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Soroptimist International of Henderson/Green Valley Chapter Records

Identifier

MS-00359

Abstract

Soroptimist International Henderson/Green Valley Chapter Records from 1980 to 2004 include meeting minutes, programs, photographs, conference materials, promotional material for various fund raisers, awards, and a gavel.

Archival Collection

Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County (Nev.): rosters, correspondence

Date

1964 to 1970

Description

From the Clark County Economic Opportunity Board Records -- Series I. Administrative. This folder contains reports, correspondence, and rosters of the Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County, Nevada from 1964 through 1970.

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Map of Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada, 1954

Date

1954

Description

Scale [ca. 1:63,360. 1 in. to approx. 5,280 ft.].Cadastral map. 'Compiled for C.D. Baker, Reg. Civil Engineer Nevada No. 6 and Licensed Real Estate Broker by Tyson Engineering Co., Las Vegas, Nevada.' 'Copyright 1954 Tyson Engineering Co., Las Vegas, Nevada. Drawn by E.M. Ballinger' Tyson Engineering Company

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Lamont Patterson Papers

Identifier

MS-00454

Abstract

The Lamont Patterson Papers date from 1955 to 1996 and document the career of William “Lamont” Patterson (1916-1997), a jazz columnist for the Las Vegas Sun. The collection includes drafts of newspaper columns, professional correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, radio program transcripts, concert programs, and ephemera relating to Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, and other performers. There is also a wooden plaque that was presented to Patterson from the Sands Hotel and Casino that includes a piece of the original Copa Room stage.

Archival Collection

Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) Disaster Collection of News Articles

Identifier

MS-00760

Abstract

The Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) Disaster Collection of News Articles (1988-1992) consists of articles from Las Vegas and other state and regional newspapers about the PEPCON plant explosion that took place in May of 1988. Also included are United Press International press releases from October to December, 1988.

Archival Collection

35 Years of Rotary in Las Vegas, 1923-1958

Date

1958

Archival Collection

Description

A history of the Las Vegas Rotary Club. 1923-1958

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Barbara Taylor oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03233

Abstract

Oral history interview with Barbara Taylor conducted by Karen Schank on January 9, 2011 for the Nevada State College Undergraduate Oral History Project. In this interview, Taylor talks about her birth in Reno, Nevada, growing up in Minden Valley, Nevada, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1943. She reflects on her education, her parents careers, and her early marriage before describing the couple's first home in Henderson's "Victory Village." Later, she discusses her own career and what it was like living in Nevada in the 1950s and 1960s.

Archival Collection