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McCurdy, Greg, 1961-
Greg McCurdy is a native Las Vegan who was born February 09, 1961 and raised in West Las Vegas, Nevada with his five siblings. Though he was young at the time, he remembers the turmoil of the late 1960s in Las Vegas and the local Civil Rights Movement.
Growing up, McCurdy loved playing baseball but also mowed lawns and worked at the McDonald's restaurant on Bonanza Street. At the age of 22, in 1983, he joined the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Person
Dejong, Michael
Michael DeJong was born March 22, 1969 and grew up in Michigan. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1990 at the age of 21. DeJong graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and entered the casino industry as a pit clerk at The Mirage Hotel. He also worked as a floor representative for Club Mirage, the casino’s players club, before going into the Management Association Program which allowed him to learn about and transition into supervisory roles.
Person
Proctor, Cork, 1932-
Cork Proctor was born on July 22, 1932 in Wisconsin. His family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1940s, where he attended Las Vegas High School. During the 1950s he worked as a valet at the El Rancho Vegas, and then as a lifeguard at the Sahara Hotel and Casino. He later worked as a musician, traveling with several bands until the 1970s, when he first performed his stand-up comedy act. His career as a comedian, which spanned over 40 years, took him to various venues across the United States. Cork Proctor currently resides in Ecuador.
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Report on Las Vegas water situation from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to W. M. Jeffers, April 4, 1936
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Archival Collection
Description
Comparisons of water supply and use in Las Vegas with future projections. Document compares data on water consumption in 1931 and 1935. Link to Bracken's letter referred to in this document is in the references field.
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Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) Corporate Records
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The Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) Corporate Records (1914-2000) document the history of the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) and is comprised of photographs of sign production and finished signs, negatives, slides, transparencies, anniversary scrapbooks, and videotapes. The collection also contains meeting minutes, correspondence, price books, drawings, calculations, newspaper and trade magazine articles on YESCO, advertising materials, and oral history interviews and audio recordings of YESCO designers and executives. YESCO is responsible for many of the neon signs in and around Las Vegas, Nevada and Reno, Nevada, as well as other Western states.
Archival Collection
Correspondence and photographs of Ron Lurie as Mayor of Las Vegas at events and presentations, 1990
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Archival Collection
Description
Photographs and correspondence document the events and presentations of Ron Lurie during his time as Mayor of the City of Las Vegas. Events include ribbon cuttings and ground breaking ceremonies.
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Pastoral Care and the Homosexual: research, 1980 to 1989
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 26 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component