The Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection (1959-1977) consists of photographic prints, slides, and negatives pertaining primarily to aviation in Nevada. The collection includes images of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, McCarran International Airport, vintage airplanes, air shows, and assorted events and people, including Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, and Jack Nicklaus. Erle A. Taylor served as the aviation director for Clark County, Nevada throughout the 1970s.
The Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection (1959-1977) consists of photographic prints, slides, and negatives pertaining primarily to aviation in Nevada. The collection includes images of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, McCarran International Airport, vintage airplanes, air shows, and assorted events and people, including Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, and Jack Nicklaus. Erle A. Taylor served as the aviation director for Clark County, Nevada throughout the 1970s.
Collection is open for research.
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
The collection is organized into two series:
Series I. Photographs, 1959-1977;
Series II. Photographic slides and negatives, 1959-1977.
Erle A. Taylor (1919-1996) served as the Director of Aviation for Clark County, Nevada in the 1970s and oversaw operations at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada as well as regional airports in Searchlight, Jean, and Overton, Nevada.
Source:
Clark County.
Erle A. Taylor Photograph Collection, 1959-1977. PH-00237. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 1977 by Erle A. Taylor; accession numbers T108 and 77-228.
In 2018, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Christina Lamoureux and Jimmy Chang wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In 2019, revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.