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Transcript of interview with Laura & Don Garvin by Michael Martocci, March 3, 1979
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Archival Collection
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On March 3, 1979, Michael Martocci interviewed Laura (born in California) and Don Garvin (born in Goldfield, Nevada) about their lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two provide details on their family background, the first sources of water in Las Vegas, and the early city limits. They also describe their early occupations, religion, gambling, the Mormon Fort, and the effects of the Great Depression. The interview concludes with a brief discussion on the development of the Las Vegas Strip and recreational activities.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 28, 2000
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Archival Collection
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Brochure from the Molasky Group of Companies, approximately 2010
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Archival Collection
Description
This brochure includes highlights of the Molasky Group of Companies, specializing in real estate development.
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Edith Giles Barcus Family Papers
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The Edith Giles Barcus Family Papers document the lives and work of three related individuals who lived in Goldfield, Nevada: noted mining engineer Edwin S. Giles who settled in Goldfield in 1907, his daughter Edith Giles who was raised in Goldfield, and Clyde Barcus, also a mining engineer, who came to Goldfield in 1923 and married Edith Giles soon thereafter. The papers date from 1848 to 1979 and document the business and personal lives of two generations of the Giles-Barcus family in Goldfield and Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes: property, commercial, financial, and mining records; mining and engineering reports; notes on minerals; correspondence; and photographs of the family, Goldfield, and travel shots of the western United States.
Archival Collection
Letter from W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha) to G. F. Ashby (Omaha), May 7, 1942
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Archival Collection
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Hulsizer enumerated the many financial and political reasons that the water producing lands controlled by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company should be sold to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.
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