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Nevada Library Notes

Date

1960 to 1961

Description

Nevada Library Notes, Vol. 7 issued by the Nevada State Library. Materials about the news of library activities and articles for publication by Nevada librarians. 

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Nevada Library Notes

Date

1961 to 1962

Description

Nevada Library Notes, Vol. 8 issued by the Nevada State Library. Materials about the news of library activities and articles for publication by Nevada librarians. 

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Nevada Library Notes

Date

1968 to 1969

Description

Nevada Library Notes, Vol. 5-6 issued by the Nevada State Library. Materials about the news of library activities and articles for publication by Nevada librarians. It also contains the Nevada Library Association directory from 1967 to 1969. 

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Nevada Library Notes

Date

1951 to 1958

Description

Nevada Library Notes, Vol. 1-4 issued by the Nevada State Library. Materials about the news of library activities and articles for publication by Nevada librarians. 

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Nevada Library Notes

Date

1958 to 1960

Description

Nevada Library Notes, Vol. 5-6 issued by the Nevada State Library. Materials about the news of library activities and articles for publication by Nevada librarians. 

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Nevada Library Notes

Date

1972 to 1973

Description

Nevada Library Notes, Vol. 9-10 issued by the Nevada State Library. Materials about the news of library activities and articles for publication by Nevada librarians. It also contains the Nevada Library Association directory issue from 1971 to 1973.

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Map showing right of way of toll road constructed by Nevada Rapid Transit Co. in Lincoln County (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Scale [ca. 126,720]. 1 in.=2 miles 1 map : blueline print ; 49 x 74 cmScale [ca. 126,720]. 1 in.=2 miles ; 1 map : blueline print ; 49 x 74 cm ; Shows right of way of what now is Interstate 95 through what is now Clark County, Nevada ; "Aug. 10, 1905." ; "Adopted as toll road of Nevada Rapid Transit Company at meeting of Board of Directors of said company Aug. 25, 1905. Attest Wh. Comstock, secretary, J. Ross Clark, president." ; "Book I, page 3"--Lower right corner of map ; "[Illegible] recording [illegible] J. Ross Clark September 1st. A.D. 1905 at 40 [illegible] 8 A in book of platts [illegible] Henry Lee [illegible]"--Upper right portion of map

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Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining

Identifier

MS-00570

Abstract

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

Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

The view of the small town of Searchlight, Nevada. Formed in 1897, Searchlight is an old boomtown that was made popular when George Frederick Colton discovered gold at the location where the town is now built. Unnamed buildings cluster together in the center of the postcard while rocky terrain decorated with small shrubs and mines surround the city's outskirts. Transcribed onto the bottom of the postcard: "Searchlight, Nevada; Duplex Mine In Foreground." The Frasher's Foto logo is also printed onto the bottom right corner.

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