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Slide of Valley of Fire, Nevada, circa 1960s - 1970s
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Home Means Nevada: Folklife in the Silver State oral history interviews
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The interviews in this original radio series were produced by the Folk Arts Program of the Nevada Arts Council (then Nevada State Council on the Arts) in 1986, in partnership with KUNR (Reno), KNPR (Las Vegas) and KOLO (Reno), and with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the State of Nevada. Scripting, editing, photography, and production were by folklorist Blanton Owen. Narration was by Deb Spring, KOLO Radio (Reno). The series consists of thirteen short segments documenting aspects of the traditional life and crafts of Nevada residents. A supplemental printed program provides additional information about each interviewee.
Archival Collection
Charter Hospital of Las Vegas, Nevada Records on Problem Gambling
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The Charter Hospital of Las Vegas, Nevada Records on Problem Gambling are comprised of various professional papers, reports, articles, and documents related to compulsive gambling and pathological gambling dating from 1968 to 1987. The focus of the records is compulsive gambling, therapy and treatments, and Gambler's Anonymous. Many of the papers included are copies of articles and conference papers about problem gaming.
Archival Collection
Southern Nevada Photo Album, image 104
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Aerial photograph of Pioche, Nevada, circa 1880s
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UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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The UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (2016-2020) are comprised of digital photographs captured as part of the Special Collections and Archives Building Las Vegas project. Digital photographs shot in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, include color images of street scenes, neighborhoods, developments, land use, housing, flood control, parks, traffic patterns, and parts of the tourism corridor including casinos and hotels.
Archival Collection
Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of the Nevada-Goldfield Mill operations, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920
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Archival Collection
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Signs at Nevada Test Site: photographic slide
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Archival Collection
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Signs read: "NOTICE VEHICLES TRANSPORTING EXPLOSIVES STOP 1000 FT. AHEAD TELEPHONE FOR INSTRUCTIONS" and "UNAUTHORIZED EXPLOSIVES PROHIBITED ON THE NEVADA TEST SITE"
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Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining
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The Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining (1904-1925) are comprised of various records from the mining companies owned and operated by businessmen Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill who were active in the central Nevada boomtowns of Goldfield and Tonopah in the early twentieth century. Documents include correspondence, receipts and invoices, detailed records and copies of government legislative bills relating to the mining industry, and other business correspondence. Sprague's collection consists of his mining business correspondence dating from 1906 to 1925. Gill's papers are comprised of his business correspondence from 1916 to 1922.
Archival Collection