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Craters at the Nevada Test Site: photographic print

Date
1945-19-82
Description
Final test preparations (at the Nevada Test Site) include running miles of cable down hole. A rack containing instrumentation to go down hole is assembled in the tower to the right. Subsidence craters from earlier underground tests dot landscape.

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Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records

Identifier
MS-00292
Abstract

The Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records primarily document the activities of three Southern Nevada chapters of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution from 1950 to 2024. The materials center around the records of three chapters from Southern Nevada: Old Spanish Trail, Francisco Garces, and Valley of Fire. Materials include administrative records, scrapbooks, photographs, news clippings, and correspondence about the activities of the Daughters of the American Revolution chapters. Mateirals also include some records and scrapbooks from the Nevada State Society of DAR.

Archival Collection

Nevada State Legislature papers

Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Valerie Wiener Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-01148
Collection Name: Valerie Wiener Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Dorothy Ray Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada

Identifier
PH-00161
Abstract

The Dorothy Ray Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada, approximately 1900-1946, depicts infrastructure in Caliente, Nevada in the early to mid-twentieth century. The collection also contains images of a flash flood that occurred in 1905 in Carp, Nevada and Stine, Nevada that washed away roads and railroad tracks. This collection provides historical documentation about early to mid-century Caliente, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas, Nevada - stockyards

Date
1935
Description
Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- Walter Bracken and the Las Vegas, Nevada Office -- Water Company

Mixed Content

1955 Gaming License for Mina, Nevada

Identifier
MS-00014
Abstract

The 1955 Gaming License for Mina, Nevada collection consists of a single gaming license issued to Nick Marakas to operate slot machines at the Mina Club in Mina, Nevada. The license was purchased by Marakas for $66.00 and issued by the State of Nevada's Mineral County in Hawthorne, Nevada on January 3, 1955.

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Law Library donations: correspondence and receipts

Date
1973 to 1974
Description

Folder contains correspondence and receipts. From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Records (UA-00048).

Text

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Faculty, Staff, and Student Directories

Identifier
UA-00117
Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Faculty, Staff, and Student Directories (1960-2009) contain published directories for UNLV students, staff, and faculty. Directories contain contact information for individuals and departments on the UNLV campus.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Searchlight, Nevada, 1916

Date
1916
Description
The view of tents and cabins in Searchlight, Nevada. Handwritten on the back of the image: ""Telephone office, Searchlight, Nev., Xmas 1916""

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Updated map of the Nevada Test Site: photographic print

Date
1982
Description
Updated 1982 map of Nevada Test Site.

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