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Map of the Livingston Ranches near Overton, Clark County, Nevada, March 27, 1920

Date

1920-03-27

Description

Cadastral map. "Las Vegas Plat Book 1, page 42 --Lower left hand corner. "Survey completed March 27th, 1920, J. T. McWilliams, O. E." "Inset plat showing fractional areas adjacent to section corner sections = 12-13 Tp16S.R.67E, 7-18 Tp16S.R68E." Signed by the surveyor on March 28, 1920, and notarized. Includes an inset plat showing fractional area adjacent to section corner, sections 12-13 Tp. 16 S. R. 76 E., 7-18 Tp. 16 S. R. 6 8 E. Includes table of areas of tracts and table of reference ties to scribe marked objects. Recorded in Book 1, page 42 in the County Recorder of Deed's office. Includes township and range grid. Original publisher: Clark County, State of Nevada : D.H. Livingston, 1920, Scale: 600, blue, 82 x 68 cm.

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Surficial geologic map of the Specter Range NW quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, 1989

Date

1989

Description

58 x 47 cm., on sheet 74 x 81 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Geology mapped in 1984-85." Includes text, bibliography, and location maps. "Prepared in cooperation with the U. S. Deparment of Energy." "Base from U. S. Geological Survey, 1961. Photorevised 1983. 10,0000-foot grid ticks based on Nevada coordinate system, central zone. 1000-meter Universal Transverse Mercator grid ticks, zone 11, shown in blue." Original publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Series: Miscellaneous investigations series map I, Scale: 1:24 000.

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Geologic map of the Jangle Ridge quadrangle, Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada, 1965

Date

1965

Description

58 x 46 cm., on sheet 84 x 87 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Contour interval 20 feet." "Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission." "Geology mapped in 1961. Limit of pluvial Groom Lake and faults from photographs mapped by R. B. Colton, 1962." Includes text, bibliography, location map, and 5 col. cross sections. Original publisher: Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Series: Geologic quadrangle map GQ, Scale: 1:24 000.

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Geologic map of the Frenchman Flat quadrangle, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, 1965

Date

1965

Description

58 x 47 cm., on sheet 81 x 81 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Geology mapped in 1962. Contours on pre-Cenozoic rocks by D. L. Healey and C. H. Miller, 1958-63." Includes text, col. cross section and quadrangle location map. "Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission." Original publisher: Interior, Geological Survey, Series: Geologic quadrangle map GQ, Scale: 1:24 000.

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Map of Death Valley and surrounding areas in southern California, southern Nevada and Arizona, 1930

Date

1930

Archival Collection

Description

Col. ; 51 x 69 cm. Oblique perspective map. Relief shown by landform drawings and spot heights. North is toward upper-right corner. "1M--10-33--1846--A.P.Co." printed in lower left corner. Published by the Pacific Coast Borax Company, Los Angeles, California, 1930. Signed by Howard Burke near lower right corner.

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William F. Harrah College of Hospitality Records

Identifier

UA-00034

Abstract

The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality Records (1970-2016) contain documents pertaining to the College of Hospitality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Materials include student projects, manuscript drafts by Jerome (Jerry) Vallen, brochures and promotional material, newsletters, and magazines. Also included are photographs of casino and hospitality industry workers and hospitality related events. Also included are publicity photographs of entertainers as well as models and showgirls in beauty pageants and at casinos. It is presumed that these photographs werey used for creating Premier: The Magazine of the UNLV Harrah College of Hospitality.

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Bally Manufacturing and Entertainment Promotional Materials and Reports

Identifier

MS-00932

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Bally Manufacturing and Entertainment Promotional Materials and Reports includes annual reports, financial reports, promotional materials, press releases, and clippings dating from 1968 to 2013.

Archival Collection

Young Audiences New York, Nevada Humanities Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00175

Abstract

The Young Audiences New York, Nevada Humanities Photograph Collection (approximately 1970-1979) contains black-and-white photographic prints, slides, and negatives of the Las Vegas, Nevada chapter of the Young Audiences New York arts organization. Images include scenes of concerts, workshops, and chapter outings at public parks. There are images of specific bands within the chapter such as the Brass Quintet, Vocal Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. Lastly, there are images of celebratory banquets honoring members of the Las Vegas chapter.

Archival Collection

Alice Pearson Papers

Identifier

MS-00465

Abstract

The Alice Pearson Papers (1956-2000) contain the personal papers of Alice Pearson and the administrative records of the Mesquite Club, the first service organization founded in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes the club’s administrative records, service projects and social events, as well as its membership in the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC). Materials within the collection include meeting minutes, correspondence, committee reports, newsletters, notebooks, and scrapbooks.

Archival Collection

Human Radiation Experiments Records

Identifier

MS-00776

Abstract

The Human Radiation Experiments Records (1949-1995) contain reports from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE), and the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE). Also included are newspaper clippings, a court case brought by the National Association of Radiation Survivors (NARS), and cancer research papers. With the goal of building an atomic bomb using plutonium extracted from uranium, the material also examines the outcomes of radiation exposure done on humans during the late 1940s and early 1950s at the Oak Ridge Nuclear Facility in Tennessee.

Archival Collection