Jensen,
Frank C. "Doc"
Date: 1931-1935
Collection consists of the digital facsimile of the personal diary
of Frank C. "Doc" Jensen, Hoover Dam medic, covering the
years of the Dam's construction. The original of this volume and
the others reside in the Boulder City Museum and Historical Association.
Link to the
digital copy at http://digital.library.unlv.edu/diaries_hooverdam/index.html
Johnson, Rex
Coll # 1029-3
Date: 1941
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of loose-leaf notes from the daily journal
of Rex Johnson, Budget and Planning Officer at Coordinator of
Information office from Sept 2, 1941, to Dec 23, 1941. Also contains
list of foreign visitors to his office for the years 1945-1947.
Page, John Chatfield
Coll # MS23
Date: 1930 - 1947
Collection consists of the diaries of John Chatfield Page, who
served as Construction Engineer on Boulder (Hoover) Dam from 1931-35.
There is also a small amount of ephemera and biographical material
on Page which provide information on his career with the Bureau
of Reclamation. The original diaries have transferred to the Boulder
City Museum and Historical Association, but the library holds
complete digital facsimiles. To view, please go to:
http://digital.library.unlv.edu/diaries_hooverdam/index.html
Rockwell, Earl
Coll # T53
Date: 1866 - 1979
Extent 2 boxes (1 document box and 1 slim document box) 8 linear
inches
Collection consists of the papers of Earl Rockwell, brother of
Leon Rockwell. Contains numerous materials pertaining to Elmira,
New York; plat map of Bonanza Village Tract (Las Vegas); ephemera
such as calling cards, receipts, bank books. There are seven diaries
from the late 1800s that appear to have been written by Amanda
Brees who may have been their grandmother. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Rockwell, Leon
Coll # MS13
Date: 1841 -1967
Extent 16 document boxes
Collection consists of materials documenting the life of Las Vegas
pioneer Leon Rockwell. Many of these materials provide excellent
documentation of everyday life and special events in Las Vegas
and Nevada from the 1920s-1940s. Collection is comprised of diaries,
correspondence, photographs, postcards, Las Vegas community event
programs, ledger sheets, business cards and scrapbooks. There
are a number of books in the collection as well.
Items range in date from early 1895 to 1967. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Stewart Ranch Burial Records
Coll # Mss7
Date: 1905 -1913
Extent 128 p., bound ; 34 cm
This collection consists of a record book recording burials for
the Las Vegas area before Woodlawn Cemetery was established. Contains
names, ages and descriptions of deceased, dates of death, and causes
of death, and lists burial plot numbers at the Stewart Ranch
from 1905-1913. Record book contains a sketch of burial plots
and corresponding numbers on flyleaf of book.
Wieking, Henry C
Coll # 1031-2
Date: 1932
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of the personal recollections (including daily
journal pages) of Henry C. Wieking, foreman at the BLM's Concrete
Testing Laboratory, the agency charged with screening the gravel
that was used to make the concrete for Hoover Dam. Also contains
newspaper clippings and a BLM memorandum. Wieking writes of the
lab established at the Las Vegas Fort in the early 1930s.