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Stocker, Harold J., 1900-1983
Harold Stocker was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on March 8, 1900. He and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1911. Harold Stocker operated Nevada Silica Sand Company in Overton, Nevada, from 1932 to 1940. He was elected to the Clark County Commission in 1938. In 1939, he built the Chief Hotel Court, and in 1948, the Desert Plaza Apartments. Stocker was state GOP chairman in the 1950s. Harold died January 9, 1983 in Las Vegas.
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Lindquist, Ward A., 1921-1982
Ward Lindquist was born June 7, 1921 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Lindquist family moved to South Dakota in approximately 1925 and to San Bernardino, California in approximately 1938. Lindquist moved to Las Vegas, Nevada between 1942 and 1945 and he began working at the Lake Mead Lodge as a bartender. He later became a captain for the Lake Mead Boat Company that operated recreational boat tours of Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam. Lindquist later became a sheet metal worker at the Nevada Test Site. He died in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 12, 1982.
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Wilde, Hagar (1905-1971)
Hagar Wilde was born in Ohio in 1905. She was a successful short-story writer when Howard Hughes hired her to write the dialogue script for the Age of Love in 1931. Wilde is best known for co-writing scripts for two of Howard Hawks most well-known comedies, Bring Up Baby (1938) and I was a Male War Bride (1949), both starring Cary Grant. Wilde died in 1971.
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Daffron, Polly. "Introducing Hagar Wilde". The Time Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. June 28 1931, pg. 32.
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Charles Guy interview, 1995: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Guy begins by talking about his birth in Brazil, Indiana, his early work selling Civilian Conservation Corps magazine subscriptions, and his travels across the United States before arriving in Boulder City, Nevada in 1938. Next, Guy recalls his early memories of Boulder City, the Las Vegas Wash, and his work at the Boulder Beach campgrounds at Lake Mead Recreation Area and in Overton, Nevada. Guy also discusses the campgrounds' working conditions, entertainment, access to amenities, and work associates. Afterwards, Guy talks about his time as a railroad worker in Indiana and Las Vegas, Nevada, Block 16 in Las Vegas, Las Vegas entertainers, working as a volunteer fire fighter, and anecdotes about people in his personal life.
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Group of servicemen (for General Patton) at a party at Walking Box Ranch, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Photograph taken when General Patton's troops visited Walking Box Ranch. Photo was taken in the great room of the ranch house. Rex Anthony Bell, Jr (Toni Larbow Beldam) is seated on the floor in the center with a military cap and checkered shirt. George Francis Robert Bell is seated on a wooden 'horse' holding a rope and also wearing a military cap. Clara is seated in the center on an unidentified man's lap with her arm raised. Rex Bell (George Francis Beldam) is located behind Clara's outstretched arm and hand in the back
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Transcript of interview with John Graves by Hank Baran, March 1, 1987
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Archival Collection
Description
On March 1, 1987, Hank Baran interviewed John Graves (born February 21st, 1938 in San Diego, California). This interview covers the gaming industry overall, and also highlights, women in gaming, more specifically. Mr. Graves also discusses the hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, McCarran Airfield, and golfing in Southern Nevada.
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Photograph of Regents, Las Vegas, 1950s - 1960s
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Priscilla Schwartz by Barbara Tabach, June 16, 2016
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Archival Collection
Description
In this interview, Schwartz talks at length about her passion for compassionate hospice care, and her broad involvement with the Nathan Adelson Hospice, from volunteering to serving on the board to philanthropy, which included opening the Walter Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care. Schwartz also talks about other philanthropic giving which includes establishing scholarships at George Washington University and University of Michigan as well as support to Temple Beth Sholom gift shop.
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Interview with Robert James Agonia, June 29, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Narrator affiliation: Dept. of Energy Human Resources; Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation
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