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Correspondence, Thomas Toland to Levi Syphus

Date

1917-05-08

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1917-05-05

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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William Hillman Shockley Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00241

Abstract

The William Hillman Shockley Photograph Collection (1875-1925, 1951) contains black-and-white photographs documenting mining operations at the Mount Diablo Mine and Millworks in Candelaria, Nevada. It also includes photographs of nearby operations including the Northern Belle Mine and the Princess Mill. The collection contains photographs of Shockley, his son, William Bradford Shockley, as an infant, as well as images of Shockley’s brothers, Walter A. Shockley and George Shockley.

Archival Collection

Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1917-05-17

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Sidney R. Whitmore Photograph Album

Identifier

PH-00219

Abstract

The Sidney R. Whitmore Photograph Album contains photographs dating from approximately 1920 that document the Colorado River and mining in El Dorado Canyon, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Postcard of mining boom on Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904

Date

1904

Description

Stagecoaches and miners hustle down MainStreet in booming Goldfield, Nevada in front of the Hotel Esmeralda. Type at the bottom says: "When Goldfield was envy of mining world." Inscription on the back reads: "Goldfield, Nev., about 1904, looking north on Main St., with Columbia Mt. looming in the background. Peak boom population was 30,000, with fabulous gold strikes yielding $120,000,000." Print from Edwin Scofield Giles' collection

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Robbins Family Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00132

Abstract

The Robbins Family Photograph Collection is comprised of eighteen black-and-white photographic reprints and five postcards that depict the Robbins family in Goodsprings and Searchlight, Nevada from approximately 1907 to 1977.

Archival Collection

Reed Phelps oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01478

Abstract

Oral history interview with Reed Phelps conducted by Kim Geary on November 02, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Phelps discusses his career working on the railroads in Nevada and California before moving to Blue Diamond, Nevada to work as a miner. Phelps describes life as a miner in Blue Diamond and the town's history. Phelps also discusses changes that occurred in the town after the Flintkote Company took over the mining operation.

Archival Collection

Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1917-05-20

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Mallory H. Ferrell Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00305

Abstract

The Mallory H. Ferrell Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-1935) is comprised of nine black-and-white photographic prints depicting railroads, locomotives, and mines in Tonopah, Nevada and Tecopa, California.

Archival Collection