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Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1967

Date

1967-12-21

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. The man standing next to him is unidentified. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 hangs on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

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"Tax Payers’ Guide" 1926 (booklet) and 1938 Los Angeles, 1926-1938

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 71

Archival Component

Mark Hall-Patton oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02810

Abstract

Oral history interview with Mark Hall-Patton conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 25, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Hall-Patton discusses coming to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1993, creating the Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum, and becoming a director for Clark County Museums in 2008, just when the economic downturn caused large layoffs and a drop in visitor numbers. He also talks about how joining the television show Pawn Stars in 2009 significantly raised visitor numbers and increased visibility of museums all over the Las Vegas Valley.

Archival Collection

Bob Stupak's mayoral campaign, Nicole Stupak's "Proud to be Las Vegan" city council campaign, and Las Vegas City Hall scandal scrapbooks, approximately 1987 to 1991

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bob Stupak Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01016
Collection Name: Bob Stupak Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 52, Oversized Box 53

Archival Component

The Methodist Church of San Luis Obispo Fellowship Hall: preliminary drawings, 1955 July 18; 1958 April 10

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes drawings by John Badgley

Archival Collection

Ethan Jennings Jr. Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00788
Collection Name: Ethan Jennings Jr. Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 187

Archival Component

Chart showing water consumption by month in Las Vegas in 1938, circa 1939

Date

1939 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

1938 Las Vegas water consumption by month showing a daily average per month.

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten numbers on the sheet

Text

A City Withing a City. The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan by Todd E. Robinson on July 30, 2014: digital photographs

Date

2014-07-30

Description

Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Client: Sue DiBella, Innovation Magazine

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