The first commencement for Nevada Southern University (NSU). Pictured here include Governor Grant Sawyer; Dr. William Carlson, first dean of Nevada Southern; and Jon Cobain, President of the Class of 1964. Handwritten description provided on back of image: "N.S. 1st Commencement 6/3/64. Governer Sawyer congratulating William D. Carson, first dean and administrative head of Nevada Southern, upon being presented a plague of appreciation from the Class of 1964. Jon Cobain, President of the Class of 1964 on the right." Group Creators credit goes to Photo/Rama.

Description provided with image: "Mrs. Michael Silvagni, grand regent of Catholic Daughters of America, left, presents on behalf of Court Ave. Maria to Harold H.J. Erickson, director of NSU Library, right, a Catholic encyclopedia. The NSU Newman Club members present from left, Dave Chovanak, vice president; Frank Joy, president; Sandi Rydzewski, Dale Horn and Grace Pary; rear, Greg Chernik, Margaret Cantwell, Jack Plappert and Kay Tram."

From left to right: Colonel James Isbell (AAC, United States Air Force), Colonel A. W. Brownfield, (LADD, AFB), Burton Cohen, H. Lounsberry (The Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska), Paul Haggland ( Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska), And Judge J. L. McCarrey (4th Judicial Division Judge in Alaska) at the Garden Room restaurant inside the Sands hotel.

Guests at the Sands Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right: Herb Nunez, Buck Harris (Sands Casino Executive), Harry Goodheart ( Sands Casino Manager), and Richard Danner. Nunez received a Longevity of Service Award from Danner (General manager of the Sands Hotel) circa mid 1950's to early 1960s.

An artist's rendering of Boulder Canyon. Text on front of postcard: "Hoover Dam site, Boulder Canyon, looking downstream." Text on back of postcard: "Work is rapidly progressing on the new Hoover Dam, thirty miles southeast of Las Vegas. This tremendous project will cost the government in excess of $165, 000, 000.00 and will take about eight years to complete. The dam site is where the river disappears in the center of the picture. Arizona is on the left, Nevada on the right. Within a decade, the parched desert lands to the north will be washed by the waters of the largest man-made lake in the Western Hemisphere, impounded by the Hoover Dam, the greatest structure since Cheops."

Color image (from left to right) of Sister Rosemary Lynch, Sister Klaryta Antoszewska, and Christine Buismato during a Franciscan weekend of peaceful demonstrations against nuclear testing.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the first stage of the $81 million Southern Nevada Water Project, September 7, 1968. It was opened by Regional Director A.B. West of the Bureau of Reclamation's Region 3. U. S. Senator Alan Bible, far left, delivered the principal address and set off the explosion at the inlet portal of River Mountains Tunnel. Second from left is Asst. Commissioner of Reclamation N.B. Bennett, Jr., who emceed the program.