Description
Container list
Box 39-C
Personal Collection
Morgan Sweeney
2026 note: objects marked "D" below are on display in a special exhibit in the Museum theater room
000.06.3
rubber name stamp Morgan Sweeney"]
000.06.10
metal name stamp Morgan Sweeney"]
000.06.11.b
slide rule in case
000.06.12
wooden gravel
000.06.15
thread holder ["The Linen Thread Co."]
000.06.16
Camel cigarette pack
D 000.06.17
Durham Tobacco pouch [with tobacco]
000.06.18
Osman Cigarettes pack
000.06.20
pipe cleaners
000.06.30
badge ["National Assoc. Retired Federal Employees"]
000.06.24-29
six badges ["Nevada Municipal Association"]
000.06.31
badge with date pins [Rotary International]
D 000.06.40
Electrical Handbook [1942]
000.112.19.a-b
Kit Book [Morgan Sweeney, Jr., (1943)]
000.112.20
metal name plate ["Morgan J. Sweeney/Mayor, Boulder City, Nevada 6-22-71-
6-12-73"]
D 000.112.21
employee badge [Fox Film Corporation (1920s)]
000.112.22
Six Companies coin scrip [two large coins;six "10"; one "5"— 9 total, not individually
labeled]
000.112.23.a-b
two handkerchiefs [112.23.a is black with Democratic donkeys; 112.23b is
brown, with Republican elephants]
D 001.41.17
Lewis Construction Company employee badge [c. 1931]
001.41.25
decorative key
001.41.26
Morgan Sweeney name plate
001.41.27
Morgan Sweeney name plate
001.41.28
Morgan Sweeney name plate
001.41.43
IBEW badge [July 19471!
001.41.44
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 50th Anniversary Convention badge
001.41.45
Morgan Sweeney dog tag
001.41.46
Morgan Sweeney's Boulder City Councilman badge
D 001.41.52
Morgan Sweeney's Boulder Canyon Project employee badge
001.41.57
Morgan Sweeney Brass Key I [Nellis Air Force Base photos and name badge]
001.41.58
Morgan Sweeney Brass Strike VIII [Nellis Mr Force Base photos and name badge]
001.41.59
embroidered white star
001.41.62: 1947 edition of Artemesia - University of Nevada Reno yearbook [Eileen Sweeney
(Hildebrand)]
001.41.63
3 ring binder [Eileen Sweeney (Hildebrand)]
003.029.1
medal [Morgan Sweeney, Jr.]: sharpshooter, Junior Division, National Rifle
Association [bronze, 1.25" diameter, with attached bar, c. 1930s - 40s]
003.029.2
medal [Morgan Sweeney, Jr.]: pro-marksman, Junior Division, national Rifle
Association [bronze?, 1.25" diameter, with attached bar, c. 1930s - 40s]
003.029.3
medal [Morgan Sweeney, Jr.]: marksman, first class, Junior Division, National Rifle
Association [silver, 1.25" diameter, with two attached bars, c. 1930s - 40s]
003.029.4
pin [Morgan Sweeney, Jr.]: marksman, first class, Junior Division, National Rifle
Association [silver, .5" x .5"; c. 1930s - 40s]
003.029.5
pin [Morgan Sweeney, Jr.]: sharpshooter, Junior Division, National Rifle Association
[bronze?, .5" diameter, c. 1930s - 40s]
003.029.6
medal [Morgan Sweeney, Jr.]: awarded for skills in oratory [bronze, .5" x .75"; c.
1930s - 40s]
003.029.7
pin [Morgan Sweeney, jr.]: unknown significance [red and white enamel on metal,
"CABBY '40," with an image of an oil lamp; .25" x .5,", c. 1940]
003.029.8
medal [Morgan Sweeney, Jr.]: profile of Jesus in bar relief; unknown significance
[silver, 1" diameter; "MJS '40" engraved on the reverse]
003.029.9
pin [Morgan Sweeney, Jr.]: University of Nevada [Reno] [blue enamel with "UNR" in
white metal, hexagonal, .75" x .75," c. 1944-45]
003.029.10
bronze basketball-shaped pendant [Morgan Sweeney, Jr.]: commemorates Sweeney's
being a member of the Boulder City High School basketball team that won the
Nevada state championship in 1946 [bronze?, .75" diameter; blue enamel "N" in
raised relief, with "1946 Champions," attached to a metal chain 11.25" long]
003.029.11
brooch [Morgan Sweeney, Jr.]: wings with red, white, and blue shield with five stars,
attached to the wings are three cap-shaped plastic dangles, red, blue, and white,
each with a small gold eagle attached; unknown significance [metal; wings are 2.5"
wide, small plastic caps are .5" diameter; World War II era]
003.029.12
pin [Morgan Sweeney, Jr.]: military cap-shaped pin which opens to reveal a
photograph of Morgan Sweeney, Jr. [metal; olive-green and gold; 1.5" x 1.75" x
7/8;" World War II era]
003.029.14
Native American beadwork band, unknown significance [white, blue, green, yellow,
red; the terms "ARATABA" and "SIWANIS" are worked into the design; 1-7/8"
wide]
003.029.15
tie pin, unknown significance [gold metal, Spanish inscription, with "Ciudad de San
Juan" around the edge [shield-shaped coat of arms?, blue enamel with figure of a
mountain sheep on a hill with a flag with a cross on it; .5" x .75"; n. d.]
003.029.16
pin [Morgan Sweeney, Sr.]: Rotary International U. S. Bicentennial commemorative
pin [red, white, and blue enamel; twin flags: one U. S. flag with "76" superimposed
over the Liberty Bell, and a white flag with the Rotary insignia; 1976; 7/8" x .5"]
003.029.17
pin [Morgan Sweeney, Sr.]: past president of the National Association of Retired
Civil Employees [gold-toned metal, red, white, and blue enamel; c. 1960s-70s; .5"
x 5/8"]
003.029.18
pin [Morgan Sweeney, Sr.]: Department of the Interior meritorious service [silver, .5"
diameter, c. 1930s-50s?]
003.029.19
pin [Morgan Sweeney, Sr.]: Department of the Interior 20-years employment [copper,
red enamel, c. 1950s; .5" x 5/81
003.029.20
pin [Morgan Sweeney, Sr.]: Department of the Interior 30-years employment [copper,
blue enamel, c. 1960s; .5" x 5/8"]
003.029.21
pin [Morgan Sweeney, Sr.]: Southern California Edison employee pin [copper?, 5/8"
diameter; c. 1920s]
003.029.22
pin [Morgan Sweeney, Jr. or Sr.?]: U. S. Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] [silver; .5"
x .5"; c. 1940s]
003.029.23
pin [Gladys Sweeney?]: VFW Auxiliary [white metal; red, white, and blue enamel;
5/8" x 5/8", c. 1960s]
003.029.24
unidentified sorority or fraternity pin [Epsilon Zeta Alpha?; gold-town metal, blue
enamel with faux pearls; image of an oil lamp attached with a chain; .5" x .5", n. d.]
003.029.25-26
two enamel pins [slight difference in size and design], with inscription "Deus
Meus Et Omnia;" in center, a red T with two crossed arms [metal, blue, red, white,
and orange enamel; 3/8" and .5" diameter, respectively, n. d.]
003.029.27
small unidentified monogram pin [copper?; "SHA 17;" .25" x 3/8"; 1917?]
003.029.28
pin [broken, Morgan Sweeney, Sr.?], National Park Service volunteer [shield-shaped,
metal; brown and green enamel, c. 1960s; .5" x .75"]