Ferron, William E.
Coll # Mss41
Date: 1892 -1976
Extent 8 folders (containing 59 items)
Collection consists of biographical material, speeches, and memorabilia of Las Vegas pioneer
William E. Ferron (former mayor and owner of several Las Vegas drug stores including the White Cross Pharmacy); his wife Mary Ruth Cooper Ferron (Mesquite Club pioneer); and their two daughters, Barbara Ferron Doyle, and Shirley Elizabeth Ferron Swanson. Includes an early history of Las Vegas, presented by Florence Lee Jones Cahlan to the Rotary Club.
I NVENTORY AVAILABLE

Frank's Cafe
Coll # Mss24
Date: n.d.
Extent 1 folder (containing 1 item)
Collection consists of a discount ticket for Frank's Cafe, $2.50 for $2.25, 122 South First St., Las Vegas, Nevada, sold to Jose A. Ramos, signed F. Rivero.

Hezzelwood, Larry
Coll # 1018
Date: 1953 - 1954
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of the correspondence of Larry L. Hezzlewood pertaining to the creation of a
titanium processing plant in Boulder City, Nevada, as part of the Aero Metals Corporation.

Hotel Nevada Guest Register
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1910-1911
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of the guest register for the Hotel Nevada, which opened on the southeast
corner of Main Street and Fremont Street in Las Vegas in 1906. This particular volume lists guest names and their home cities for the period spanning July 1910 through September 1911.

Howard Hughes/William Hannah
Coll # 96-21
Date: 1930s-1970s
Extent 101 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the files of William Hannah, public relations director for Howard
Hughes. Collection is comprised primarily of newspaper clippings, magazines and photographs. Clippings focus on subjects such as organized crime, gaming, Spruce Goose, Hughes' RKO Studios, and the Flying Boat. BOX LIST AVAILABLE

Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce
Coll # 96-07
Date: 1911 - 1988
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of organizational records of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. Materials include Board of Directors' meetings - minutes (incomplete); financial records, news clippings, photographs, correspondence, reports, publications and scrapbooks. There are a series of files on the history of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and Las Vegas News Bureau. Includes some Chamber of Commerce publications. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Laird, Nell
Coll # T55
Date: 1908
Extent 1 slim document box (3 linear inches)
Collection consists of the the receipt book of the J. R. Lane Illuminating, Lubricating and Fuel Oil (Company) located in Rhyolite, Nevada. Receipt book lists the names of customers and purchases made in Rhyolite in 1908.

Leprechaun Mining and Chemical, Incorporated
Coll # 2003-04
Date: ca. 1950 - 1998
Extent 11 boxes (10 record storage boxes, 1 document box)
Collection contains the operational records for Leprachaun Mining and Chemical, Inc., a salt mining company, including the financial records: tax documents, CPA reports and records of stockholder shares and dividends, and general mining reports on evaporation rates and mineral grades. There are also several books of stock certificates listing stock holders. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Liberty Engine Company No. 1
Coll # T11
Date: 1876-1928
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of two ledger books and some bank records for the Liberty Engine Company No. 1. Ledger books date from 1876 to 1917. Bank deposit records date from 1926-1927. Liberty Engine Company No. 1 was the volunteer fire fighting unit for Gold Hill, Nevada, until it closed in 1938.

Liddle, Samuel
Coll # Mss31
Date: 1885 -1890
Extent 7 folders (containing 164 items)
Collection consists of ledgers, accounts and correspondence for the General Store of Samuel
Liddle, located in Leadville, Nevada, from 20 October 1885 to 11 November 1890. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Mim's Sutro Co .
Coll # T 170
Date: 1905
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection contains the stock ledger for the Nevada mining company Mim's Sutro Co.

Mines and Mining
Coll # MS11
Date: 1870 - 1980
Extent 23 boxes (15 document boxes, 7 slim document boxes, 1 record storage box) and miscellaneous scrapbooks and newspaper clippings sitting on shelf
Collection consists of business and legal documents from a number of mines in Southern and Central Nevada. Types of documentation include prospectuses, stock certificates, correspondence, invoices, employee lists, purchasing records and mill foreman reports. The records also include the histories of the Nevada mines-location, operation dates, mineral being mined, and production amount. This information is related in correspondence, brochures, reports and newspaper clippings. Mines in the collection include: Eberhardt and Aurora Mining Company, Nevada-Utah Mines and Smelters Corporation, Techatticup Mine, Bulen Mining Company, Bullfrog-Red Oak Mining Company, Pioche Mines Company, Tonopah Mining Company, Yellow Pine Mining Company, Esmeralda County, White Pine, Lincoln County, Nye County, Goodsprings Mining District. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Monte Carlo Club
Coll # T72
Date: 1944
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of select records from the Monte Carlo Club, a Fremont Street casino which
opened in 1944 with the tagline "Home of More Jackpots." The collection contains blank checks
and stationary from the Monte Carlo Club, and a binder with articles of incorporation, bylaws, and a ledger listing the names, addresses and number of shares owned by individual stockholders. Listed as the incorporators were Wilbur Clark, Art Ham and Ryland Taylor.

