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Lake-Eglington Family Papers (MS-00142)

Abstract

The Lake-Eglington Family Papers (1905-1983) consist of correspondence, school records, newspaper clippings, announcements, and receipts collected by Olive Lake-Eglington, a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1904 until the early 1980s. Items of unique interest in the collection include a 1907 temperance pledge and World War Two ration books from 1943.

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Date

1905-1983

Extent

0.19 Cubic Feet (1 box and 1 flat file)
2.21 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Lake-Eglington Family Papers (1905-1983) consist of correspondence, school records, newspaper clippings, announcements, and receipts collected by Olive Lake-Eglington, a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1904 until the early 1980s. Materials document the early pioneer history of Southern Nevada. Items of unique interest in the collection include a 1907 temperance pledge and World War Two ration books from 1943.

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 website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials remain in original arrangement.

Biographical / Historical Note

Early Las Vegas, Nevada pioneer, Olive Lake-Eglington was born in 1895 in California. In 1904, she moved with her family from Ontario, California to Las Vegas, Nevada in a covered wagon. Eglington’s father, Robert E. Lake, was a barber and was also involved in the early civic development of Las Vegas. An elementary school was eventually named in his honor. Olive Lake graduated in the first Clark County High School class in 1913, and soon after married Earle Eglington, who had moved to Las Vegas in 1911. The couple remained in Las Vegas until the 1980s. Olive Lake-Eglington passed away in Los Altos, California in 1992.

Preferred Citation

Lake-Eglington Family Papers, 1905-1983. MS-00142. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 1984 by Olive Eglington; accession number T-36, 1984-093.

Processing Note

Material was processed by UNLV Special Collections staff in 1984. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Ian M. Baldwin

brought the collection up to current professional standards. In 2017 Joyce Moore revised and updated the content.

Resource Type

Papers

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::MS00142

Separated Materials

Photographs in this acquisition were removed from the collection and placed in the Lake-Eglington Photograph Collection, 1905-1983. PH-00010. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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