Abstract
The Eddie Hawk Jim Family Papers (1891-2011) contain newspaper clippings, photographs, school, cemetary, and census records pertaining to the Jim family, a Paiute family from the Pahrump, Nevada region. The newspaper articles document the general public's perspective of events involving the Paiute people living in the Pahrump Valley region. The photographs depict Mary Scott, Alice Jim, Long Jim, and other relatives of the Jim family during the 1940s and 1950s. Additional photographs include a larger group of tribal members gathered in 2011 at Mt. Charleston, Nevada. These papers have been gathered by the Jim family as the foundation of a Pahrump Paiute Tribal Archive that other members may build upon. This collection consists entirely of digital surrogates.
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The Eddie Hawk Jim Family Papers (1891-2011) contain newspaper clippings, photographs, school, cemetary, and census records pertaining to the Jim family, a Paiute family from the Pahrump, Nevada region. The newspaper articles document the general public's perspective of events involving the Paiute people living in the Pahrump Valley region. The photographs depict Mary Scott, Alice Jim, Long Jim, and other relatives of the Jim family during the 1940s and 1950s. Additional photographs include a larger group of tribal members gathered in 2011 at Mt. Charleston, Nevada. These papers have been gathered by the Jim family as the foundation of a Pahrump Paiute Tribal Archive that other members may build upon. This collection consists entirely of digital surrogates.
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Collection is closed to the public per donor agreement and requires permission to be accessed. University of Nevada, Las Vegas students and faculty may access the collection onsite without restrictions. Please contact Special Collections and Archives for additional information.
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Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. The collection is accessible onsite only, and researchers must seek permission from the donor for quotation, reproduction, or publication. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for additional information. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
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Eddie Hawk Jim Family Papers, 1891-2011. MS-01028. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
In 2020, Eddie Hawk Jim donated digital surrogates, but retained the original items; ; accession number 2020-053.
Processing Note
In 2020, UNLV University Libraries Digital Collections digitized the collection. Sarah Jones created access copies of digital files, wrote the finding aid, and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.
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This collection is comprised exclusively of digital surrogates. The donor retained the original items.