Close-up of schoolchildren standing in the snow outside of the Fifth Street School. Handwritten note on back of photo: "Harry Hicks, the little boy on the end at the right side of the picture. Harry is now a doctor in Salt Lake City (1975)." Photo is accompanied by a Xerox copy of a newspaper clipping "Help us write history; Las Vegas Review Journal, July 16, 1985: These Children enjoying a rare Las Vegas snowstorm are undoubtedly members of Doris Hancock's elementary school class. From left, second child is Kathleen Meyers, and eighth is Harry Hicks, now a doctor in Salt Lake City. Can anyone identify any others, or tell just when or where the photo was taken? Please call UNLV Special Collections, 739-3252, 9a.m. - 4:30p.m. Monday-Thursday."

The view of where the Hoover Dam was to be built on the Colorado River in Black Canyon. Typed onto the front of the page: "Boulder Canyon. The dam is calculated to be 200 feet wide at the base, 600 feet high above water level, 1,000 feet wide at the top and extend 130 feet below water level at bedrock. This great dam would be capable of holding a year and one-half average flow of the Colorado River. Every dollar expended in this gigantic enterprise will pass through Las Vegas, Nevada - the Gateway to the Boulder Canyon Damsite - 36 miles away. The families of many of the men employed during construction days will reside in Las Vegas which will mean an increase in population and business. The power generated by the dam will mean wonderful possibilities in agriculture and mining; a smelter, factories, and other industries which will make Las Vegas the metropolis of Nevada."

People exploring the rock formations around Lake Powell during the Powell Commemorative Ceremony. Enjoying the sunshine under Rainbow Bridge are (standing, left to right): Raymond Nakai, Chairman, Navajo Tribal Council; Harold Mott, Navajo Tribal Attorney; Graham Holmes, Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs; and Mr. Watson. Seated, left to right, are: Harthon L. Bill, Deputy Director of National Park Services; and David L. Crandall, Regional Director of Bureau of Reclamation.

Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Nevada Hatch, family trad. That she was first Anglo-Saxon child born in Nevada." Included with the image is a copy of a typed letter which reads: "Miss Merle Irwin, Vista del Monte, #118 3775 Modoc Road Santa Barbara, California 93105. Jan. 10, 1978. University of Nevada, Library, Las Vegas. My dear Friends: A year ago my brother and I visited and talked to a lovely lady to whom I promised a photograph of a distant cousin in Michigan, named NEVADA HATCH, because it was said she was the first Anglo-Saxon child born in Nevada. I have now secured it from my brother, Warren Irwin, at 9457 Las Vegas Blvd., Paradise Spa #4, have had a copy made, and herewith send you the original. Sincerely, Merle Irwin." Individual Creator credit goes to H. B. Leckenby.

Charles D. Keeler (left) and Hal Erickson (right) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Mr. Keeler is donating the Keeler collection of photos and papers to Special Collections. Typed description provided with image: "Charles and Dorothy Keeler Photo Album - May 31, 1978, L-R: Charles Keeler, Hal Erickson. The late Dorothy Keeler served as the Chief Deputy Clerk for Clark county during the late 1920s-1930s, and as such she and her husband hosted many quickie Las Vegas weddings in their living room. The Keelers were avid photographers and the album Mr. Keeler donated in 1977 contains many snapshots of Las Vegas and the surrounding areas in the 1920s and 1930s."

Hal Erickson and Robbins Cahill looking at his 5-volume oral history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Typed description provided with image: "Robbine Cahill Oral History Transcript. [April 01, 1979, L-R: Hal Erickson; Robbins Cahill]. State regulation of gaming in Nevada began with Robbins Cahill. As early as 1945 when we became a member of the nevada State Tax Commission, Cahill had been in part responsible for enforcement of the state's first gaming regulations. When Nevada's Gaming Control Board was established in 1955, Cahill became its first chairman. With his encyclopedic memory Robbins Cahill is the most authoritative figure on gaming history in Nevada. His six-volume oral history is the richest and most vivid source of information in Nevada on the development of state gaming regulation."

From left to right: Colonel James Isbell (AAC, United States Air Force), Colonel A. W. Brownfield, (LADD, AFB), Burton Cohen, H. Lounsberry (The Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska), Paul Haggland ( Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska), And Judge J. L. McCarrey (4th Judicial Division Judge in Alaska) at the Sands hotel in Las Vegas, May 6, 1959