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Magazine Las Vegas, volume 6, number 7

Date

1955-07

Description

What's Doing in Las Vegas. A magazine about life, art, entertainment and popular culture in Las Vegas. The mid-century diverse Las Vegas community and prominent Vegas entertainers are vividly featured in various articles and photographs. The magazine contains numerous print advertisements of local businesses and organizations.

Mixed Content

Magazine Las Vegas, volume 4, number 7

Date

1953-07

Description

What's Doing in Las Vegas. A magazine about life, art, entertainment and popular culture in Las Vegas. The mid-century diverse Las Vegas community and prominent Vegas entertainers are vividly featured in various articles and photographs. The magazine contains numerous print advertisements of local businesses and organizations.

Mixed Content

Magazine Las Vegas, volume 5, number 7

Date

1954-07

Description

What's Doing in Las Vegas. A magazine about life, art, entertainment and popular culture in Las Vegas. The mid-century diverse Las Vegas community and prominent Vegas entertainers are vividly featured in various articles and photographs. The magazine contains numerous print advertisements of local businesses and organizations.

Mixed Content

Follow Me to Las Vegas Magazine

Date

1967-07

Description

Follow Me to Las Vegas, a magazine about art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. Entertainers and actors are featured in various articles and photographs. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations.

Mixed Content

Nevada Southern University classroom and physical education building: architectural drawings

Date

1959-07-15
1959-09-14

Archival Collection

Description

From JMA Architecture Studio Records (MS-00783) -- Architectural drawings file.

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Richard and Sheilagh Brooks Papers

Identifier

MS-00885

Abstract

The Richard and Sheilagh Brooks Papers (1919-2003) are comprised of materials collected during their tenure as professors of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Included are correspondence, research papers, photographs, reports, books, article reviews, and student scholarship. There is also a file on reburial issues that contains correspondence and an amendment to Nevada State law regarding the handling of exhumed bodies.

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records

Identifier

MS-00292

Abstract

The Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records primarily document the activities of three Southern Nevada chapters of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution from 1950 to 2024. The materials center around the records of three chapters from Southern Nevada: Old Spanish Trail, Francisco Garces, and Valley of Fire. Materials include administrative records, scrapbooks, photographs, news clippings, and correspondence about the activities of the Daughters of the American Revolution chapters. Mateirals also include some records and scrapbooks from the Nevada State Society of DAR.

Archival Collection

Slide of the construction phase of Hoover Dam, November 18, 1931

Date

1931-11-18

Description

Black and white image of the construction phase of the Boulder Canyon Project, also known as Hoover Dam. This image features the first round of drilling to enlarge the upper portal of diversion tunnel No. 2. The welded steel "Jumbo Rig" mounted on the truck has 25 air drills on it. The swing shift crew standing next to the rig prepare for work. Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

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Photograph of Hoover Dam powerhouse during a Young Presidents' Organization party, March 9, 1971

Date

1971-03-09

Description

Black and white image of the Hoover Dam powerhouse. The Young Presidents' Organization arranged a party for nearly 1,000 people that was held on the powerhouse roof of Hoover Dam. The visitors, all wearing hard hats, were the first to use this setting. Tables, chairs, barbeque pits, a bandstand, and dance floor are visible on the powerhouse roof.

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Photograph of a party held by the Young Presidents' Organization at Hoover Dam, March 9, 1971

Date

1971-03-09

Description

Black and white image of the Young Presidents' Organization Convention Chairman, Dick Woodward (left), and Hoover Dam Project Manager, Frank Lord, greeting Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner, Ellis L. Armstrong, upon his arrival to a celebration held by the Young Presidents' Organization at the Hoover Dam powerhouse. The party for nearly 1,000 people was held on the roof. The visitors, all wearing hard hats, were the first to use this setting.

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