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Dorothy Eisenberg Papers

Identifier

MS-00528

Abstract

The Dorothy Eisenberg Papers (early 1900s-2009, bulk 1970-2000) are comprised of organizational records, photographs, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks reflecting her activism and volunteer work related to education, the Bullfrog County Commission, Las Vegas Clark County consolidation, League of Women Voters (LWV), Las Vegas Jewish Federation, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and Silver State Political Action Committee.

Archival Collection

Resting Spring, California, looking west: photographic print

Date

1900

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. The picture was taken from a small Mountain. Just behind Resting Spring. The roof of the old stone cabin, constructed before 1900, is visible at the far left.

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Tony Wuehle Collection

Identifier

MS-00522

Abstract

The Tony Wuehle Collection documents the activities of freelance writer, college president, and poker expert Edwin "Tony" Wuehle of Michigan and Las Vegas, Nevada, between the years of 1950 to 2007. The collection consists of copies of Wuehle's regular columns, newsletters, and special articles as they were published in various journals and newspapers, especially those related to poker, the International Home and Private Poker Player's Association (IH3PA), education administration, and religious concerns.

Archival Collection

Joyce Mack Papers

Identifier

MS-00732

Abstract

The Joyce Mack Papers are mainly comprised of photographs and ephemera documenting Joyce Mack and her family from the 1970s to 2014. Photographs in the collection depict political and community events, the Mack family, and their interaction with politicians. An invitation, newspaper clipping, and transcript of a speech by Joyce Mack document various honors that were betstowed upon Joyce Mack and her husband, Jerome D. "Jerry" Mack.

Archival Collection

Candelaria Ruins of Mt. Diablo, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1971-03-09

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240). Candelaria Ruins of Mt. Diablo superintendent's house in Pickhandle Gulch, mouth of tunnel, behind fallen roof is where William H. Shockley kept milk and butter cool and stored books and papers during his absence.

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Slide of John Kenneth Galbraith, Marjorie Barrick, William F. Buckley, and Leonard Goodall, Las Vegas, January 10, 1982

Date

1982-01-10

Description

Economist and author John Kenneth Galbraith (left), Marjorie Barrick (second from left), author and commentator William F. Buckley, Jr. (third from left), and UNLV President Leonard Goodall (at right) at a Barrick Lecture event at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Map of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Clark, Nye, and Lincoln Counties, Nevada, 1965

Date

1965

Description

At top of map: 'United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Water-supply paper 1780, plate 1.' At bottom of map: 'Base from Army Map Service sheets NJ 11-9, NJ 11-12, and NI 11-3 (1947).' 'Boundary between bedrock and alluvium in Clark County, Nev., compiled by Ben Boyer, E. H. Pampeyan and C. R. Longwell. In Lincoln and Nye Counties, contact determined from aerial photographs.' 'Interior--Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.--1965--W63358.' Includes township and range lines.Relief shown by contours. Thematic map. Scale 1:250,000 (W 116°--W 114°45´/N 37°00´--N 35°30´). Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.), 1780. Originally published as plate 1 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780.

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Mary Jane Griffith Reiter Papers

Identifier

MS-00262

Abstract

The Mary Jane Griffith Reiter Papers date from 1919 to 1964. The papers document Nevada history and her family’s business and civic work; they contains her grandmother's will, a ledger detailing the costs and expenses for rental properties, and reports and minutes from the Colorado River Commission. It also includes a 1964 bibliography of materials on Nevada.

Archival Collection