Abstract
The Geneva Stark Merwin Photograph Collection features photographic prints and negatives of locations throughout Pahrump, Nevada between 1941 and 1942. Primary locations include a Pahrump school and Pahrump Ranch, as well as locations in local fields and mountains. The photographs capture candid scenes of people walking to school and feeding animals.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Geneva Stark Merwin Photograph Collection features photographic prints and negatives of locations throughout Pahrump, Nevada between 1941 and 1942. Primary locations include a Pahrump school and Pahrump Ranch, as well as locations in local fields and mountains. The photographs capture candid scenes of people walking to school and feeding animals.
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
Geneva Stark Merwin was born on June 23, 1917. She worked as a teacher first in Pahrump, Nevada, then later in Las Vegas, Nevada after Maude Frazier recommended her to the city's school board. Merwin taught in Las Vegas for over thirty years, winning an award for her work in 1975. She died April 12, 2016.
Source:
Geneva Stark Merwin oral history interview, 1983 August 24. OH-01289. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Patrick, Elizabeth Nelson. "Merwin Photos of Pahrump."
Preferred Citation
Geneva Stark Merwin Photograph Collection, 1941-1942. PH-00160. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in approximately 1984 by Geneva Stark Merwin; accession number 2020-059.
Processing Note
In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Jimmy Chang entered the data into ArchivesSpace and wrote the finding aid.