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Nevada and Las Vegas, Nevada Maps and Tourism Ephemera [UNPROCESSED]

Identifier
MS-01202
Abstract

This collection is unprocessed. See Access Note for more information. The Nevada and Las Vegas, Nevada Maps and Tourism Ephemera collection (1871-2019) consists of five boxes of Nevada and Las Vegas maps and two boxes of Nevada travel and tourism ephemera.

Archival Collection

Nevada CURE Records

Identifier
MS-00799
Abstract

The Nevada CURE Records are comprised of correspondence, administrative records, case files, and research files created and collected by Mercedes Maharis from 1998 to 2009. Maharis was the founding director of Nevada CURE and co-author of the Spartacus Project Report. The collection also includes correspondence from inmates to Maharis expressing their grievances with prison personnel and the Nevada Department of Corrections as well as correspondence between Maharis and attorneys representing inmates in legal cases. This collection also contains copies of articles from Las Vegas Tribune that describe issues surrounding the treatment of inmates within the Nevada prison system.

Archival Collection

Slide of the neon sign for the Nevada Club, Laughlin, Nevada, 1986

Date
1986
Description
A color image of the neon sign for Del Webb's Nevada Club. Site Name: Del Webb's Nevada Club (Laughlin, Nev.)

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Nevada Chili Boosters and Nevada Association for the Handicapped Chili Cookoff Records

Identifier
MS-00834
Abstract

Records are comprised of meeting minutes, newsletters, and event planning communication produced by the Nevada Chili Boosters in conjunction with the Nevada Association for the Handicapped between 1988 and 1998. The records provide information about the Chili Boosters "Hot Pot Chili Cookoff" benefiting the Nevada Association for the Handicapped and other charities.

Archival Collection

Nevada Club wall mounted signs, Ely, Nevada

Date
2016 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)
Description

Day and night views of the sign for the Nevada Club, a part of Hotel Nevada. The miner is unlit at night.

501 E Aultman St, Ely, NV 89301


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Map of the state of Nevada, 1886

Date
1886
Description
'Compiled by John W. Parker, chief draughtsman of the U.S. Sur. General's Office, Reno, Nevada, from official maps on file on the office, War Department maps and other reliable data. 1886.' 'Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1886, by John W. Parker, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.' Relief shown by hachures. Shows townships, including which townships are subdivided, roads, railroads, Indian reservations, etc. Shows range and township grid. Scale [1:760,320]. 1 in. to 12 miles (W 120°--W 114°/N 42°--N 35°).

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Nevada

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File
Archival Collection
Robert Woodruff Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00455
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

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