Search Results
Audio recording clip of interview with Sarann Knight Preddy by Claytee D. White, June 5, 1997
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Sarann Knight Preddy conducted by Claytee D. White on June 5, 1997. Preddy recalls her pleasant residence in Hawthorne, the opening of the Moulin Rouge, and meeting entertainers as a keno dealer.
Sound
Edith Leavitt interview, February 7, 1977: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
Description
On February 7, 1977, collector Enrico Messina interviewed Edith Leavitt (born April 12th, 1924, in St. George, Utah) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this interview, Mrs. Leavitt talks about teaching in Southern Nevada, including in the Virgin Valley and in Las Vegas. She also discusses the changing education system in Southern Nevada during her time as an educator.
Text
Photograph of a man sitting on a horse amid a group of people at a Union Pacific Old Timer's Club gathering at the Fremont Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1940
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Image
J. T. McWilliams Photograph Collection
Identifier
Abstract
The J. T. McWilliams Photograph Collection contains photographs and postcards from Nevada and Southern California from approximately 1900 to 1970. The materials include postcards depicting Las Vegas, Nevada casinos such as El Rancho Vegas and the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. The materials also include postcards depicting towns and scenes in Nevada such as Carson City, Rhyolite, Red Rock Canyon, and covered wagons traveling to Las Vegas. Lastly, the materials contain several photographs of the McWilliams family, possibly while they were living in what is now Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection