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Photographs and negatives: Las Vegas, Nevada, Searchlight, Nevada, St. George, Utah, Glen Davis negatives, Milford, early gambling scenes, 1930s-1940s
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Sherwin "Scoop" Garside Papers
Box/Folder: Box 04
Archival Component
"Microorganisms in Sediments from Searchlight Playa, Clark County, Nevada," Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, vol. 10, 1975
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Faculty Publications
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
"Tracy Bartram / Kicking Harold / Searchlight / Bruce Springstein / Cigarette / Pseudonymph / Megan Smoking / Shots for Tipping Story": 35mm negatives, approximately 1990 to 2009
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Bill Hughes Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 13
Archival Component
Clark County Nevada Searchlight Justice Court and Clark County Nevada Juvenile Justice Service storage building: environmental upgrades, 2008 August 19; 2008 October 2
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Alton Dean Jensen Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 054
Archival Component
UNLV Public Lands Institute and the Public History graduate studies class holds open house at Walking Box Ranch outside of Searchlight, NV. December 9, 2011: digital photographs
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Clara Bow and Rex Bell in front of the fireplace in the great room at the ranch house at Walking Box Ranch: The firepalce was made by Deputy Sheriff "Big John" Silvera from Searchlight, Nevada, 1930 to 1970
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Walking Box Ranch Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Dorothy Kelsey by James M. Greene, January 20, 1975
Date
Archival Collection
Description
On January 20, 1975, collector James M. Greene interviewed housewife, Dorothy Kelsey (born May 28, 1916 in Kingman, Arizona) in her home in Nelson, Nevada. This interview covers the early days of Nelson, Searchlight, and Las Vegas, as Mrs. Kelsey offers an in-depth personal narrative on the life of a local old-timer. The interview concludes with a discussion on hotels and casinos.
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#68411: UNLV Public Lands Institute and the Public History graduate studies class holds an open house at Walking Box Ranch outside of Searchlight, NV. December 9, 2011 The Walking Box Ranch is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) managed historical site and the former home of early movie starlet Clara Bow and her husband Rex Bell. UNLV and PLI are participants in the ranch's development as a historical site through a BLM grant., 2011 December 09
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Ruth and Jake Dieleman by James M. Greene, November 15, 1974
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Archival Collection
Description
On November 15, 1974, James M. Greene interviewed Ruth Dieleman (born 1908 in Searchlight, Nevada) and her husband Jake Dieleman (born 1904 in Axel, Netherlands) about their lives in Southern Nevada. Ruth first talks about her life in Searchlight while growing up, her experience as an educator, and her various residences in Southern Nevada. Jake first talks about his immigration into the United States and his eventual move to Nevada to get into construction rigging for the building of Hoover Dam. He discusses his work as a rigger in detail but also discusses his work on various Las Vegas casinos as well as his work in the state legislature.
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Jean Sherman McColl interview, March 1, 1977: transcript
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On March 1, 1977, collector Sam C. Melchiome Jr. interviewed Jean McColl (born May 24th, 1931 in California) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this interview, Jean McColl discusses growing up in Searchlight and then Las Vegas, Nevada. She discusses how her family came here as well as the many changes she has seen through the decades living in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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