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Letter from Bertha Witmer (Las Vegas) to Mayor J. L. Russell and the City Council (Las Vegas), July 24, 1939

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Creator
Creator: Witmer, Bertha
Date
1939-07-24
Description

Letter from a citizen to the Las Vegas City Commission protesting Ordinance No. 247. Left to Right: Asst. Commissioner of Reclamation N. B. Bennett, Jr., Master of Ceremonies; U.S. Senator Alan Bible; Regional Director A.B. West of the Bureau of Reclamation's Region 3. Handwritten text, transcribed by cataloger. Also, J. L. Russell was Mayor of Las Vegas at that time.

Digital ID
hln000841
Physical Identifier
Folder 1
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1x061c4s
Details
Subject
Public law
Public utilities
Water utilities
Waiters
Water conservation
Time Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
Place
Clark County
Resource Type
Text
Material Type
correspondence
Digital Project
The Historic Landscape of Nevada: Development, Water and Natural Environment
Citation

hln000841. Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District, 1945-1959, 1978, 1989. MS-00912. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1x061c4s

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Digital Provenance
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Digital Processing Note
Manual transcription
Language

English

Format
application/pdf

Las Vegas, Nev. July 24, 1939 Hon. Mayor, City Council, etc. I wish to protest Ordinance 247 also, agree wtih T.G. Lorenzi concerning water problem and wrong statements effecting future prospective investors. Sincerely, 12 years tax payer Bertha Witmer ... mother of 5 voters, grandmother of a few Nevada future citizens