From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Teachers and stduents posed in front of school. Inscription with image reads: "First Las Vegas School, southwest corner Second (Casino Center Blvd.) and Lewis Streets. Sept. 1905."
Scale [ca. 1:1,267,200. 1 in. to approx. 20 miles] (W 122°00--W 113°00/N 38°30--N 34°00) ; 1 map : col. ; 42 x 69 cm., folded to 22 x 12 cm ; Relief shown by hachures and spot heights ; From: The Death Valley Expedition. Part II. 1893. North American fauna, no. 7 ; "Routes of Dr. C. Hart Merriam" and "Distinctive routes of other members of the expedition" overprinted in color ; Map was compiled in 1892 ; "Map no. 1."--Upper right corner ; Government Printing Office
Oral history interview with Jerry Lockhart conducted by O’Sheyon Rollins on April 17, 2015 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Lockhart discusses his personal history and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965 after transferring to Nevada Southern University (now University of Nevada, Las Vegas). He talks of his impressions of the city at the time, his first accounting job at Southwest Gas Corporation, and his employment with the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) in the 1970s. Lockhart then recalls being the first African American Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Nevada in 1977 and being appointed to the Nevada Gaming Commission in 1983. Later, Lockhart discusses the process to qualify for employment as a CPA and owning a CPA firm in the 1980s. Lastly, he describes West Las Vegas businesses and shares his thoughts on the growth of the Westside.
Oral history interviews with Paul M. Lytle conducted by Dennis McBride on March 08, 1996 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. In the interview, Lytle discusses his birth in Salt Lake City, Utah, his early life in Overton, Nevada, moving around the Southwest United States, and returning to Overton in the early 1930s to work with the Civilian Conservation Corps. Subjects Lytle also talks about in the interview include road and campsite construction at the Valley of Fire State Park, stories about associates and relatives, and being enlisted as a male nurse with the United States Army during World War II. Lastly, Lytle talks about the construction of an exhibit building at Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) originally used as a headquarters for soldiers during World War II to protect the dam.