Guide to the Alan Bible Photograph Collection
This finding aid was created by Jimmy Chang. This copy was published on March 25, 2020. Persistent URL for this finding aid: http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f13m3c
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Box 457010 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7010 [email protected] Guide to the Alan Bible Photograph Collection
Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical Note ...... 3 Scope and Contents Note ...... 4 Arrangement ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 4 Related Materials ...... 5 Names and Subjects ...... 5 Collection Inventory ...... 5
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Summary Information
Repository: University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Creator: Bible, Alan, 1909-1988 Title: Alan Bible Photograph Collection ID: PH-00386 Date [inclusive]: approximately 1970 to 1974 Physical Description: 0.89 Cubic Feet (1 oversized box) Physical Description: 1.73 Linear Feet Language of the English Material: Abstract: The Alan Bible Photograph Collection contains color photographic prints of the Hoover Dam; an aerial of the Colorado River; an Atomic Energy Commission drill rig in Central Nevada; and views of a Nuclear Rocket Development Station (NRDS) facility at the Nevada Test Site between approximately 1970 to 1974. These photographs are captioned and were originally framed and hung in Alan Bible's United States Senate office. Preferred Citation Alan Bible Photograph Collection, approximately 1970-1974. PH-00386. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Biographical Note
Lawyer and politician Alan Bible was born in 1909 in Lovelock, Nevada and served as a United States Senator from Nevada and as Attorney General of Nevada. Bible studied at the University of Nevada, Reno before earning his law degree from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. After returning to Nevada, Bible worked for United States Senator Pat McCarran. Bible served as Deputy Attorney General from 1938 to 1942, and then as Attorney General from 1942 to 1950. In 1954, following McCarran's death, Bible filled McCarran's Senate seat. He was reelected in 1956, 1962, and 1968, serving in the United States Senate from 1954 to 1974. Bible died in 1988. Source:
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"Alan H. Bible - Democrat, Elected." Nevada Attorney General, Nevada Government Website. 2019. Accessed March 4, 2020. http://ag.nv.gov/Bios/Biographies/20_-_Alan_H_Bible/
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Scope and Contents Note
The Alan Bible Photograph Collection contains color photographic prints of the Hoover Dam; an aerial of the Colorado River; an Atomic Energy Commission drill rig in Central Nevada; and views of a Nuclear Rocket Development Station (NRDS) facility at the Nevada Test Site between approximately 1970 to 1974. These photographs are captioned and were originally framed and hung in Alan Bible's United States Senate office.
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Arrangement
Materials remain in original order.
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Administrative Information
Access Note Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish. Acquisition Note Materials were donated in 1974 by Alan Bible; accession number 1974-346.
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Processing Note In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Jimmy Chang rehoused the materials, wrote the finding aid, and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.
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Related Materials
Related Collections The following resource may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection: Alan Bible Collection of Speeches, 1967-1974. MS-00506. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Names and Subjects
• Photographs • Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) • Nevada Test Site (Nev.) • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Collection Inventory
Title/Description Containers Hoover Dam; an aerial along the Colorado River; an Atomic Energy Commission oversized drill rig in Central Nevada; and views of a Nuclear Rocket Development Station box 01 at the Nevada Test Site: photographic prints, approximately 1970 to 1974 (0386_0001-0386-0007) Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints
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