The Staley Family Photograph Collection on Beatty, Nevada is comprised of photographs of Beatty, Nevada from approximately 1938 to 1944. Photographs depict the Staley family, their family home, and the family-run El Portal Motel in Beatty.
The MGM Grand Hotel Fire Photographs (1980) is comprised of twenty-eight photographic prints of the MGM Grand Hotel fire, which occurred on November 21, 1980. Photographs show the hotel-casino on fire as well as the resulting damages to the property. The photographs were taken by the Tracinda Corporation which was MGM Grand Hotel owner Kirk Kerkorian's investment holding company.
The Bob Paluzzi Panoramic Photographs (1978-2005) contain the work of photographer Robert "Bob" Paluzzi. Paluzzi began documenting local events and locations in Las Vegas, Nevada during the mid-1970s and continued photographing locations across the United States and internationally until 2005. The collection contains original photographic negatives (black-and-white and color) and photographic prints that depict sporting events and places throughout Las Vegas and the surrounding region. Additional locations include cities across the United States, and international locations including Paris, France; Brussels, Belgium; and London, England. A number of the images are from major sporting events that took place outside Las Vegas, such as Super Bowls XIV to XXXIX and Major League Baseball World Series games.
The Cheryl Leonard Collection of Helldorado Parade Photographs (1955-1956) is comprised of black and white photographs of Helldorado Parade floats on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The parade is part of the Helldorado Days, an annual festival sponsored by the Elks Lodge No. 1468.
The Eric A. Jamieson Photographs contain photographic slides of the Western United States' Intermountain region from 1955 to 1983. The bulk of the images are of the region's physical and urban landscapes and include Las Vegas, Nevada, the Las Vegas Strip and Fremont Street, Nevada mining towns, Red Rock Canyon, Mount Charleston, Valley of Fire, Lake Mead, and Death Valley.
The Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection contains color photographs featuring or pertaining to Sister Rosemary Lynch participating in nuclear weapons protests at the Nevada Test Site and in international locations (approximately 1980-2002).
The Art Rader Photograph Collection on Nevada Railroads depicts railroads, mills, and depots in Nevada and Southern California from 1905 to approximately 1975. The photographs primarily depict the remnants of the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, the Pacific Coast Borax Company, and obsolete tracks, buildings, mills, and boxcars from the early-twentieth century. The photographs also depict depots and railroad intersections in Death Valley Junction, California and Crucere, California, and the photographs include the Union Pacific Railroad's tracks that were once part of the Salt Lake Railroad.
The Lewis E. Tullis Photograph Collection is comprised of six photographic reprints, five with captions from Lewis Tullis, that depict emergency response vehicles at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1970 to 1984.
The Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (1950-1983) contains photographic prints, negatives, and one slide featuring Senator Howard Cannon at various political and publicity events with military personnel, political colleagues, and constituents primarily in the state of Nevada. Other photographs feature Cannon at political and publicity events outside of Nevada including California, New York, Florida, Oregon, and Washington, D.C.
The Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographs of locations on or near the Nevada Test Site (NTS) from 1963 to 1965 as documented by the Nevada Test Site News from 1963 to 1981. The collection includes photographs of Cat Canyon, Native American artifacts, cabins formerly occupied by prospectors and miners, caves, the town of Rhyolite, Nevada, buildings for the set of the film The Reward, Wahmonie Mining District, and White Rock Spring.