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Aid for AIDS of Nevada 1999 AIDS Walk program

Date

1999-04-18

Description

From the Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada (MS-00802) -- Alphabetical research files -- AIDS: Organizations: Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN) file.

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San Francisco Call - Nevada Edition: newspaper issue

Date

1905-05-23

Archival Collection

Description

From the C. A. Earle Rinker Papers (MS-00514) -- Series III: Maps, newspapers, souvenirs, and ephemera -- Newspapers from Goldfield, Nevada and various locations.

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Southern Nevada NAMES Project information packet

Date

1990 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada (MS-00802) -- Alphabetical research files -- AIDS: Organizations: Names Project [AIDS quilt] file.

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Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada (HALVASON) Newsletters

Identifier

MS-00737

Abstract

The Humanist Organization of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada (HALVASON) collection contains newsletters from February 1998 to September 2008. Some years are missing issues. There is one folder of related newsletters.

Archival Collection

Nevada State Board of Education Questions for the Examination of Teachers

Identifier

MS-00036

Abstract

Nevada State Board of Education Questions for the Examination of Teachers (1894) consists of a single test booklet from the Nevada State Board of Education containing questions to test the knowledge of teachers. The test includes questions from subjects such as physiology, reading, orthography, geography, and United States history.

Archival Collection

"Rusty" Horgan, Pahrump, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1949

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.H. Miscellaneous. L. A. "Rusty" Horgan moved to Pahrump, Nevada after purchasing a large block of land on the west side of the valley for $5.00 per acre. He came from Randsburg, California, where he had worked most of his time as a miner. Rusty was an avid hunter, dog trainer, and a real character. He was 1/2-owner and builder of the H&H Bar, located on East Street. The bar later burned down in a mysterious fire. Rusty spent his final years chewing tobacco and watching ball games. 

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Education Records

Identifier

UA-00003

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Education Records (1956-2012) document the creation of the College of Education at Nevada Southern University (NSU) and later the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from approximately the mid-1950s through the 1970s. The records include faculty meeting minutes, bylaws, reports, and program information. The collection includes administrative records kept by former faculty member, Dr. John Dettre, that date from the 1970s through the 1980s detailing the establishment and growth of the College of Education at UNLV. Also included are photographs from the 1982 Lilly Fong Excellence in Student Teaching Awards and oral history interviews conducted by Jerry Landwer, Professor of Sports Education Leadership, of faculty members and administrators who helped establish UNLV in the 1950s and 1960s. Also included is a scrapbook of photographs documenting faculty, staff, and student assistants at various events held by the Department of Educational Psychology & Higher Education from the 1980s.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Candelaria, Nevada, 1876

Date

1876

Description

Black and white photograph of Candelaria.

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Families of a Sunday school in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1925

Description

From the Relda Whitney Leavitt Photograph Collection (PH-00162) -- Sunday school in Las Vegas, 1925. Photo taken on steps of the court house. Families of: Nathan and Rose Abbott; Isabel and Stowell Whitney; Lucy and Calvin Barnum; Liza and Wallace Jones; Louisa and Ira Earl; Wasden Family; Lucille and Marion Earl; Minnie Nay and girls; Mirandy Craven and daughters; Mina Stewart and Gelen; Kathryn Deverell; Lee Waite; Sumner Stewart and Family; Anna Bunker, Wendell Bunker, Vernon Bunker; Phyliss Henderickson; Louise Craw Sell; J. M. Dotson Family; Mrs. Orr and sons.

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Aid for AIDS of Nevada AIDS Walk business card

Date

2009-04-20

Description

From the Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada (MS-00802) -- Alphabetical research files -- AIDS: Organizations: Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN) file.

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