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History scrapbook, undated

Level of Description

File

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Mesquite Club Records
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Collection Number: MS-00429
Collection Name: Mesquite Club Records
Box/Folder: Box 29

Archival Component

History: Nevada, 2000

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Alan Cummings Research Files
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Collection Number: MS-01038
Collection Name: Alan Cummings Research Files
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Shirley Sandin oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01625

Abstract

Oral history interview with Shirley Sandin conducted by Janice Ledford on March 11, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Sandin discusses her family ancestry and her employment opportunities. She later discusses a fireplug design contest.

Archival Collection

Don Feldman oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00567

Abstract

Oral history interview with Don Feldman conducted by Mitchell Young on March 05, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Feldman discusses the history of Las Vegas, Nevada, his family history, and changes in the employment, educational, tourism, and gambling industries.

Archival Collection

Vince Hart oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00801

Abstract

Oral history interview with Vince Hart conducted by Andrew Bannister on February 21, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Vincent “Vince” Hart (born on July 7, 1945 in Jerusalem, Palestine) is interviewed in Hart’s office about his experience with youth soccer, both as a coach and as a player. Hart discusses his family background and his residential history in the United Kingdom and the United States before explaining the development of the men’s soccer team at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He describes his impact on the program and his hopes for future student athletes. The two then delve into a discussion of the fundamentals of soccer and different strategies that are commonly used. They then conclude with a brief description of Vince’s experiences with meeting a variety of professional soccer players at the Las Vegas Stadium.

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Prince Spencer oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01743

Abstract

Oral history interview with Prince Spencer conducted by Claytee White on January 09, 2005 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Spencer discusses his career as a dancer in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Sands Hotel and Flamingo Hotel. He also talks about his activity in the Civil Rights Movement, work as a casino host, and participation in the Second Baptist Church in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Herbert C. Wells oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01943

Abstract

Oral history interview with Herbert Wells conducted by Patricia van Betten February 24, 2005 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Wells discusses his personal history and being drafted to the United States military in 1945. He describes military life, his education in mining, and his career mining in Blue Diamond, Nevada. Wells discusses managing shifts for the miners that lived in the Blue Diamond village and describes the infrastructure at the village. Later, Wells talks about his employment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as a civil and environmental engineer professor.

Archival Collection

Organizational history, 1991

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Nevada Desert Experience Records
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Collection Number: MS-00524
Collection Name: Nevada Desert Experience Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

History and structure, undated

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File

Archival Collection

Florence Lee Jones and John Cahlan Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00200
Collection Name: Florence Lee Jones and John Cahlan Papers
Box/Folder: Box 16

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Summerlin history, undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Patrick Egger Southern Nevada Real Estate Records
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Collection Number: MS-00878
Collection Name: Patrick Egger Southern Nevada Real Estate Records
Box/Folder: Box 31

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