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Pearl Hughes oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Pearl Hughes conducted by Katherine D. Beal on February 11, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, Hughes discusses her family's early arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada after moving from Salinas, California. Her family then bought and operated a motel in North Las Vegas, Nevada between the late 1940s to 1950. Hughes also discusses the growth of the hotel and casino industry, city urban development, community interactions, Las Vegas, Nevada celebrities, atomic testing, and President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Archival Collection
Traffic Ordinance for the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931 July 14
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Leon Rockwell Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
City of Las Vegas, advisory committee member, 1983 July 20
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Anna Dean Kepper Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02
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#00773: Cedar City Shakespeare Festival - prepublicity, 1973 July 03
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1970s)
Box/Folder: N/A
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Political Affairs (Howard Hughes Clippings). Contains news clippings, press release and memos, 1969 June to 1969 November
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 40 (91st Session)
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Bill Hughes Photographs
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The Bill Hughes Photographs (approximately 1980-2012) contains negatives, slides, prints, proofs, and born digital images created by local photographer and photojournalist Bill Hughes for publications including Las Vegas CityLife, Las Vegas Business Press, Las Vegas Weekly, as well as commercial clients. A portion of prints in the collection consist of modeling photographs Hughes took as part of his business. The digital images represent a variety of clients, and feature local bands, DJs, and performers in nightclubs and bars on the Strip and downtown Las Vegas. Also included in digital files are portraits, artistic photographs and self-portraits, and material used for Las Vegas Weekly, CityLife, and Business Press.
Archival Collection
Howard Cannon Photograph Collection
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The Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (1950-1983) contains photographic prints, negatives, and one slide featuring Senator Howard Cannon at various political and publicity events with military personnel, political colleagues, and constituents primarily in the state of Nevada. Other photographs feature Cannon at political and publicity events outside of Nevada including California, New York, Florida, Oregon, and Washington, D.C.
Archival Collection
City of North Las Vegas, urban renewal, 1963 July 05
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 11
Archival Component
Cleland, C. R., North Las Vegas City Council, 1969 July 28
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component