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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 22, 2006
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Riviera Hotel and Casino: Las Vegas, Nevada, 1954 May 22; 1984 April 23
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This series includes drawings of the both original Riviera Hotel building prepared by Roy F. France & Son Architects (architect) and J. Maher Weller (architect) and later drawings for additions, alterations, and renovations by Martin Stern Jr., (architect).
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Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
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Photograph of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra performing in the Copa Room, Las Vegas, January 22, 1964
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Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage in the Sands Hotel Copa Room in Las Vegas on Martin's 1964 opening night.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 22, 1987
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Dr. Carolyn Reedom oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dr. Carolyn Reedom conducted by Kristina Knebl on November 22, 2006 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Dr. Reedom reflects upon her 28 years as a principal in Nevada’s Clark County School District (CCSD). She discusses the process by which she became an elementary school principal, and compares it with when she served as a high school principal. She discusses her approach to school administration, and how her experience as a 27-year old principal of Red Rock Elementary School shaped her career. She also describes her experience with school desegregation, and explains why she believes it was desegregation instead of integration.
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Ray M. Cutright oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ray M. Cutright conducted by himself on April 22, 1981 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. Cutright talks about his experiences in operating a boat that carried both tourist passengers and workers to and from the site of the Hoover Dam. He also discusses a few specific experiences, including what it was like navigating the river.
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 22nd commencement program
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Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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James Dean Leavitt oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with James Dean Leavitt conducted by Claytee D. White on September 27 and October 4, 2022 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Leavitt recalls his role in establishing a medical school at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), now known as Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. Leavitt was elected to the Board of Regents in 2004 while Jim Rogers was interim Chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), and he suggested the creation of an ad hoc committee Health Science Center Committee. In 2009, Leavitt became Chairman of the Board of Regents, Dan Klaich became Chancellor, and in the following year, Dr. Mark Doubrava joined the board. In May 2014, the planning dean was hired, Dr. Barbara Atkinson, and the UNLV School of Medicine was officially established on August 22, 2014.
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