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Postcard of a Union Pacific Railroad train, during Hoover Dam construction, late 1920s - early 1930s
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Transcript of interview with Ralph Daly by Charles Malkowski, February 25, 1977
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Earl A. Evans by Lance Malone, March 15, 1981
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Archival Collection
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On March 15, 1981 Lance Malone interviewed Sears Roebuck Division Manager, Earl A. Evans, Jr., (born March 3rd, 1935 in Alhambra, California) in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers the history of Nevada and Mr. Evans’s life. During the interview, Mr. Evans discusses education, sports, employment, the weather and the railroad in Las Vegas. He also discusses transportation, recreation, community involvement, raising a family in Las Vegas, the development of Fremont and the Strip, and religious activities. Mr. Evans served as a Bishop for the LDS Church in Las Vegas and in regards to education, he served on the Clark County School Board.
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Letter from H. C. Nutt to San Pedro, Los Angeles, & Salt Lake Railroad employees, August 4, 1916
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Archival Collection
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Group of unidentified people at a Union Pacific Railroad at unknown location: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute
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Letter from William McDermott to C.O. Whittemore, November 29, 1902
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Archival Collection
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Unidentified man standing on railroad tracks: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Unidentified man standing on railroad tracks in the Mojave Desert. Several unidentified buildings are in the distance
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Jacqueline Abell oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Jackie Abell conducted by Robert Stuart on April 03, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Jackie Abell (b. 1924) discusses her experiences growing up in Virginia City, Reno, and Overton, Nevada. She specifically discusses her experiences growing up on a ranch, railroading, above ground atomic testing, flooding, and wild animals.
Archival Collection
Letter from W. R. Armstrong (Los Angeles) to E. E. Cunningham, August 17, 1928
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Archival Collection
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Logandale, Nevada lacked a water system and McNamee thought that if the railroad supplied Bishop Jones with water, others would expect the same.
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Celesta Lowe oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Celesta Lowe conducted by Patrick W. Canlton on February 06, 2002 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Lowe begins by discussing her early life in Baker, California and her father’s role as a station agent for the Tonopah Tidewater Railroad during the 1920s and 1930s. Lowe then describes her family moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1940s. Lowe chronicles the process state legislatures took to open Nevada Southern University in 1957 and her role as an administrative assistant in the main office of the school. Lowe recounts her career at Nevada Southern University, the expansion of the campus, and renaming it University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Lastly, Lowe talks about her switch from an administrative assistant to a librarian at UNLV.
Archival Collection