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Nevada State Senator Bob Coffin Records of the Kathy Augustine Impeachment Trial

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Nevada State Senator Bob Coffin Records of the Kathy Augustine Impeachment Trial (2004) contains exhibits, testimonies, witness lists, questions posed, computer forensic evidence, correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and printed legislative materials. Also included are 21 DVD recordings of the trial.

Mountain West's Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Project Records

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The Mountain West's Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Project Records (1987-1994) contain reports on the effects to indigenous peoples, flora and fauna, and transportation relating to the deposits of nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Mountain West studied were Nye, Lincoln, Esmeralda, and Clark counties. Also included are analysis and impact assessments, and an oral history of Ed Slavin, a Tonopah, Nevada resident.

Anthony J. Franchini Papers

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The Anthony J. Franchini Papers date from 1915 to 1996 and contain the personal and professional papers of Anthony Franchini, a musician and composer. The collection contains newspaper clippings, personal correspondence, Franchini's United States Army records, sheet music, personal photographs, and a scrapbook compiled by Franchini.

McCall Family Papers

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The McCall Family Papers are comprised primarily of family photographs and correspondence from 1910-1970. The materials concentrate on Quannah McCall and his daughter, Connie McCall, both were well known dentists in Southern Nevada. The materials also contain letters, postcards, holiday cards, and birth, death, and marriage certificates, as well as school commencement announcements for family members.

Tonopah Mining Company Records

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The Tonopah Mining Company Records derive from the office of the company’s general manager in Tonopah, Nevada and consist of documents directly generated by its mining and milling operations from 1901 through 1941. The collection includes daily work reports, assay reports and certificates, employee time cards, invoices and receipts for mining equipment and supplies, monthly stores reports, and the company’s numerous insurance policies. Several of the company’s annual reports, including an original typescript copy of the 1907 annual report, are included in the collection.

Phyllis Martin Papers

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The Phyllis Martin Papers (1988-1999) is comprised of North Las Vegas, Nevada reports and marketing materials, Nevada Women's History Project event invitations and pamphlets, a Kiel Ranch historical site building survey and Friends of Kiel Ranch newsletter, and newsletters, event programs, and photographs related to women's political involvement in Nevada. The collection includes materials relating to Martin's career in the Office of Economic Development, her involvement as a historian in the preservation of Kiel Ranch, and roles on planning committees for various local events.

Nevada State Retired Teachers Association on the Book, Inside Nevada Schools: A Challenge for the Future

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Nevada State Retired Teachers Association Collection on the book Inside Nevada Schools: A Challenge for the Future (1970-1976) contains the finished book and the research conducted for the completion of the project. Included are oral interviews, articles, notes, copies of photographs, and organizational plans.

Grace Clement Papers on the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

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Papers are comprised of information on the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Nevada State Society of DAR, Children of the American Revolution (CAR), and the Francisco Garces Chapter of the DAR, of which Grace Clement was a founding member. Papers date from 1950 to 1986 and include correspondence, bulletins, conference programs, booklets, newspaper clippings, and yearbooks. Also included are correspondence and reports from the Friends of the Museum organization, bylaws of the Nevada Society, and DAR ritual books.

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