Description
Container list
Box 39-C
Personal Collection
Morgan Sweeney
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
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]
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"]
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]
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
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"]