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Photograph of people gathered at the Las Vegas Townsite auction, 1905
Shot of the podium during the 1905 auction of town sites in Las Vegas
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of photo: "Clark's Las Vegas Townsite" (on front of podium)
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Syphus-Bunker Papers
The Syphus-Bunker Papers date from 1891 to 1994, with the majority of the collection consisting of correspondence between Mary Etta Syphus and John Mathieson Bunker from 1891 to 1895. The collection also contains correspondence from friends and relatives, and documentation related to Mary Etta Syphus' attendance at Brigham Young Academy Church Normal Training School. Other materials include family history information and two color photographs of family homes. The collection also includes typed transcripts of the correspondence.
Archival Collection
Several people on horseback: photographic print
Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Four unidentified people on horseback at an unknown location
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Two unidentified women: photographic print
Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Two unidentified women at unknown location
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Photograph of John Cahlan, Claude Perkins, and members of Las Vegas High School's 50th graduating class, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1980
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People swimming at pool in Palm Springs, California: photographic print
Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Unidentified people around and in a pool in Palm Springs
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Two women and a man seated at a table in a restaurant (unidentified): photographic print
Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Two women and a man seated (all unidentified) at a table in a restaurant at an unknown location
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Transcript of interview with Wendy Starkweather by Claytee White, June 16, 2010
Wendy Starkweather recalls her move to Las Vegas on a hot summer day in 1978. Her husband, Peter L. Starkweather had accepted a position to teach biology, but nothing had prepaied her for desert weather in July. She was a small town girl, born and raised in rural Ogdensburg, New York. She attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY and became a teacher and librarian in New Hampshire Getting a job at UNLV's library took some time, but finally in 1985, she was offered the position of head of references. From that point on, there was only looking forward for Wendy. She was to be an active member of the library staff until her retirement in 2010. During her over two decades at UNLV she worked under the leadership of six deans. She was an vigorous voice in the development of services, impacting circulation, interlibrary loans and non-book services that included media and instruction. In addition, she was here during a momentous period as the future Lied Library was being fu
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Photograph of Virginia Page, Miss Las Vegas, Sands Hotel, June 2, 1957
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Fred and Maurine Wilson photographs (unidentified), image 21
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