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University of Nevada Board of Regents: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Officers of Council #11081 standing in front of completed LULAC Multi-Purpose Bilingual Senior Center building: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Happily celebrating a dream come true for southern Nevada's Hispanic community are the 1985 and 1986 Officers of Council #11081 of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), who are standing in front of the completed building. These officers were responsible for writing the grants and lobbying the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark and State of Nevada to obtain the $475,000 it took to construct the Center. The center is the first fully bilingual-staffed senior center in the State of Nevada. In 2019, the former LULAC Senior Center is operated by the Latin Chamber of Commerce of Nevada and has been renamed the Arturo Cambeiro Senior Center. L to R: The late Nick Flores, Grace Salazar, Bob Agonia, the late Corrine Gutierrez, Chairperson, Construction Committee, Gus Ramos, Tom Rodriguez, Grant Writer and former Vice-President, and the late, Delia Martinez, Chairperson, LULAC Council #11081.
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Photograph of Manhattan Dredge in Manhattan (Nev.), 1939
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Archival Collection
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McGriff and DeVinney Family Papers
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The McGriff and DeVinney Family Papers (approximately 1900-1959) contain papers and photographs documenting Francis De Vinney and his wife, Della, who lived in Las Vegas, Nevada in the early- to mid- 20th century. The collection also includes documentation about Della's father, Edwin Guy "E. G." McGriff, an early Las Vegas resident. Materials include photographic prints and albums, business and personal correspondence, and 16mm film.
Archival Collection
Larry L. Woodrum oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Larry Woodrum conducted by Janet Farley on February 15, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Woodrum discusses banking in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
County agent project progress report, Home water supplies - domestic water improvement and water facilities, November 1, 1939
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Archival Collection
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Overview of the efforts throughout Clark County to increase domestic water supplies. Project Number: State Office No. 282, Clark County No. 22
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