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Warren, Melissa, 1959-

Linda Faiss, Helen Foley, and Melissa Warren founded and run Faiss Foley Warren Public Relations and Public Affairs.

Melissa Warren grew up in Salt Lake City Utah before moving to Las Vegas at the age of 31 in 1990.

Person

Lockette, Emory W., Sr., 1923-2005

Emory and Agnes Lockette met while they were both in college; she in Albany, Georgia, and he in Dawson, Georgia. He studied architectural and structural engineering. They secretly married in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1949 and moved to Boulder City in 1953 where they were the only African Americans during a time of tense race relations. She earned graduate degrees, including a doctorate in early childhood education, at UNLV. Initially, Mrs.

Person

Kleven, Cherina, 1958-

Retired City of Las Vegas Assistant Fire Chief Cherina Kleven was born in Taiwan, the fifth of her parents' seven children and the first daughter. The family spoke Taiwanese at home, but once the children started school all instruction was in Mandarin Chinese. Her father was in charge of the motor pool for the U.S. Embassy, and her mother stayed home. In 1970, the family immigrated the U.S. and to Las Vegas, where her father could use his training as an electrician to work with air conditioners. Cherina attended Roy W.

Person

University of Nevada, Las Vegas #VegasStrong Banner

Identifier

UA-00077

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas #VegasStrong Banner (2017) is comprised of a vinyl banner depicting a silhouette of the Las Vegas, Nevada skyline. The banner includes signatures and messages written by UNLV students in memory of the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas at the Route 91 Harvest music festival.

Archival Collection

Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, August 18, 1948

Date

1948-08-18

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of the connecting of a new subdivision to company water. The developers would pay to run the line from the main to the subdivision.

Text

Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, May 13, 1948

Date

1948-05-13

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of a school board's request to move a water main from an area they wished to relocate their athletic field to.

Text

Various Las Vegas scenes in color: video

Date

1970 (year approximate)

Description

B-roll footage of the exterior of First Western Saving bank, an unidentified apartment complex under construction, The International Casino, unidentified hotel under construction with a crane, overviews possibly from the International Casino showing the Landmark Casino and other Strip properties including Circus Circus. Original media 16mm, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 2048 x 1556. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Moving Image