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Nevada Library Notes

Date

1964 to 1967

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. It also contains minutes of the 18th annual convention. 

Text

Newspaper, Nevada State Journal June 2, 1918

Date

1918-06-02

Description

Articles demonstrate attitudes and activities of women during World War including home economics, fashion, want ads. "Hooverized" recipes Herbert Hoover head of Amercan Food Administration encouraged Americans to voluntarily reduce food consumption to avoid rationing. Michelin Man

Text

W. I. Booth and A. Allen Photograph Album of Goldfield, Nevada

Identifier

PH-00355

Abstract

The W. I. Booth and A. Allen Photograph Album of Goldfield, Nevada (approx. 1900-1910) contains forty-five black-and-white photographs taken by photographers W. I. Booth and A. Allen. The images depict the Goldfield, Nevada townsite; mines, miners, camps, and equipment; horses pulling freight and carriages across the desert; and topographical features of Goldfield and outlying areas. The photographs document the mining boom in the Goldfield area during the early 20th century.

Archival Collection

Daily Mail "Large Scale Military Map of Franco-Belgian Theatre of War", no. 3. London: George Philip & Son, Ltd., approximately 1900 to 1909

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
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Collection Number: MS-01144
Collection Name: Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
Box/Folder: Box 21

Archival Component

Lincoln County land patents for the Kiel Ranch property and the marriage contract between M. Sermon and E. Kiel (all documents are photocopies originals dating to late 1800s), 1884-1900

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Kiel Ranch Preservation Committee Records
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Collection Number: MS-00650
Collection Name: Kiel Ranch Preservation Committee Records
Box/Folder: Box 05

Archival Component

Hazel and Floyd Denton's daughter, Betty Jeanne Denton, at one and a half years old sitting in studio set for her portrait: photographic print, approximately 1900-1965

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Hazel Baker Denton Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00312
Collection Name: Hazel Baker Denton Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02

Archival Component

Map of Las Vegas and vicinity, Clark County, Nevada, November 1952

Date

1952-11

Description

'Copyright 1950. 3rd issue, November 1952.'

Image

Surficial geologic map of the Specter Range NW quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, 1989

Date

1989

Description

58 x 47 cm., on sheet 74 x 81 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. "Geology mapped in 1984-85." Includes text, bibliography, and location maps. "Prepared in cooperation with the U. S. Deparment of Energy." "Base from U. S. Geological Survey, 1961. Photorevised 1983. 10,0000-foot grid ticks based on Nevada coordinate system, central zone. 1000-meter Universal Transverse Mercator grid ticks, zone 11, shown in blue." Original publisher: U. S. Geological Survey, Series: Miscellaneous investigations series map I, Scale: 1:24 000.

Image

William V. Wright Collection of Nevada Postcards

Identifier

PH-00094

Abstract

The William V. Wright Collection of Nevada Postcards contains picture postcards of towns and buildings in Nevada from 1900 to 1975. The postcards primarily depict casinos, hotels, and other attractions in Las Vegas, Nevada and Reno, Nevada. The postcards also depict post offices, landscapes, mines, and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam.

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Educators Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00185

Abstract

The Southern Nevada Educators Photograph Collection consists of reproduction black-and-white photographic prints and negatives that Donna Andress compiled. The majority of the images are portraits of educators in Southern Nevada, primarily educators who have schools in Clark County, Nevada named after them. Other portraits depict prominent Las Vegas citizens, including Leva and William Beckley.

Archival Collection