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Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys Records
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Collection is comprised of records (approximately 1979 to 2016) created by the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys (SNAWA). The collection contains administrative files from past SNAWA board members including past SNAWA presidents, secretaries, and treasures. The collection also includes records such as attendee lists, registration forms, and seminar evaluation forms from continuing legal education (CLE) events organized by SNAWA for attorneys in Southern Nevada.
Archival Collection
Patricia Becker Scrapbooks
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The Patricia Becker Scrapbooks reflect the professional activities of "Patty" Becker from 1976 to 2013. Materials include photographs, awards, correspondence, and newspaper articles documenting Patricia Becker's career. Included are articles related to her appointment as the Executive Director of the UNLV International Gaming Institute in 2005 as well as a Harrah's Senior Executive Organization Chart from 1984 to 1993.
Archival Collection
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
Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, September 10, 1928
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Archival Collection
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Summary of the amount of water used by the railroad, the water company, and for irrigation on the Las Vegas Ranch in 1928 for use in calculating water rates.
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Agreement between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company and Las Vegas Land and Water Company, March 30, 1929
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Archival Collection
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Agreement for the railroad to deliver water and power for the water company to sell in Las Vegas. Covering easement to carry water through Railroad Company's water pipelines from Las Vegas Springs, artesian well and other sources to a connection with the pipeline of Las Vegas Land and Water Company in Las Vegas. Contract Audit Number 7322 by Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company
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Schedule of rates, rules and regulations of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, December 24, 1946
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Archival Collection
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Detailed list of water rates and rules for water usage in Las Vegas.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. M. Jeffers (Omaha) May 20, 1942
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Archival Collection
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Bracken's response to Jeffers who had asked about accounting problems. Las Vegas was undergoing a massive boom, and the urban growth represented the difference in numbers.
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Letter including Nevada Attorney General Opinion No. 123 from Harvey Dickerson to Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas), October 26, 1955
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Archival Collection
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Notwithstanding Section 6112 of the Public Service Commission Act, the Las Vegas Valley Water District was allowed to meter water to customers; Opinion No. 123.
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Letter from Calvin M. Cory (Las Vegas) to Edward C. Renwick, December 20, 1952
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Archival Collection
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Cory expresses the legal opinion that in an artesian basin, if you have a water right then the point of diversion makes no difference.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 16, 1994
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Archival Collection
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