Bible, Alan
Coll # 1007
Date: 1969-1970
Extent 1 folder (containing 3 items)
Collection consists of correspondence between U.S. Senator Alan Bible and UNLV Library Director Hal Erickson regarding the Higher Education Act and maintaining preferential postal rates for library and educational materials.

Cannon, Howard
Coll # MS2
Date: 1958 - 1983
Extent 715 boxes
Collection is comprised of the senatorial papers of U.S. Senator (from Nevada) Howard Cannon from 1959 to 1982. Cannon strongly supported the Great Society programs and the War on Poverty. As a decorated WWII pilot, he was particularly interested in aviation issues. Collection materials include correspondence, speeches, invitations, press releases, appointment books, audio, video, and film. There are specific files on Las Vegas and an index file. There are two boxes with U.S. Senator George Malone's papers. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
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Cannon, Howard W.
Coll # 1008
Date: 1968-1975
Extent 1 folder (containing 7 items)
Collection consists of correspondence between U.S. Senator Howard Cannon and UNLV Library
Director Hal Erickson regarding various national and local library issues.

Germain, Raymond
Coll # T80
Date: 1960 - 1968
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of photographs of post office openings, first-day stamp covers, programs from post office dedications, and a 1968 manual from the Assistant Post Master General's Bureau of Facilities with organization charts and job descriptions. There does not appear to be any connection to Las Vegas.

Hecht, Chic
Coll # MS3
Date: 1983 - 1988
Extent 118 document boxes (60 linear ft.)
This collection contains the senatorial papers of Chic Hecht, US Senator from Nevada from 1983-1988 with documentation from the 98th, 99th and 100th Congresses. Materials include correspondence, bills, speeches, and press releases. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
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Jenson, Norman C.
Coll # 1002
Date: 1867, 1903
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of a photograph of "Report of a Guard Mounted at Fort Jefferson, Florida on 28 May 1867" and a typewritten transcription of this document. It also contains an original document entitled "Quarterly Report of Artillery Inspection of Fort Taylor, Florida" dated 31 Dec. 1903, and Lt. Col Jensen's notes and explanations regarding the document. The folder also contains the donor's correspondence with UNLV Library Director Hal Erickson.

Keeler, Dorothy V.
Coll # T121
Date: ca. 1920 -1970s
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of news clippings, telegrams, and photographs relating to the career of Dorothy Keeler, who was Las Vegas Deputy City Clerk from the late 1920s to 1938. There are also materials relating to the career of Eva Adams, Nevada-born director of the U.S. Mint from 1961-1969, and programs from the 100th Anniversary of Nevada celebration and "Nevada's Outstanding Women of the Century" celebration.

Lanman Collection
Coll # 1031-9
Date: 1828 -1923
Extent 6 legal size folders, 1 letter size folder
Lanman wrote a Dictionary of the United States Congress and General Government in the late 19th century. This collection contains the title page and the table of contents of the Dictionary and responses to his solicitation requesting biographical information from notable government figures such as Silas Rody Ashley, Thomas Fitch, Gordon N. Matt, Henry Worthington, S.M. Worts, and Ernest B. Norris. Of particular interest with reagard to Nevada are the original holograph letters of James W. Nye and William M. Stewart.

Las Vegas Airfield (Robert B. Griffith)
Coll # Mss3
Date: 1941
Extent 1 folder (containing 15 items)
Collection includes the U.S. War Department's option for purchase of land for "Project: Las Vegas Airfield, Nevada"; notice of acceptance of option, and First National Bank's escrow instruction to Robert B. Griffith. Land was purchased from Robert B. Griffith & Mrs. Rose (Ruth) Griffith; A. Corradetti & Mary E. Corradetti. This was the future Nellis Air Force Base.

MX in Nevada (Hulse, James)
Coll # Mss17
Date: 1980
Extent 2 folders (containing 13 pages and 1 bound item)
Collection contains a published series of essays entitled "MX in Nevada: A Humanistic Perspective" ( Reno : Nevada Humanities Commission, 1980), Francis X. Hartigan, editor. Includes James W. Hulse's typescript draft with handwritten edits of "A View from Pioche," excerpted from the aforementioned work for delivery to Labor Day Celebration Humanities program in Pioche, Nevada, 31 August 1980.

MX Missile
Coll # T157
Date: 1981
Extent 1 document box
MX review committee and subcommittee reports and draft environmental statement for the MX
Missile Project.

Pittman, Key
Coll # 1003
Date: 1939-1940
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of correspondence between Nevada's U.S. Senator Key Pittman (via his clerk James A. White) and various constituents who have sent him books on a variety of subjects. The possibility of conflict in Europe is mentioned in some of the letters.

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 plate 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

Sieffert, Mrs.
Coll # 1015
Date: 1908 - 1921
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists primarily of correspondence between U.S. Senator George S. Nixon and William B. Ogden regarding the appointment of a postmaster in Gold Mountain and Drumville (both Esmeralda County), Nevada.

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