The Lisle Family Photograph Collection consists of thirteen black-and-white photographic reprints of images of Beatty and Warm Springs, Nevada dating from approximately 1950 to 1960.
The Lisle Family Photograph Collection consists of thirteen black-and-white photographic reprints of images of Beatty and Warm Springs, Nevada dating from approximately 1950 to 1960.
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.
Materials remain as they were received.
Ralph Fairbanks Lisle and Chloe Calvin Lisle were early settlers in the mining community of Beatty, Nevada. Ralph Lisle moved to Beatty in 1938 and held several elected office positions, including Nye County Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, and hospital board member. Chloe Lisle moved to Beatty in the 1930s and worked as a teacher until the Lisle family opened a hardware store in 1955. Ralph and Chloe Lisle passed away on January 16, 2004 and February 2, 2001, respectively.
Sources:
Lisle, Ralph F., Chloe C. McCracken, and Nye County Town History Project. An Interview with Ralph F. and Chloe C. Lisle: An Oral History. Tonopah, Nev.: Nye County Town History Project, 1987.
Keefner, Claire. "Townbuilding runs in Fairbanks Family."
Lisle Family Photograph Collection, approximately 1950-1960. PH-00121. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections and Archives by Chloe Lisle on February 21, 1981, accession number 1981-031-B.
In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Joseph Puentes wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.