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Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s
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Don Ashbaugh Papers on Nevada Ghost Towns
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The Don Ashbaugh Papers (1950-1960) document Las Vegas history, Nevada history, and ghost towns. The collection is comprised of the working manuscript of Don Ashbaugh's book, Nevada's Turbulent Yesterday: A Study in Ghost Towns. The collection also contains typescript drafts, newspaper clippings, and a geographical index of Nevada ghost towns.
Archival Collection
Nevada Legislature in Carson City, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Nevada Desert Experience sign: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Governor Mike O'Callaghan signing bill establishing four-year nursing program at UNLV; also shows Dorothy Button, Ruth Flanigan, Jo Albaugh, Senator Norman Hilbrecht, and Elizabeth Hilbrecht, 1971
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Nursing Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Epilogue: Nevada Southern University Yearbook, 1964
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Yearbook main highlights: schools and departments; detailed lists with names and headshots of faculty, administration and students; variety of photos from activities, festivals, campus life, and buildings; campus organizations such as sororities, fraternities and councils; beauty contest winners; college sports and featured athletes; and printed advertisements of local businesses; Institution name: Nevada Southern University, Las Vegas, NV
Mixed Content
William McLeod interview, March 16, 1978: transcript
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Archival Collection
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On March 16, 1978, Valerie McLeod interviewed her father William Lee McLeod (b. January 31st, 1937 in Los Angeles, California) about his life in Las Vegas, Nevada. McLeod begins by speaking about his career as a contractor, the growth of Las Vegas and the city’s population. Moreover, he speaks about recreational activities such as riding motorcycles and exploring mines around Nevada. McLeod also spends time going over Indian reservations around Nevada and neighboring states, the Lost City in Nevada, boomtowns and ghost towns. Lastly, McLeod talks about the history of water and springs in the state of Nevada, what he would consider to be the Old Ranch and the stagecoaches that passed through Gold Point, Nevada.
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WVNS (West Valley Nuclear Services Company) 2000. West Valley Demonstration Project, Site Environmental Report, Calendar Year 1999. West Valley, New York: West Valley Nuclear Services Company, 2000
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 45
Archival Component
Map showing general geology and areas of artesian flow of the Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Indian Spring Valleys, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada, 1946
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no. 6. Originally published as plate 1 in Ground water in Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Indian Spring Valleys, Nevada : a summary / G. B. Maxey and T. W. Robinson, prepared in cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, and published as no. 6 of the Water resources bulletin.
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