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League of Women Voters records and newspaper clippings, 1977-1981

Date

1977 to 1981

Archival Collection

Description

The press releases and ephemera from the League of Women Voters provide details about meetings and officer installations for the Las Vegas chapter.

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Transcript of interview with Nellie Bunch by Robin Ducharme, November 20, 1975

Date

1975-11-20

Description

On November 20, 1975, C.A. (Robin) Ducharme interviewed Nellie Bunch (born 1902 in Chariton County, MO) about her life in Southern Nevada. Bunch first talks about her settlement into the Whitney Ranch area and her knowledge about the building of Hoover (Boulder) Dam. She also talks about the early utilization of water resources from Lake Mead, early sources of power, and the early use of evaporative coolers. Bunch also speaks about her experience as a postmaster and later discusses telephone technology and the early churches of Las Vegas.

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Transcript of interview with Mildred Breedlove by Steve Drappo, February 18, 1979

Date

1979-02-18

Description

Steve Drappo interviews Mildred Breedlove (b. 1904) who was born in Coal Hill, Arkansas. Breedlove relocated to Nevada in 1949. During this interview Breedlove discusses her personal experience of owning her own ranch in Nevada.

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Personal and professional papers for Robert L. "Bob" Forbuss, 1948-2007

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Robert L. Forbuss Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00888
Collection Name: Robert L. Forbuss Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Photographs of Bob Forbuss with friends and politicians; childhood and school; photographs of Marjorie Keas Forbuss and Bob Forbuss at their home; photographic negatives of St. Anne's Elementary School, Bishop Gorman High School, personal images of Bob Forbuss, 1945-2010

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Robert L. Forbuss Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00888
Collection Name: Robert L. Forbuss Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02, Box 03, Oversized Box SH-048

Archival Component

American Polar Society's The Polar Times journals, grant information, research and field notes, maps, photographic prints and negatives, approximately 1973 to 1983

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

John R. Wilbanks Antarctica Research Papers
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Collection Number: UA-00106
Collection Name: John R. Wilbanks Antarctica Research Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01, Box 02

Archival Component

"Around the World with Bob" calendar, 2011

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Robert L. Forbuss Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00888
Collection Name: Robert L. Forbuss Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-081 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Young's personal papers including issues of Nevada Gay Times, LAMBDA Impulse, LGAU meeting notes and correspondence, and bibliographies of LGBTQ related titles in Las Vegas Valley public library systems, 1983 to 2011

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Christie Young Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00350
Collection Name: Christie Young Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01, Box 02

Archival Component

Clipping and legal papers related to the Chemical Catastrophe Prevention Act co-authored by Dennis Sabbath, 1991

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis and Roberta Sabbath Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00731
Collection Name: Dennis and Roberta Sabbath Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Newspaper clippings referring to Dennis Sabbath's career as an attorney in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1988-1990

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis and Roberta Sabbath Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00731
Collection Name: Dennis and Roberta Sabbath Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component