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Nevada Burial Records of Stewart Ranch
The Nevada Burial Records of Stewart Ranch (1905-1913) consist of a ledger recording those buried at Stewart Ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada. The entries in the ledger document the names of the deceased and where they died. Some entries have additional information explaining how the person died and their height and weight.
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Staff from Nevada State Museum install a mannequin in a showgirls costume in UNLV's Lied Library April 28, 2015 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: digital photographs
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Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
The Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection is comprised of organizational records, photographs, event programs, and ephemera donated by members of the Southern Nevada Jewish community as part of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries’ Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Materials document the history of the Jewish community and Southern Nevada from 1941 to 2017. The collection provides information about family life, religious rituals, community events, and local businesses and organizations.
Archival Collection
Letter and envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada to John M. Bunker, Bunkerville, Nevada
From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.
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Aid for AIDS of Nevada benefit show at the Huntridge Theater: flyer
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"Broadway Sings" Aid for AIDS of Nevada benefit event flyer
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Photograph of a coyote in the Nevada desert, 1940s
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Slide of downtown Reno, Nevada, 1930s
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Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada, item 01
Thank-you letter from Sue Rudden, Vice President and Membership Chairman of the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada.
Postcard of Tonopah, Nevada: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.F. Palsgrove Family. The old high school, now the site of Barsanti Park, is visible in the distance in the distance on the left. The Mizpah shaft, Tonopah's largest producing mine, is in the foreground.
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