Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

David A. Davis Collection of Aerial Photographs (PH-00423)

Abstract

The David A. Davis Collection of Aerial Photographs (approximately 1990-1999) contains seven black-and-white photographic prints and one black-and-white photographic negative of aerial views of Las Vegas, Nevada. These photographs are reproductions of originals obtained by David A. Davis from the Nevada Department of Transportation, the United States Geological Survey, and Landiscor Real Estate Mapping.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1990 to 1999

Extent

0.04 Cubic Feet (1 flat file)
2.00 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The David A. Davis Collection of Aerial Photographs (approximately 1990-1999) contains seven black-and-white photographic prints and one black-and-white photographic negative of aerial views of Las Vegas, Nevada. These photographs are reproductions of originals obtained by David A. Davis from the Nevada Department of Transportation, the United States Geological Survey, and Landiscor Real Estate Mapping.

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

As of 2020, David A. Davis is a geologic information specialist at the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, as well as the at Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno. He received his Associate in Applied Science in Electronics in 1975 from Burlington County College, New Jersey; his Bachelor of Science in Geology in 1983 from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia; and his Master of Science in Geology from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1990. Since then, Davis has published numerous geotechnical research papers pertaining to mining, minerals, and fossil fuels.

Source:

“David A. Davis.” University of Nevada, Reno. 2019. Accessed December 09, 2019. http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/staff/Davis.html

Preferred Citation

David A. Davis Collection of Aerial Photographs, approximately 1990-1999. PH-00423. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated by David A. Davis; accession number 2019-140.

Processing Note

In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Jimmy Chang rehoused the materials, wrote the finding aid, and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::PH00423

Finding Aid Description Rules

Describing Archives: A Content Standard
English