Moore, William J .
Coll # T174
Date: 1925 - 1974
Extent 7 document boxes
The William J. Moore collection consists of a number of mining publications (Uof NV Bulletins on Geology and Mining, photographs of mine locations, mine production reports, sales contracts of various ores), maps (quadrangles with marked mine locations), claims, and correspondence re: the casino construction. It also includes original plans for the Last Frontier. Scrapbooks from the Frontier Hotel are in the oversize section of Special Collections and not included in the inventory for this collection. There is also information on estimates and analysis for a 500 room Las Vegas
resort hotel. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Nevada Banking History
Coll # 86-03
Date: 1863 -1971
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection contains information on the history of banking, primarily in Worcester, NV and a history of the Worcester bank. Included in this history are pamphlets and promotional publications on early Nevada banks, contemporary newspaper clippings and correspondence about Butch Cassidy and common banking correspondence. Of interest is a copy of a proclamation and report by the governor of the Territory of Nevada about an international mineral exhibition dated 1863.

Nevada Motion Picture Division
Coll # MS5
Date: ca1970s-1990s
Extent 24 document boxes
Collection is comprised of film scripts from the Motion Picture and Television Division of the
Nevada Commission on Economic Development. All film and television scripts were set around Las Vegas or in the Nevada desert. Notable titles include "Vegas Vacation," "Honeymoon in Vegas," and "Leaving Las Vegas." INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Parks, W.S. Dr.
Coll # T34
Date: 1923 - 1933
Extent 1 record storage box (13 linear inches)
Collection contains the household and business records of Dr. W.S. Parks, early Las Vegas dentist and son of Las Vegas pioneer, John S. Park. Collection contains record books, cancelled checks, and receipts. Provides insight into grocery, automobile, coal, ice, household repairs, insurance and water costs in the 1920s-1930s in Las Vegas.

PEPCON
Coll # MS4
Date: 1988
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists primarily of news clippings, and reports on the explosion that took place at the Henderson-based PEPCON plant in 1988.

Roth, George Knox
Coll # 82-06
Date: 1966 - 1970
Extent 4 record storage boxes
The collection of George Knox Roth, a research assistant to John Meier, a special assistant to Howard Hughes in Nevada. Collection contains clippings, technical reports and publications, and correspondence relating to: the Atomic Energy Commission, the environmental impact of nuclear testing in Nevada, AirWest and Hughes Airport and other aspects of Howard Hughes' operations in Nevada. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Siegel, Sam
Coll # T81
Date: 1958 - 1967
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains the corporate records of Sam Siegel's Clark Dade Investment Enterprises,
incorporated on February 14, 1958 and located at 1200 1/2 Nellis Blvd. The corporation apparently operated a trading stamp coupon book exchange service and George's Chuck Wagon Caterers. Materials include a corporate record book listing names of stockholders/subscribers, some correspondence, a book of blank stock certificates, and some photographs of Siegel with a woman who appears to be Jayne Mansfield.

Stardust Convention Cards
Coll # 2003-03
Date: ca. 1960's
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection contains the contact information and convention plans for thousands of companies from around the United States on index cards, indexed by geographic location.

Stocker, Harold & Mayme
Coll # T63
Date: 1860 - 1982
Extent 11 document boxes; 6 linear ft.
The collection of Oscar and Mayme Stocker and their sons Lester, Clarence, and Harold. The
Stockers settled in Las Vegas in 1911 where Mayme was the first person to receive a gaming license in 1931 when she opened the Northern Club. Collection consists of news clippings,
correspondence, and bank statements. The business and legal series consists mainly of Harold's papers from 1930-1977, and includes deeds, leases, business agreements, and Chief Hotel Court statements and room accounts. There is also material dealing with family history and their interests and activities, and political documents which cover Harold Stocker's Republican Party activities from 1939-1976, including party publications, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and bank statements. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Syphus, Levi
Coll # T178
Date: 1889 -1899
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection houses the business records of Levi Syphus, the daily sales and statement books with lists of payouts (item and amount) and receivables (sold what to whom for how much).

Von Tobel Store
Coll # 96-11
Date: 1964 -1994
Extent 1 record storage box
The Von Tobel Store collection contains store policies, employment materials, handbooks,
and promotional items.

White Cross Drugstore
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: ca. 1964
Extent 1 DBL OVERSIZE box
Collection is comprised of an oversize scrapbook documenting the history and mission of the White Cross Drugstore . The White Cross Drug Store was founded in 1918 by Las Vegas pioneer W.E. Ferron; its slogan was "the place to go for the brands you know." The album contains photographs, employee training materials, news clippings, advertisements, displays and some historical narrative and press release material on the history and mission of the store. There is contemporary advertising ephemera/brochures on cosmetic products and perfumes from the early 1960s.

Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO)
Coll # 98-12
Date: 1920-1995
Extent 33 document boxes
Collection documents the history of the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) and is comprised of numerous visual materials such as photographs, negatives, slides, transparencies and videotapes. Also contains correspondence, price books, drawings, calculations, newspaper and trade magazine articles on YESCO, and oral history interviews and audio recordings of YESCO designers and executives. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE