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Farnsworth Collection on Housing in Clark County, Nevada
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The Farnsworth Collection on Housing in Clark County, Nevada is comprised of Clark County housing development brochures gathered by Las Vegas real estate appraiser Robert Lee Farnsworth Sr., dating from approximately 1950 to 1989. The collection includes housing developments located in Boulder City, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Pahrump, Lake Mead, Henderson, Summerlin, and Downtown Las Vegas. Brochures include price lists, appraisals, and descriptions of various housing developments and communities in Southern Nevada.
Archival Collection
Mazie Martin Jones oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Mazie Martin Jones conducted by Jane P. Kowalewski on November 03, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Jones discusses her father, Doctor Royce Martin, the first doctor to own a private practice in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jones then explains how her father first arrived in Southern Nevada and his different investments in real estate, hospitals, and hotels. She goes on to share her father’s hotel pursuits after retiring from medicine in the late 1940s.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Monroe Williams by Claytee D. White, August 15, 2000
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Monroe Williams conducted by Claytee D. White on August 15, 2000. Williams was one of the first black firefighters in 1963, later becoming involved in real estate. He and his wife, Brenda Williams, were community leaders.
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Marketing materials for Park Towers at Hughes Center, 1999
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Archival Collection
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These two brochures show the development of Park Towers by the Molasky Companies with renderings and press documents.
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Publications, 1948-1977
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American Legion convention program; Nevada official emblems and facts paper; Nevada Democrat newsletter; Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce News and Views; Official Inaugural program for Lyndon Johnson; A look at the record, Nevada Legislature; State of Nevada Insurance companies; First National Bank collection of Carson City mint coins brochure; Nevada roster of real estate executives and real estate salesmen; Dedication and open house of Marble Manor public housing project; first annual Las Vegas national horse show; Rules and regulations of the State Land Office, Nevada.
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Collection Name: H. E. and Ruth Hazard Political Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
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