Brown, Dora Lee
Coll # Mss23
Date: 1904 - 1946
Extent 1 folder (containing 30 items)
Collection consists of the papers (mostly photocopies of originals) of an American Indian
family (Brown) who resided in Pahrump and Las Vegas, Nevada. Includes correspondence
between family members, notes, certificates of awards, report cards, birth announcements,
wedding announcements, 1936 sample ballot, and copies of photographs.

Clark, Donald
Coll # T68
Date: 1953 - 1972
Extent 2 document boxes
The collection of Rev. Donald M. Clark, who played a major role in the development of the black community in Las Vegas and in the struggle for civil rights, is comprised of materials ranging from 1953 to 1972, detailing Rev. Clark's activities with his community, NAACP, and Economic Opportunity Board. Types of documents include correspondence, organizational plans, newspaper clippings and personal memorabilia. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Clement, Mary Edna Brown
Coll # Mss39
Date: 1955
Extent 3 folders (containing 78 items)
Collection consists of correspondence, poetry manuscript and musical score. Two letters dated 19 January 1956 and 26 February 1956 from Zoe A. Tilghman, Oklahoma City, to Mary Brown Clement, Las Vegas. Correspondence refers to Pistol Pete by Eva Gillhouse. "Black and Silver" poetry manuscript draft that was published by Henry Harrison, poetry publisher, in New York, 1944, written by Mary Edna Brown. Musical score and verse "Neshabe" (Dark Water) from Cheyenne Indian melody, words by Zoe A. Tilghman, music arranged by Ruth F. McNaughton, dedicated to Mary B. Clement.

Duncan, Ruby
Coll # 96-08
Date: 1979 - 1992
Extent 20 record storage boxes (24 linear ft.)
Collection contains the organizational records of Operation Life Community Development Corporation, a non-profit organization that worked to improve living conditions in West Las Vegas by providing a variety of community development services. The organization began in May 1972, in the wake of a welfare protest march orchestrated by the Clark County Welfare Rights Organization and Ruby Duncan. Operation Life grew from this organization and was directed by Ruby Duncan, executive director from 1972 until her health forced her to retire in 1990. In general, this collection documents part of the history of a non-profit community development corporation. In addition, the material provides a glimpse of the regulations and protocol governing the public and private funding process. The collection also provides a partial documentation of the lives and struggles of West Las Vegans, and the improvements they created to make to their community. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Fong, Lilly
Coll # T148
Date: 1960 - 1996
Extent 38 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the personal papers of Lilly Fong, the first woman and first Asian-American member of the Nevada Board of Regents. Material focuses on her community activities in various organizations and her work on the Board of Regents. Materials include clippings, magazines, correspondence, conference programs, and reports. INVENTORY AVAILABLE NOTE: THIS COLLECTION IS STORED IN LIED LIBRARY'S LASR SYSTEM; PLEASE CALL AHEAD TO OBTAIN BOXES.

Fort Mohave, Arizona Indian School
Coll # T26
Date: 1890 - 1893
Extent 1 document box (5 linear in.)
Collection consists of the correspondence records of the Fort Mohave Industrial School in two bound volumes. The school served the Walapai and Mohave Indians at a site near present-day Kingman, Arizona. Correspondence (between the school's superintendent, Samuel M. McCowan and Commissioner [of Indian Affairs] Thomas J. Morgan or Assistant Commissioner R.V. Belt) documents the school's finances and administrative operations as well as policy implementation and fact finding. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Gragson, Oran
Coll # T86
Date: 1959 - 1974
Extent 16 boxes (13 record storage boxes, 3 document boxes) 14 linear ft.
Collection is comprised of the political papers of Oran Gragson, Las Vegas mayor from 1959-1974. Collection includes news clippings, city documents, memos, daily planners and correspondence. The bulk of the collection consists of Gragson's mayoral files, which are arranged alphabetically. Subjects include crime, labor union arbitration, race relations, pollution abatement, and there is much information concerning the city's involvement with county and federal agencies regarding law enforcement, economic opportunity projects and planning. The collection also documents Gragson's failed bid to win the 1962 Nevada gubernatorial election. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Humphries, Kathy (Quinn)
Coll # 1017-3
Date: 1969-1971
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of various items regarding the Paiute Indians of Southern Nevada and includes photo negatives, kinship chart, and an audio tape of Paiute vocabulary. It also contains a family history, a list of Paiute words and their meanings, the uses of various herbs and plants, and a brief autobiography of Stella Smith of the Las Vegas Indian Village.

