A picture of a Shoshone woman standing by her horse and wagon. "Shoshone - 7. Horse and wagon was the means of transportation for the Shoshones until the early 1940's, as shown by this woman of the Battle Mountain Colony. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of The National Archives."
The Stephen Powell Papers (1933-1997) contain research bibliographies, indexes, and notecards for his book, A Gambling Bibliography based on the Collection, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The collection also contains his unpublished and published manuscripts, as well as gaming pamphlets, articles, and ephemera from 1934-1977. The collection includes gaming bibliographies in foreign languages, university archive guides, catalog records, and acquisition files for research books.
This part of the collection was photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photograph series documents ongoing construction work at Circa Las Vegas, the first new casino built on Fremont Street since the 1970s.
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00394 Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada Box/Folder: N/A
This part of the collection was photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photograph series documents ongoing construction work at the Madison Square Garden (MSG) Sphere at the Venetian Resort, also know as Sphere Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Transcribed from the picture, "Northern Paiute - 8. Mary Lowe, age 70, a Walker River Paiute, standing next to a rabbit blanket she made from 100 rabbit skins. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of The National Archives."
The community organizations and events sub-series (1951-1981) contains materials from organizations and events in which the Cahlans were involved or attended. It includes material from the Boy Scouts, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Nevada State Archives, Rotary Club, and political organizations.
Archival Collection
Florence Lee Jones and John Cahlan Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00200 Collection Name: Florence Lee Jones and John Cahlan Papers Box/Folder: N/A
The Mojave Bloom series is comprised records created by the 2020 Solar Decathlon team. Records include construction documents and house renderings graphics of Mojave Bloom. The archived websites in this series includes the competition team's websites and social media profiles with Twitter and Instagram.
Archival Collection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Solar Decathlon Records
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Collection Number: UA-00075 Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Solar Decathlon Records Box/Folder: N/A
Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 2. The Brother Chiefs and their wives, Southern Nevada Paiutes, in a photo taken on the Powell Expedition, 1871-1875. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Archives, Bureau of American Ethnology Collection."
Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 3. Southern Nevada's ancient salt miners at work in Salt Cave. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Archives, Bureau of American Ethnology Collection." The items pictured in the photo are labeled.