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Bernada French oral history interview
Identifier
OH-00627
Abstract
Oral history interview with Bernada French conducted by James Doohan on March 16, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. French discusses her career in geology and railroads in Southern Nevada.
Archival Collection
Map of part of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, showing changes in the land-surface altitude, 1935-50
Date
1965
Description
Genre/Form: Topographic maps. Scale 1:96,000 (W 115°30´--W 114°45´/N 36°30´--N 36°00´). 1 map ; 58 x 70 cm. Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.) ; 1780. Relief shown by contours. "After Smith, Vetter, Cummings, and others (1960, p. 34)." Originally published as plate 13 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780. Includes township and range lines. Interior, Geological Survey
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Map of part of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, showing changes in the land-surface altitude, 1935 to 1940-41
Date
1965
Description
Genre/Form: Topographic map. Scale 1:96,000 (W 115°30´--W 114°45´/N 36°30´--N 36°00´). 1 map ; 58 x 70 cm. Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.) ; 1780. Relief shown by contours. "After C.R. Longwell (written communication, 1954, fig. 30)." Originally published as plate 12 of Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin, Nevada, by Glenn T. Malmberg, published by the Geological Survey in 1965 as its Water-supply paper 1780. Includes township and range lines. Interior, Geological Survey
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Letter from Jona L. Souder, Chief, Local Public Document Room Branch, Division of Rules and Records, Office of Administration and Resources Management, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Mary Dale Deacon, Director of Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas confirming the establishment of the James. R. Dickinson Library, as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) official local public document room (LPDR) for material related to the licensing of the Department of Energy's proposed high-level waste geologic repository site near Yucca Mountain, Nevada with Federal Register Notice, 1988 February 17
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File
Archival Collection
Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00091
Collection Name: Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Collection Name: Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Map of Lake Mead, Arizona-Nevada, showing locations of gages used to establish water-stage elevations during 1947-49 survey
Date
1960
Description
Scale [ca. 1:274,349. 1 in. to approx. 4.33 miles] (W 114°54?--W 113°54?/N 36°36?--N 35°58?). 1 map ; 27 x 34 cm. United States Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey
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Map of Utah territory representing the extent of the irrigable, timber and pasture lands, 1878
Date
1878
Description
90 x 71 cm. Relief shown by hachures. In bottom margin: "Julius Bien, Lith." "Note. This map has been constructed from atlas sheets of the U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region with additional material taken from the maps of the U.S. Geographical Explorations and Surveys west of the 100th meridian, Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, in charge ; the U.S. Geological Exploration of the 40th parallel, Clarence King, U.S. Geologist in charge ; and the U.S. Geologial and Geographical Survey of the Territories, F.V. Hayden, in charge." At head of title: Department of the Interior, U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain region, J.W. Powell in charge. Original publisher unknown.
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Franklin M. Murphy Photograph Collection
Identifier
PH-00232
Abstract
The Franklin M. Murphy Photograph Collection, dates from approximately 1929-1933 and consists of black-and-white photographic prints with 27 corresponding negatives. The majority of the images show locations in and around the current site of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead in southern Nevada and Arizona with a focus on the geology of the area; a smaller number show individuals and locations in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
General map showing approximate location of better known springs and wells in the Mohave and adjacent deserts, southeastern California and southwestern Nevada, circa 1908-1909
Date
1905 to 1912
Description
At top of map: 'U.S. Geological Survey, George Otis Smith, Director. Water-supply paper no. 224, pl. 1.' 'Topography compiled from U.S. Geographical Survey atlas sheets,Perris' map of Southern California and other sources.' Relief shown by hachures. Shows township and range grid. Covers the area from Bishop south to the Mexican border, from Long Beach and San Diego to the Arizona border, and the southern part of Nevada, from Beatty and Mesquite south. Scale [ca. 1:1,140,480. 1 in. to approx. 18 miles] (W 118°00´- -W 114°00´/N 37°00´--N 32°32´). Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.)
224. Map is plate 1 from the U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply paper 224.
224. Map is plate 1 from the U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply paper 224.
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