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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Fall 2019 commencement program
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Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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Ashley E. Nitz oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Ashley Nitz conducted by Claytee D. White on February 6, 2018 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. In this interview, Ashley Nitz discusses her experiences attending the 2017 Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada with a friend. She talks about making the weekend of the event a "staycation", where she stayed with her friend at the Trump Hotel. Nitz goes into detail on the Route 91 Harvest festival venue and the events of that Sunday night when the shooting began. She speaks of the lockdown in the Tropicana Hotel and the support given there to all of the survivors, such as water and medical aid, as well as her journey home once the lockdown was lifted. The interview ends with a discussion on life after the shooting.
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Photograph of Benny Binion and others playing poker, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1980
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Archival Collection
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Benny Binion seated at poker table with his hands folded and facing camera. The photograph being taken during Horseshoe World Series of Poker circa 1980.
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Photograph of three men standing in front of the Binion's Horseshoe Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1968
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Chill Wills (center) and Benny Binion (right) standing on Fremont street in front of the Horseshoe Hotel & Casino. (1968) . Stamp on back of photo: "Allen Photographers. Inc. Post Office Box 4253 Las Vegas, Nevada 89106". Date stamped "April 17, 1968".
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Mancuso, Gus
Gus Mancuso (Ronald Bernard Mancuso), a talented impresario, was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania in 1933. Gus grew up in Hastings, Pennsylvania as the youngest of nine children. His father, an immigrant from Italy, Joseph Mancuso, owned multiple businesses and his mother, Josephine Ceranni toiled as a stay at home mother. Despite his father’s businesses, the family struggled financially. By the eighth grade Gus moved to Rochester, New York, where his mother joined him, after his parents separated.
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