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Howard Cannon with four unidentified people in his Washington, D.C. office: photographic print

Date

1982-06 (year and month approximate) to 1982-07 (year and month approximate)

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

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Senator Howard Cannon is pictured with a group of Nevada constituents, Harry Reid, and Frank Scott: photographic print

Date

1988-08-09

Description

From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192)

Image

Unidentified group of men at a dinner: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)

Description

A dinner event with many men sitting and standing in a small room. The tables are covered with dinnerware - all men are unidentified and location is unknown.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Institute for Security Studies Training Video on Terrorism

Identifier

UA-00026

Abstract

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Institute for Security Studies Training Video on Terrorism includes copies of the institute's training video for resort employees called "7 Signs of Terrorism" that was produced in 2008. The collection includes English language and Spanish language versions of the video.

Archival Collection

Willis B. Smith Collection on Western Airlines

Identifier

MS-00123

Abstract

The Willis B. Smith Collection (1958) on Western Airlines consists of two news releases from Western Airlines about the company's history and two letters to Willis B. Smith. The collection describes the founding of Western Airlines and its early flights from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles, California. It also contains a color photograph of a Western Air DC-10 airliner in flight.

Archival Collection

Erma Cunningham Collection on the Eldorado School District, Nelson, Nevada

Identifier

MS-00156

Abstract

The Erma Cunningham Collection on the Eldorado School District, Nelson, Nevada is comprised of materials related to the elementary school that was located in Nelson, Clark County, Nevada from 1941 through 1952. It includes attendance records, student grades, and assorted materials related to education.

Archival Collection

Bergman Walls & Associates Architectural Drawings

Identifier

MS-00910

Abstract

The Bergman Walls & Associates architectural drawings are comprised of architectural and interior drawings created between 1997 and 2017. The drawings primarily focus on Las Vegas, Nevada properties, but also include drawings for projects around the United States and international locations. Typical drawing types include initial design sketches, exterior and interior perspective renderings, site plans, floor plans, sections, elevations, and detail drawings and diagrams of specific building components. The material is available in the form of physical drawings, digital scans of original content, and computer generated renderings, with some material in the collection unique to either physical or digital formats.

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with Rachel Gibson by Kay Long & Caryll Batt Dziedziak, August 25, 1998

Date

1998-08-25

Description

Rachel Gibson was the granddaughter of Nevada pioneers. Her maternal grandparents, George Rammelkamp and Anna Dougherty, were among the earliest white residents of northern Nevada, settling first in Dayton and later Yerington. Her mother, Clara Angelina, and her two aunts, Elizabeth and Georgie, graduated from the University of Nevada at the turn of the century. Clara taught in Yerington for a number of years before marrying Chase Masterson, a dentist. Rachel was born in 1913 in Yerington. The eldest of three children, she continued the tradition of women’s learning and education that began with her mother’s generation. Her 1930 class was the first to graduate from Las Vegas High School, and soon after Rachel moved to California to attend college. Although her father had counseled her to study law, Rachel chose the field of economics. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and worked in San Francisco for one year before returning to complete

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