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Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community

Identifier
MS-00472
Abstract

The Terry Wilsey Papers on the Las Vegas, Nevada LGBT Community (1979-2002) are comprised of records from the Las Vegas Gay Switchboard, the Nevadans for Human Rights, and other LGBT community groups based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection contains newsletters, agendas and meeting minutes, informational pamphlets, as well as photographs, programs, and a VHS recording of local theatre productions.

Archival Collection

Searchlight, Nevada City Council Meeting Minutes and Articles of Incorporation

Identifier
MS-00869
Abstract

The collection is comprised of city council meeting minutes, articles of incorporation, and other materials spanning 1907 to 1918 that document the incorporation of the city of Searchlight, Nevada. Included in this collection is a bound ledger containing city council meeting minutes from January 1908 to December 1911; the Articles of Incorporation for Searchlight and the Official Act of Incorporation for Searchlight, Nevada; and correspondence and other records documenting the establishment of Searchlight as an incorporated city, establishment of a municipal election to elect public officials, and the separation of Searchlight from Lincoln County and the establishment of Clark County, which was made official in 1909 by act of the Nevada Legislature.

Archival Collection

Nevada State Business Center on West Sahara Avenue at Rye Street, looking northwest, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2017-09-06
Description
Traffic flows in front of the Nevada State Business Center building on the northwest corner of West Sahara Avenue at Rye Street.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Records

Identifier
UA-00118
Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Records (1970, 2004-2015) contain department newsletters, UNLV publications, and news articles about the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the College of Sciences. The collection includes flyers and information about the Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society when it was hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection also includes a program for the Chemistry building's cornerstone ceremony in 1970 and a memorial program for former faculty member, Stephen Carper.

Archival Collection

Certificate of Election to Nevada Assembly for Flora Dungan, December 30, 1966

Date
1966-12-30
Description

Certificate of Election to Nevada Assembly for Flora Dungan, December 30, 1966

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Slide of a kite flying near the Nevada Test Site, 1984

Date
1984
Description
Color image of a kite with the word "peace" on it, flown by the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing.

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Photograph of U. S. Senator Ernest S. Brownwith and Paul Drury (Nevada International) at a Kiwanis event in Las Vegas, Nevada circa 1954

Date
1952 to 1956
Description
U.S. Senator Ernest S. Brownwith and Paul Drury (Nevada International) in Las Vegas, Nevada at a Kiwanis event circa 1954. The photo is signed by both men, "To my loyal friends, Harold and Geraldine Stocker; Sincerely, Ernest S. Brown U.S. Senator" and "Best regards, Paul O. Drury."

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Transmission lines connect power produced at Crescent Dunes Solar to the Nevada grid, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2014-06-24
Description
Photographer's note: "Transmission lines connect power produced at Crescent Dunes Solar to the Nevada grid, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada, USA."
Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; off-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."

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Transmission lines connect power produced at Crescent Dunes Solar to the Nevada grid, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2014-06-24
Description
Photographer's note: "Transmission lines connect power produced at Crescent Dunes Solar to the Nevada grid, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada, USA."
Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; off-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."

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Transmission lines connect power produced at Crescent Dunes Solar to the Nevada grid, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph

Date
2014-06-24
Description
Photographer's note: "Transmission lines connect power produced at Crescent Dunes Solar to the Nevada grid, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada, USA."
Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; off-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."

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