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Robert "Bob" Price Political Papers (MS-00246)

Abstract

This collection is comprised of the legislative papers of Nevada assemblyman Robert "Bob" Price from 1959 to 1988. The majority of the material concerns a legislative subcommittee appointed to investigate the pricing of automobile and housing insurance policies in Nevada. Documents include newspaper clippings, correspondence, minutes, testimony, press releases, and reports. Also included are legislative documents that relate to tax regulations, gaming regulations, and the Nevada Gaming Commission.

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Date

1959-1988

Extent

2.40 Cubic Feet (4 boxes)
2.05 Linear Feet

Scope and Contents Note

This collection is comprised of the legislative papers of Nevada assemblyman Robert "Bob" Price from 1959 to 1988. The majority of the material concerns a legislative subcommittee appointed to investigate the

pricing of automobile and housing insurance policies in Nevada. Documents include newspaper clippings, correspondence, minutes, testimony, press releases, and reports. Also included are legislative documents that relate to tax regulations, gaming regulations, and the Nevada Gaming Commission.

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.

Arrangement

The collection remains in the order it was received.

Biographical / Historical Note

Nevada Assemblyman Robert "Bob" Price was born in DeLand, Florida in 1936. Price, an electrician by trade, was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Local 357 in Las Vegas for 42 years. He served as a Democrat from Clark County in the Nevada Assembly, from 1975 to 2001, in three special sessions and 14 regular sessions. Price served as a member of the Interim Finance Committee from 1987 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2001; he chaired the Legislative Committee on High-Level Radioactive Waste and the Assembly Committee on Constitutional Amendments; and he was Vice Chairman for the Assembly Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics. He also served as the chair of the Assembly Taxation Committee and as a strong supporter of worker rights.

Source: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/71st/legislators/Assembly/Price.cfm

Preferred Citation

Robert "Bob" Price Political Papers, 1959-1988. MS-00246. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 1985 by Thomasine Carson from the North Las Vegas Library; accession number 85-99.

Processing Note

Collection was processed in 2017 by Joyce Moore.

Resource Type

Papers

EAD ID

US::NVLN::MS00246

Finding Aid Description Rules

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