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Jeanne Russell Janish Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00296

Abstract

The Jeanne Russell Janish Photograph Collection (1918-1974) consists of 48 black-and-white and color photographic prints that feature Janish's family, her husband Carl Janish, family homes and pets, and travel photographs from the United States, China, and South America.

Archival Collection

Albert S. Henderson Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00317

Abstract

The Albert S. Henderson Photograph Collection (1860s-1959) primarily contains black-and-white photographic prints of Albert S. Henderson and his family. Also included in the collection are photographic prints of Henderson during his tenure as a Nevada legislator and district judge. Other materials include postcards, negatives, and a tintype.

Archival Collection

Joseph LaMar Foremaster Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00068

Abstract

The Joseph LaMar Foremaster Photograph Collection includes black-and-white photographic prints and negatives of structures at the Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch) in Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1920 to 1939 when the Foremaster family lived and worked on the land.

Archival Collection

Elizabeth and Charles Pratt Personal Papers

Identifier

MS-01063

Abstract

The Elizabeth and Charles Pratt Personal Papers consist of correspondence, travel information, and photographs from the Pratt family dating from 1895 to 1953. The majority of correspondence in the collection is between Charles Pratt and his wife, Alice Elizabeth Margaret "Diane" Pratt. The collection also contains correspondence between Elizabeth Pratt's parents and her literary journals from her time attending Swarthmore College, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

Archival Collection

Ham, Artemus W., Sr., 1892-1970

Artemus W. “Art” Ham Sr. (1892-1970) was a highly respected Las Vegas, Nevada attorney and a philanthropist who devoted his work towards the Las Vegas community as well as the development of the Las Vegas strip. Ham was also president of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce in 1929 and a recognized supporter to the University of Las Vegas, Nevada (UNLV). He became active in the city’s real estate and had faith in the future of Las Vegas.

Person

Aaron Williams Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00234

Abstract

The Aaron Williams Photograph Collection (approximately 1968 to 1983) consists of three black-and-white photographic prints. Two of the images are of the groundbreaking ceremony of the Senior Citizens’ Center with Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor Oran Gragson, and the third of three unidentified individuals.

Archival Collection

Stonewall Park Collection

Identifier

MS-00501

Abstract

The Stonewall Park Collection (1983-1987) documents the Stonewall Park project, an unrealized gay community in Nevada. Material includes news clippings and ephemera, as well as financial records and ancillary documents detailing bankruptcies and litigation associated with the Stonewall Park project. Much of this material is photocopied from MS 1990-15 (Fred Schoonmaker Papers), held at the Museum of GLBT History in San Francisco, CA.

Archival Collection

River Mountains Trail Partnership Records

Identifier

MS-00796

Abstract

The River Mountains Trail Partnership Records date from 1995 to 2015 and document the planning and construction of the River Mountains Loop Trail in Clark County, Nevada. The collection contains meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, project notes, trail maps, land surveys, grant applications, photographic slides of the trail and Lake Mead, environmental assessments, ephemera from National Trails Day, trail guides, interpretive plans, and development reports.

Archival Collection