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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, May 7, 1947
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Archival Collection
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The elections for Mayor and City Commission have brought the issue of municipal ownership of a water company in Las Vegas to the fore again
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Joseph C. Mattingly oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Joseph C. Mattingly conducted by Sean Powers on February 23, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, Mattingly discusses moving back and forth between Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada during the 1930s and 1940s before finally settling in Las Vegas in 1954. Mattingly also discusses his life as a sheet metal worker for commercial buildings, Las Vegas Strip hotels, and buildings on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.
Archival Collection
Application by Las Vegas Valley Water District and Colorado River Commission of Nevada to the Administrator of General Services (Washington, D.C.) for transfer of certain water facilities, 1951
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Archival Collection
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Application of the Las Vegas Valley Water District to obtain the water facilities constructed at or near Henderson, Nevada, by Defense Plant Corporation. Document includes background of application, water district plans, consideration of public interest and benefit, and the terms and conditions for the transfer of the water facilities.
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Reference files, 1937-1998
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The CRC of Nevada reference files (1937-1998) include documents on Basic Magnesium, Inc., the Nevada Water Summit, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), dams and salinity, general work files, litigation and legislation, and the CRC water law library.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Colorado River Commission of Nevada Reference Library Collection
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Pipeline: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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