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Morlan, Jerry
Coll # 2004-11
Date: 1956-1998 (bulk 1986-1996)
Extent 1.5 linear feet (1 document box, 1 oversize box)
Collection consists of personal papers of Jerry Morlan, Las Vegas teacher and educator.
Morlan was influential in integrating technology into the classroom, and advocated
vocational learning through the industrial arts.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Smith, Arlene Mathews
Coll # Mss49
Date: 1906 - 1965
Extent 6 folders (containing 33 items)
Collection consists primarily of material pertaining to Panaca area in Nevada and 4-H activity. Includes 4-H Boys and Girls Club work instructions and record, which consists primarily of U.S.D.A. Farmers Bulletins. Contains two copies of the "Lincoln Lantern" dated 1927. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Whitmore, Sidney
Coll # Mss48
Date: 1816 -1913
Extent 5 folders (containing 42 items )
Collection consists of land patents, quit claim deeds, shareholder's records, family records, and
photographs pertaining to southern Nevada history. Includes information about Moapa Fruit
Land Company; A New Compendia of Geography by John Smith; History of George Burton Whitney and wife Lovina Syphus, and her parents Luke Syphus and Christiana Long, photographs of the Colorado River, Utah, and Nevada; descriptions of St. Thomas, Nevada and St. George, Utah. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Wittwer, John
Coll # T101
Date: 1919 -1948
Extent 6 Boxes (4 record storage boxes, 1 slim document box, 1 document box)
Collection consists of the reports of Southern Nevada Agricultural Extension Agent (County
Agent), J.H. Wittwer dating from 1919-1948. The reports contain photographs and information on subjects such as the dairy industry, soil conditions, vegetable production, and flood control in southern Nevada. The reports also detail much of the 4-H activity in the area during this time. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

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