Call, Anson
Coll # 1019
Date: ca. 1860s
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of typescript photocopies of the "Autobiography of Anson Call" and "Sketch - Life of Anson Call 1810-1890 Pioneer in the Building of the West." Also, a typescript transcription of Call's report, "Exploration of the Colorado, 1864" and two typescript transcriptions of Call's correspondence in 1865. The two papers on Call appear to be incomplete.
Note: published works of Anson Call are available in Special Collections.

Cheel, Chester W.
Coll # 1020
Date: ca. 1960's
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of two photocopies of manuscript on early Nevada History and Las Vegas
with some focus on the Mormons' role in developing the area. Includes a two-page hand-written
bibliography.

Edwards, Elbert
Coll # 90-32
Date: 1903 - 1993
Extent 6 boxes (3 record storage boxes, 2 document boxes, 1 slim document box)
Collection consists of the papers of Elbert Edwards, educator, and later, Superintendent of the Las Vegas School District. Documents include his research materials, manuscripts , reports, and
interviews on numerous Southern Nevada history topics. Subjects include the Mormon Church in Southern Nevada, Clark County schools, Spanish Trail, Clark and Lincoln Counties. Other items in the collection are: the Boulder City cemetery Genealogical Records from July 1993 with a complete list of cemetery residents with plot location, biographies of Arthur Knight Hafen, Milton Lafayette Lee, John Hyram Wittwer, Henry Hudson Lee and others, and research notes about train robberies, cows and the cattle industry, old mining methods and the use of steamboats on the Colorado River. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE

Gregory, Leila (Walker) Collection
Coll # T162
Date: ca. 1920 - 1970s
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of news clippings and handwritten notes regarding the murder of Reed
Walker (Leila's second husband) who was Chief Building Inspector for Las Vegas (includes his
identification card and inspector badge). There are also notes and Mormon genealogy information on Leila and her third husband, Arthur Gregory, Gregory's diplomas, and Leila's correspondence with Anna Dean Kepper regarding her donation.

Leavitt, Cecil
Coll # 1023-3
Date: ca.1960s
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of photocopied typescript of "History of Bunkerville" which was written by Cecil Leavitt (resident of Bunkerville) as a term paper for a history course.

Lyman, Marguerite Rice
Coll # 1014
Date: 1817 - 1964
Extent 1 folder
Collection consists of six typescripts concerning Southern Nevada history, the Muddy Mission,
Spring Valley, and profiles of Rice family pioneers. Emphasis on Mormon church activities.

Mortensen, Verna
Coll # T78
Date: 1960 - 1979
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of materials pertaining to Verna Mortensen's work with the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and their efforts to preserve the Mormon (Las Vegas) Fort. Contains newspaper clippings, federal grant application for restoration of the Fort, DUP brochure, and a paper on the history of the lower Colorado Region. The collection also contains two detailed eulogies of Mortensen, a native of Bunkerville, NV, who had lived in St. George, UT, and Las Vegas, NV.

Syphus - Bunker Papers
Coll # T85
Date: 1891 - 1895
Extent 2 boxes (1 record storage box and 1 document box)
Collection is comprised primarily of the correspondence of John Bunker and Mary Etta
Syphus from 1891-1895. Mary Etta was one of ten children of Luke and Christina Syphus, a pioneer Mormon family who settled in Panaca, Nevada in the late 1800s. In September 1895, Mary Etta married John Bunker, but passed away just two months later in November 1895. The earliest correspondence was written when Bunker was living in El Dorado Canyon Nevada and Syphus in Panaca, Nevada, and the later correspondence when Bunker was in Logan, Utah, and Syphus attending the BYU Academy Church Normal School in Provo, UT. There is additional correspondence between Mary Etta Syphus and various friends along with some certificates and wedding announcements. The collection also includes a genealogy chart and the Syphus family history. Collection contains both originals, and typed transcriptions of the correspondence. Subjects discussed include the Muddy River, sicknesses, weather, neighbors, LDS church, school and leisure activities.

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).

Waite, Lu Jones
Coll # T17
Date: 1968
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of the manuscript for Lu Jones Waite's novel -- Out of the West. Waite wrote a number of fictional works which were centered around Mormon families and the Mormon faith.

Wheeler, Maria Burston
Coll # Mss42
Date: 1840 -1933
Extent 2 folders (containing 127 items)
Collection consists of a typescript account of Maria Wheeler's experiences from her childhood in England, crossing the Atlantic to the United States, and her trek to the western U.S., specifically the Las Vegas region. Significant because of its vivid description of her time at the Mormon Fort around 1855 including the crops planted, relations with the local Paiute Indians, construction of the buildings etc. Her husband was one of the original Mormon settlers called to develop the mission at Las Vegas.

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