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Upscale single family homes under construction in the Ascaya development, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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Letter from H. I. Bettis to C. H. Brown, May 27, 1905
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Archival Collection
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Las Vegas Housing Development and Apartment Complex Brochures Collection
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The Las Vegas Housing Development and Apartment Complex Brochures Collection contains sales brochures for Las Vegas, Nevada housing developments and apartment complexes from 1980 to 1992. The majority of the brochures include prices, floor plans, and artistic renderings of the various models being offered, as well as a map showing the location of the complex within the greater Las Vegas area.
Archival Collection
Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Community Improvement meeting minutes, January 26, 1970, and documents related to the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe
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Archival Collection
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Bureau of Indian Affairs memorandum about real estate boundary surveys. Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Community Improvements minutes: upcoming construction at the Las Vegas Paiute Colony, subcommittee report on Tule Springs zoo facility. Certificate of results of election adopting the Constitution and Bylaws of the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians.
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Leavitt, Jack K., 1924-2005
Jack Leavitt was a land surveyor, engineer, and real estate developer in Southern Nevada who worked mainly in Las Vegas, Nevada. Leavitt was born on March 9, 1924 in Bunkerville, Nevada to Mike and Estella Leavitt. Leavitt graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1942 and attended the Heald Engineering College in San Francisco, California. After leaving college, Leavitt acquired work from an engineering firm in Nevada, but later quit to work for the Pioneer Title Insurance and Trust Company in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was employed for ten years.
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Photograph at Berkley Square Historic District banner unveiling event, February 9, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Community leaders and members of Historic Preservation Committee are recognized for their support of the effort to recognize Berkley Square as a Historic District. (L-R) Lisa Staminis, Office of Cultural Affairs; Claytee White, UNLV Oral History Research Center; Councilman Ricki Barlow; Jack Levine, real estate; Courtney Mooney, City of Las Vegas and Jarmilla McMillan Arnold, community member.
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