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Chip Johnson Collection of Hoover Dam Photographs
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The Chip Johnson Collection of Hoover Dam Photographs (approximately 1930-1936) consist of sixteen black-and-white photographs that depict the construction of Hoover Dam and the surrounding area. The photographs were taken by an unknown photographer.
Archival Collection
Earl Rockwell Papers
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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
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Medinah Temple event menu, March 28, 1885, Revere House
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Archival Collection
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Menu for the banquet to J. A. Enander by the Swedish Citizens of Jamestown, October 28, 1884, at Humphrey House
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Archival Collection
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New Year Eve, Pythian Club Masquerade event, menu, December 31, 1884, at Thornburgh House
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Archival Collection
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United States Hotel, lunch menu, Sunday
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Archival Collection
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The Arlington House, lunch menu, Sunday, August 19, 1883
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Archival Collection
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Invitation to a banquet and ball, Thursday evening, May 22, 1884, for the opening of the La Veta Hotel.
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Archival Collection
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Note: Invitation includes the schedule of events, costs, instruction for event and carriage ticket procurement Menu insert: Event programs Restaurant: La Veta Hotel Location: Gunnison, Colorado, United States
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Human Radiation Experiments Records
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The Human Radiation Experiments Records (1949-1995) contain reports from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE), and the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE). Also included are newspaper clippings, a court case brought by the National Association of Radiation Survivors (NARS), and cancer research papers. With the goal of building an atomic bomb using plutonium extracted from uranium, the material also examines the outcomes of radiation exposure done on humans during the late 1940s and early 1950s at the Oak Ridge Nuclear Facility in Tennessee.
Archival Collection
Rochelle Hornsby Papers
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Papers are comprised of newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera collected by Rochelle Hornsby about her life in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1970s and 1980s and her involvement with Temple Beth Sholom. The papers include information about Temple Beth Sholom productions and plays as well as Hornsby's involvement with local sport leagues.
Archival Collection