southern and Central Nevada from 1900 to 1940. The photographs primarily depict the Thomas and Perry families in Beatty, Nevada and Pioneer, Nevada, including Charles Thomas’s store and their family homes. The photographs also depict buildings, celebrations, children, and the towns of Searchlight, Rhyolite, Goodsprings, and Goldfield, 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 in original order.

Related Collections

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

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection, 1880-1990. PH-00221. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection, 1880-1982. PH-00082. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lorraine Thomas-Perry Papers, 1910-1936. MS-00223. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Charles Thomas-Perry Photograph Collection, 1900-1940. PH-00150. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 1983 by Lorraine Thomas-Perry; accession number 1983-23.

Processing Note

Materials were processed by Special Collections staff. In 2015, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Lindsay Oden wrote the collection description in compliance with current professional standards.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::PH00150

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