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Photograph of the Rhyolite Station, Nevada, circa 1920s

Date

1920 to 1929

Description

The Rhyolite Station after Rhyolite, Nevada became a ghost town.

Image

Slide of Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1907-1930

Date

1907 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

View of Searchlight, Nevada, in the early part of the 20th-century.

Image

WM-11 Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) State of Nevada, 1977-1986

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The WM-11 Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) State of Nevada series (1977-1986) contains technical reports, meeting agendas and minutes, Department of Energy (DOE) research briefings, and correspondence. The collection includes materials related to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and DOE pre-licensing activities regarding disposal of high-level nuclear waste in accordance with the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and NRC reviews of site-by-site implementation of the DOE’s programs in accordance with the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978. Materials also include NRC and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) correspondence regarding high-level waste standards, NRC topical reports reviews and related correspondence, and correspondence from citizens and non-government organizations pertaining to the above topics. See the LPDR User’s Guide available in Series I for a more detailed explanation on how to find documents.

Archival Collection

Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00091
Collection Name: Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Letter and envelope from John M. Bunker, Eldorado Canyon, Nevada to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Date

1891-06-27

Archival Collection

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.

Text

Nevada Statehood Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamps and Coin

Identifier

MS-00409

Abstract

The Nevada Statehood Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamps and Coin collection contains one sheet of the 1964 Nevada Statehood Centennial Stamp, printed from plate number 27798, and one proof copy of the 1964 Nevada Centennial Medallion.

Archival Collection

Photograph of a young woman being coached at the Nevada Special Olympics, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, May 3, 1976

Date

1976-05-03

Description

A coach talks with a young woman in a wheelchair at the Nevada Special Olympics, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)

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Slide of Echo Dam, Nevada, June 1970

Date

1970-06

Description

A view of Echo Dam site above Dry Valley in Nevada.

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Photograph of Lamont Downs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 1992

Date

1992-05

Description

Cataloging Department staff member Lamont Downs at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Libraries.

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Slide of four protesters near the Nevada Test Site, 1984

Date

1984

Description

Color image of activists who were part of the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing.

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Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada

Identifier

MS-00802

Abstract

This collection is comprised of research files dating from approximately 1980 to 2021 created by Boulder City Nevadan, Dennis McBride, primarily in support of his book, Out of the Neon Closet: A History of Gay Las Vegas on the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, gay, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community in Southern Nevada. Materials in this collection also include ephemera and clippings documenting LGBTQ establishments and organizations in Las Vegas, biographies of individuals, and other issues pertinent to the LGBTQ community. This collection also includes some materials about the LGBTQ community and their issues in Northern Nevada. The collection represents McBride's overall efforts to document and preserve the history of the LGBTQ community in Nevada.

Archival Collection