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Southern Nevada Home Builders Association Records

Identifier

MS-00894

Abstract

The Southern Nevada Home Builders Association (SNHBA) records represent the residential construction industry organization's activities from 1974 to 2015. The collection is primarily comprised of copies of SNHBA's newsletter, The Silver Spike, member directories, and event working files and photographs. The collection also includes working files for the awards presented by SNHBA to local home builders on excellence and design in home building: the Homer Awards and Silver Nugget Awards. Working files of SNHBA staff are also found in this collection for committee work, event planning, legislative issues, correspondence, and membership files.

Archival Collection

Film transparency of Blanche Zucker and others at an event at the Mesquite Club of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

Blanche Zucker (at far left) with others at an event at the Mesquite Club of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of Eileen B. Brookman, Nevada, 1978

Date

1978

Description

Former Nevada Assemblywoman Eileen B. Brookman.

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Panorama of Beatty, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1987

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family

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Panorama of Beatty, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1987

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family

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Royal Nevada Hotel Crown Room menu

Date

1950 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

Note: No date on menu Restaurant: Royal Nevada Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Text

Letter (no envelope) from John M. Bunker, Bunkerville, Nevada to Mary E Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Date

1894-07-15

Archival Collection

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.

Text

Negative: Irrigation reservoir on old Turner Ranch, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1905

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). The reservoir was fed by an artesian well located to the left of the photograph. The well was 500 feet deep, and flows 90 gallons a minute without pumping.

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Jarbidge, Nevada Community Archives Collection

Identifier

MS-01122

Abstract

The Jarbidge, Nevada Community Archives Collection contains scanned images from seven archival collections and document the community of Jarbidge, Nevada from approximately 1910 to 2006. The materials were collected from various families living in Jarbidge in 2006 as part of a project led by Carrie Townley Porter. The images depict early Jarbidge structures, surrounding landscape, the Elkoro Mine, and residents of the area. Also included are images of certificates, correspondence, and newspaper articles relating to the families' histories. Also included in the collection are written summaries of ten oral history interviews of Jarbidge residents conducted in 2006. This collection contains digital surrogates only; the owners and Jarbidge Community Archives retain the originals.

Archival Collection

Film transparency of Hotel Nevada, Las Vegas, 1930-1931

Date

1930 to 1931

Description

An exterior view of the Hotel Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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