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Architectural drawing of Sands Hotel (Las Vegas) additions and alterations, ultimate development plan, construction phasing plan and notes, August 3, 1964
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Archival Collection
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Architectural plans for proposed additions and alterations to The Sands. Printed on mylar. Includes notes and schedule of construction projects. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect; Bruce Johnson, delineator.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the interior of the Shubert Theatre, Cincinnati (Ohio), 1970
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of the stage area of the Shubert Theatre, Cincinnati (Ohio), 1970
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of performers at Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970s
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Archival Collection
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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.
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Ida M. Gaines oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ida M. Gaines conducted by Claytee D. White on September 30, 2016 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Gaines discusses her early life in Louisiana. She recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1959, living in the Westside, and her employment at the Nevada Test Site. Gaines remembers integration, her involvement with the Las Vegas Chapter of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and becoming a member of Gamma Phi Delta. Gaines talks about working with Senator Harry Reid as a community liaison, the economic downfall of Jackson Street businesses, and redevelopment of the Westside. Lastly, Gaines discusses the issue of homelessness in the community, and the work that the Economic Opportunity Board (EOB) did to reduce poverty in the Westside.
Archival Collection
Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker and R. B. Robertson (Los Angeles) to C. R. Gray (Omaha), April 20, 1931
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Archival Collection
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Request for permission to begin construction on a water line to support Industrial Unit No. 1.
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