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Fashions 94 Fundraiser for the Gay & Lesbian Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Wade Maggert as the disc jockey for Club Utopia at Gay Pride, image 001: photographic print
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Wade Maggert as the disc jockey for Club Utopia at Gay Pride, image 002: photographic print
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Joeseph L. Haughaboo oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Joeseph L. Haughaboo conducted by James F. Haughaboo on April 01, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The two discuss Haughaboo’s personal family history, his occupational history, and Mr. Haughaboo’s observations of Las Vegas city life since he moved to the state in 1953.
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Dan Skanovsky oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dan Skanovsky conducted by Richard A. Kelly on April 02, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Skanovsky discusses the legalization of gambling and his experiences in the gambling industry in Nevada. Skanovsky talks about living in Tonopah, Nevada. Later, Skanovsky discusses casinos, their operations, and the chances of winning money in casinos.
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Ida Harris oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ida Harris conducted by Marilyn B. Real on May 05, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In her interview Harris discusses life in a developing Las Vegas, Nevada and ranches in Las Vegas area.
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Robert N. Broadbent oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Robert N. Broadbent conducted by Seneca Eugene Anderson on March 01, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Broadbent, the first mayor of Boulder City, Nevada discusses origination, government, and changes in Boulder City.
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Elinor Horden oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Elinor Horden conducted by Valerie Fujii on February 13, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Horden discusses local entertainment in the 1950s, as well as the social and environmental changes that have occurred in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Katherine L. Rankin oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Katherine L. Rankin conducted by Claytee D. White on June 16, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In the interview, Rankin discusses her childhood, her move to Las Vegas, Nevada, and her career as a librarian. Rankin talks about how she began her library career on the Gila River Reservation in Arizona before accepting a position as an audio and visual materials cataloger at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in the 1970s. Rankin later describes her work with the American Library Association, getting tenure at UNLV, and her role as a map cataloger in UNLV Special Collections and Archives.
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Mary Noblitt oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Mary Noblitt conducted by Mary Sawdey on March 13, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Noblitt discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada and building housing in the southern part of town. Noblitt goes on to discuss communication through railroad and morse code. Lastly, Noblitt discusses the above ground atomic tests.
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