Advertising for Jesus' Adventure Zone adorns a wall along F Street near the intersection with Jackson Avenue in the West Las Vegas neighborhood. Revitalization efforts include restoring the Historic Westside School and lining D Street with trees in an effort to bring business and residents back to the neighborhood.
The collection contains materials (1967-1991) collected by Sheilagh Brooks predominantly during her time serving on various boards and committees under the Nevada Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Materials include agendas, meeting minutes, correspondence, administrative reports, policies, budget plans, grant applications and guidelines for various federal and state departments. The collection also contains the applications of Nevada sites for the National Register of Historic Places.
The Ladies Society of Brotherhood of Firemen and Locomotive Engineers at the first Helldorado in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, the women pictured are identified as: 1) Hazel Gibbons; 2) Lela Healy (Deamer); 3) Elizabeth Bailey (Lee); 4) Louella McEvoy; 5) Francis Ullom; 6) Rose Ullom; 7) Dorothy Porter; 8) Florence Gallagher (Simms); 9) Mrs. Walter Homan; 10) Frances Ruth Craner; 11) Maranda Craner; 12) Leona May; 13) Josephine Johnson; 14) Evelyn Rhoads (Wilson); 15) Gertrude Rhoads; and 16) Ethel Smith.
The Sheilagh Brooks Collection on Nevada Historical Sites and Museums dates from 1977 to 1983. It contains materials including budgets, planning proposals, agenda, and minutes related to the Nevada State Museum, including proposals to build a state museum in Southern Nevada. The collection also contains National Register of Historic Places nomination forms for sites throughout Nevada.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Library Society Board, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Front row, L-R: Helen Mortenson, Nevada Assembly member Renee Diamond, UNLV English professor Patricia Geuder. Second row, L-R: unidentified woman, UNLV Libraries employee Marta Sorkin, Blanche Zucker (in yellow dress). Third row, L-R: Shirley Hurt, UNLV librarian Mary Harrison, Susan Jarvis (director of the UNLV Gaming Resource Center), Dr. Robert "Bob" Boord (UNLV College of Education), UNLV librarian Jim McPhee. They are in the Administration conference room of the James Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.