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Round Mountain looking east toward Mount Jefferson: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Many of the cabins on the hill belong to old bachelors.
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Horsedrawn hay wagon and workers on Kelsay Ranch: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). A horsedrawn hay wagon and workers on Kelsay Ranch, north-central Nye County, Nevada. Fulton Little Kelsay is believed to be the man standing holding a pitchfork dressed in bib overalls. Photograph is taken prior to 1923.
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Aerial view of Cathedral Canyon: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.D. Wiley Family. An aerial view of Cathedral Canyon, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, showing the parking lot and suspension bridge. The walls are about 30 feet high and a Recirculation waterfall has been constructed at the head of the canyon. The canyon is lighted at night.
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Bob Ruud and his youngest son, Robin, in front of Frank Woner's house: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.B. Ruud Family. The house (at right) is made of railroad ties. The fish were probably caught below Hoover Dam on the Colorado River.
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Propaganda art depicting Jesus Christ in mushroom cloud: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The art reads, "L'Atomica: Ultima Croce Dell'uomo. Our nuclear ar preparations are the global crucifixtion of Jesus - Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen. Comiso, Venerdí Santo 1983. Centro interconfessionale per la pace - Roma."
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Child protestor holding sign at Lenten Desert Experience protest at Nevada Test Site: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Sign reads: "ASK YOUR KIDS ABOUT NUCLEAR!".
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Women's Council Records
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Records are comprised of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Women’s Council memoranda, communications, newspaper clippings, and planning documents from 1993 to 2012. The collection includes information primarily about the Committee for an Inclusive and Just University (CIJU). The CIJU materials include planning documents for multiple surveys including: campus climate surveys, status of women, campus culture, and campus environment.
Archival Collection
Millicent Rosen oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Millicent Rosen conducted by Barbara Tabach on June 23, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Rosen discusses her dad, Benjamin Siegel, who was one of the original builders of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino. She also talks about growing up in New York, Beverly Hills, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Donnie Pomeray oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Donnie Pomeray conducted by an unspecified individual in approximately 2006 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Pomeray reflects upon his upbringing in Blue Diamond, Nevada. He discusses where he grew up, his leisure activities, and community life.
Archival Collection
John C. Olsen Photograph Collection
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The John C. Olsen Photograph Collection, approximately 1950 to 1969, consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives. Images depict scenes from the annual Helldorado Celebration in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Shriners’ Parade in downtown Las Vegas, various hotels along the Las Vegas Strip, the Last Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, natural landscapes at Mount Charleston and Rhyolite, Nevada, Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, Twin Lakes, and petroglyphs in Valley of Fire Nevada State Park.
Archival Collection