Color image of people involved with the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing. One is carrying a wooden cross.
Color image of protesters posing near a wooden cross. They are part of the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing.
The Lois Sagel Papers on Nevada Wilderness Preservation (1989-1995) consist of the papers of Lois Sagel, an environmentalist and advocate for the preservation of Nevada’s wilderness. The collection primarily documents the campaigns surrounding the efforts to expand Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (1994) as well as to designate the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (1993). Additionally, it contains information on minor land exchanges and the Question 5/S.B. 189 bond issue to fund state parks (considered in 1989 and 1990). Most of the collection is comprised of newspaper clippings, correspondence, memoranda, photographs, and photo slides.
The University of Las Vegas, Nevada School of Allied Health Sciences Records (approximately 1980-1989) are primarily comprised of the rough drafts of a Radiologic Technology textbook created by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Allied Health. The collection contains four different rough draft versions of the textbook. The collection also includes copies of self-evaluation reports, memoranda on the nursing program, and information on the health sciences disciplines at UNLV.
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.