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Interior view of the Boulder Dam Hotel in Boulder City, Nevada: photographic negative, 1935 January 25

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UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection

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Lorenzi Park in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic negative, approximately 1900 to 1999

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Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection

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Ann-Margret recording, 1990 September 21

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Margret talks about her childhood, early career as a singer in Las Vegas, growing success, first recording contract, first screen test and being selected for 'bad girl' roles, her friendship with Elvis Presley and other actors, and the recovery from her accident.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Peter Anthony recordings, 1987 to 2002

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Anthony discuss he got into show business, his beginnings in New York, getting into live television, his family, what music inspires him, how he came to Las Vegas, working at the Sahara, the type of music he plays in shows and the future of music. Anthony talks about his experience as a musician from childhood, his desire to explore musical genres outside of jazz, and the learning experiences of that exploration. Anthony talks the O.J. Simpson trial, trumpet and piano players, and artists that were famous during Anthony's childhood.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Desi Arnaz Jr. recording, approximately 1980 to 1988

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Arnaz speaks primarily about his philosophical outlook on life, his recovery from addiction, and his increased understanding of the forces that created him as a person.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Eddy Arnold recording, 1982

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Arnold discusses some of the more important songs of his career, why sex appeal is necessary and the way it tranlates when performing onstage. During a Q&A session in Laughlin, Nevada, Arnold answers the audience’s questions about his career. He talks about important moments in his career, the evolution of music, his own music and influences, and other artists. Bill Willard is in the audience.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Cholly Atkins and Tommy Check recording, 1995 March 10

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Atkins talks about his career in entertainment as a dancer and then a choreographer with Motown Artists. He talks about some of the people he’s met and taught as well as what it was like to be a dancer. Check recounts his career as a drummer and talks about his time at the Copacabana, his time alongside other artists, and discusses his time in Las Vegas.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Bob Badgley recordings, 1994 to 2002

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Badgley talks about his childhood, his early musical education, learning to play trombone and double bass in high school, his military service, playing in traveling bands, working as a musician in Las Vegas, and teaching at UNLV. Badgley talks about his childhood, learning to play trombone and double bass in high school, his military service, playing in traveling bands, and working in Las Vegas as a musician and professor at UNLV.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Jim Bailey recording, 1991

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Bailey talks about the process that he uses as a female impersonator, when he first realized that he could impersonate female singers, how he utilizes his operatic training, and how he learns to mimic different tonalities and physical characteristics.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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Kaye Ballard recording, 1981 March 29

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Ballard talks about her life, childhood, entertaining, and a wide-ranging pass through many topics.

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Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings

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