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Earl Rockwell Papers (MS-00145)

Abstract

The Earl Rockwell Papers (1852-1978) consists of newspaper clippings, diaries, books, correspondence, and ephemera related to Las Vegas, Nevada pioneer Earl Rockwell. The collection documents Rockwell’s life in Las Vegas and Elmira, New York and also contains seven nineteenth-century diaries that belonged to Rockwell’s grandmother, Amanda Brees.

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Date

1852 to 1978

Extent

1.08 Cubic Feet (2 boxes and 1 flat file)
3.01 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Earl Rockwell Papers (1852-1978) consists of newspaper clippings, diaries, books, correspondence, and ephemera related to Las Vegas, Nevada pioneer Earl Rockwell. The collection documents Rockwell’s life in Las Vegas and Elmira, New York and also contains seven nineteenth-century diaries that belonged to Rockwell’s grandmother, Amanda Brees.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged chronologically.

Biographical / Historical Note

Earl Rockwell was born on August 17, 1892 in Elmira, New York and in 1906 moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with his brother, Leon Rockwell. The two brothers helped to found the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire Department and became prominent citizens of early Las Vegas. The Rockwell brothers also constructed one of the first airfields in Las Vegas, and leased it to Western Air Express in 1920 which opened the city to aircraft. Later in life, both Earl and Leon Rockwell were involved in real estate ventures in the greater Las Vegas area. Earl Rockwell died in 1980.

Related Collections

The following resource may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection:

Leon Rockwell Papers, 1829-1986. MS-00013. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Earl Rockwell Papers, 1852-1978. MS-00145. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 1981 by Alice L. Rockwell; accession numbers T-053 and 1981-084. In 2022, additional materials were found in UNLV Special Collections by curator Su Kim Chung and added to the collection; accession number 2022-003.

Processing Note

Material was processed by UNLV Special Collections staff in 1981. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Ian M. Baldwin wrote the collection description and entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In 2018 and 2022, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Sarah Jones revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.

Resource Type

Papers

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::MS00145

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