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Faiss, Linda C., 1943-
Linda Faiss, Helen Foley, and Melissa Warren founded and run Faiss Foley Warren Public Relations and Public Affairs.
Linda Faiss was born in 1943 and first moved to Nevada in 1945 growing up in Carson City. She is currently active with St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, Boulder City Hospital, Nevadans for the Common good and the MOB museum.
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Bailey, William Henry, 1927-2014
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William H. "Bob" Bailey was born in 1927 and came to Las Vegas in 1955. First employed as an assistant producer and master of ceremonies in the first interracial hotel in Nevada, the Moulin Rouge, he describes the impact that hotel had on black entertainers during its brief existence. Bailey says the hotel brought life to the Westside where, in 1955, there were only a few telephones and the streets were largely unpaved.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 21, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Bob Stupak inspecting his bronze statue and touring parts of the Stratosphere Tower (part 1): video, 1996 April 11
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This video shows Bob Stupak conversing among staffers with Phyllis McGuire. Most of the first 8 minutes of video has Stupak bantering about cell-phones. @8:24 into video Stupak is seen traversing through the unfinished sections of The Stratosphere; @9:09 the Wall of Names is shown; where Stupak claims there are 30 thousand names of financial contributors to the construction of The Stratosphere from shareholders and various club memberships originated by Stupak; @22:03 Stupak, in the company of others, walks into the unfinished section of The Stratosphere's unfinished casino floor; @24:50 Stupak is face-to-face with his bronze statue, where he has issues about the tone of the statue, as Stupak expected it to be gleaming gold. That issue is discussed with an unnamed mustached individual that may have been the designer/sculpter of the statue. There is audio dropout between 26:51 to 27:08. Original media MiniDV, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Bob Stupak Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 46
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Letter and envelope from Martin A. Bunker St. George, Utah. to John M. Bunker Eldorado Canyon, Nevada
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Archival Collection
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From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, the original envelope with the stamp removed, and a copy of the original letter.
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Aerial photograph of Circus Circus, circa 1974
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Archival Collection
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Aerial view of the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino. Also visible in the photograph is Westward Ho, then a motel. Stamped on original: "Las Vegas News Bureau. Las Vegas - Nevada Convention Center, 27544, Don English. Jerry Abbott. Joe Buck. Milt Palmer. John Cook. Wolf Wergin. Gary Angell. Tony King. Jim Borrup. Lee McDonald."
Site Name: Circus Circus Las Vegas
Address: 2880 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Film negative, Googie architectural design drawing of the proposed Lady Luck casino (Las Vegas), before 1956
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Archival Collection
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An artist's conception of the proposed Lady Luck complex, later the named the Hacienda. Inverted negative film transparency. Efstonbuilt, Inc. of Chicago, architects
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Negatives of Senator Bob Kerrey visiting the Frontier Strike, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1)
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Archival Collection
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Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike
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Photograph of Hattie Canty and Jim Arnold at the MGM Grand rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1)
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Archival Collection
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Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes
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