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Soroptimist International of Henderson/Green Valley Chapter Records
Identifier
MS-00359
Abstract
Soroptimist International Henderson/Green Valley Chapter Records from 1980 to 2004 include meeting minutes, programs, photographs, conference materials, promotional material for various fund raisers, awards, and a gavel.
Archival Collection
Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada (HALVASON) Newsletters
Identifier
MS-00737
Abstract
The Humanist Organization of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada (HALVASON) collection contains newsletters from February 1998 to September 2008. Some years are missing issues. There is one folder of related newsletters.
Archival Collection
Las Vegas Variety Club Records
Identifier
MS-00590
Abstract
The Las Vegas Variety Club Records (1950-1996) consist of newspaper clippings and photographs that focus on the services the group provided to special needs children. Also included are several scrapbooks documenting the organization’s major activities in the 1950s and 1960s.
Archival Collection
Katherine Lau, Zack Cook, Kahrem Trabia, and Dr. Mohammed Trabia, are joined by Young Dawson and her daughter Hailey, 4, and various media as the team works to fit her Robohand: digital photographs
Date
2014-07-23
Archival Collection
Description
Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Katherine Lau, a visiting undergraduate student researcher from Rutgers University and a graduate of Palo Verde High School, Zack Cook, an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student at UNLV, Kahrem Trabia, a high school senior at A-Tech, and Dr. Mohammed Trabia, associate dean for engineering research, are joined by Young Dawson and her daughter Hailey, 4, and various media as the team works to fit her Robohand July 23, 2014 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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John Myron Partridge Photographs
Identifier
PH-00226
Abstract
The John Myron Partridge Photographs contain eleven black-and-white photographs of John Myron Partridge from roughly the early 1940s to the late 1960s. The collection includes portraits and photographs of Partridge during his service with the United States Navy Reserves.
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Identifier
MS-00397
Abstract
The Union Pacific Railroad Collection (1828-1986) is comprised of the original corporate records of the Union Pacific Railroad's operations in Southern Nevada, Utah, and Southern California, particularly focusing on Las Vegas and Los Angeles. The collection documents the purchase of Stewart ranch and the construction of the original depot and town which became modern Las Vegas. The collection also contains the records of the Las Vegas Land & Water Company (LVL&W), a subsidiary of the railroad formed in 1905 to handle the railroad's land transactions. The collection contains office files, correspondence, reports, leases, various legal, governmental and financial document, the collection contains large and small format maps, architectural and engineering drawings, published technical reports, railroad operational manuals, bound legal briefs, ledgers, and payroll and receipt books. The collection also includes the personal files of Walter Bracken, the Union Pacific's special representative in Nevada and vice president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, and a paper index of the collection materials.
Archival Collection
Taylour Tedder (Boulder City, City Manager) oral history interview conducted by Kelliann Beavers: transcript
Date
2022-07-20
Archival Collection
Description
From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Government agency interviews file.
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Transcript of interview with Eldon Cunningham by Randall L. Williams, March 14, 1981
Date
1981-03-14
Description
On March 14, 1981, Randall Williams interviewed Eldon Cunningham (born 1920 in Granby, Missouri) about his life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cunningham first talks about his family background, his reason for moving to Las Vegas, and his service in the military during World War II. He also mentions the Twin Lakes area of Las Vegas, his hobby of prospecting, and his work with Clark County Electric as an electrician. Cunningham also talks in detail about some of his experiences while working at the Nevada Test Site in electrical work. As the interview concludes, Cunningham talks more about family illnesses, experiments at the Test Site, and his former hunting practices.
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Eric Brown (Washoe, County Manager) oral history interview conducted by Kelliann Beavers: transcript
Date
2022-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Government agency interviews file.
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