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Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad car: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The railroad car says, "TONOPAH & TIDEWATER". It also says, "BAGGAGE U.S. MAIL 99", and "RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY".
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Interview with Erik Thompson, March 4, 2006
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Archival Collection
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North side of Judge William Gray's home, Main Street, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. Fred Davies, Grace Mitchell, two unidentified women, and Judge William B. Gray (identified from left to right).
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Water tank behind the Davies home on Main Street: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The water tank was a part of the old Revert water system in town and provided water to the homes in the vicinity of the Davies' residence.
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Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining
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The Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining (approximately 1900-1955) document Brooks' time working in the mining and railroad industries in central and southern Nevada, as well as in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Brooks worked as a mining engineer and executive in many Nevada mining districts, including Goldfield, Tonopah, Bullfrog, Rawhide, Chloride, Beatty, Wonder, and Searchlight. The collection consists of photographs, photograph albums, ledgers and mining certificates, correspondence, and publications that all relate to mining. Notable figures mentioned in material throughout the collection include George Nixon, George Wingfield, William MacMaster, and James Butler.
Archival Collection
Dr. Sylvia J. Springer oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dr. Sylvia J. Springer conducted by Sharon Beatty and Bernard Chamberlain on July 23, 2001 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Dr. Springer reflects upon her 20 years as an administrator in Nevada’s Clark County School District (CCSD) from the 1980s to the time of the interview. She compares working with CCSD to working in Colorado, and describes the different priorities in each school district. She describes her personal approach to school administration, her regular responsibilities, and challenges that she faced as principal. She also comments on different management styles, and provides her opinion on management issues within CCSD.
Archival Collection
Postcard of men watching train, Tonopah, circa 1930s
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Archival Collection
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