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Photograph of UNLV Special Collections, July 29, 1987

Date
1987-07-29
Description
Description provided with image: "L-R Mary Lou Williams, sister of the late Nanelia Doughty; Norton Williams; Susan Jarvis, Special Collections Librarian. The occasion is donation of papers of the late Nan Doughty to UNLV Special Collections. July 29, 1987." Another description provided on an accompanying sheet of paper: "[July 29, 1987, L-R: Mary Lou Williams; Norton Williams; Susan Jarvis]. Currently being processed, the Nan Doughty Collection, donated by her sister, Mary Lou Williams, contains a century's worth of correspondence from the Bradford-Shockley family. The Bradords and Shockleys were intimately involved in mining and land development in Nevada, New Mexico, California, and Oregon, and had been New England shipbuilders in the early 19th century. May Bradford Shockley was the United States' first female surveyor: her letters detail life in Tonopah, Nevada in the early 1900s. her husband, mining engineer William Shockley, traveled the world, and his correspondence describes, among other places, life in and around Candelaria, Nevada in the 1880s. The collection also includes hundreds of early Nevada photographers, mining documents, and maps."

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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, May 11, 1950

Date
1950-05-11
Description
Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project

"The goal of this 2014-2015 project is to build a web and mobile resource that will connect researchers from around the world to thousands of historical items—photographs, brochures, scrapbooks, letters, drawings, videos, and more—detailing the lives and contributions of Jews in Southern Nevada. It will include carefully researched biographies, timelines, and histories of institutions, events, and prominent themes showing the integral roles Jews have played in the history of Southern Nevada.

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Unknown restaurant, menu

Date
1870 to 1933
Description
Note: No date on menu. Handwriting in bottom right corner Menu insert: Wine lists

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Grand-Hôtel Toulon menu

Date
1870 to 1933
Description
Note: No date on menu Restaurant: Grand-Hotel de Toulon (Toulon, France) Location: Toulon, France

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Der Pilger Lodge banquet, menu, Thursday, November 13, 1902

Date
1902-11-13
Description
Note: Der Pilger, No. 238, a London lodge, was established in August 1799 Restaurant: Der Pilger Lodge, No. 238 Location: London, England

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Private home, menu

Date
1854 to 1939
Description
Note: The date on the menu is July 4; the year is missing Location: 12 Bruton Street, London, England

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Unknown restaurant, menu, November 12

Date
1870 to 1933
Description
Note: Handwritten menu; picture of a woman in Tudor costume sitting at a table with a spoon in her hand and a tureen of soup on the table; name of the picture: "Potage Maria Stuart" (i.e., Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots). Artist's name possibly Ugo Bizzarri. Year is missing from date written on menu. "Barclay - 6" handwritten at top left

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Sheen House Club, menu

Date
1870 to 1933
Description
Note: The Sheen House Club was the home of the Amateur Cycling Association. East Sheen S.W Restaurant: Sheen House Club Location: London, England

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