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Long, Walter V. (Walter Varah), 1899-1986
Walter Varah Long (1899-1986) was an educator in Southern Nevada for 48 years and was active in local, state, and national efforts to improve education. Long was born in Pioche, Lincoln County, Nevada on August 21, 1899. He was raised in the farming community of Panaca, Nevada and graduated from Lincoln County High School. After teaching in Panaca for two years, he furthered his education, ultimately earning his Bachelor of Science degree in School Administration from the University of Utah.
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Map showing automobile routes to Hoover Dam and vicinity, circa 1934
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, 1975-1979
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Emerson, David
David W. Emerson was born in Littleton, Massachusetts. His father, a mining engineer, moved the family to Mexico twice, once when he was one year old and again when he was seven. In 1938, his father retired to work on his apple orchard in
Littleton. Emerson helped with pruning, spraying and dusting for insects, and hauling apples to the cider mill.
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Jon E. Cobain Nevada Southern University graduation scrapbook
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Jon Eric Cobain's scrapbook with photographs, articles, and items from the June 3, 1964 first graduation of Nevada Southern University (later UNLV).
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Report about flood control in Virgin and Moapa Valleys
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Narrative that describes nineteen elements of the flood control program in the Virgin and Moapa Valleys.
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Biographical essay by Gary Sternberg, 2014
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Gary Sternberg grew up in Germany, witnessing anti-Semitic propaganda as early as age 7. He describes some of the experiences his father endured at a concentration camp, and his escape to China. He and his mother reunited with his father in Shanghai in 1940. They left Shanghai in 1948, eventually settling in Cleveland. He and his family came to Las Vegas in 1969.
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