Abstract
The Agnes Lynch Photograph Collection on Pahrump, Nevada contains black-and-white and color photographic prints of people and landscapes in and around Pahrump, Nevada from approximately 1979 to 1989. The collection includes images of political rallies held by candidates for Nye County Commissioner, Pahrump Valley High School graduating classes, and Nevada Governor Robert List. Also included are images of the Valley View Plaza, roads surrounding Pahrump, and the Nye County Complex, which housed the fire and sheriff's departments, ambulance services, and the public library.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Agnes Lynch Photograph Collection on Pahrump, Nevada contains black-and-white and color photographic prints of people and landscapes in and around Pahrump, Nevada from approximately 1979 to 1989. The collection includes images of political rallies held by candidates for Nye County Commissioner, Pahrump Valley High School graduating classes, and Nevada Governor Robert List. Also included are images of the Valley View Plaza, roads surrounding Pahrump, and the Nye County Complex, which housed the fire and sheriff's departments, ambulance services, and the public library.
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
Agnes Lynch was born as Nora Agnes Waggoner on May 5, 1910. She married Charles “Denny” Lynch Sr. in 1929 and the two later moved to Pahrump Valley, Nevada in 1976. She died September 8, 1992.
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Genealogy files about "Charles D. Lynch." Accessed on January 31, 2020 on Familysearch.org.
“Charles ‘Denny’ Lynch.” Gateway Gazette. November 16, 1995. Accessed January 16, 2020. http://pah.stparchive.com/Archive/PAH/PAH11161995P21.php?tags=denny|lynch
Preferred Citation
Agnes Lynch Photograph Collection on Pahrump, Nevada, approximately 1979-1989. PH-00218. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 1990 by Denny Lynch; accession number 1990-047.
Processing Note
Materials were processed by UNLV Special Collections and Archives staff. In 2015, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Lindsay Oden wrote the collection description in compliance with current professional standards. In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Jimmy Chang enhanced the description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.