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UNLV Libraries Collection on the Union Pacific Railroad in Las Vegas, Nevada

Identifier
MS-00751
Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection on the Union Pacific Railroad in Las Vegas, Nevada (approximately 1900-1989) contains employee rosters, bills of lading, and correspondence related to the Union Pacific Railroad in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also included in the collection are Union Pacific Old Timers Club membership lists and bylaws, as well as correspondence from Clark County Clerk to Walter Bracken congratulating him on the dedication of the new depot in 1940. The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company and the Salt Lake and Ogden Railway are also represented in the material.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Stocker residence, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 1925

Date
1925-11
Description
The Stocker home on 605 S. 3rd Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. The back of the photo reads "We built a big side porch since this was taken. Also a garage."

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 27, 1974

Date
1974-08-27
Description
Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate. CSUN Session 3 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

Text

No. 1 well, located in Stone Cabin Valley, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1920 to 1923
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). The horses belong to the United Cattle and Packing Company. When working cattle, riders received two horses a day, one for the morning and one for the afternoon. Ed Slavin once protested jokingly “Horses get tired, I get Tired too”.

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Nevada Power Company, Service Center office and electric shop building; structural calculations: Las Vegas, Nevada, 1963 October 21

Level of Description
File
Scope and Contents

This set includes structural calculations prepared for Nevada Power Company (client) by Harry Hayden Whiteley A.I.A. and Associates (architect).

Archival Collection
Harry Hayden Whiteley Architectural Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00134
Collection Name: Harry Hayden Whiteley Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Box 11

Archival Component

Photograph of commencement ceremony, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1967

Date
1967
Description

Chancellor Donald C. Moyer addresses Class of '67 at June commencement at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Seated, left to right, Governor Paul Laxalt and Regent Fred Anderson.

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Jeanne Cirac Potts, Wells Avenue, Reno, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1953
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.F. Potts-Cirac Family

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The Bliss Dance at The Park, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2016-11-08
Description
Dubbed "the Bliss Dance," artist Marco Cochrane's 40-foot tall dancing woman was inspired by his first experience at Burning Man, the annual arts and culture event in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. The artwork is a centerpiece of MGM Resorts International's area between its New York New York and Monte Carlo hotel and casinos dubbed "The Park." The area also serves as an entrance to MGM Resorts T-Mobile arena.

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The Bliss Dance at The Park, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2016-11-08
Description
Dubbed "the Bliss Dance," artist Marco Cochrane's 40-foot tall dancing woman was inspired by his first experience at Burning Man, the annual arts and culture event in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. The artwork is a centerpiece of MGM Resorts International's area between its New York New York and Monte Carlo hotel and casinos dubbed "The Park." The area also serves as an entrance to MGM Resorts T-Mobile arena.

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Postcard with four scenes from central Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s

Date
1900 to 1919
Description
A picture postcard with four photographs: the" first [railroad] engine to run over the Sierras;" "Mark Twain 1865 in Aurora, Nevada;" "Mark Twain's cabin in Aurora, Nevada;" the "first house in Genoa, Nevada." Twain is seen with a group of unidentified men.

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