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Program for 30th Anniversary Dinner event for the Southern Nevada Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1988
Date
1988
Archival Collection
Description
The program for the 30th anniversary dinner for NCCJ includes dedications and highlights of the Southern Nevada Chapter.
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Sachiko Young oral history interview: transcript
Date
2021-12-05
Archival Collection
Description
Oral history interview with Sachiko Young conducted by Mikaela Nettlow on December 5, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Sachiko shares her upbringing in Fukoka, Japan and how she and her family moved frequently as a child. She talks about meeting her husband, an American military man, while visiting family in Tokyo. Sachiko discusses their marriage and birth of their child, their move to San Jose, California, and their travels back and forth from Japan before settling in Las Vegas, Nevada. She shares stories of visiting casinos with friends, working in hotel coffee shops, and what life was like for her and her family. Sachiko also talks of how she and her husband both faced racial prejudice from their families and the difficulties of learning English as a second language.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 27, 1979
Date
1979-02-27
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes with additional information about the organization meeting, the bylaw committee meeting, bylaw proposals, and the memorandum. CSUN Session 7 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 6th commencement program
Date
1969-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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Mabel Hoggard: scrapbook
Date
1969 to 1981
Archival Collection
Description
From the Mabel Hoggard Papers (MS-00565) -- Personal papers file. This scrapbook contains event programs; newspaper clippings about Mabel Hoggard; photographs of Mabel Hoggard, family, and friends; and letters to Mabel Hoggard. Items include: Mabel Hoggard Elementary School 1981 graduation program; biographical sketch of Mabel Hoggard; "Happenings: successful steps toward school integration: report #1, what's happening in Clark County School?" February 10, 1969; and Westside Council tenth meeting summary, May 27, 1969.
Mixed Content
Law School Hearings and Subcommittee on Education Hearings: minutes
Date
1973
Archival Collection
Description
Folder from the John Vergiels Political Papers (MS-00283).
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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Thomas Toland
Date
1917-05-06
Archival Collection
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)
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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George
Date
1929-07-12
Archival Collection
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)
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Dunes Hotel and Casino Records
Identifier
MS-00328
Abstract
The Dunes Hotel and Casino Records are comprised of administrative, publicity, and entertainment materials documenting the history of the Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from the years 1954 to 1992. Included are correspondence, contracts, photographs, hotel budgets, and an early aerial photograph of the property. The material provides a significant amount of historical documentation of the hotel that was long known to tourists and residents as the "the Miracle in the Desert."
Archival Collection