Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 10791 - 10800 of 17756

Letter from E. E. Calvin to N. A. Williams, October 17, 1922

Date

1922-10-17

Archival Collection

Description

Relays another letter from railroad President, Carl R. Gray, regarding the purchase of two automobiles for company use.

Text

Telegram from W. H. Comstock to C. P. Smith, July 11, 1922

Date

1922-07-11

Archival Collection

Description

Letter discusses Mexican strike breakers and sending Pettit to Carson City to file papers.

Text

Letter from Walter R. Bracken to H. I. Bettis, October 13, 1908

Date

1908-10-13

Archival Collection

Description

Letter regards Bracken's sub-lease on the Las Vegas Ranch.

Text

Photograph of C. D. Baker and Adlai Stevenson, 1956

Date

1956

Archival Collection

Description

State Democratic Chairman C.D. Baker attends a meeting with Nevada's convention delegation. C.D. Baker greets Adlai Stevenson as they shake hands. Standing center is Robert Notti, Baker's city hall assistant. The back of the photograph reads, "Alda: Stevenson running for President of U.S. Man in middle worked for C.D. Baker (1956). See Las Vegas Sun Scene, Feb. 1966 page 6. from left to right; C.D. Baker, Robert Notti, Adlai Stevenson. By Mark Swain."

Image

Howard Cannon is seated next to Senator Warren Magnuson, with Senators Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield, and President Gerald Ford present: photographic print

Date

1976

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). Stamped on verso: "Official Photograph The White House Washington"

Image

UNLV History 117: Nevada History Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00054

Abstract

The UNLV History 117: Nevada History Photograph Collection contains photographic prints, negatives, and slides of Las Vegas and Boulder City, Nevada between approximately 1900 and 1959. These images were collected by students for University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) professor Ralph Roske’s class, History 117: Nevada History. The images primarily depict Las Vegas in the 1950s with people posing in front of and inside the El Rancho Vegas and the Last Frontier Village, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Joe E. Lewis, and Paul Newman. Earlier photographs from the 1920s include businesses, such as fireproofing stores, and significant individuals such as Ed W. Clark. Lastly, it contains two photographs of the Boulder City Airport.

Archival Collection

Charlotte Hill Papers

Identifier

MS-00379

Abstract

The Charlotte Hill Papers (1975-1996) document Charlotte Hill’s commitment to the Las Vegas, Nevada community and especially to the local PBS affiliate, KLVX Channel 10. The majority of the collection relates to KLVX Channel 10 and the work of the Friends of Channel 10 on behalf of the station, in particular information about fundraising events and volunteers. It also contains material related to Hill's membership in national organizations associated with public broadcasting. The collection includes some material about her work with the American Camping Association and the Las Vegas Sun Summer Camp Fund.

Archival Collection