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Audio recording clip of interview with Ann Dye by Shannon Applegate, November 1, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Sound
Minutes from Temple Beth Sholom Board of Directors meetings, July 1993 - December 1993
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Archival Collection
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Meeting minutes include reports from committees of the board, correspondence, and balance sheets.
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Maxine Buckles oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Maxine Buckles conducted by Irene Rostine on September 20, 1995 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN). In this interview, Buckles discusses her life in Boulder City, Nevada in the 1930s and 1940s. She talks about her high school years, working for a bank, and working for the Rheem Manufacturing Company at the Basic Magnesium Incorporated (BMI) industrial complex during World War II. Buckles describes working conditions for women, unions, and security at the BMI industrial complex.
Archival Collection
Memo about supplying water to the Las Vegas Gunnery School, June 19, 1947
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of the alternatives of supplying water to the Las Vegas Gunnery School (now a part of Nellis Air Force Base).
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Mailgram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Mr. Frank Strong, August 16, 1939
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Archival Collection
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The spring used at the ranch had slowed to the point where stock could not be supported. Bracken recommended drilling a well.
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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby, September 10, 1943
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Archival Collection
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Discussion of the new lease for W. T. Stewart for the Las Vegas Ranch with provisions that Stewart is obligated to use all the water that comes onto the ranch, freeing the Las Vegas Land and Water Company from problems due to effluent.
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Letter from C. W. McKee (Las Vegas) to J. P. Mack (Los Angeles), March 3, 1927
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Archival Collection
Description
Measurements of the output of the Las Vegas springs and well. Letter is signed McFee, but that is a typo and should read McKee.
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Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), March 3, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
The State Engineer recommends offering Robert Griffith water at wholesale prices so he does not want to drill a well
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Report on total measurements of all water available in Las Vegas, 1934
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Archival Collection
Description
Report showing the decreased amount of water available from the Las Vegas Springs from 1931 to 1934. R-11 written in red at head of report.
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Photographs and descriptions of an artesian well in the northwest corner of Clark County (Nevada), May 10, 1924
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Archival Collection
Description
Photographs with captions of an artesian well in Las Vegas
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