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Postcard of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn, Las Vegas (Nev.), July 27, 1953
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Archival Collection
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Photographs of performers in the Lido production "Rendez-Vous," Paris (FRA), 1951
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Archival Collection
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Scrapbook of Clyde and Edith Barcus, Tonopah (Nev.), 1900-1925
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Archival Collection
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Piper's Opera House (Virginia City, Nev.)
Goldfield Hotel (Goldfield, Nev.)
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Film transparencies of Jack Entratter and Nat King Cole, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, February 28, 1964
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Archival Collection
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Report by the Freeman Company publicist regarding the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, circa October 18, 1953- October 18, 1959
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Archival Collection
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Mixed Content
Press release about proposed expenditures from bond issue, Clark County, Nevada, 1953
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Archival Collection
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News announcement release of the Las Vegas Valley Water District's spending plans for money raised from a $8,700,000 bond issue. The list was compiled by the district consulting engineer, James M. Montgomery and included improvement projects and their estimated cost. A document which detailed the voter registration process for the bond election is referenced below.
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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda's (Las Vegas), proposed structure of the public areas, May 29, 1954
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Archival Collection
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Preliminary study of various aspects of the proposed Hacienda. Original medium: pencil on paper.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), proposed structure unfinished preliminary plot plan, May 29, 1954
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Archival Collection
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Preliminary study of various aspects of the proposed Hacienda. Original medium: pencil on paper.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Morse Arberry oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Morse Arberry conducted by Brittany Thompson and Andrew Thomas on November 20, 2015 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Arberry discusses his personal history and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958. He talks about his father's employment at the Nevada Test Site and the issues of segregation at the time. Arberry recalls attending the Westside School and talks about school integration. He then describes his career in legislation, working on bills to improve the integration process, and the impact that the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) had on the level of education among adults in the community. Lastly, Arberry discusses the West Las Vegas community, the significance that religion had on African Americans, and the increase of law enforcement in the area.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Hoover Dam, December 3, 1932
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Archival Collection
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