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Woodward, Alice, 1905-1972
Alice Woodward was born in Texas and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1930. she married Herbert Spencer Woodward in 1932 in Los Angeles, California. Herbert worked as a miner and the couple relocated to Nevada in 1935. She worked as a teacher in Sandy Valley from 1935 to 1940 and then in Goodsprings from 1945 to 1950. She lived in Goodsprings until her death in July 1972.
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Map of underground workings in Potosi and Central Lodes, May 1906
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, June 10, 1982
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Archival Collection
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UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection
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The UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (approximately 1869-1999) contains photographs, postcards, negatives, and slides primarily pertaining to Southern Nevada, with a focus on Las Vegas, Nevada, collected by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives. The collection primarily includes images of early Las Vegas, hotels and casinos along Fremont Street and the Strip, railroad infrastructure, local businesses, and residential neighborhoods. Also included are images of Hoover (Boulder) Dam's construction, MX Missile testing, Nevada mining camps, and the natural desert environment. Other images depict towns throughout Nevada including Boulder City, Henderson, Reno, Luning, Tonopah, Goodsprings, Delmar, Beatty, Panaca, Overton, Caliente, Logandale, and Aurora.
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Williams, Edith J. Crawford, 1888-1967
Edith J. Crawford Williams was born April 17, 1888 in Rygate, Vermont. She was married to Nevada State Assemblyman and University of Nevada Board of Regents member Frank Williams. Williams died December 1967.
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"Sandy Valley." Goodsprings Historical Society. March 2, 2019. Accessed June 10, 2020. http://goodsprings.org/sandy.php
"Edith J. Crawford Williams." Find a Grave. January 24, 2007. Accessed June 10, 2020. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17659807
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Transcript of interview with Dorothy Ross Fletcher by Sharon Hildebrandt, June 26, 1975
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On June 26, 1975, Sharon Hildebrandt interviewed Dorothy Ross Fletcher (born 1936 in Las Vegas, Nevada) about growing up in and living in Southern Nevada. Fletcher first talks about that various towns in which she lived while growing up before discussing the schools she attended. She also discusses the changes in schools, her involvement in politics, church activity, gambling as a recreational activity, and prominent visitors who came to Las Vegas. Fletcher also talks about living in Nevada during World War II, the atomic testing, environmental changes and extreme weather, and the social changes in Las Vegas. The latter part of the interview involves discussion of real estate, the introduction of air conditioning for cooling, changes on the Las Vegas Strip, recreational activities available to youth in Las Vegas and the increase in the nonnative population.
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