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Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936
Henry B. Walthall was a silent film actor active between the 1910s and 1930s, known for playing Colonel Ben Cameron in Birth of a Nation. Born on March 16, 1878 in Shelby County, Alabama, Walthall first performed on Broadway stages before transitioning into film, where he performed first in short films, then in theatrical films including the Marshall Neilan-directed and produced Everbody's Acting (1926), a film later acquired by Howard Hughes.
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2016 addition, 1987 to 2012
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Scope and Contents
The 2016 addition to the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Records contains agendas, minutes, resolutions, programs, newspaper clippings, and government bills and plans dating from 1987 to 2012. There are records from the Clark County Task Force, established in 2002, which studied the growth initiative and its impact on urban sprawl in Southern Nevada. Also included are board minutes, action items, and impact statements regarding the Nevada Test Site and the Yucca Mountain project. In addition, there is audiovisual material recording the various programs and interests of the Sierra Club.
Archival Collection
Archival Component
African American Experience Community Scanning Day Photograph Collection
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The African American Experience Community Scanning Day Photograph Collection (approximately 1958-1980, 2004) is comprised of digital surrogates of photographic prints and ephemera that document the experiences of the African American community in Las Vegas, Nevada. Materials were donated by members of the Las Vegas community as part of a community scanning day event hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas's University Libraries in 2013.
Archival Collection
Keith Boman Papers on the Smith Center for the Performing Arts
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The Keith Boman Papers on the Smith Center for the Performing Arts consist of materials documenting the construction of the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 2009 to 2010. The collection includes documents from the construction oversight committee, financial budgets, and board of directors meeting agendas.
Archival Collection
The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, September 19, 1974
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Archival Collection
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Text
slides (photographs)
Positive transparencies in mounts suitable for projection, usually 35mm film in a mount of 2 by 2 inches. An image on film or glass, usually positive, intended to be viewed by means of light passing through the image and base using a viewer or projector
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renderings (drawings)
Architectural drawings or drawings of other subjects, characterized by the depiction of shadows, textures, sometimes colors, often executed with watercolor washes, and showing some setting. Intended as visualizations of the full conception of a project or as an accurate record of the work depicted.
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Newspaper clippings, 1955-1977
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Archival Collection
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Hotel ephemera, 1950s-1960s
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Archival Collection
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