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Transcript of interview with Edith Giles Barcus by Tara L. Shepperson, March 17, 1977

Date
1977-03-17
Description
Tara L. Shepperson interviews local antique store owner Edith Giles Barcus in the living room of her home about Goldfield, mining, purple glass, thirst in the desert, her family history, and her birth in Colorado.

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Transcript of interview with Bertha Gresh by James M. Green, November 1, 1974

Date
1974-11-01
Description

On November 1, 1974, collector James M. Greene, interviewed widow and mine leaser, Bertha Gresh (born August 29th, 1883, in Cedarburg, Wisconsin) in her home in Nelson, Nevada. This interview covers early mining days, Bertha’s personal history, and the history of Nelson County. She also discusses her art, social activities, and the prizes she won as a visual artist in Nevada.

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Film negatives of aerial views of a strip mining operation in the Las Vegas region, August 21, 1956

Date
1956-08-21
Description

Series of two black and white negative aerial views of a strip mining operation in the Las Vegas region, dated August 21, 1956.

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Photo Album

Date
1869 (year uncertain) to 1940 (year uncertain)
Description
An album containing family photos. A mining claim belonging to Evaline Stay, dated June 25, 1933, is also included.

Mixed Content

Photo Album

Date
1869 (year uncertain) to 1930 (year uncertain)
Description
Photo Album

Mixed Content

"MacNamara Mine" near Lida, Nevada: glass plate negative

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1909 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives (PH-00460).

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"Valcalda Mine and Mill [?] Blair" View of mining operations with a road leading between two sides of a small valley: glass plate negative

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1909 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives (PH-00460).

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"Mizpah Mine, photo by H. T. Shaw 1906": glass plate negative

Date
1906
Archival Collection
Description
From the E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives (PH-00460).

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"Midway Mine, Tonopah, NV": glass plate negative

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1909 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives (PH-00460).

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George Knox Roth Collection

Identifier
MS-00238
Abstract

The George Knox Roth Collection (1959-1980) consists of newspaper clippings (including photocopies), magazine articles, newsletters, technical reports and publications, correspondence, notes, and photographs relating to the Atomic Energy Commission, the environmental impact of nuclear testing in Nevada, Nevada mining, Airwest and the Hughes Airport, and other aspects of Howard Hughes’ Nevada operations. The George Knox Roth Collection also includes correspondence and expense reports related to his own company, General Research Consultants.

Archival Collection