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Requests from Residents and Business Owners to City Officials of Las Vegas, Nevada (MS-00049)

Abstract

The Requests from Residents and Business Owners to City Officials of Las Vegas, Nevada (1940) consist of formal petitions which were filed with the City of Las Vegas Clerk, and letters to the Mayor and City Commissioners dating from February 1, 1940 to December 4, 1940. The petitions, including one from the Westside Improvement Association, requested infrastructure improvements and zoning restrictions, while others criticized city government actions related to maintenance of public areas and inaction on previous petitions. Additional requests addressed commercial and residential zoning enforcement and clarification regarding new construction.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1940

Extent

0.04 Cubic Feet (1 folder (1 shared box))
0.20 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Requests from Residents and Business Owners to City Officials of Las Vegas, Nevada (1940) consist of formal petitions which were filed with the City of Las Vegas Clerk, and letters to the Mayor and City Commissioners dating from February 1, 1940 to December 4, 1940. The petitions, including one from the Westside Improvement Association, requested infrastructure improvements and zoning restrictions, while others criticized city government actions related to maintenance of public areas and inaction on previous petitions. Additional requests addressed commercial and residential zoning enforcement and clarification regarding new construction.

Access Note

Collection is open for research. Some collection material has been digitized and is available online.

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

Materials remain in original order.

Preferred Citation

Requests from Residents and Business Owners to City Officials of Las Vegas, Nevada. 1940. MS-00049. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Accession number: MSSx29.

Processing Note

Materials were processed by Christine Marin in 1985. In 2015, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, John Grygo revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. In 2018, Joyce Moore enhanced the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type

Records

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLv::MS00049

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