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Architectural drawing of the the Flamingo Hilton tower addition (Las Vegas), building cross sections, July 7, 1976
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Archival Collection
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Various building sections for the addition of a tower to the Flamingo in 1976. Printed on parchment. Harold L. Epstein, structural engineer; Socoloske, Zelner and Associates, structural engineers; Joseph L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers; Bennett/Tepper, mechanical engineers.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Fabulous Flamingo addition (Las Vegas), interior stair, March 6, 1961
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Archival Collection
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Details and sections for the internal stairs for a four story hotel building for the Flamingo from 1961. Printed on parchment.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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The Allegiant Stadium construction site along Dean Martin Drive, looking north-northwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Allegiant Stadium.
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Parking for construction workers at the Allegiant Stadium construction site, looking south-southeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo series documents ongoing construction work at the Allegiant Stadium.
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People gather and view the crosses at the 1 October memorial located at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking east-northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.
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Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" Collection
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The Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" collection provides a broad overview of printed material from the 1780s through 1949. Gathered by book collector Mavis Eggle, the collection serves as a social history of books, newspapers, and ephemera. Physical characteristics of the books include a variety of printer's marks, publishers' bindings, bookplates, and early subscription libraries. The collection's titles are a diverse and creative gathering of poetry, children' literature, religious texts, broadsides, newspapers, and popular fiction. Together, the items in the Mavis Eggle "Books as They Were Bought" collection illustrate changes in literature, printing and publishing, advertising, and book history over a time period of more than 170 years.
Archival Collection
Claude Warren in front of a boulder: photograph
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Archival Collection
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Slide from the Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers (MS-00906) -- Elizabeth von Till Warren Papers -- Personal papers -- Claude slides, photographs, negatives: Nevada research, California research, Idaho research, Zimbabwe trip, England research, England trip, holiday slides file.
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Temple Beth Sholom Records
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The records of Temple Beth Sholom date from 1945 to 2015 and include scrapbooks, photographs, bulletins, meeting minutes, by-laws, correspondence, and publications. The collection contains documentation of the Board of Directors, the Sisterhood, the Men's Club, the history of the congregation, events held by the temple, and construction of the temple building in Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 27, 1990
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Ernest Jackson Jr. by Larry E. Cooper, March 1, 1980
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Archival Collection
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On March 1, 1980, Larry E. Cooper interviewed general contractor Ernest (Ernie) Jackson Junior (born December 6th, 1932 in Bruce, Mississippi) in Cooper’s home about his experiences in the Westside as a Black Las Vegas resident. Jackson Jr. discusses the lack of property buyers on the Westside and his goals of improving the Westside by building on the land. Jackson Jr. also discusses his youth as a baseball star for Las Vegas High School in the fifties.
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