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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 Wilbur Clark shaking hands with Adlai Stevenson, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Wilbur Clark shakes hands with Adlai Stevenson (right) near an airplane, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1950s. the photo taken by Mark Swain ,Desert Inn.

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Ed W. Clark Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00034
Abstract

The Ed W. Clark Photograph Collection contains photographs that depict politicians and businesspeople in Southern Nevada from 1900 to 1975. The photographs depict several Democratic Party members, including U.S. Senators Pat McCarran and Berkeley Bunker, Nevada Assemblyman Harry Edward "Hap" Hazard, and Nevada Governor Edward P. Carville. The photographs also depict political events, including the planting of a tree in the courthouse park of Las Vegas, Nevada, and a parade on Fremont Street in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Photograph of a church dedication, Las Vegas, 1955

Date
1955
Description
A picture of the Griffith Church dedication. From left to right: Donald O'Connor, Newby, Bishop Kennedy, and an unidentified man.

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Photograph of Wing Fong, Lilly Fong, and Hau Pei-Jen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1982

Date
1982
Description

L to R: Hau Pei-Jen, Wing Fong and Lilly Fong. Pei-Jen is an internationally known artist, six of his paintings hang in Artemus Ham Hall. They were purchased (under terms of a grant) from the Fongs.

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