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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to R. L. Adamson, May 29, 1931
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of transferring the pipeline to the Industrial Unit No. 1 from railroad books to that of the water company. Date stamped L.A. & S.L. R.R. Office of Industrial Engineer, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to R. L. Adamson, June 5, 1931
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Archival Collection
Description
The company could possibly see tax benefits from transfering the pipeline serving the industrial district to another district. Letter has a date stamp from the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad.
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Letter from J. M. Murphy (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), February 18, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas City Manager informs Union Pacific Railroad that it would no longer be providing the one million gallons of effluent to the Las Vegas Ranch for use in irrigation.
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Letter from G. J. Sylvain, M. D. (Las Vegas) to Mr. Folger (Las Vegas), March 28, 1949
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Archival Collection
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The County Department of Health was going to add oil to the effluent to kill mosquitos, and asked the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to report excess oil running onto their land.
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Letter from Joseph Irving (Las Vegas) to A. M. Folger (Las Vegas), February 27, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Estimate for the drilling of a well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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County agent project progress report, Flood control, November 1, 1932
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Archival Collection
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Wittwer reported that in January of 1932, landowners in Logandale, through a local committee, levied a fee per acre and used the money to prepare for anticipated flooding. Project Number: State Office No. 103, Clark County No. 7 - MISCELLANEOUS. XII-J-Flood Control.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to Charles McCall (Las Vegas), May 17, 1945
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Archival Collection
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Bracken asking the city manager to require the more intelligent use of water in the Huntridge Addition city park to set a good example for residents.
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Rick L. May Papers
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The Rick L. May Papers document social and political activities of Las Vegas, Nevada's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community from 1982 to 1997. The papers include records from the Gay Academic Union of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; various gay pride celebrations in Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas; the Metropolitan Community Church's outreach to the LGBT community; as well as Rick L. May's own notes and collections about LGBT-supportive stores like R and R Assordid Sundries. The collection also includes several t-shirts that commemorate the pride celebrations. The papers demonstrate how the pride celebrations that began in 1984 were the result of efforts from several sectors of Las Vegas' LGBT community.
Archival Collection
Nancy Wier Papers on Rock Art in Southern Nevada
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The Nancy Wier Papers on Rock Art in Southern Nevada (approximately 1930-2003) contain photographs, notes, research, and publications focused on rock art (rock writing) found in the Southern Nevada Region. Wier founded the Southern Nevada Rock Art Enthusiasts (SNRAE) in 1992, and the photograph albums document trips across Nevada, Southern California, Utah, and Arizona. The photograph albums are grouped by site location, and the description was taken directly from Wier's albums. The majority of the collection documents rock writings in Southern Nevada.
Archival Collection