Materials contain photographs from Pahrump, Nevada from 1910 to 1950, and document the activities of the Hughes, Ruud, Turner, Wiley, Ford, Hafen, and Brown families. Materials include photographs of animals, ranch work, buildings, cattle, wells, crops, Cathedral Canyon, the airstrip, homesteading grounds, cabins, mushroom clouds from the Nevada Test Site, the First Pahrump Harvest Festival, ranchers, the Pahrump School, the Pahrump Trading Post, irrigation systems, Noonday Mill, and the Pahrump Store. Materials also contain photographs of several ranches in the Pahrump Valley, including the Pahrump Ranch, Hidden Hills (Yount) Ranch, Resting Spring Ranch, Wiley Ranch, and Hafen Ranch.

Materials contain photographs of the Smoky Valley and Round Mountain area from 1905 to 1980, and document the activities of the Carver, Carver-Duhme, Carver-Book, Rogers, Lofthouse-Berg, and Zaval families. Materials include photographs of Carver's Station, ranching, community events, animals, placer mining, Round Mountain Hotel, Round Mountain High School, mills, Main Street in Tonopah, and the Belmont Mine.

Materials contain photographs of areas and families in Nye County, Nevada from 1880 to 1989. Materials include photographs of the Boni, Bordoli, Fallini, Hanson, Hawkins, Lowe, O'Toole, Slavin, and Wilson families in areas such as Manhattan, Twin Springs, Gabbs, Duckwater, the Kawich Mountains, and the Toiyabe Mountains. Materials also include photocopies of maps of regions in Nevada, including Bullfrog Mining District and the Nevada-California border.

Materials contain photographs from the T&T Ranch, owned by the Fishel Family, from 1920 to 1985. Materials include photographs of houses, farming, animals, and produce.

Materials contain photographs of the Tubb Ranch, operated by the Tubb Family, from 1916 to 1959. Materials include photographs of ranching, animals, and agriculture.

Materials contain photographs that depict the Toles Family near the Ash Meadows Clay Pits from 1933. Materials include photographs of the family, hunting trips, an ore train from the Bell Pit, and the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad.

Materials contain miscellaneous photographs from Ash Meadows, Nevada from 1965 to 1985, including two photographs of Ash Meadows resident Margarito "Shorty" Diaz and a photograph of Jovita Diaz Long and Les Long.