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Slide of Nevada Highway, Boulder City, Nevada, May 6, 1932

Date

1932-05-06

Description

Black and white image of the Nevada Highway in Boulder City, as seen from the Administration Building.

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Nevada - Nevada - Nevada: parts and score, approximately 1950 to 1967

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Russ Morgan Music Manuscripts
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Collection Number: MS-00944
Collection Name: Russ Morgan Music Manuscripts
Box/Folder: Box 192

Archival Component

Miss Nevada U. S. A. Pageant Programs

Identifier

MS-00256

Abstract

The Miss Nevada U.S.A. Pageant Programs contain souvenir programs from the Miss Nevada U.S.A. Pageants held at the Holiday Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1981 to 1985. These programs showcase the pageant contestants and feature advertisements from event sponsors. The collection also contains one souvenir program from the Miss Nevada Teen U.S.A. Pageant held in 1985.

Archival Collection

Photograph of equipment at Nevada Test Site in Nevada, Circa 1960

Date

1960

Description

Oversize black and white image of the interior at the Nevada Test Site, where some of the equipment is held.

Image

Crowd of protesters at Nevada Test Site, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1987-04

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Demonstration at Nevada Test Site.

Image

Women's Research Institute of Nevada Records

Identifier

UA-00071

Abstract

The Women's Research Institute of Nevada Records (1997-2017) document the establishment and activities of the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The majority of the collection represents research files, correspondence, and other working files kept by Joanne Goodwin, professor of history at UNLV and executive director of WRIN from 1999 to 2017. Materials include information about the creation of WRIN as well as its partnership with the National Education for Women's Leadership program to create NEW Leadership Nevada. Digital files in this collection include WRIN and NEW Leadership event photographs and administrative files used for WRIN operations. Digital files also include copies of annual reports and WRIN newsletters. Also included is a copy of Looking Back at Nevada Women, a documentary hosted by Goodwin. The records provide information on the creation of WRIN and the activities, events, and day to day operations of the institute including information on obtaining and maintaining funding for a research institute.

Archival Collection

Aerial photograph of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, November, 1967

Date

1967-11

Description

Aerial view of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, November, 1967.

Image

Nevada Biltmore Hotel Collection

Identifier

MS-00479

Abstract

The collection dates from 1942 to 1986 and contains a scrapbook and other materials related to the Nevada Biltmore built by Robert Brooks in Las Vegas, Nevada. The scrapbook includes photographs of the resort and newspaper clippings. It also contains some materials from the Seven Seas restaurant owned by Brooks in Hollywood, California. The collection includes newspaper clippings related to Las Vegas gaming and politics, some photographs of Bob Brooks and his wife Jewel at social events in Las Vegas, and a Biltmore menu and stationary.

Archival Collection

Collection on Repeal of Nevada's Anti-Sodomy Law

Identifier

MS-00726

Abstract

The collection on Repeal of Nevada's Anti-Sodomy Law (1899-1993), was compiled during the Nevada State Legislature's debate on whether to repeal Nevada's anti-sodomy law in 1993. The bulk of the records are photocopied, Nevada State Prison Records for the twenty-five individuals prosecuted for sodomy between 1899 and 1953. Incuded with these records is an inventory. Other photocopied records include: Senate Bill 466 Legislative History Sodomy Law Repeal, 1993; LH-93-1 S.B. 466 of the 67th Session of the Nevada Legislation SEXUAL CONDUCT, 1993 and a number of affidavits from medical practitioners and religious leaders. Included with the affidavits is an inventory.

Archival Collection