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Photographs of Jewish Federation Land Acquisition Conference, 1999

Date

1999

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs of the Jewish Federation Land Acquisition conference, including site plans.

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Series 3. Women's Correctional Facility, 1970-2001

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The Womens Correctional Facility papers (1970-2001) contains material documenting Florence McClure’s work on behalf of the women’s correctional facility that was constructed in North Las Vegas. It includes materials about the Southern Nevada Womens Correctional Facility (SNWCF) including correspondence, bids and proposals, and other site selection documents relating to the construction of the facility. The series also contains more general information on corrections and the rights of victims. Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports and studies and drafts of Nevada legislation on corrections issues.

Archival Collection

Florence McClure Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00477
Collection Name: Florence McClure Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

MGM construction party, image 06

Description

Jim, Stuart, and Bill Mason stand on a raised platform overlooking some of the construction site for the MGM.

Basic Magnesium, Inc. (BMI) Records and Photographs

Identifier

MS-00126

Abstract

The Basic Magnesium Inc. (BMI) Records and Photographs (1933-1965) document the planning, construction, and management of the BMI magnesium manufacturing plants near present-day Henderson in Clark County, Nevada and a magnesium mining operation in Gabbs, Nye County, Nevada. Materials include chronological reports, press releases, telegrams, budgets, building diagrams, maps, and black-and-white photographic prints. The records document employee housing and infrastructure projects, magnesium production statistics, and employee data. The photographic prints, which include many aerial images, provide a visual record of the construction of the plant, the mining operation, and the associated support facilities and employee housing.

Archival Collection

Photograph of cement plant water tanks, Hoover Dam, April 17, 1934

Date

1934-04-17

Archival Collection

Description

An image of cement plant water tanks at the Hoover (Boulder) Dam construction site. Railroad freight cars seen in background.

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Photographic slide of M. R. Harrington at Tule Springs, Nevada, May 1955

Date

1955-05

Description

Written on the slide: "M. R. Harrington at CL-245 site beginning of excavation at Tule Springs, Nevada, Clark Co. May, 1955."

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Photographic slide of Ruth Simpson and M. R. Harrington at Tule Springs, Nevada, May 1955

Date

1955-05

Description

Written on the slide: "Ruth Simpson and M. R. Harrington. Tule Springs, Nevada. May, 1955. Across from CL-245 site."

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Photographic slide of Wall Creek Ranch, Nevada, August 2, 1963

Date

1963-08-02

Description

Written on the slide: "Site 26-Wa-272 in wash (left bank). Wall Creek Ranch, Washoe County, Nevada."

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Photographic slide of a man inside a cook shack at Tule Springs, Nevada, January 18, 1963

Date

1963-01-18

Description

An unidentified man standing next to a refrigerator drinking from a mug inside the "cook shack" at Tule Springs camp site.

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Photographic slide of a man inside a cook shack at Tule Springs, Nevada, January 18, 1963

Date

1963-01-18

Description

An unidentified man standing next to a refrigerator drinking from a mug inside the "cook shack" at Tule Springs camp site.

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