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Audio from interview with Mike and Sallie Gordon, March 2, 1977
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Archival Collection
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Full interview audio with Mike and Sallie Gordon in March 1977 in which they discuss arriving in Las Vegas and their business enterprises.
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James Dunbar, Benny Figgins, and Pete George oral history interview
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Oral history interview with James Dunbar, Benny Figgins, and Pete George conducted by David G. Schwartz on July 19, 2016 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. The three interviewees describe their experiences working for Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada since its grand opening on August 06, 1966. George begins the interview by recalling his work in various positions including showroom custodian, showroom cocktail server, and banquet server. Figgins then describes his initial positions as a casino porter, convention porter, dishwasher, restaurant busser, and in 1972, his primary occupation as a dealer for table games. Dunbar explains working as a valet at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino while serving Caesars Palace executives during and after Caesars Palace's construction. The three interviewees then recall stories about notable casino executives and celebrities.
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Legislative counsel bureau reports, sample apportionments, county populations and final apportionment for legislative reapportionment, 1965
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Archival Collection
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Group of documents dealing with the legislative reapportionment of the Nevada State Assembly based on population distribution.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 14, 1997
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Archival Collection
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Kay Rodriguez oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Kay Rodriguez conducted by Irene Rostine on November 14, 1997 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN). Rodriguez discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada from South Dakota to get a divorce in 1959. Rodriguez describes working as a waitress at the Dunes and the Riviera and making a new life in Las Vegas. She discusses her work in the real estate industry and the challenges of being a working mother. Rodriguez also talks about opening her own real estate office, and the demographics of the real estate industry during the 1960s.
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Blue, Ivory H., II, 1973-
Ivory H. Blue II was born August 3, 1973 in the Women's Hospital in Nevada to Theresa Blue and Ivory Blue I. Blue has three sisters, Marian, Hope, and Katrina. Both of Blue's parents worked when he was a child. His mother worked throughout the Westside at restaurants and as a caregiver. His father Ivory Blue worked as a bailiff and later a civil engineer. Blue grew up in the Westside Projects in Las Vegas, Nevada. Blue went to grade school in Las Vegas and in the 1990s enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Casey-Mederios, Margaret
Margaret “Peggy” Casey was born in Louisville, Kentucky where her father was the city editor of the local newspaper. Peggy attended college at the University of Wisconsin during World War II. After graduating, she worked for an aeronautical company, Curtiss-Wright, where she helped build planes for the war.
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