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Wanda Ball Moser Photographs
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The Wanda Ball Moser Photographs depict Wanda Ball Moser and her family in Southern Nevada in the early-twentieth century. The photographs primarily depict Moser and her family at Mt. Charleston, Nevada or at home in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Dennis Gomes Professional Papers
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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.
Archival Collection
Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) Records
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The Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada Records (1986-1989) are comprised of magazine articles, newspaper clippings, official reports, a profile of Jim Gibson, and a prospectus for a park named after Gibbons.
Archival Collection
Gold Hill Nevada Masonic Lodge Records
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The collection consists of three bound volumes and a small leather folder, documenting Masonic Lodge activity in Gold Hill, Nevada between 1866 and 1917. The volumes contain lodge meeting minutes from 1866 to 1872; lodge membership records from 1866 to 1872; and lodge financial records from 1866 to 1917.
Archival Collection
Clark County Child Care Association (CCCA) Records
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The Clark County Child Care Association (CCCA) Records (1957-1975) contain correspondence, fliers, dues paid rosters, insurance information, bills, memberships cards, and receipts. Also included are miscellaneous dues-related documents, minutes of CCCA (Nevada) general membership and executive board meetings, and a newsletter.
Archival Collection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 18th commencement program
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Archival Collection
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Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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Gene Noboru Nakanishi oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Gene Noboru Nakanishi conducted by Ayrton Yamaguchi, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans on April 2, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Gene Nakanishi shares his detailed family history from both his father's and his mother's families. He discusses his paternal grandfather's work on the Union Pacific Railroad, the family's internment in Wyoming during World War II, and his father's release from the camp by joining the United States Army Signal Corps. Nakanishi also talks of his maternal grandfather who was of the Bushido ("warrior") class in Osaka, Japan, and his grandfather's work with Christian missionaries. He shares details of his mother's restaurant employment in Los Angeles and her opening of Osaka Japanese Bistro in Las Vegas in 1969. Nakanishi also talks about being born and raised in Las Vegas, his musical schooling at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and his graduate education at Harvard University. He discusses his work as a band teacher for the Clark County School District, his involvement in the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program band camp, and his interests in jazz music.
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