Materials contain photographs of the Goodson, Toles, and Toles-Turner families in Ash Meadows, Nevada from 1916 to 1985. Materials include photographs of ranching, animals, hunting, railroads, mining, transportation of ore, and views of mushroom clouds produced at the Nevada Test Site.

Materials contain photographs of families and ranches around Beatty, Nevada from 1904 to 1989. Materials include photographs of the Brockman, Lisle, Revert, Crowell, Lemmon, Palsgrove, and Reidhead families, documenting activities such as events on Main Street, construction of several buildings, protests against the Nevada Test Site, animal husbandry, railroad transportation (especially by the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad), education, and mining and milling.

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.