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Las Vegas Astronomical Society Records

Identifier

MS-00480

Abstract

The Las Vegas Astronomical Society Records (1981-2003) focus on the early history of the Society. The collection contains membership information, descriptions of the organization's founding by both its first director and first president, a copy of the Society's newsletter from 2003, and color slides from 1981 and 1982 that document the Society's early activities.

Archival Collection

Governor Robert List and Edith Barcus at the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society at Lorenzi Park, 1982 October 30

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Sun Photographs

Archival Component

Photograph of Sun Society officers, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Group of women stand stand with Gragsons (#s 5 & 6) to celebrate the "Installation of Officers for the Sun Society." All of the women wear dresses. "Installation of Officers"" Sun Society.

Image

Exterior view of a historic buildings in Trona, California,: photographic print

Date

1954

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

Image

Las Vegas Numismatic Society Records

Identifier

MS-00278

Abstract

Las Vegas Numismatic Society Records (1963-1974) consist of receipts, membership lists, deposit slips, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and memos. Also included are brochures, newsletters, and postcards from the Sahara Hotel where the Society's first conference was held in 1963. There is a Guide to Personnel and a Service Directory from the Clark County, Nevada School District. Publications from the Nevada Test Site (NTS), Reynolds Electric ad Engineering Company (REECo), and Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc. (EGG) contain references to the donor, Carl G. Taylor.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Sun Society members, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Sun Society members take a photo at a meeting together. None of the people are identified. Inscription with the image reads: "well attended"

Image

Las Vegas Jazz Society Records

Identifier

MS-01039

Abstract

The Las Vegas Jazz Society Records (approximately 1975-2003) are comprised of organizational records including meeting agendas, minutes, and membership statistics of the Las Vegas Jazz Society (LVJS). Included in the collection are issues of the LVJS's newsletter Jazz Notes, promotional materials, blank membership applications, correspondence, information on other regional jazz societies, and photographic prints depicting various events and festivals. A portion of this collection documents LVJS's involvement in saving the KUNV 91.5 FM radio station.

Archival Collection

D Street near the historic Westside school, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-10-26

Description

An entrance marker on D Street near Washington Avenue welcomes drivers to the historic West Las Vegas neighborhood near the Westside School.

Image

Goldfield historical marker: photographic slide, 1971

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Nan Doughty Photograph Collection

Archival Component

"Historic photographs" videotapes, approximately 1998 to 2002

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Patchin Pictures Videotapes

Archival Component