The Las Vegas Real Estate Brochures Collection (1990-2010) is comprised of real estate brochures, pamphlets, folders, and fliers on housing developments in Las Vegas, Nevada. Materials include price sheets, photographs, and newspaper clippings related to the development of communities throughout the city.
This collection has been removed from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries Special Collections and Archives' holdings by order of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The collection was returned to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information.
The collection was comprised of photocopies of materials documenting investigations undertaken from 1973 to 1977 by Dennis Gomes, in his role as Nevada Gaming Control Board Division Chief and Law Enforcement Officer. The collection included investigative material on organized crime skimming at the Stardust, the Tropicana, and other Nevada casino-hotels.
The Elsie and Richard Goldsworthy Collection on Las Vegas Ephemera (1960-1999) contains ephemera from hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada and includes programs, table tents, and postcards. There is additional material created by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and invitations to special events hosted by various Las Vegas dignitaries. Additional materials includes programs and fliers from local theater companies in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Terry Ritter Collection, dating from approximately 1995-2012, contains six color prints of Ritter's artwork depicting Las Vegas, Nevada showgirls. There is also one convention flier advertising her artwork.
The Lorraine Thomas-Perry Papers (1910-1936) contain the personal papers of Lorraine Thomas and her family, who were early residents of Beatty, Nevada. Collection materials include report cards, graduation certificates, correspondence, and short stories and poems written by family members. The majority of collection are photocopies. The collection also contains one original program for the opening banquet and ball for Hotel Fayle in Goodsprings, Nevada on May 13, 1916.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Nevada experienced a nursing shortage, largely as a result of the lack of nursing schools in the state and rapid population growth. To address the problem, the Nevada Board of Regents approved the implementation of an associate degree program at the campus of Nevada Southern University (now known as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas) in 1965, and that fall the first students were admitted.
Oral history interview with Maila Aganon conducted by Kristel Peralta, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans on June 10, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Maila Aganon discusses her childhood, family upbringing, and immigration to the United States from the Philippines when she was a college student. She shares how her parents moved to Las Vegas first and Maila followed a decade later, investing in real estate and eventually taking up permanent residence. Maila talks about her employment history with Allstate Insurance, Bank of America, AAA, Caesars Entertainment, and finally Aon as a Senior Vice President. She also shares her thoughts on the growth of Las Vegas and the growth of the Asian community and cultural influence within the city. Subjects discussed include: anti-Asian violence; Filipino grocery stores; Filipino foods; remote work.
Summary of the amount of water used by the railroad, the water company, and for irrigation on the Las Vegas Ranch in 1928 for use in calculating water rates.
Report on flood control efforts in the Virgin Soil Conservation District, the Moapa Soil Conservation District, and the Virgin River Watershed. Project Number: State Office #172, Clark Co. #12