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Growth of Jewish Population in Las Vegas, 1999 March 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 14
Archival Component
Luna! Las Vegas: photographic prints, 2002 February 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 042
Archival Component
Vaughan O. Holt oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Vaughan O. Holt conducted by Lee LaVecchia on February 22, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Holt offers an overview on marriage and family life in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also discusses local transportation, education, and occupations. He also talks about pollution, tourism, railroads, and the development of the Las Vegas Strip.
Archival Collection
Lillian Whalen oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Lillian Whalen conducted by Laura Bell on September 21, 1974 and November 22, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Whalen discusses her personal history in Boulder City, Nevada since the 1930s. Whalen then describes social life, the increase of local businesses, and the overall growth of Boulder City.
Archival Collection
Bill Lamb oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Bill Lamb conducted by Roger Barnhart on June 29, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Lamb was born in August 22, 1943 in Henderson, Nevada. In the interview, he talks about his experiences moving around Northern Nevada due to his father's mining job. Lamb also discusses his education, family, military service, work in Las Vegas, Nevada casinos, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Archival Collection
Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Community Improvement meeting minutes, April 22, 1968, 1968 April 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection on the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Rotary Club of Las Vegas luncheon, 1973 June 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 50
Archival Component
Rotary Club of Las Vegas meeting, 1979 February 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 48
Archival Component
Patricia and Robert Schnider oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Patricia and Robert Schnider conducted by Claytee D. White on October 22, 2018 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Robert discusses his early life and arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955. He remembers attending Nevada Southern University (now University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and his father's ownership of the Capri Motel. Patricia discusses her upbringing in Las Vegas, and growing up homesteading. Lastly, Patricia and Robert describe entertainment in Las Vegas during the late 1950s.
Archival Collection
Las Vegas A.A.A. ribbon cutting, 1968 April 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 12
Archival Component