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Business and Professional Women gathering, image 004

Date

1960 to 1965

Description

Help Us Write History responses to article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on April 1, 1984 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. As stated, 13 callers identified the man in the middle of the photo as Senator Carl Hayden of Arizona. The women remained unidentified. The callers' names and numbers are listed in order of call, as well as information they know about the people in the photograph.

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Photograph of Howard family women, circa 1906

Date

1905 to 1907

Description

A group photo of Howard family women. Handwritten description provided on stock card: "L-R: 1) Jessie Pearl Howard Johnson Manor; 2) Nancy Howard Copley; 3) Ollie Howard Lohr; 4) Mary Josephine (Baxter) Howard (seated). Photo probably taken in Oregon, ca. 1906." Additional information handwritten on a separate piece of paper: "1) Jessie Pearl Howard Johnson Manor; 2) Nancy Howard Copley (center standing); 3) Ollie Howard Lohr; 4) Mary Josephine (Baxter) Howard, seated. Aunt Nancy was about 5'7", very tall in our family. Grandmother Mary Josephine was only 4'10" and my mother Jessie Pearl was barely 5' tall. Aunt Ollie was about 5'2". Probably had Jessie and Ollie on boxes. Photo probably taken in Oregon. Jessie probably 14 or 15 when photo taken because family left Ore. when she was about 16 yrs. old. Mother born 1892 so picture ca 1906."

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Unidentified women dancing at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Women dancing in Sunset Park.

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Photograph of women posing outside house, Pioche (Nev.), 1875-1893

Date

1875 to 1893

Description

Four unidentified women stand in front of a house. They all are wearing jackets or sweaters and boots.

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Photograph of women on the lake, Boulder City (Nev.), 1943

Date

1943

Description

Five women sit on the back of a boat, crusing across Lake Mead. From left to right, they were identified as: 1. Maida Lee, 2. Lorna (Jollei) Kesterson, 3. Betty Gilmore Nickell, 4. Betty Ferguson, 5. Kelly Ward. The photographer was Bill Russell, who worked for the Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada. This shot was taken as a Lake Mead publicity photo.

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Series 3. Women's Correctional Facility, 1970-2001

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The Womens Correctional Facility papers (1970-2001) contains material documenting Florence McClure’s work on behalf of the women’s correctional facility that was constructed in North Las Vegas. It includes materials about the Southern Nevada Womens Correctional Facility (SNWCF) including correspondence, bids and proposals, and other site selection documents relating to the construction of the facility. The series also contains more general information on corrections and the rights of victims. Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports and studies and drafts of Nevada legislation on corrections issues.

Archival Collection

Florence McClure Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00477
Collection Name: Florence McClure Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of women posing on cottage steps, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of women posing on cottage steps, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of women sitting on the porch of house, Pioche (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of women sitting on the porch of house, Pioche (Nev.), 1900-1925

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Green Valley Women's Club, 1999

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs Records
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Collection Number: MS-00266
Collection Name: Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs Records
Box/Folder: Box 05

Archival Component

Conference "Women's Summit 1998", 1998

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Nevada Women's History Project Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00406
Collection Name: Nevada Women's History Project Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component