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Orville Rush, Imperial Potentate of the World Shrine, visit to Sands Hotel: photographs, clippings, and records
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Archival Collection
Description
Series XXII. Social Functions
Sands Hotel and Casino
Mixed Content
State of Arizona vs. State of California Proceedings Concerning the Colorado River Usage Dispute
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The State of Arizona vs. State of California Proceedings Concerning the Colorado River Usage Dispute collection (1957-1961) contains supplemental documents from the
Archival Collection
Proposal submitted to the delegates representing the States of California and Nevada in reference to the development of the Colorado River
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Proposal submitted to the delegates representing the States of California and Nevada in reference to the development of the Colorado River
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Descriptions of Native American reservations in Nevada, and Bureau of Indian Affairs requests for transfer of excess property: correspondence
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Archival Collection
Description
Correspondence between Joseph Zuni, Nevada Indian Agency, and attorney Thomas L. Leen describing the Las Vegas Paiute Colony and "allotted" vs. "communal" land. Western Nevada Indian Agency description of land acquisition for the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians. Memorandum to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs from the Chief, Division of Property and Supply Management, on the subject of real property acquisition "by the Bureau for use by Indian Tribes or groups." Letter from Commissioner Thomas M. Thawley to Assistant Secretary of the Interior Richard S. Bodman about requests from the Bureau of Indian Affairs for transfer of excess real property. Letter from Assistant Director Paul H. O'Neill to Commissioner Thomas H. Thawley "concerning the use of excess real property for various Indian programs." Letter from Thomas M. Thawley to Commissioner Louis R. Bruce about pending requests to the General Services Administration (GSA) for the transfer of excess real property. Transfer requests from Bureau of Indian Affairs with descriptions of property requested and proposed use. Letter from Assistant Director Paul H. O'Neill to Thomas M. Thawley about pending excess real property transfer requests. Correspondence between Teaching Assistant Elizabeth Warren and the Nevada Indian Agency asking about the history of reservations in Nevada.
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Maryellen Vallier Sadovich Papers
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The Maryellen Vallier Sadovich Papers include transcripts and handwritten and photocopied documents pertaining to early Nevada history from 1852 to 1934. Documents include information about the boundaries of Nevada; mail service contracts between Utah and California; documents from the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs concerning reservations in Southern Nevada; a copy of Gibb's Phonetic alphabet of Southern Nevada Native American languages; maps of tributaries in Southern Nevada; notes about the National Archives photographic holdings of Nevada; and documents from mining reports.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Dat-so-la-lee, circa early 1800s - early 1900s
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Archival Collection
Description
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Photograph of Shriners, Reno (Nev.), July 24, 1979
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Archival Collection
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El Bekal Shrine Club of Southern California: photographs
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Archival Collection
Description
Series XVI. Conventions
Sands Hotel and Casino
Mixed Content
Desert palm trees are surrounded by water near a Lake Mead marina, looking northwest in Lake Mead, Nevada: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.
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