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Two unidentified women standing next to the "Pioneer Women of Nevada" poster at the Nevada Women's Conference, 1977

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Jean Ford Photograph Collection

Archival Component

Photograph of two Anglo women and three Indian women, possibly Pahrump, Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s

Date

1900 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

Two Anglo women and three Indian women. The Indian women are seated on wicker chairs. The Indian woman at left turned away from the camera; second Indian woman in center, back row, hides her face with her arm. The photograph was possibly taken at Manse Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. A Post-it note identifies the Indian woman in front, right, as "probably Maude Yount." This is a different woman from the Maude Yount identified on photo Image ID:0096 0020.

Image

Women of Diversity publications

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Women of Diversity Productions, Inc. Records

Archival Component

Nevada Empowered Women's Project Records

Identifier

MS-00517

Abstract

The Nevada Empowered Women's Project (NEW Project) Records (1996-2001) consists of brochures, newsclippings, federal and state agency reports, and manuals about poverty and welfare rights pertaining to the activism of the NEW Project, headquartered in Reno, Nevada. The material chronicles the battles over welfare reform in the 1990s and also includes the full agenda and report for the 1999 Welfare Reform Conference held in Washington, D.C.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Donn Arden with women, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Donn Arden surrounded by nine unidentified women.

Image

Photograph of women, circa early 1900s

Date

1905 to 1930

Description

A group photograph of women. Three of them are identified as Ethel, Beula, Marguerite.

Image

Pioneer Women of Nevada poster displayed at the Nevada Women's Conference: photographic print

Date

1977

Archival Collection

Description

From the Jean Ford Photograph Collection (PH-00295)

Image

Women of Diversity and Women's World Peace memorandum of understanding, 2004

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Women of Diversity Productions, Inc. Records

Archival Component

Las Vegas Women in Construction Collection

Identifier

MS-00500

Abstract

The Las Vegas Women in Construction Collection (1962-1963) consists of a scrapbook compiled by Joyce McMinn Beckett, president of the Las Vegas, Nevada Chapter of The National Association of Women in Construction. The scrapbook contains meeting programs, sign-in sheets, clippings, newsletters, and several photographs from the 1962 Las Vegas, Nevada meeting of Women in Construction (WIC) at the Dunes Hotel.

Archival Collection

Nevada women and women's organizations awards and recognition, 2002 to 2008

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Women of Diversity Productions, Inc. Records

Archival Component