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