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Follow Me to Las Vegas Magazine
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Follow Me to Las Vegas, a magazine about art, entertainment, and popular culture in Las Vegas, Nevada. Entertainers and actors are featured in various articles and photographs. The magazine contains several print advertisements of local businesses and organizations.
Mixed Content
Nevada Southern University classroom and physical education building: architectural drawings
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Archival Collection
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From JMA Architecture Studio Records (MS-00783) -- Architectural drawings file.
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Urban Chamber of Commerce (Las Vegas, Nev.) (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The mission of the Urban Chamber of Commerce is to create and foster an environment that promotes development of members and black owned businesses. The Nevada Black Chamber of Commerce was founded July 7, 1980, after the idea was planted by Katherine Joseph. Ms. Joseph met with members of the Oakland, California Chamber of Commerce during a visit there and was very impressed with their efforts. When Katherine returned home she shared the idea with members of the NAACP. She solicited the help of Sarann Knight-Preddy who formed a board consisting of Dr.
Corporate Body
Letter from F. R. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, April 22, 1927
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Archival Collection
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A suggestion that although the renewal of the agreement between the Railroad and the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. was unimportant, since both were wholly owned by the Union Pacific, they should take the opportunity to use meters to figure out how much water the water company was using.
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Audio clip from interview with Courtney Hunt by Claytee D. White, October 2, 2013
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Archival Collection
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In this clip, Mr. Hunt, also known as "Nutt," explains how the CONVICTS motorcycle club was named, the acronymn meaning and overview of membership community activities.
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Notice of lawsuit: District Court
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Archival Collection
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Biographical essay by Rachel Taylor, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Rachel Taylor describes her family's experience during the Holocaust in Poland in the Kutno and Gubin ghettos. She was able to escape with her sisters and brother with the help of a Polish priest and nun, and her parents survived Auschwitz-Birkenau. Taylor came to the United Staes in 1961.
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