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Heating plans for Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad hotel and passenger station, Caliente, Nevada: architectural drawing

Date

1922-02-25

Archival Collection

Description

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

Date

1926-06
1927-01
1929-04

Archival Collection

Description

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

Date

1926-06
1927-01
1929-04

Archival Collection

Description

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

Date

1922-10-30

Archival Collection

Description

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

Date

1985 (year approximate)

Description

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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Robert Worts Photographs

Identifier

PH-00007

Abstract

The Robert Worts Photographs depict the Corn Creek Ranch in Nevada from 1936 to 1939. Located northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, Corn Creek Ranch was home to writer George F. Worts in the late 1930s. Materials in the collection include photographs of Worts, buildings on Corn Creek Ranch, and a camp on Mount Charleston.

Archival Collection

Alan Cummings Research Files

Identifier

MS-01038

Abstract

The Alan Cummings Research Files (1974-2004) are comprised of research files compiled by Cummings, an elementary school teacher for the Clark County School District (CCSD) in Southern Nevada. The files represent Cummings's work to persuade the Teacher's Health Trust, the employee benefit plan for the school district, to consider domestic partnership benefits for CCSD educators and administrators. Materials include personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazines, and court cases.

Archival Collection

Bob Fisher oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02221

Abstract

Oral history interview with Robert Fisher conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 08, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Fisher discusses his childhood in Minnesota, and the large role Judaism played in his upbringing. He speaks at length about his involvement with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism over the years, including as regional director of the United Synagogue Youth Far West Region, which took him from Minnesota to California. He talks about his time in Los Angeles, California, and later, about his life in Las Vegas, Nevada, including his broadcasting career as well as involvement with Midbar Kodesh Temple.

Archival Collection

Willis Clark Evans oral history interview

Identifier

OH-04003

Abstract

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