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Photographs of Frontier Strike: Desert Solidarity, Solidarity March, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1990 December 05 (folder 2 of 2)
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Several organizations unite in solidarity to support the Frontier Strike in December 1990. Supporters holding signs, banners, and flags march and pose outside the Frontier. There are also photos of police officers and firemen outside the hotel. Culinary Union secretary-treasurer Jim Arnold is in multiple photos, posing with groups and individuals, shown on stage at a rally, and at a Christmas party. Also included in this folder are: photos of Frontier owners Margaret and Tom Elardi, a portable bathroom decorated with signs and a large rodent, and a clip from an article stating, "DESERT SOLIDARITY, OUR LINE IN THE SAND." Banners and signs in the photos read: "Aloha from Hawaii, local 5 here, Hawaii's people support Frontier Strike," "Frontier Hotel, on strike, Culinary Workers Union, Bartenders Union, Teamsters Union, Operating Engineers Union, Carpenters Union," "AFL-CIO Desert Solidarity," "We're here! Steelworkers district 39 sub-district 2," "Frontier unfair to Teamsters Local Union 995."Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino
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Newspaper clipping, Water waste is prohibited by law, April 28, 1945
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Newspaper clipping from unknown source reminding readers of the city ordinance forbidding the waste of water.
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Completion of land transfer from Rocky Mountain Produce Company to Las Vegas Paiute Colony: correspondence and records
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Letter from Bobby J. Sallee, Realty Specialist, to Acting Superintendent, about fencing the Las Vegas Paiute Colony. Letter from Realty Officer Robert Donlevy to Arden J. Sampson inquiring about the status of the pending conveyance of lands from Rocky Mountain Produce Company to the Las Vegas Indian (Paiute Colony). Requests from Nellie Sanchez, a resident of the Las Vegas Paiute Colony. Letter from Superintendent to Bruce Stucki confirming that conveyance transaction of land to the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe is final. Letter from Superintendent Robert L. Hunter to Chairman of the Las Vegas Paiute Colony Council Kenneth Anderson about finalizing the transfer of a small strip of land from the Rocky Mountain Produce Company. Correspondence about a proposed fence between the Las Vegas Paiute Colony and the Skyvue Mobile Park. Correspondence between Field Solicitor Otto Aho and Superintendent Robert L. Hunter about "Legal sufficiency of deed from Arden J. Sampson for access strip for Las Vegas Indians" (deed and maps included). Correspondence between Chairman of the Las Vegas Colony Council Kenneth D. Anderson and the Bureau of Indian Affairs about a map of each lot on the colony and water charges. Correspondence about a "Title Insurance Policy" needed to finalize land transfer from Rocky Mountain Produce to the Las Vegas Paiute Colony. Resolution of the Las Vegas Indian (Paiute) Colony to accept the land transfer from Arden J. Sampson.
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Golden Agila Lions Club Records
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The Golden Agila Lions Club Records (1996-2019) contain organizational and membership files for the Golden Agila Lions Club, a Filipino-American civic organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes information about chartering the organization as an official club and includes membership lists, newsletters, and records that document the Golden Agila Lions service and social activities. The collection includes newspaper clippings documenting the Golden Agila Lions Club and the Filipino community from various Las Vegas-based Filipino and Asian-American newspapers. Two issues of
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UNLV University Libraries Collection of Posters
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The UNLV University Libraries Collection of Posters is comprised of posters featuring Southern Nevada with a focus on Las Vegas, Nevada, collected by the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives. The material dates between 1891 and 2002, with the bulk of the material dating between 1940 and 2002. The collection includes posters of movies filmed in Las Vegas, casino marketing and advertisement posters, newspaper clippings, political rallies and campaign advertisement posters, and event promotions.
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UNLV Libraries Collection of Station Casinos Promotional Materials and Reports
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The UNLV Libraries Collection of Station Casinos Promotional Materials and Reports includes annual reports, press kits, financial reports, newspaper clippings, publicity photographs and press releases for properties held by Station Casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada dating from 1989 to 2008.
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UNLV Libraries Collection of Gaming Industry Promotional Materials and Reports
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The UNLV Libraries Collection of Gaming Industry Promotional Materials and Reports (1946-2019) includes press releases, promotional materials, press kits and clippings for hotels and casinos located throughout Nevada, with the majority of Nevada-based properties located in Las Vegas or Reno. Other locations include Atlantic City, New Jersey and some international hotels and casinos. The collection also contains promotional materials for various Nevada-based gaming companies and corporations, such as press releases, press kits, and product brochures.
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Georgia Lewis Photograph Collection
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The Georgia Lewis Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographic prints and negatives primarily depicting Kyle Ranch, also known as Boulderado Ranch and Taylor Ranch, between approximately 1900 and 1950. The collection also features locations throughout Nevada such as Sloan, Panaca, Overton, and Indian Springs. Other images depict various individuals, including figures such as Grant Sawyer and J. Edgar Hoover, in Nevada locations and around the United States including Washington and Los Angeles, California.
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Dow Metals, Incorporated Photograph Collection on Basic Magnesium, Incorporated
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The Dow Metals, Incorporated Photograph Collection on Basic Magnesium, Incorporated (approximately 1940 to 1990) contains black-and-white photographic prints, reproduction prints, and negatives depicting scenes at the Basic Magnesium, Inc. (BMI) plant in Henderson, Nevada. Images also include Basic townsite homes, buildings, and residents; BMI employees; and interior and aerial views of the plant. Also included are images from Pittman, Nevada of row houses, tent houses, a recreation center, and dining and entertainment establishments.
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John C. Olsen Photograph Collection
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The John C. Olsen Photograph Collection (approximately 1950 to 1969) consists of black-and-white photographic prints, negatives, and one scrapbook. Images depict scenes from the annual Helldorado Celebration in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Shriners’ Parade in downtown Las Vegas, various hotels along the Las Vegas Strip, the Last Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, natural landscapes at Mount Charleston and Rhyolite, Nevada, Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, Twin Lakes, and petroglyphs in Valley of Fire Nevada State Park.
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