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Map of Bureau of Reclamation Region III, August 1, 1945

Date

1945-08-01

Description

31 x 40 cm. "8-1-45. Ness." and "116951" in lower right corner. Shows reclamation projects in operation, under construction, authorized and under study in Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and California. "Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation" in upper left corner. Original Publisher: Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.

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Photograph showing an aerial view of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge casting a shadow over the face of Hoover Dam, Nevada-Arizona border, January 14, 2011

Date

2011-01-14

Archival Collection

Description

Photographer's notes: "A late afternoon shadow reveals the connection between the bridge and dam. Note: This was one of the last photographs from the bridge project. When I headed back to the airport, the project's photography was complete." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

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Finder, Esther Toporek, 1953-

Esther Toporek Finder was the president and founder of Generations of the Shoah – Nevada (GS-N), an organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada for the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. GS-N's mission is to support local Holocaust survivors and educate community members about the Holocaust and its legacy.

Person

Aizley, Sari, 1934-2017

Sari Aizley was born January 10, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where she was in a Jewish minority. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada as a single mother who worked for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where she also earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees. Aizley worked for the Jewish Family Services, American Civil Liberties Union, sold advertising for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and starting the memorable CLASS! Newspaper with her son, David Phillips, and her husband Paul. For 16 years, CLASS!

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Mathematical Sciences Department Records

Identifier

UA-00020

Abstract

Records are comprised of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Mathematical Sciences Department graduate student essays from 2007 to 2010. The essays were compiled for a work called, "A History of the Mathematical Sciences Department." The essays cover multiple topics ranging from classes taught to the percentage of women professors in the department.

Archival Collection

Map showing improvements made to the Las Vegas Valley Water District and vicinity, circa 1950

Date

1946 to 1954

Description

Relief shown by contour lines. Includes inset map showing the location of the Las Vegas Valley Water District Project. In lower left corner: 'Cole...O.' Boundary of Las Vegas Valley Water District marked in dark blue. Scale [ca. 1:126,720. 1 in. to approx. 2 miles

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Cost estimate of a five room railroad employee's cottage at Las Vegas (Nev.), July 1,1909

Date

1909-07-01

Archival Collection

Description

Typed, itemized estimate of costs for a five room cottage to be built within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. Document includes item description, material cost, labor cost and total costs for construction and freight. The railroad cottages were built by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company for employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad between 1909 and 1911.

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