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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 4, 1984

Date

1984-10-04

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes with additional information about bylaws and memorandums. CSUN Session 14 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Letter from Calvin M. Cory (Las Vegas) to Edward C. Renwick, December 20, 1952

Date

1952-12-20

Archival Collection

Description

Cory expresses the legal opinion that in an artesian basin, if you have a water right then the point of diversion makes no difference.

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Photograph of pickers at work harvesting celery plants on the Iki Ranch near Logandale, Nevada, June 4, 1947

Date

1947-06-04

Description

Men harvesting celery on the Iki ranch near Logandale, Nevada.

Transcribed Notes: Bureau of Reclamation typed notes appended to back of photo: Boulder Canyon Project, Nevada Region 3 "Pickers" at work harvesting celery plants on the IKI Ranch near Logandale, Nevada. Raising celery plants is a relatively new type of irrigated specialty farming in southern Nevada. Water from the Muddy River is used to irrigate the fields. Twenty million celery plants were harvested from the 60 acres planted this season. The plants were shipped to the neighboring western states.

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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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Photograph of Ellis L. Armstrong and Art Linkletter at a Young Presidents' Organization party at Hoover Dam, March 9, 1971

Date

1971-03-09

Description

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

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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, from left to right, of Art Linkletter, Dick Woodward, and Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Ellis L. Armstrong, at a party held by the Young Presidents' Organization. The party for nearly 1,000 people was held on the roof of the powerhouse at Hoover Dam. The visitors, all wearing hard hats, were the first to use this setting.

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