Jewish Immigration Archives
Coll # 2001-6
Date: 1997-current
Extent still receiving accretions check shelf for accurate count
Collection is comprised of material that documents the Jewish community in Las Vegas. Materials include newsletters and flyers from the Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada, local temples, Shabbat, local family histories, artifacts, and a Jewish veteran's cemetery index. Accretions received yearly from donor.

Katz-Yarchever, Edythe
Coll # 96-17
Date: 1935-1985
Extent 6 boxes (1 record storage box, 3 document boxes, 2 oversize boxes on roller shelves)
Collection consists of the papers of Edythe Katz-Yarchever and her first husband, Lloyd Katz,
who owned a number of movie theatres in Las Vegas, including the Fremont Theatre and the Huntridge Theatre. The collection chronicles their prominent role in the Jewish community in Las Vegas and includes scrapbooks, clippings, programs, certificates, and photographs on local Jewish community organizations.

Key, Alice
Coll # 95-47
Date: 1936-1995
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of the papers of Alice Key, who came to Las Vegas in 1955 as Public Relations Director for the Moulin Rouge Hotel. Key had been a chorus girl in her early days in Los Angeles. Key was active in the Civil Rights movement in Las Vegas, and in a number of political and community service organizations such as the NAACP. Collection consists of clippings, photographs, correspondence, and videos regarding civil rights and entertainment, in particular, the preservation of the Moulin Rouge Hotel. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Kim Sisters
Coll # Roller shelf
Date: 1965 - 1969
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of two scrapbooks of the Kim Sisters, a trio of Korean-born musical entertainers who were prominent on the Las Vegas Strip from the 1950s-1970s. The scrapbooks contain ads for upcoming shows from around the world, reviews of performances, articles and interviews, and copies of The Ed Sullivan Show programs on which they appeared.

Las Vegas Paiute Tribal Archives
Coll # E 99 P2 L37x
Date: 1911-1976
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of documents concerning the Las Vegas Indian Colony, which was made up of the Paiute and Chemehuevi Indians. Includes government documents from such agencies as the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Also includes material on the Moapa River (Paiute) Reservation. Some of the documents are from other groups such as the Citizens' Committee for Community
Improvement of Las Vegas, Nevada. Also includes transcriptions of oral history interviews conducted in the 1970s with Maureen Frank, Daisy Mike, Nellie Sanchez, Herbert Myers, Juanita Lee, and Lee Castillo.

Levinson, Bea
Coll # 97-02
Date: 1972 - 1990
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of news clippings, reports, bylaws, certificates, and photographs relating to
Jewish Family Services and divorced homemakers.

Mercer, L. Paul
Coll # Mss46
Date: 1957 - 1972
Extent 6 folders (containing 161 items)
Collection consists of material relating to Paul Mercer's interest in the arts of spinning, dyeing, and weaving. It includes letters from fellow enthusiast, Fred A. Pennington, and his wife, Lulu. Also includes manuscript of Dye Formulas and Color Representations from the notes of Paul Mercer. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Petitions
Coll # Mss29
Date: 1940
Extent 1 folder (containing [24] items)
Collection consists of petitions of citizens of Las Vegas from 1 February 1940 to 4 December 1940 that were filed with the Clerk, City of Las Vegas. A number of these petitions focus on the need for improvements on the Westside and were filed by the Westside Improvement Committee. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Pueblo Grande
Coll # T143
Date: 1926 - 1980
Extent 2 boxes (1 record storage box, 1 document box)
The Pueblo Grande collection contains essays (re: theories on Pit-Dwellings, lost cities and the disappearance of the Anasazi) and correspondence for nomination and documentation of inclusion to the National Register. It also contains photographs and an inventory of the Pueblo and Anasazi artifacts included in the Pueblo Grande de Nevada site, Lost City Museum.

