Description
Container list
Box 27-A
Personal Collection -- Acc. # 001.70
Atkison, Leonard and Corene
2026 Note: See also MS-88; Atkison primary subject file
LL -- Corene Atkison's eyeglasses, c. 1960s [brown plastic frames with gold decorative
applications; unfolded: 5.5" x 5.75"; manufactured by Tura, Inc.
case for 001.70.3a ["goldtone" metal frame, snap clasp; faux damask fabric with blue,
coral, green, and gold flower motif; 2-3/8" x 6.5”
Leonard Atkison's golf pin, c. 1950s-60s [4a pin, bronze, embossed with a golfer in
mid-swing, the word "golf' and the figure "100, .5" x .75"; 4b blue and white
cardboard mounting, "Wilson Sporting Goods Co. printed on in dark blue, 1.75" x
3.25"; 4c gray envelope with cellophane window and "Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
Stores in Principal Cities" printed in blue, 2.25" x 3.5
lapel pin shaped like a shoe from the Adlai Stevenson/Dwight Eisenhower presidential
contest [meaning: "I Walk With Stevenson;" metal, 3/8" x 1"
Jaycee [Junior Chamber of Commerce] Distinguished Service Award pendant [10K
gold, "L. A. Atkinson 1944" engraved on the back; .5" x 1.5"
Leonard Atkison's 25-year Masonic membership pin for Boulder City Lodge No. 37
[sterling silver and enamel; .5" diameter]
Leonard Atkison's alligator skin wallet at the time of his death in 1969 [4" x 8.5";
zipper; pockets, one with a window; blue-and-white oval label reads, "Alves
Guimaraes& C(ompania)/7 de Septembro88/Rio/Fabrico
EspecialfindustriaBrasileira;"]
Bank of Nevada [Boulder City] coin bag [olive canvas; "Bank of Nevada" and "Cont'l
Bag Co. Mexico, MO." printed in black; draw-string; in red ink, "Estate BldgAcc't;"
6.25" 10.25"]
red leather wallet, with "Government Stamps & Bonds" stamped in gold on the front;
together with the logo for Staco [evidently the manufacturer], and "Genuine
Leather/Made in U. S. A.;" scotch-taped to the front of the wallet is a square of
yellow paper on which is written in ball point pen, "Important Papers Please File"
[4.5" x 9.5" folded; the papers that were inside this wallet have been added to MS 88]
Leonard Atkison's Distinguished Service Award from the Selective Service System
of World War II:
-- blue and gold enamel lapel pin (.75")
-- 'blue and gold bar (1-5/16")
-- medal with blue and gold ribbon (medal is bronze, 1.25"
diameter; embossed on obverse is the U. S. eagle with a shield with "SSS;"
around the edge, "Selective Service System/World War II;" on the reverse is
engraved "Awarded in the name of the Congress of the United States for faithful
and loyal service)
-- 'black cardboard box with "Selective Service Medal"
stamped in gold (1" x 3.25" x 6.5")
shoulder patch for the Sheriff's Mounted Posse of Las Vegas, Nevada [4.75" diameter;
charcoal gray fabric embroidered in gold
Leonard Atkison's belt and holster from the Sheriff's Mounted Posse of Las Vegas,
Nevada [tooled leather; initials "L A" on the holster]