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Photograph of Reed Whipple, Las Vegas, 1980

Date

1980

Description

A picture of Reed Whipple, a prominent Las Vegas resident and founder of the Reed Whipple Cultural Center.

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Photograph of Claudine Williams, Las Vegas, 1979

Date

1979

Description

A picture of Claudine Williams. She was a Las Vegas businesswoman and gaming executive.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 24, 1980

Date

1980-06-24

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 10 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Hank Greenspun oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00733

Abstract

Oral history interview with Hank Greenspun conducted by Perry Kaufman in 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Hank Greenspun discusses the newspaper industry, the Las Vegas Sun (local Las Vegas, Nevada newspaper), the Las Vegas Review-Journal, economic expansion in Las Vegas, Nevada, atomic testing, and the Local 226 Culinary Union.

Archival Collection

Map of Bureau of Reclamation Region III, August 1, 1945

Date

1945-08-01

Description

31 x 40 cm. "8-1-45. Ness." and "116951" in lower right corner. Shows reclamation projects in operation, under construction, authorized and under study in Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and California. "Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation" in upper left corner. Original Publisher: Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.

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Bill Belknap oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00177

Abstract

Oral history interview with Bill Belknap conducted by R. J. Johnson on February 12, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Belknap discusses Colorado River, Nevada State Advisory Commission, WWII, Henderson Power Plant during WWII, and the El Rancho Hotel in the 1940’s. Belknap also discusses the Tule Springs Archaeological Project 1966-1967, atomic testing, Lake Mead, Boulder City, music and Jazz in Southern Nevada, teaching at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), photography, and the Grand Canyon.

Archival Collection

Photograph of James R. Dickinson Library, Las Vegas, circa 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

James R. Dickinson Library at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. A later addition was added to the building.

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View of the Las Vegas strip in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1990

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). View of the Las Vegas Strip, including the Mirage Hotel. Text on postcard reads, "I went to the ABA in Las Vegas and didn't come home broke, thanks to CHILI COIN!"

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