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Advertisements and price lists for The Sands, Desert Inn, and Frontier, Las Vegas, circa 1968
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Archival Collection
Description
Mixed Content
Martha Gould and Joan Kerschner oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Martha Gould and Joan Kerschner conducted by Claytee D. White on October 26, 2005 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Gould and Kerschner discuss being librarians and directors working at the Nevada State Library. Gould then discusses being a lobbyist for libraries while Kerschner talks about also being a director of the Henderson Public Library.
Archival Collection
Letter from Barbara Christensen (New York) to Al Freeman (Las Vegas), June 12, 1968
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Archival Collection
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Mixed Content
Biography of David Houston written by Epic Records (New York), June 17-19, 1968
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Archival Collection
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Mixed Content
Audio recording clip from the fourth interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee D. White, March 24, 2006
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Archival Collection
Description
Part of the fourth interview with Senator Joe Neal conducted by Claytee D. White on March 24, 2006. Five interviews cover Neal's life from his birth in Mounds, Louisiana, in 1935 to his service as a local politician and community leader. Shortly after joining his family in Las Vegas, Neal served in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1958. Following his military service, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Neal continued his education at the Institute of Applied Science in Chicago, Illinois, with postgraduate work in law. From 1973 to 2001, he served in the Nevada Legislature as the Senator from Clark County Senatorial District No. 4. In the clip, Neal comments on his experience in Nevada politics.
Sound
League of Women Voters of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada Records
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Abstract
The League of Women Voters of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (LWVLVV) Records (1957-2021) contain meeting minutes, financial reports, correspondence, audiovisual material, photographs, and newsletters. Also included are materials on political issues, school integration, and environmental pollution issues in Southern Nevada.
Archival Collection
Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. gaming research files, 1955-2003
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Scope and Contents
Materials contain newspaper articles and magazines relating to Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. and inventories and correspondence about the Harrah’s Entertainment Archive collected and created by Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (dating from 1955 to 2003 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1990-2000).
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives
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Archival Component
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
Description
Mixed Content
Construction continues on the Sphere Las Vegas, looking west in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
Description
Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo is part of a series documenting the construction of the Madison Square Garden (MSG) Sphere at the Venetian Resort, also know as Sphere Las Vegas.
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Cranes at the Sphere Las Vegas construction site, looking north in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
Description
Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo is part of a series documenting the construction of the Madison Square Garden (MSG) Sphere at the Venetian Resort, also know as Sphere Las Vegas.
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