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Riviera restaurant promotional booklet, undated

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Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00335
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01

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World Series of Gaming and Hospitality, flier, 1992 September

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Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00335
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The Reno West Coast Wine Competition Conference, pamphlet, 1990

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Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00335
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IRS letter to Nevada Hotel and Motel Association granting tax-exempt status, 1982 January 22

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Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Student Committee of UNLV Recognition Dinner invite to Van Heffner, 1987 April

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Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00335
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Nevada Hotel and Motel Association and the Restaurant Association (NHMARA) 1st Annual Nevada Spring Conference, program, 1987 April

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Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00335
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Convention, Exposition and Culinary Capers brochures, 1988 October

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Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00335
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Correspondence and invoices for the sale of Navajo rugs and blankets, 1927-1928

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J. K. W. Bracken Correspondence
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Collection Number: MS-00082
Collection Name: J. K. W. Bracken Correspondence
Box/Folder: Box SH-006

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Louis Yoxen interview, 2003: transcript

Date

2003-10-08
2003-10-15

Description

Yoxen begins her interview by discussing how she first arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada to work for the U.S. State Department in the 1950s. She then describes her childhood in Alabama, competing in the Miss America pageant, and her life in Miami, Florida. Yoxen also discusses living in North Africa and Berlin, Germany while working for the State Department as a clerk. She then talks about moving around with her sister and her family, and eventually coming to Las Vegas. She describes what Las Vegas was like in the 1950s. Yoxen ends her interview with a discussion on her family, her husband's work, and their recreational activities.

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Transcript of first interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee D. White, January 24, 2006

Date

2006-01-24

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First interview in a series of five with Nevada State Senator Joe Neal conducted by Claytee D. White on January 24, 2006. Born in Mounds, Louisiana, in 1935, Neal joined his family in Las Vegas as a young man shortly before serving in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1958. Following his military service, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Neal continued his education at the Institute of Applied Science in Chicago, Illinois, with postgraduate work in law. From 1973 to 2001, he served in the Nevada Legislature as the Senator from Clark County Senatorial District No. 4. In the first interview, Neal recalls his childhood, moving to Las Vegas as a teenager, and joining the Air Force. He discusses his early experiences in politics and his involvement in various issues.

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