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Requests from Residents and Business Owners to City Officials of Las Vegas, Nevada

Identifier
MS-00049
Abstract

The Requests from Residents and Business Owners to City Officials of Las Vegas, Nevada (1940) consist of formal petitions which were filed with the City of Las Vegas Clerk, and letters to the Mayor and City Commissioners dating from February 1, 1940 to December 4, 1940. The petitions, including one from the Westside Improvement Association, requested infrastructure improvements and zoning restrictions, while others criticized city government actions related to maintenance of public areas and inaction on previous petitions. Additional requests addressed commercial and residential zoning enforcement and clarification regarding new construction.

Archival Collection

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 02, 2008

Date
2008-06-02
Description
Includes meeting agenda. CSUN Session 37 Meeting Minutes and Agendas .

Text

Film transparency of men opening an artesian well, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1929-1932

Date
1929 to 1932
Description
The opening of an artesian well in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, the individuals pictured include an unidentified man; Fred Balzar, a Nevada governor; an unidentified man; and J. Fred Hesse, a Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of Chester David and patron, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1970s

Date
1970 to 1979
Description

Librarian Chester Davis, at left, checking out a UNLV library book to a patron at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

Image

Photograph of Phi Lambda Alpha, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1976

Date
1976
Description

A group shot of Phi Lambda Alpha with Dr. G. William Fiero most likely at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Photograph of James R. Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s

Date
1980 to 1989
Description

The newer addition of the James R. Dickinson Library and the Carlson Education Building (right) on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus.

Image

Postcard of a Native American infant in a cradleboard, Reno, Nevada, circa 1910s-1920s

Date
1910 to 1929
Description
A picture postcard showing a Native American infant in a decorated cradleboard on a woman's back. Caption: "Indian papoose, Reno, Nevada."

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Photograph of Maude Frazier Hall construction, Nevada Southern University, circa 1957

Date
1957
Description
A construction photo of Maude Frazier Hall at Nevada Southern University (NSU). A surveyor is seated on the ground near his equipment.

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Photograph of commencement ceremony, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 21, 1977

Date
1977
Description
The 14th anniversary commencement ceremony featuring Grand Marshal William D. Carlson at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Photograph of Lied Library construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 1999

Date
1999
Description
A close-up view of the bins in the ARS (automated retrieval system) in the Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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