The Chip Johnson Collection of Hoover Dam Photographs (approximately 1930-1936) consist of sixteen black-and-white photographs that depict the construction of Hoover Dam and the surrounding area. The photographs were taken by an unknown photographer.
The Chip Johnson Collection of Hoover Dam Photographs (approximately 1930-1936) consist of sixteen black-and-white photographs that depict the construction of Hoover Dam and the surrounding area. The photographs were taken by an unknown photographer.
Collection is open for research.
This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. The donor, Chip Johnson, acknowledged that they held no copyrights in the donated material when they transferred ownership of Chip Johnson Collection on Hoover Dam (PH-00322) to UNLV. However, some material may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproductions and use or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.
Materials remain as they were received.
Chip Johnson Collection of Hoover Dam Photographs, approximately 1930-1939. PH-00322. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 2025 by Chip Johnson; accession number 2025-011.
In 2025, Sarah Jones accessioned the collection, rehoused the material, and created a finding aid in ArchivesSpace.
Administrative Information
Acquired by Visual Materials Curator, Aaron Mayes, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings in water and the environment. All material that formed the original gift has been retained.
One publication, "The Story of the Hoover Dam," that was acquired as part of this collection has been separated and described individually in the University Libraries' catalog.