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Epilogue: UNLV Yearbook, 1980
Date
1980
Description
Yearbook main highlights: schools and departments; detailed lists with names and headshots of faculty, administration and students; variety of photos from activities, festivals, campus life, and buildings; campus organizations such as sororities, fraternities and councils; beauty contest winners; college sports and featured athletes; and printed advertisements of local businesses; Institution name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Bluebell Girls: scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs
Date
1939 to 1960
Archival Collection
Description
From the Margaret Kelly Collection on the Bluebell Girls, MS-00604. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings about the Bluebell Girls, Folies-Bergère, and dancer Catherine Dunne's experiences in Milan, Italy at the start of World War II.
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Photograph of a crowd attending a Miners Union event on 2nd Anniversary of Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia, Goldfield (Nev.), January 20, 1907
Date
1907-01-20
Archival Collection
Description
[Industrial Workers of the World]
Caption: Miners-celebration in-Goldfield-Nev Bloody-Sunday Jan-20-1907
Site Name: Miners Union Hall (Goldfield, Nev.)
State Bank and Trust Company (Goldfield, Nev.)
Palm Grill (Goldfield, Nev.)
Caption: Miners-celebration in-Goldfield-Nev Bloody-Sunday Jan-20-1907
Site Name: Miners Union Hall (Goldfield, Nev.)
State Bank and Trust Company (Goldfield, Nev.)
Palm Grill (Goldfield, Nev.)
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Prima, Louis, 1910-1978
Louis Prima (1910-1978) was an American singer, songwriter, trumpeter, bandleader, and actor during the mid-20th century. He was known for performing jazz, swing, and jump blues music. Using his background from New Orleans and his Italian heritage to shape his distinctive sound, he encouraged other performers at the time to embrace their ethnic heritage. He frequently performed with his wife, Keely Smith, at the height of his popularity.
Person
Insignia Films Research for the American Experience: Las Vegas - An Unconventional History
Identifier
MS-00508
Abstract
The Insignia Films Research for the "American Experience: Las Vegas - An Unconventional History" collection (1968, 2004-2005) contains photocopied research material, primarily drawn from Nevada newspapers, photographic prints, Betacam and VHS videotapes with interviews and footage used in the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) series "American Experience: Las Vegas - An Unconventional History," created for the Las Vegas Centennial, Las Vegas, Nevada. Also included are original issues of Look magazine with Las Vegas, Nevada coverage, and a United States Freedom of Information Act (USFOIA) report on Tony Spilotro.
Archival Collection
Dennis McBride Collection of Gay Erotica
Identifier
MS-00624
Abstract
The Dennis McBride Collection of Gay Erotica (1960-2006) contains a selection of pornographic publications, three VHS tapes of erotic films, and photographic prints mail ordered from gay erotica or physique photography studios. The three studios represented in this collection are Alexander Studio, Sierra Domino Studio, and Third World Studio.
Archival Collection
Dorothy Keeler Papers
Identifier
MS-00195
Abstract
The Dorothy Keeler Papers (1811-1977) document early Las Vegas history, the life and career of former United States Mint director Eva Adams, and contain images of the Western United States and Southern Nevada in the 1930s. The collection contains clippings on the history of Las Vegas and early Las Vegas weddings as well as photographs documenting the Keelers' travels throughout the Western United States and the construction and dedication of Hoover Dam.
Archival Collection
Bob Friedlander Jazz Music Manuscripts
Identifier
MS-00979
Abstract
The Bob Friedlander Jazz Music Manuscripts (approximately 1960-1980) are comprised of music manuscripts arranged by Bob Friedlander and collected by the Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Some titles are photocopies of the original manuscript. Friedlander arranged for big band musicians such as Harry James, Sam Donahue, Richard Maltby, Ralph Flanagan, and Johnny Long.
Archival Collection
Mabel Hoggard: community interest materials (folder 2 of 3)
Date
1913 to 1986
Archival Collection
Description
Folder of materials from the Mabel Hoggard Papers (MS-00565) -- Personal papers file. This folder contains event programs, "Going For The Gold: The Story of Black Women in Sports" booklet by Ken Bently (a gift to J. David & Mabel W. Hoggard, not digitized in its entirety), "Pictorial Souvenir Book of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Women's Clubs, Inc." (not digitized in its entirety), and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Theta Theta Omega Chapter 1988 "BLAC-tivities" calendar.
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