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Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Records

Identifier

MS-00289

Abstract

The Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Records (1951 to 2021) are composed of files from Sierra Club officers and environmental activists in the Southern Nevada (formerly Las Vegas) Group of the Toiyabe Chapter. The collection documents the involvement of the Southern Nevada group in a variety of environmental concerns, such as air quality, transportation, urbanization, and nuclear issues, in which the chapter has expressed interest. The records are comprised of correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes and agendas, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, press releases, legislation, recommendations, resolutions, and general information. Due to the group’s location in the heart of the Mojave Desert, the collection provides excellent case studies of significant changes in the post-World War II American environmental movement, notably the increased recognition of the worth of desert lands.

Archival Collection

Telegram from W. M. Jeffers (Omaha) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 18, 1938

Date

1938-06-18

Archival Collection

Description

Jeffers, having read a Las Vegas Review-Journal article about the water shortage in Las Vegas, asks Bracken to advise on possible rates revisions for those using evaporative water coolers.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Will Wittwer (Las Vegas), September 8, 1939

Date

1939-09-08

Archival Collection

Description

Letter informing Wittwer that he was responsible for laying pipe to direct the new water from the new well.

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Work order authority for extensions and additions to existing property, September 6, 1939

Date

1939-09-06

Archival Collection

Description

Engineering department work order detailing work to be done and estimate for new well on the Las Vegas Ranch.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), October 25, 1919

Date

1919-10-25

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken asking Clark how to proceed since a man had offered to buy a small plot of land near the Las Vegas Springs who had promised not to drill a well. Bracken recommended to not allow it.

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Letter from J. G. Scrugham (Carson City) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 30 1922

Date

1923-02-04

Archival Collection

Description

The present water system of Las Vegas furnished cheap and seemingly satisfactory service, yet in order to bring in new businesses or agriculture, new sources of water would need to be found.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Benson Wright (Carson City), August 8, 1922

Date

1923-02-04

Archival Collection

Description

Strikes were making it impossible for the water company to expand their sources of water.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. T. Whyte (San Francisco), February 4, 1923

Date

1923-03-13

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken demanding that the fruit company do something about its water waste.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), April 26, 1933

Date

1933-04-26

Archival Collection

Description

Recommendation to place additional bands on the pipeline since loose bands and certain repairs cause leaking in new locations.

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Letter from General Counsel (Las Vegas) to H. I. Bettis regarding Las Vegas water system maintenance, Dec. 11, 1906

Date

1906-12-11

Archival Collection

Description

General Counsel recommends an examination of the water rights and water properties embraced in the mortgage, and an examination of the title deeds before the railroad company makes any real estate decisions.

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