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Photograph at Las Vegas Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop

Date

2013

Description

Greg McCurdy (right) participates in a Las Vegas Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop.

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Photograph of Special Enforcement Detail, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police

Date

1989 (year uncertain) to 1990 (year uncertain)

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Greg McCurdy (front row, far left) with Special Enforcement Detail.

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Newsletter from Congregation Ner Tamid, March 2015

Date

2015-03

Archival Collection

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Newsletter from Congregation Ner Tamid, March 2015

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Audio clip from an interview with Dan Connell by Shirley Emerson on November 18, 2013

Date

2013-11-18

Description

In 1954, Dan Connell enrolled as a sophomore at Las Vegas High School, newly arrived from Ocean Gate, New Jersey, where his father was a New Jersey state trooper. The family’s first living space was a converted two-car garage close to McCarran airport. Living there seemed far out of town at the time; so far out that the school district could not justify providing him bus service. Instead, the family was reimbursed for his transportation costs. Dan also worked fulltime in a restaurant near McCarran Airport while going to high school. This was followed by two years in the military. Afterwards, he returned to Las Vegas, went to school, married his wife Linda, and eventually settled in the Westleigh neighborhood of Ward 1 in 1973. Westleigh remains their home, the place where they raised four sons, lived near their parents, enjoyed Sunday dinners surrounded by family and friends, and the neighborhood where their sons delivered newspapers. All four sons, David, Donald, Mark and Brian, still

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Map of Kawich Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada, June 1908

Date

1908-06

Description

At upper left corner: 'Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.' 'E. M. Douglas, geographer; R. G. Chapman, in charge of section; triangulation and topography by R. H. Chapman and B. D. Stewart. Surveyed in 1905.' 'Engraved April 1906 by U.S.G.S.' 'Edition of June 1908, repritned 1929.' 'Polyconic projection. North American datum.' Guide to Topographic Maps of the United States series on map verso. UNLV Special Collections Southern Nevada Mining Map Collection

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Floyd Jenne interview, 1996: transcript

Date

1996-03-11
1996-04-11
1996-10-08
1996-03-13
1996-03-18
1996-03-23
1996-03-28

Description

Jenne discusses his birth in Ogden, Utah in 1915, his early life in Northern Nevada in 1920s, and his later life in Boulder City, Nevada working as a reclamation ranger for the Bureau of Reclamation. Jenne begins the interviews discussing his work as a steel foundry worker and miner in McGill, Nevada, studying forestry, and enlisting in the Civilian Conservation Corps at Utah State University in 1934. Jenne then describes his experiences moving to Boulder City and working as a reclamation ranger. Other topics Jenne covers include providing security for notable Boulder City and Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) visitors and patrolling the area. Lastly, Jeanne talks about the Boulder City Junior Chamber of Commerce, Boulder City's incorporation, and Boulder City law enforcement.

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Transcript of interview with Arthur "Art" Lurie by Cheryle Bacot, April 25, 1986

Date

1986-04-25

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Interview with Arthur "Art" Lurie by Cheryle Bacot on April 25, 1986. Lurie talks about his family and upbringing with Kenny Washington, who was the first African American to sign with the National Football League. Lurie discusses knowing everybody in Las Vegas in the 1950s, being in the service/retail sector and watching the city grow. He operated several businesses including grocery stores and the liquor department at Wonder World. He talks about his love of boxing, serving on the boxing commission, and advantages of living in southern Nevada.

Arthur C. Lurie lived in Las Vegas for 33 years at the time of this 1986 oral history. He and his wife Eleanor had relocated from Los Angeles area to help run his brother-in-law's food market. Over the years his career would include the grocery, bar (Art's Place) and restaurant businesses; including being co-owner of the liquor store at Wonder World. He shares memories of adjusting to the more laid back culture of small town Las Vegas and how he feels like a native after watching the city grow over the past decades. Art was a founding member of Temple Beth Sholom, where he served as an early vice-president. Being in the non-gaming sector provided gave him the opportunity to work with youth programs and he started the Golden Gloves gym in Las Vegas. He judged over 40 title fights and had a long career on the Nevada Boxing Commission. Arthur Lurie past away in 2014 at the age of 96.

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General highway base map, state of Nevada, 1975

Date

1975

Description

'Prepared by Nevada State Highway Department, Planning Survey Division, in cooperation with U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.' 'Copyright Nevada State Highway Department.' 'Transverse mercator projection. Mount Diablo base and meridian. 50,000 meter universal transverse mercator grid zone 11.' Insets of Reno-Sparks area, Las Vegas area, Lake Tahoe area. 29-H53/21:N41-1975.

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Sundial Park: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Sundial Park, Boulder City, Nevada. (11-22-90)

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