Rathbun, Frank D.
Coll # T144
Date: 1919 - 1939
Extent 5 boxes (1 record storage box, 2 document boxes, 1 slim flat box and 1 regular flat box both on roller shelf)
The Rathbun papers include publications on the Colorado Aqueduct and telephone lines at Hayfield and the Colorado Rim. There is also a descriptive chapter on desert mirages and archeological field notes written by Rathbun. The archeological materials include inventories from sites in the Southern Great Basin, photos of dwellings and pictographs (taken in the 30s), Nevada Highways and Parks promotional brochures and general newspaper articles on anthropology and archeology (1920s-1930s).

Rusco, Elmer Professor
Coll # T123
Date: 1964 - 1972
Extent 1 document box (5 linear in.)
Collection is comprised of the papers of Elmer Rusco, former UNR professor, who has done
extensive research into civil rights and race relations in Nevada. Topics include school
integration, welfare, black employment, poverty, and Clark County School District staff training
pertaining to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There is also information on Local 357 regarding
discrimination cases against blacks by the union, and information on the number of minorities working at the major Strip hotels. Types of material in the collection include correspondence, news clippings, and research notes. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Sadovich, Maryellen Vallier
Coll # Mss45
Date: 1852 -1934
Extent 9 folders (144 items)
Collection consists primarily of photocopies of National Archives material relating to early Nevada History. Documents include: act concerning setting the boundaries for the State of Nevada, contracts for setting up mail service btw Utah and California, Office of Indian Affairs documents regarding a reservation in Southern Nevada, postal routes in Southern Nevada, and plat showing country tributary to SPLASL Railroad. Other items include Gibb's phonetic alphabet of southern Nevada Indians, and numerous documents regarding the Eldorado Mining District. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Stewart - Knack Collection on Nevada Indians
Coll # 87-26
Date: 1830 - 1975
Extent 3 record storage boxes
The Stewart - Knack Collection is a collection of Native American research materials used by noted anthropologists Dr. Omer Call Stewart and Dr. Martha Knack. It contains notes, documents, judicial opinions, maps and journal entries dealing with the following tribes: Washo, Northern Paiute, Southern Paiute, Chemehuevi and Mohave. Knack and Stewart co-authored the book As Long as the River Shall Run: An Ethnohistory of Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation. Dr. Knack is a professor in the Anthropology Department of UNLV, and Dr. Stewart a Professor Emeritus at University of Colorado, Boulder. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Stewart, William M.
Coll # Mss51
Date: 1854 - 1872
Extent 1 folder (containing 12 items)
Collection consists of several pieces of correspondence from William Morris Stewart, one of
the first U.S. Senators from Nevada (1864-1874 and 1886-1904), and author of the National Mining Laws. INVENTORY AVAILABLE

Williams, Aaron
Coll # 87-36
Date: 1965 - 1975
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection is comprised of the papers of Aaron Williams, North Las Vegas City Councilman and Clark County Commissioner. Consists mainly of material from scrapbooks and newspaper clippings chronicling Williams' political career and the issues he dealt with. Issues included are those related to community and infrastructure development, such as airports, sewage treatment plants, senior citizens, health, and urban planning, as well as local government activities during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The remainder of the materials in the collection consist primarily of correspondence from 1966-1976, various certificates, and a very limited number of items pertaining to affirmative action programs and the organization "Poor People Pulling Together." COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Williams, Nancy
Coll # 97-10
Date: 1983-1996
Extent 1 document box (.25 linear ft.)
Nancy Williams' collection contains news clippings, poetry, photos and correspondence focusing on Clark County Nevada Juvenile Services and African American poetry