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Review of Das Indienbild deutscher Dichter um 1900-Dauthendey, Bonsels, Mauthner, Gjellerup, Hermann Keyserling und Stefan Zeig— Ein Kapital deutsch-indischer Geistesbeziehungen im frühen 20. Jahrhundrert, by Vridhagiri Ganeshan. Monatschefte, vol. 70, (1978): 94-96, 1978
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Faculty Publications
Box/Folder: Box 06
Archival Component
Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining
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The Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining (1904-1925) are comprised of various records from the mining companies owned and operated by businessmen Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill who were active in the central Nevada boomtowns of Goldfield and Tonopah in the early twentieth century. Documents include correspondence, receipts and invoices, detailed records and copies of government legislative bills relating to the mining industry, and other business correspondence. Sprague's collection consists of his mining business correspondence dating from 1906 to 1925. Gill's papers are comprised of his business correspondence from 1916 to 1922.
Archival Collection
Unidentified mill area: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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T-Shirt Color: White; Front: Millville Fire Dept. Firefighters 30 MFD Firefighters 30 MFD, Two Fire Patches; Back: Millville Fire Dept. 1795 Mason 1925 Phobe Engine 30 Station 30 Serving The Community Since 1880, Fire Station Three Fire Engines; Handwritten Text: Always Ready Always Willing Always Able Ever Faithful To Our Calling Station 30 Millville NJ RT, approximately 2001-2012
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 440
Archival Component
George Mortimer Photograph Album of Searchlight, Nevada
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Archival Collection
Description
The George Mortimer Photograph Album of Searchlight, Nevada dates between approximately 1900 and 1910, and contains black-and-white photographic prints illustrating various scenes and individuals in Searchlight, Nevada. Some images are captioned with initials or brief names.
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Rex Bell with unidentified man: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute. Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam) with an unidentified man in an unknown location. Stamped on back: "Las Vegas News Bureau, Las Vegas, Nev. - P.O. Box 28, Photographers Don English, Joe Buck, Jerry Abbott, Milt Palmer."
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Lincoln Davis, Chicago; R. J. Shoemaker, Rochester, New York; and J. R. Hubbard a mining engineer, Nevada (identified from left to right). Mohawk Ledge Mining Company, Goldfield, Nevada. Inscription reads "I worked for Davis & Shoemaker in office and later at mine after panic hit. This was last work in Goldfield. Shoemaker formerly owned and operated a correspondence school at Rochester, New York": photographic print, approximately 1900-1915
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Photograph Collection of Goldfield, Nevada
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-066 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Ray, Clarence, 1900-1993
Clarence Ray was born February 28, 1900 in Fresno, California. Ray first visited Las Vegas in 1922, came to stay in 1925, and has lived there for most of the time since then.
Person
William McLeod interview, March 16, 1978: transcript
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Archival Collection
Description
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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