Search Results
Photograph of Boyd and Prell, image 002
Date
Description
Image
Moapa River Indian School Annual Report, 1912
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Department of the Interior, United States Indian Service 1912 annual report of the conditions on the Moapa River Reservation School. Section I includes reservation law and order. Section II includes reservation health.
Text
Campbell Family Photograph Collection
Identifier
Abstract
The Campbell Family Photograph Collection is comprised of nine black-and-white photographic reprints of Pioche, Nevada and two photographic reprints of Dr. Linwood Campbell, taken from approximately 1895 to 1929 and reprinted between approximately 1950 and 1969.
Archival Collection
Nevada State Board of Education Questions for the Examination of Teachers
Identifier
Abstract
Nevada State Board of Education Questions for the Examination of Teachers (1894) consists of a single test booklet from the Nevada State Board of Education containing questions to test the knowledge of teachers. The test includes questions from subjects such as physiology, reading, orthography, geography, and United States history.
Archival Collection
Jack Weinstein and Polly Weinstein interview, April 12, 2018: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Tower of Jewels is one of those iconic Las Vegas businesses that continues to thrive. At the time of this interview, Jack Weinstein is in his nineties and “retired.” With him is his daughter Polly Weinstein, who in addition to being involved in the business management has her own custom designed jewelry line, aptly named The Jeweler’s Daughter. As the youngest of six children born to Jewish Russian immigrants Joseph and Pauline (Polly is named for her grandmother), Jack was raised in a dangerous neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. His youthful enterprise included collaborating and then splitting up with his brothers in a jewelry business, before eventually moving west to Los Angles in the early 1960s. On his own, Jack became a wholesale salesperson representing lines of watches to other businesses. Included in his list of clients was Al Sanford’s Tower of Jewels in Las Vegas. The two became friends and Al suggested setting up a partnership between Al’s son and Jack in 1964. Eventually
Text
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Theta Theta Omega Chapter (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Corporate Body Alternate Name
Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated (AKA), is one of the oldest Black sororities in the United States, and was
founded on January 15, 1908 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. AKA is an international service
organization that comprises nearly 300,000 members in over 1,000 graduate and undergraduate chapters
worldwide.
Theta Theta Omega originally started in 1962 when six members of AKA sought to create a graduate
chapter in Las Vegas, Nevada. AKA recruited members by posting notices throughout the Clark County
Corporate Body
Tom Hawley Papers
Identifier
Abstract
The Tom Hawley Papers (approximately 1955-2019) contain the personal papers of Las Vegas, Nevada based traffic and transportation reporter, Tom Hawley. The collection primarily includes physical and digital materials that represent Hawley's interests in Las Vegas history; transportation issues in the Las Vegas Valley, including the Las Vegas Monorail and Resort Corridor Project; and his work as a traffic and transportation reporter for KSNV Channel 3. Materials from KSNV include video clips and transcripts of
Archival Collection
Ham Family Photograph Collection
Identifier
Abstract
The Ham Family Photograph Collection contains five photographic albums primarily featuring images of the Ham family's travels throughout the western United States and Artemus W. Ham Jr. and Betty Ham Dokter during their childhood between approximately 1900-1949. Also included is one photograph used as a Christmas greeting for the Ham family from 1981. The photographs feature locations including Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah; Grand Canyon, Arizona; and Yosemite National Park, California. The collection also contains photographs of the Ham family at Mormon sites throughout Utah. Lastly, there are postcards and photographs of locations throughout the United States, Germany, and Japan.
Archival Collection