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League of Women Voters of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada Records

Identifier

MS-00024

Abstract

The League of Women Voters of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (LWVLVV) Records (1957-2021) contain meeting minutes, financial reports, correspondence, audiovisual material, photographs, and newsletters. Also included are materials on political issues, school integration, and environmental pollution issues in Southern Nevada.

Archival Collection

Color view of the Bank of Nevada building.

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

Arrangement note: Series V. Glass slidesSite name: Bank of Nevada (building) (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Sheilagh Brooks Collection on Nevada Historical Sites and Museums

Identifier

MS-00280

Abstract

The Sheilagh Brooks Collection on Nevada Historical Sites and Museums dates from 1977 to 1983. It contains materials including budgets, planning proposals, agenda, and minutes related to the Nevada State Museum, including proposals to build a state museum in Southern Nevada. The collection also contains National Register of Historic Places nomination forms for sites throughout Nevada.

Archival Collection

Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort and Casino in Laughlin, Nevada: postcard

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1990 (year approximate)

Description

From the Harvey's Hotel and Casino Postcard Collection (PH-00367) -- Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort and Casino in Laughlin, Nevada. Inscription with image says, "Drive in.. Fly in... Boat in... (or as the fisherman are doing... troll in!) Here is your "in" place to enjoy the friendliest casino in Nevada. Here you will find it all and really have a ball."

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

Date

1891-04-12

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Photograph of Don Schuyler, Sr. and his dog, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1915

Date

1915

Description

Donald Richard Schuyler, Sr. and his dog in Las Vegas, probably between 10 and 12 years of age. An early Las Vegas home, possibly on Bridger Avenue.

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Photograph of farmland on the T & T Ranch, Nevada, circa 1953

Date

1953 (year approximate)

Description

Men irrigating new alfalfa on the T & T Ranch in the Amargosa Valley.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Irrigating land newly planted in alfalfa, T & T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, about 1952 or 1954. Gordon Bettles is pictured with the shovel. The child pictured in the foreground is a niece of Bob Fishel and Betty Lou Kemp, daughter of M.P. Gless' Glessner. Note the profile of the sleeping old man silhouetted along the crest of the Funeral Mountains."

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Topographic map of groundwater in the southeast quadrangle of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1980

Date

1980

Description

'Las Vegas Area Map 3Af.' 'Prepared in cooperation with U.S. Geological Survey.' 'Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Carson City, Nevada.' 'Topographic base from U.S. Geological Survey, Las Vegas SE 7 1/2 quadrangle, 1967.' Scale 1:24,000 (W 115°07'30"--W 115°00'00"/N 36°07'30"--N 36°00'00"). Series: Las vegas area map ; 3Af. Urban area maps. Las Vegas area map ; 3Af. Relief shown by contour lines and spot heights. Title in margins of map: Las Vegas SE quad. : ground water. Title on publications list on Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology website: Groundwater map of the Las Vegas SE quadrangle. Series: Urban area maps [Las Vegas area map] from publications list on Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology website. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 15, 1973

Date

1973-11-15

Description

Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate. CSUN Session 2 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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