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Interview with Wayne Albert Violette, January 12, 2005

Date

2005-01-12

Description

Narrator affiliation: Nuclear diagnostic technician, Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier (EG & G)

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County agent project report, Erosion-flood control, April 1938

Date

1938-04

Description

Summary of situation, goals, duties of cooperating agencies, and procedures regarding the effort to prevent flooding and erosion threatening properties and silting Lake Mead. Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, University of Nevada Agricultural Extension Division and United States Department of Agricultural Cooperating. Project Number: State Office #172, Clark County #12.

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Congregation Ner Tamid Records

Identifier

MS-00812

Abstract

The Congregation Ner Tamid Records are comprised of annual reports, congregation bulletins, booklets, and digital and physical photographs documenting the history of Southern Nevada synagogue, Congregation Ner Tamid (CNT) from approximately 1974 to 2018. The collection includes two digital videos of CNT's final service at their Emerson Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada location before moving to Valle Verde Drive in Henderson, Nevada. The collection contains a digital copy of a CNT scrapbook from 1974 to 1978 and recordings of original music used for CNT's services in 2016. The collection includes annual reports that highlight the synagogue's annual finances and major activities throughout the year and CNT's community newsletters.

Archival Collection

C. Vern Olmstead Professional Papers

Identifier

MS-00008

Abstract

The C. Vern Olmstead Professional Papers (1940-1975) contain materials related to Olmstead’s work as a prominent meat industry executive. The collection pertains to the preparation, cutting, storage, marketing, and distribution of meats including beef, pork, and poultry. Materials include reports, correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographic prints and slides, and publications regarding topics relevant to the handling and sale of meat in the United States and Canada.

Archival Collection

Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Collection

Identifier

MS-00339

Abstract

The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Collection (1951-1977) contains publicity books, scrapbooks, community service records, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and newsletters pertaining primarily to the Fred S. Pennington post no. 1753 Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Las Vegas, Nevada and the associated local chapter of the American War Mothers organization. The Ladies Auxiliary and the American War Mothers are non-profit organizations that assist in providing support and services to veterans and active service members. This material was formerly known as the Luanna Mitchell Collection.

Archival Collection

Elizabeth Harrington Collection of Essays

Identifier

MS-00220

Abstract

This collection contains the original drafts of the thirteen essays that Elizabeth Harrington wrote about her life in early Las Vegas, Nevada. These articles were written from her memory and experiences of life in Las Vegas beginning in the early 1900s, and were published in the Nevadan section of the Las Vegas Review-Journal from 1975-1979.

Archival Collection

Ronnow Family Photographs

Identifier

PH-00036

Abstract

The Ronnow Family Photographs contain four black-and-white photographic prints of the Ronnow family in Southern Nevada from approximately 1870 to 1950. Also included is one large oversized black-and-white photographic print of the Old Rotary Club with C. C. Ronnow present.

Archival Collection

Interview with Raymond Chester Harbert, February 18, 2005

Date

2005-02-18

Description

Narrator affiliation: Resident Engineer, Holmes and Narver; Program Manager, Plowshare

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 24, 2003

Date

2003-01-24

Description

Includes meeting minutes. CSUN Executive Board Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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