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Mark Brandenburg oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Mark Brandenburg conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on September 22, 2017 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Brandenburg discusses his upbringing in Las Vegas, Nevada. He talks about his stepfather’s involvement with the opening of the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, becoming a co-owner of the property in 1990, and joining other downtown properties to form the Fremont Street Experience. Brandenburg describes the challenges in competing with mega-resorts on the Strip, modernizing the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, and weaving the history of the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino with that of the more recent Fremont Street Experience. Lastly, Brandenburg discusses the monetization of the street, and the future of the Fremont Street Experience.
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Correspondence, memoranda, and clippings: Oral History of Nurses in Southern Nevada Project, 1996-2008
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Patricia van Betten Healthcare and Nursing Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
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North Las Vegas: Kiel Ranch Bicentennial Project Financial History, 1973-1982
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Kiel Ranch Preservation Committee Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 22, 1981
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Stella Champo Iaconis oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Stella Champo Iaconis conducted by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick on July 22, 1981 and July 23, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Iaconis discusses her personal history and family background. Iaconis also recalls moving from Sparks, Nevada to Las Vegas, Nevada and provides a recollection of the city. Iaconis then discusses Block 16 and the increase of women working in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
#66321: Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Reception, 2008 April 27
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2000s)
Box/Folder: N/A
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Daisy Lee Miller oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Daisy Lee Miller conducted by Claytee D. White on March 22, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Miller discusses Las Vegas, Nevada’s education system and raising her children in the Westside community amidst the civil rights movement.
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Photograph of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, Sands Hotel Copa Room, Las Vegas, January 22, 1964
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Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra onstage in the Sands Copa Room, Jan. 22, 1964 (Martin's opening night).
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