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Maria LaCavera Papers
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The Maria LaCavera Papers (1947-2017) contain the papers of professional dancer Maria LaCavera. The collection documents the career of LaCavera dancing in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Flamingo Hotel in 1947, and the Last Frontier Hotel in 1949 as one of the Ramona Girls dancing in the Danny O'Neil Varieties Act. Materials include photographs of LaCavera and other Ramona Girls, newspaper clippings, correspondence, LaCavera's American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) employment contracts, Fabulous Las Vegas magazines, and hotel receipts. Other items of note include photographs of the 1949 Helldorado parade, a Frontier Hotel Ramona Room menu, and Frontier Hotel ephemera. There is also a copy of a self-published biography of LaCavera, written by her daughter-in-law Kristin Meyer entitled From Bon-Air to the Last Frontier. The collection also contains the digital images used to illustrate the book.
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Epilogue: Nevada Southern University Yearbook, 1968
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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: Nevada Southern University, Las Vegas, NV
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Mabel Hoggard: community interest materials (folder 2 of 3)
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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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Dr. Javier A. Rodríguez oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Dr. Javier A. Rodríguez conducted by Elsa Lopez and Barbara Tabach on December 19, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Dr. Javier Rodríguez, Biology Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, talks of his personal and educational history that led him to UNLV. He discusses his migration from Puerto Rico to California where he received his PhD from the University of California Berkley and became a biological museum curator for various animal specimens. He later moved to Las Vegas to teach at UNLV where he has now been for nearly two decades; Dr. Rodríguez shares how UNLV has changed since he first started working here, including the university's increased interest in faculty research to become a Top Tier institution. Subjects discussed include: Puerto Rico; University of California Berkley; University funding; Tier 1 research institutions.
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Interview with Elmer Jesse Sowder, July 29, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Access note: Audio temporarily sealed
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Interview with Louis Francis Wouters, May 20, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Jhone Ebert (Department of Education) oral history interview conducted by Magdalena Martinez and Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio: transcript
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Archival Collection
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From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Education sector interviews file.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 14, 1991
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