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Amargosa Valley Library
.. HCR 69 Box 401-T
829 Farm Road
Amargosa Valley, NV 89020
Nye County

phone: (775)372-5340

Hours of Operation:
Monday, Wednesday
Friday - 9am to 5pm
Tuesday :
Thursday - 9am to 7 pm
Saturday - 9am to 1 pm
Sunday - closed
Exceptions - Dec., Jan., Feb.
Mon - Fri - 9am to 5 pm

Staff:
Jean Adams (Library Director) [library@amargosavalley.com]

Collections:
We are a repository for government documents on Yucca Mountain and nuclear waste.

Special Instructions:
Government documents, oral history books and photographs may be copied, but may not be taken out of the library.

Access to holdings:
Open to the general public
Online Catalog

Subject Areas Covered:
Environment
Nevada Test Site
Nuclear Waste
Women's Groups
Other
Nye County History

Types of Materials:
Government Records
Oral Histories
Photographs
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Pahrump Valley Museum
.. 401 E. Basin Ave.
Pahrump, NV 89041
Nye County

phone: (775)727-5218

Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday - 9 - 2
Saturday - 10 - 2
Sunday - 10 - 2
Exceptions - opens after 09/01/2003

Staff:
Harry Ford (Director)

Collections:
We have one of the best President Abraham Lincoln collections of memorbalia west of the Mississippi.

Access to holdings:
Open to the general public
In-house inventories or collection guides

Subject Areas Covered:
Archaelogy
Agriculture
Education
Ghost Towns
Mining
Native Americans
Nevada -- Early Settlers
Nevada Test Site
Railroads
Ranching
Other

Types of Materials:
Oral Histories
Photographs
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Tonopah Historic Mining Park
.. Box 965
Tonopah, NV 89049
Nye County

phone: (775)482-9274
link: http://tonopahnevada.com/tonopahhistoricminingpark.htm

Hours of Operation:

April 1st - September 30th: Seven days a week, 9
a.m. - 5 p.m.
October 1st - March 31st: Weds - Sunday, 10 a.m. -
4 p.m.

Staff:
Shawn Hall (Director) [shawnrhall@aol.com]

Collections:
Our research library has approximately 2000 books and publications dealing primarily with all aspects of mining and geology. The most significant collection is more than 1500 original mining related maps including more than 500 underground maps of the many mines in the Tonopah Mining District.

Access to holdings:
Open to the general public
Online Catalog
In-house inventories or collection guides
Directories

Subject Areas Covered:
Architecture
Archaelogy
Business and Industry
Engineering
Environment
Genealogy
Geology
Ghost Towns
Mining
Railroads
Ranching
Transportation
Water
Other

Types of Materials:
Books/Serials
Government Records
Ephemera (clippings, pamphlets)
Electronic Records
Films/Videotapes
Maps
Oral Histories
Organizational Records
Personal Papers/Manuscript Collections
Photographs
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Tonopah Public Library
.. P.O. Box 449
167 Central Street
Tonopah, NV 89049
Nye County

phone: (775)482-3374

Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday -10-6
Saturday -10-2
Sunday -
Exceptions -Holidays

Staff:
Amy Geddes (Librarian) [algeddes@clan.lib.nv.us]

Carolina Loncar -cmloncar@clan.lib.nv.us

Focus :
hardcover collection, newspapers, magazines, audio tapes, and videos

Collections:
Audios Videos (esp. non-fiction) Nevada history

Access to holdings:
Open to the general public
Directories

Subject Areas Covered:
Arts & Crafts
Civic/Community Organizations
Education
Entertainment
FolkLife
Genealogy
Geology
Ghost Towns
Health Care
Mining
Music
Native Americans
Nature
Nevada -- Early Settlers
Nevada Test Site
Nuclear Waste
Prostitution
Railroads
Religion
Tourism
Women
Other

Types of Materials:
Books/Serials
Government Records
Ephemera (clippings, pamphlets)
Electronic Records
Films/Videotapes
Maps
Oral Histories
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This project is funded by a UNLV SITE Grant and maintained by UNLV Special Collections

Page last updated 01 March 2004