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Subseries 1.6. Funding
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Stay, Evaline, 1882-1947
Evaline Stewart was born September 22, 1882 to Helen and Archibald Stewart on the Las Vegas Ranch located Las Vegas, Nevada. She was known to her family as Eva, and she was educated on the ranch until 1897, when she was sent to California with her other younger siblings to further their education. She returned to Nevada after her education and married Clarence Archibald Stay in 1917. She had four children, Clarence Jr., Francis, Evaline LaVega, and Clinton. Evaline Stewart Stay died on August 1, 1947 in Las Vegas.
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Person
C. Vern Olmstead professional papers, 1940-1966
Archival Collection
Collection Name: C. Vern Olmstead Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01, Box 02, Box 03, Box 04
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El Cortez Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)
"El Cortez Hotel and Casino is the longest continuously running hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Opened in 1941, it was so successful that it attracted the attention of Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Gus Greenbaum, and Moe Sedway, all whom purchased it in 1945.
In 1963 El Cortez was purchased by Jackie Gaughan, and it has been run as a family business ever since, even through its sale to Ike Gaming in 2008.
Corporate Body
Empire Office Building, 1980 March 11
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 170
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