Abstract
The Levi Walter Syphus Papers date from 1889 to 1930 and document the activities of Levi Walter Syphus (1866-1949), a southern Nevada pioneer and state legislator. The collection contains a financial ledger, meeting minutes of the Board of Control of the Lincoln County Experiment Farm, and records of experiments in refining magnesite.
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The Levi Walter Syphus Papers date from 1889 to 1930 and document the activities of Levi Walter Syphus (1866-1949), a southern Nevada pioneer and state legislator. The collection contains a financial ledger, meeting minutes of the Board of Control of the Lincoln County Experiment Farm, and records of experiments in refining magnesite. Syphus represented Lincoln County in the Nevada Legislature between 1902 and 1912.
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Collection is open for research.
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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
Materials remain in original order.
Biographical / Historical Note
Levi Walter Syphus, born April 22, 1866, was a pioneer of southern Nevada who represented Lincoln County in the Nevada Legislature between 1902 and 1912. He lived in Panaca and Saint Thomas, Nevada, and died on April 14, 1949.
Sources:
“Early Mormon Missionaries: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” Accessed November 8, 2017. https://history.lds.org/missionary/individual/levi-walter-syphus-1866?lang=eng.
“Levi Walter Syphus.” Find A Grave. Accessed November 8, 2017. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15522557.
“Syphus, Levi.” Nevada Legislature. Accessed November 8, 2017. https://www.leg.state.nv.us.
Preferred Citation
Levi Walter Syphus Papers, 1889-1930. MS-00228. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Accession number T178.
Processing Note
In 2017, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, John A. Heldt revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.