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Robbins Family Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00132
Abstract

The Robbins Family Photograph Collection is comprised of eighteen black-and-white photographic reprints and five postcards that depict the Robbins family in Goodsprings and Searchlight, Nevada from approximately 1907 to 1977.

Archival Collection

Foote Mineral Company Annual Reports

Identifier
MS-00666
Abstract

The Foote Mineral Company Annual Reports contain annual reports and statements of earnings published by the Foote Mineral Company from 1966 to 1978. Material contains information on Foote's lithium carbonate plant in Silver Peak, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Dr. Wherry E. Neel

Date
1927-08
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Correspondence, Thomas Toland to F.A. Truett

Date
1917-05-15
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date
1917-04-29
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Photograph of a hauling manganese, Las Vegas, 1918

Date
1918
Description
The view of a hauling manganese for the first world war in early Las Vegas, Nevada. The Overland Hotel is visible in the background. Handwritten on the back of the image: "1st world war - hauling mang. - 3 kids to Las Vegas - 300 tons a day." Hand written on a slip of paper included with the image: "3 kids, mine owns included Roq Martin, Bill Ferron, "Chick" Chiapello (lived in LA, wealthy family) & probably others. Deal to purchase during March, 1918, when my mother, Ruth Ferron, was giving birth to me in Los Angeles. She didn't hear from Bill until 3 days after I was born, which did nothing to raise the stock of their new fathers! -Barbara Ferron Doyle."

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Correspondence, (Levi Syphus?) to Sadie George

Date
1926-02-04
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Alice Woodward oral history interview

Identifier
OH-01742
Abstract

Oral history interview with Alice Woodward conducted by an unnamed interviewer in 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Woodward discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1935 because her husband found a mining job in the state. She talks about her experiences teaching, the mining industry, and camping with her family. Woodward recalls her husband dying of asbestosis and discusses the smog levels in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Blue Diamond Mine Corporate Records

Identifier
MS-00505
Abstract

The Blue Diamond Mine Corporate Records (1918-2005) consist of operational and organization records of the gypsum mining and milling operations located in southwest Clark County, Nevada. Materials include operational records related to individual boring sites at the mine; milling operations and statistics; and equipment operations and statistics, including maps, field notebooks, and photographs. There are also daily, weekly, and monthly organizational records related to employee work schedules and safety reports for the mining operations, including accident reports and a safety education training program.

Archival Collection

Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Dr. W.E. Neel

Date
1927-07-11
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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