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Fort Mojave Indian School Records
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The Fort Mojave Indian School Records (1890-1923) consist of correspondence, finance and administrative records, pump station blueprints, and policy implementation and fact finding records. The school served the Hualapai and Mojave Indians at a site near present-day Kingman, Arizona. The information is contained in two bound volumes.
Archival Collection
Nevada State Board of Education Questions for the Examination of Teachers
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Nevada State Board of Education Questions for the Examination of Teachers (1894) consists of a single test booklet from the Nevada State Board of Education containing questions to test the knowledge of teachers. The test includes questions from subjects such as physiology, reading, orthography, geography, and United States history.
Archival Collection
George W. Arnold Letter
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The George W. Arnold Letter is dated to 1870 and contains a handwritten letter from Arnold to his uncle Gideon. The letter is a brief account of Arnold's life as a miner in Pioche, Nevada. The collection also contains a typed transcript of the letter's content.
Archival Collection
Poll Tax Receipt for Esmeralda County, Nevada
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The Poll Tax Receipt for Esmeralda County, Nevada is dated 1915 and consists of one poll tax receipt from Esmeralda County, Nevada. The receipt was issued to Oscar Enonin.
Archival Collection
V. Hagemann Letter
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The V. Hagemann Letter is a letter written by V. Hagemann to J.H.B. Harris, Esquire in 1883. The letter informs Harris of his personal and business affairs in San Francisco, and he advises Harris about living in Silver Peak, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Essays on the Nevada MX Missile Project
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Essays on the Nevada MX Missile Project collection is dated to 1980 and is comprised of essays by various authors predicting the damage the MX Missile Project, a plan for a new intercontinental ballistic missile system, could do to Nevada. The majority of the essays were published in the book
Archival Collection
Charles Kielhofer Letter
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The Charles Kielhofer Letter collection consists of a single photocopy of a letter written by Charles Kielhofer on January 31, 1958 to the Las Vegas, Nevada Review-Journal newspaper to inform them that they credited the wrong person with the establishment of Bullfrog Mine in one of their articles.
Archival Collection
First Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Records
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The First Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Records (1934-1976) contain photographic copies of correspondence, sermons, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the establishment and early years of the church.
Archival Collection
Las Vegas Thoroughbred Racing Association Stock Certificates
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The Las Vegas Thoroughbred Racing Association Stock Certificates (1951) consist of Las Vegas Thoroughbred Racing Association (LVTRA) shareholder stock certificates and associated correspondence. The stock certificates certify that Miguel G. Jimenez in Los Angeles, California and Vilhelm V. Christensen of Lynwood, California own shares of LVTRA. The LVTRA, organized in 1950 to build a racetrack in Las Vegas, Nevada, was financially unsuccessful and became the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
Archival Collection
Ernest Clary Papers on Basic Magnesium, Inc. Engineering Plans
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The Ernest Clary Papers on Basic Magnesium, Inc. Engineering Plans (1941-1944) contain an essay written by Clary formalizing the engineering process in building Basic Magnesium, Inc. (BMI). Also included are maps of the area around the plant and site maps of the main BMI structures.
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