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#69861: UNLV Creates and other Welcome Day events help kick off the Fall 2014 semester August 22, 2014 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2014 August 22
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 22, 1986
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Lydia Berry oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Lydia Berry conducted by Kathy Zeller on February 22, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During this interview Berry discusses her experiences as a worker for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Berry discusses her progression from being a teacher in Kansas City, Missouri to moving to Los Angeles, California and then to Las Vegas, Nevada where she worked at Nellis Air Force Base and then eventually to the Fish and Wildlife Service. She also mentions some of the operations of the Wildlife Service as well as her concerns over animal life and natural resources.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 22, 1990
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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.
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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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.
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Photograph of Rabbi Shea Harlig with wife Dina, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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Rabbi Shea Harlig poses with his wife Dina in the library of the Chabad of Las Vegas at 1261 Arville Street.
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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 science classroom at Desert Torah Academy, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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A science classroom at the Desert Torah Academy on the Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive.
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