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Minutes from Temple Beth Sholom Board of Directors meetings, May 1974 - May 1975

Date

1974 to 1975

Archival Collection

Description

The meeting minutes of the board of directors of Temple Beth Sholom include the proceedings of meetings held from 1973 to 1974.

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Film transparency of the Clark County Court House, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931

Date

1931

Description

The Clark County Court House, Las Vegas, NV. 1931. Jobless men are waiting under the trees for work on the Boulder Canyon Project.

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Film transparency of a woman and two children camped in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931

Date

1931

Description

A woman and two children camped in Las Vegas, Nevada where her husband hopes to find work on the Boulder Canyon Project, 1931.

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Trumbo and engineer installing the new dial telephone system: photographic print

Date

1959-03-06

Description

Historic Events in Henderson's History. Herschel Trumbo and installing engineer shown at the power panel of the new dial telephone system in Henderson, Nevada. (Apr. 1, 1954)

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Holocaust Education Committee letters and meeting minutes, document 12

Description

Holocaust Education Committee meeting minutes on June 05, 1980.

Photographs of donations to Special Collections, Las Vegas, July, 12, 1977

Date

1977-07-12

Description

An American Association of University Women (A.A.U.W.) deposit of oral history tapes to Special Collections. From left to right, the women pictured include Connie Degernes, Helen Littleton, Marilyn Swanson, and Susan Anderl.

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Junior League of Las Vegas Records

Identifier

MS-00179

Abstract

The Junior League of Las Vegas Records (1940-2023) contain annual reports, fundraising information, training manuals, articles, minutes, photographs, scrapbooks, cookbooks, and other operational and working files that document the activities of the Junior League of Las Vegas (JLLV). Also included is documentation for advocacy projects the JLLV was involved with, such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), Safe Haven, the Ronald McDonald House, Read Aloud, and Literature Awareness Program for Children. Other records in this collection document JLLV's fundraising efforts such as the Repeat Boutique, Holiday Coffees, annual benefits, luncheons, and sales of their cookbooks. Also included are scrapbooks and issues of their newsletter The Sage.

Archival Collection

Earl Rockwell Papers

Identifier

MS-00145

Abstract

The Earl Rockwell Papers (1852-1978) consists of newspaper clippings, diaries, books, correspondence, and ephemera related to Las Vegas, Nevada pioneer Earl Rockwell. The collection documents Rockwell’s life in Las Vegas and Elmira, New York and also contains seven nineteenth-century diaries that belonged to Rockwell’s grandmother, Amanda Brees.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Hoover Dam construction, circa late 1920s to early 1930s

Date

1930 to 1935

Description

Description provided on front of image: "Gravel grading plant, Hoover Dam Project, Oakes."

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