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Roosevelt Fitzgerald: correspondence regarding Jackson State University

Date

1989

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Personal and professional papers file.

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Interior of Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1960 (year approximate) to 1966 (year approximate)

Description

From the Las Vegas: Snapshots of History Photograph Collection (PH-00425). Inside the Flamingo in front of the Flamingo Room and cashier station.

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Don Ashbaugh Papers on Nevada Ghost Towns

Identifier

MS-00130

Abstract

The Don Ashbaugh Papers (1950-1960) document Las Vegas history, Nevada history, and ghost towns. The collection is comprised of the working manuscript of Don Ashbaugh's book, Nevada's Turbulent Yesterday: A Study in Ghost Towns. The collection also contains typescript drafts, newspaper clippings, and a geographical index of Nevada ghost towns.

Archival Collection

Frank Wright, Richard Bryan, and Thomas J. Hickey panel discussion

Identifier

OH-02225

Abstract

Panel discussion entitled Las Vegas: Past, Present, Future with Frank Wright, Richard Bryan, and Thomas J. Hickey moderated by Robert Tracy on January 11, 2002 for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) of Nevada annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this discussion, the three panelists discuss Las Vegas' past and the history that both created the city and informs public opinion about it, the present and the challenges the growing city faces socially and economically, and the potential future directions the city might take to ensure continued prosperity. The discussion began with the panelists presenting prepared remarks and continued to an extended question and answer session with the meeting attendees.

Archival Collection

Transcript of roundtable interview with members of Midbar Kodesh, April 19, 2015

Date

2015-04-19

Description

In this interview, members of Midbar Kodesh discuss how they each became involved in the synagogue, and how the congregation formed in the mid-1990s. Some of the narrators grew up in Las Vegas and talk about the growth of the town and being former members of Temple Beth Sholom.

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