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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
Portrait of Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 and a group photograph of five men hang 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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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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#71381: Tammi Kim New Faces, Digital Special Collections Technical Services Librarian, February 15, 2017, 2017 February 15
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-05
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 01
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 01
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
Archival Collection
New York State Office of the State Comptroller, "Report on the New York City Off-track Betting Corporation FY1979 Financial Plan", 1978
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 084
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 084
Archival Component
Conceptual sketch of high-rise buildings with the Showboat Casino on the left, Atlantic City, New Jersey: photographic print
Date
1986
Archival Collection
Description
From the Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (PH-00329).
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Conceptual sketch of the Bourbon Street Slots inside the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey: photographic print
Date
1986
Archival Collection
Description
From the Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (PH-00329).
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Conceptual sketch of the Bourbon Street Slots inside the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey: photographic print
Date
1986
Archival Collection
Description
From the Showboat Atlantic City Photograph Collection (PH-00329).
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Committee leaders hall of fame, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1995 April (folder 1 of 1), image 15
Date
1995-04
Description
Arrangement note: Series III. Internal: Work
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Union Hall interior and parking lot, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990s (folder 1 of 1), image 15
Date
1990 to 1999
Description
Arrangement note: Series III. Internal: Work
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