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World Series of Gaming and Hospitality, flier, 1992 September
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
The Reno West Coast Wine Competition Conference, pamphlet, 1990
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
IRS letter to Nevada Hotel and Motel Association granting tax-exempt status, 1982 January 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Student Committee of UNLV Recognition Dinner invite to Van Heffner, 1987 April
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Nevada Hotel and Motel Association and the Restaurant Association (NHMARA) 1st Annual Nevada Spring Conference, program, 1987 April
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Convention, Exposition and Culinary Capers brochures, 1988 October
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Correspondence and invoices for the sale of Navajo rugs and blankets, 1927-1928
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: J. K. W. Bracken Correspondence
Box/Folder: Box SH-006
Archival Component
Tecopa Railroad #1 2-6-2T at BLW at Tecopa, California (interchange with Tonopah & Tidewater): photographic print, approximately 1900 to 1935
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mallory H. Ferrell Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Louis Yoxen interview, 2003: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
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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Margo Knowles interview, March 25, 1981: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
Description
From the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas, OH-01039. On March 25, 1981, collector Sonny Neighbors interviewed his mother, Margo Knowles (born October 13th, 1935 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Margo speaks about growing up and going to school in Las Vegas. She also discusses her work as a telephone operator in Las Vegas, and at the Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nevada.
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