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Wynn Las Vegas: archived website, 2020 to 2021
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Digital Communication about COVID-19 in Las Vegas
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Las Vegas Coronavirus Updates: archived website, 2020
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Digital Communication about COVID-19 in Las Vegas
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Samuel Smith oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Samuel Smith conducted by Claytee White on June 17, 2011 and June 22, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Smith discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978 and working as a fire inspector until he retired in 2003. He also discusses organizing free reading and math classes to help people prepare for the firefighter exam.
Archival Collection
Cast of "A Very Gay Christmas Carol" in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Henry Shepherd oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Henry Shepherd conducted by Claytee D. White on October 22, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Shepherd discusses being an African-American bartender on the Las Vegas, Nevada Strip, hired as a result of the 1971 consent decree. He also recalls memories of Jackson Street, the homes in North Las Vegas, and the hotels in downtown Las Vegas and on the Strip.
Archival Collection
Dorothy Keefe oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dorothy Keefe conducted by an unidentified interviewer on February 22, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Keefe explains how she first moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931 to work as a school teacher at Fifth Street School. She briefly discusses environmental and weather changes in Southern Nevada.
Archival Collection
Lawrence Nelson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Lawrence Nelson conducted by John Turner on February 22, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Nelson discusses the history of early Las Vegas, Nevada. He talks about the Old Mormon Fort, the importance of railroads in Las Vegas, and the construction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam.
Archival Collection
Photograph of painting at the Gay 90s Bar, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s
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History: Las Vegas: LGBTQIA Archive, 1983-2014
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 11
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Max Goot oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Max Goot conducted by Charles Collins on March 22, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Goot recalls the growth of Las Vegas, Nevada after 1945. He also talks about winning the Man of the Year Award from his temple.
Archival Collection