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Beatty, Nevada, 1904-1989

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs of families and ranches around Beatty, Nevada from 1904 to 1989. Materials include photographs of the Brockman, Lisle, Revert, Crowell, Lemmon, Palsgrove, and Reidhead families, documenting activities such as events on Main Street, construction of several buildings, protests against the Nevada Test Site, animal husbandry, railroad transportation (especially by the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad), education, and mining and milling.

Archival Collection

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221
Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Archival Component

Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American & Pacific Islander Web Archive

Identifier

MS-01112

Abstract

Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American & Pacific Islander Web Archive is comprised of archived websites captured from 2022 to 2024 that are related to UNLV University Libraries community documentation project, "Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American & Pacific Islander Oral History Project." Archived websites represent local Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) civic and service organizations and individuals that have been interviewed as part of the oral history project. The collection includes archived websites of organizations such as the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce, the Asian-American Advocacy Clinic, Asian Community Development Council, and Thai Culture Foundation. Archived websites of individuals represented in this collection includes entrepreneur, real estate investor, and motivational speaker Lisa Song Sutton and magician Juliana Chen.

Archival Collection

Photographs of Jewish Federation Land Acquisition Conference, 1999

Date

1999

Archival Collection

Description

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

Image

Kiel Ranch Preservation Committee Records

Identifier

MS-00650

Abstract

The Kiel Ranch Preservation Committee Records (1973-2005) document the activities of the North Las Vegas Bicentennial Committee (1973-1976) and its successor, the Advisory Board for Kiel Ranch (1978-1995), in their efforts to restore Kiel Ranch, one of the earliest non-indigenous settlement sites in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. The collection contains various official reports on Kiel Ranch, proposals on how to restore Kiel Ranch, chronological files for each year of the project, and newspaper clippings on the status of Kiel Ranch.

Archival Collection

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.

Ray Cutright Collection of Winthrop A. Davis Photographs

Identifier

PH-00123

Abstract

The Ray Cutright Collection of Winthrop A. Davis Photographs (approximately 1929-1939) consists of black-and-white photographic prints with some corresponding negatives and slides of the construction of Hoover Dam and the geographic terrain of southern Nevada during the early 1930s. Included are photographs of the geographic area around the dam site, Black Canyon, and Boulder City, Nevada. Photographs depict the construction of facilities and roads needed for the project.

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.

Image

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."

Image

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."

Image

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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