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Photograph fo Sunset Rooms boarding house, Goldfield (Nev.), circa 1906-1908

Date

1906 to 1908

Description

Caption: Handwritten at top of photograph: "D. Hurry, Ray Jefferson & myself. Slept 3 in bed for 3 months in cor room X. This [red] worked 3 shifts daily. $20.00 a week for 7 hours."
Site Name: Sunset Rooms (Goldfield, Nev.)

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Photograph of a view looking east from Bonnie Claire Mill, Bonnie Claire (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: Looking due east from Bonnie Claire Mill. Montana Station under x taken from mill

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Photograph of a mule team and wagon in front of Swan Bar, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: All four pict. of burros same outfit
Site Name: Swan Bar (Goldfield, Nev.)

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Photograph of Dalta Hurry and C. A. Earle Rinker in Mohawk Ledge mine, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: Hurry & I in Mohawk Ledge mine 300 ft level.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men, circa late 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Howard Hughes and unidentified men surrounded by crowds.

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John B. DuBois Papers

Identifier

MS-00860

Abstract

The John B. DuBois Papers (1967-2012) contain legislative bills, reviews, and requests from his time as a Nevada State Assemblyman from Clark County. Also included are newspaper clippings, campaign material, contribution letters, and election results. There are Datagraphic Research, Inc. Opinion Polls conducted and written by his wife Judith DuBois, photographs, speeches, and a manuscript for a stage play adopted from a novel written by John DuBois.

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Women's Political Caucus Records

Identifier

MS-00344

Abstract

The Southern Nevada Women's Political Caucus Records (1981-1992) document a chapter of the National Women's Political Caucus. It was active in child care issues and in aiding women who aspired to be elected to public office. Included are chapter bylaws, minutes, newsletters, and information on local child care and the Act for Better Child Care Services of 1987. Also included are records of forums, conferences, dinners, newspaper advertisements, financial records, and membership information. There is national information, including a bumper sticker, and a poster.

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with Marian Wojciechowski by Claytee White, June 16, 2009

Date

2009-06-16

Description

At age 95, Marian Wojciechowski recalls his personal story of being born a region called called Poland in 1914, just as World War I was beginning. This narrative gives special attention to his Polish background at a time when the country did not technically exist, and their language was forbidden. By the late 1930s and the dawning of World War II, Marian is a young man struggling to understand what is transpiring, but knowing that he must participate in the Polish underground resistance against the Germans His activism gets him arrested and sentenced to Auschwitz as a non-Jew and without penalty of death. He recalls the Gestapo beatings which have left him without feeling in his fingers and a loss of hearing. He shares historical perspectives of the war era, agricultural coops, goal of Germans to sell Jews to the United States and other countries, and a story about a woman who helped save 2500 Jewish children during war.

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Transcript of interview with Jacqueline Evans by Susan Rapport, March 15, 1981

Date

1981-03-15

Description

On March 15, 1981, Susan Rapport interviewed Jacqueline Evans (born 1940 in Long Beach, California) about her experiences in Nevada. Evans first talks about living in Reno and Tonopah before moving to Las Vegas where she attended high school. She talks specifically about her extracurricular activities in high school, recreational activities, and other forms of entertainment. The two also discuss political events during the sixties, her husband’s involvement in Indian affairs, and the flood problem in Las Vegas. Evans also talks about bringing children up in Las Vegas, camping as a recreational activity, and the development of Lake Mead.

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