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Heating plans for Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad hotel and passenger station, Caliente, Nevada: architectural drawing
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Archival Collection
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From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). Scales are noted on drawing. The bottom corner says, "Heating Plans. Union Pacific System. L.A. & S.L.R.R. Co. Hotel and Passenger Station for Caliente, Nevada. John Parkinson & Donald B. Parkinson Architects. 420 Title Insurance Bldg., Los Angeles. Cal. Date 2-25-22. Job 162. Sheet 81."
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Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad standard eight room reinforced concrete bunk house: architectural drawing
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Archival Collection
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From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). The bottom corner says, "Union Pacific System, L.A. & S.L.R.R. Standard Eight Room Reinforced Concrete Bunk House. Locations East Of Caliente. Ass't. Chief Engineers Office Los Angeles. Drawn By F.W.G. Traced By F.W.G. Checked By W.V.L-B. Date June. 1926. Scales As Noted. Revised Jan. 1927. April 1929. Drawing. No. 15634-A-."
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Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad standard eight room reinforced concrete bunk house: architectural drawing
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Archival Collection
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From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). The drawing shows elevations and sections of the bunk house. The bottom corner says, "Union Pacific System, L.A. & S.L.R.R. Standard Eight Room Reinforced Concrete Bunk House, Locations East Of Caliente. Ass't. Chief Engineers Office, Los Angeles. Drawn By F.W.G. Traced By F.W.G. Checked By W.V.L-B. Date June 1926. Scales As Noted. Revised Jan. 1927. April 1929. Drawing. No. 15634-B-."
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Proposed changes to present Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad frame depot, Caliente, Nevada: architectural drawing
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Archival Collection
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From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). The drawing shows the First and Second Floor Plans. The bottom corner says, "Union Pacific System L.A. & S.L.R.R. Proposed Changes To Present Frame Depot At Caliente, Nevada. Asst. Chief Engineer's Office, Los Angeles. Scale 1/4" = 1'0." E.C.B. Oct 30 1922. S118-A."
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Family at a gathering in recognition of Rene Zaval's 25 years of service at Carver's Station: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Left to right: Gary Carver, Jean Carver Duhme; behind Jean Carver Duhme is her husband R.M. Duhme, Bertie Carver, Roger Berg, Ann Berg, Irene “Rene” Rogers Berg Zaval, Bobby Berg, Kenny Berg, at a gathering in recognition of Rene Zaval’s 25 years of service at Carver’s Station.
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Willis Clark Evans oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Willis Clark Evans conducted by Bernard Timberg on February 5, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Evans discusses his father, Native American archaeologist Willis Lyman Evans, his mother, Jessie Dave Evans, his uncle, Henry "Hank" Dave as he recounts his upbringing and family history. He shares memories of family trips around the United States, hunting trips, learning traditional crafts from his father, finding artifacts, and visiting Richard "Chick" Perkins at the Lost City Museum. He also recounts stories about his mother and her Shoshone family, including stories about his uncle's experiences as a ranch worker in Northern Nevada.
Archival Collection
Jinetta Daniels oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Jinetta Daniels conducted by Rani Dunn on November 30, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Daniels talks about her upbringing in Mississippi and traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada by bus in 1962. She continues discussing her work as a maid at the Dunes Hotel, her membership in the Victory Baptist Church, and comments on various church and community leaders in the Westside. She also mentions her concerns about the closure of F Street in 2008 and her hopes for the revitalization of the Westside community.
Archival Collection
Janet MacEachern Papers
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The Janet MacEachern Papers (1960-1988) consist of programs, correspondence, financial reports, rosters, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs relating to her work on various Las Vegas, Nevada, Boulder City, Nevada, and State legislative and political advisory boards.
Archival Collection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Office of Media Relations Records
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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Office of Media Relations Records (1969-2003) primarily contain copies of UNLV faculty, staff, and alumni newsletters including
Archival Collection
Esther Langston oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Esther Langston conducted by Claytee D. White on February 22, 2005 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. In this interview, Langston provides an overview of her early life and career in social work. She describes how the women in her family are positive and empowering role models. Langston moves on to explain how she become a social worker over a period of many years. She states that a job experience that helped her gain the qualifications of a social worker was working as an office manager at the Nevada Test Site. She also mentions how she has had to work with conflicts such as racial inequalities.
Archival Collection