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James Dean Leavitt oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with James Dean Leavitt conducted by Claytee D. White on September 27 and October 4, 2022 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Leavitt recalls his role in establishing a medical school at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), now known as Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. Leavitt was elected to the Board of Regents in 2004 while Jim Rogers was interim Chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), and he suggested the creation of an ad hoc committee Health Science Center Committee. In 2009, Leavitt became Chairman of the Board of Regents, Dan Klaich became Chancellor, and in the following year, Dr. Mark Doubrava joined the board. In May 2014, the planning dean was hired, Dr. Barbara Atkinson, and the UNLV School of Medicine was officially established on August 22, 2014.
Archival Collection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Library, 1967 June 22
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 41
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Susanne E. Morrow oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Susanne E. Morrow conducted by Dennis McBride on September 29, 2000 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. Morrow begins by discussing her childhood in a military family, her marriage and children, and her move to Genoa, Nevada in 1961. She then talks about her move to Carson City, Nevada in 1962 and her twenty-nine year career as a journalist and city editor for the Nevada Appeal newspaper. The remainder of the interview focuses on Morrow's memories of the 1965 assault on then Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, Frank McManee, and the subsequent judicial actions and court decisions that reflected attitudes toward homosexuality prevalent in society at the time.
Archival Collection
Daniel Long oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Daniel Long conducted by John Griebling on February 28, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Long talks about his job history with Southwest Gas Company. He specifically talks about the growth of the company and his experiences there.
Archival Collection
Las Vegas A.A.A. ribbon cutting, 1968 April 22
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 12
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Photograph of a shack on E Street, Las Vegas (Nev.), July 22, 1965
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Archival Collection
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Agreement for the delivery of water and power to be sold in Las Vegas, March 22, 1921
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Archival Collection
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Agreement for the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company to deliver water and power for the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to sell in Las Vegas.
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Nevada State Archives, 1989 to 1992
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Regional History Files
Box/Folder: Box 51
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The Changing Face of Las Vegas-KTTV, 1990 January 22
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: MGM Mirage Corporation Records
Box/Folder: Box 39, Digital File 00
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Cook, Jim, Bank of Las Vegas, 1969 July 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 21
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