The Florence Lee Jones and John Cahlan Papers (1929-1983) contain material created by the couple related to their work at the
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Additional Description
The Florence Lee Jones and John Cahlan Papers (1929-1983) contain material created by the couple related to their work at the
Florence Lee Jones worked at the
The
The Las Vegas Valley Water District commissioned Jones and Cahlan to write a history of Las Vegas and in 1976, they completed
John Francis Cahlan, a native Nevadan, worked as the editor of the
He moved to Las Vegas in 1929 to work at the
Sources:
Glass, Mary Ellen.
Green, Michael.
Green, Michael.
Hopkins, A.D. “Florence Lee Jones,”
The collection is divided into four series:
Series I. Personal, 1941-1983;
Series II. Community Interests, 1945-1981;
Series III. Articles and Manuscripts, 1929-1980;
Series IV. Water Resources, 1942-1978.
Administrative Information
The Florence Lee Jones and John Cahlan Papers, 1929-1983. MS-00200. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in several accessions beginning in 1978 by Florence Lee Jones Cahlan; accession number T128.
Collection was processed in 1997 by Carol A. Corbett. In 2016 and 2017, Joyce Moore revised and enhanced the collection. In 2018 Angela Moor further revised the collection description to bring it up to current professional standards.
Some of the photographs in this acquisition were removed from the collection and placed in Florence Lee Jones Cahlan Photographs, 1909-1918. PH-00045. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada