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Newsletter from Temple Beth Sholom (Las Vegas, Nev.), April 1998
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The Bulletin is the monthly newsletter from Temple Beth Sholom. This issue includes columns by the Temple President and the Cantor, religious school news, announcements and calendars, event photographs, and advertisements.
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Chris Giunchigliani Political Papers
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The Chris Giunchigliani Political Papers (1986-2019) document Giunchigliani's career as a member of the Nevada Assembly as well as her involvement as a Clark County Commissioner. The majority of the collection is a "newspaper and document archive" which consists of media articles and newspaper clippings collected by Giunchigliani's office that mention Giunchigliani throughout her political career. The collection also includes campaign materials such as mailers and photographs. Interviews Giunchigliani did with local news networks in Las Vegas, Nevada as well as televised campaign advertisements for the Clark County Commission election are represented in the collection. Other materials include legislative research files for bills on gypsum reclamation, development near Red Rock Canyon, education reform, and funding to build an NFL stadium in Las Vegas. The collection also includes a certificate of commendation from Senator Harry Reid and thank you cards from schoolchildren.
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Events Audiovisual Collection
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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Events Audiovisual Collection (1973-1992) consists of audiovisual materials that document various conferences, speeches, lectures, and events that took place at the university. These events include the "Economic Stabilization and Inflation" speech given by Wallace C. Peterson, commencement speeches, a debate between Phyllis Schlafly and Sarah Weddington, and a panel discussion. The collection contains cassette and VHS tapes of commencement ceremonies; television programs and interviews related to university activities; university promotional announcements; and a university video series titled
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Series I. Dick Ronzone's Political Papers, 1920s-1990s
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Series I reflects Dick Ronzone's long commitment to improving his community through his involvement in local politics. It includes a 1965 Rotary Club member directory with biographical entries and photographs of prominent businessmen of the day; certificates from Nevada senators and representatives and local institutions; an informal oral history interview conducted by a student and long-time acquaintance, and images of Ronzone throughout his life (most numerously as a middle-aged and older man in political contexts). The series also contains records and documents kept during his 1980 and 1982 political campaigns; political newspaper clippings including reports, editorials and campaign ads; correspondence mostly comprised of informal cards and invitations, especially from President Ronald Reagan and Senator Richard Bryan in the 1980s; and bound publications showcasing Las Vegas and Nevada related newsletters and booklets, regarding local history, politics, mining and environmental issues.
Publications include: Water District, 1981; Country Club, 1978;Nevada Archeological Survey Report, 1969; Hoover Dam Photo Card, undated; NV Highways and Parks, 1973; Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, 1975; Census Data, 1980; Greater Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Magazine, 1976; Las Vegas Magazine, 1952; Sunrise Sentinel, 1969; Clark County Preservation Association, 1994; California Mines Information Service, 1963,1964; Nevada Power Co. Livewire Magazine, 1981; Guide to Clark County, NV, 1965; Chamber of Commerce Historical Data, 1935; Dixie Folklore and Pioneer Memoirs, 1964.
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Collection Name: Ronzone Family Papers
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 19, 1977
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Archival Collection
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"Who's On Conservatism?": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On the USSR's Gorbachev ridding country of conservatives.
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"Black History: Lost Stolen or Strayed -- Twenty Years Later": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Black reality not significantly improved 20 years later.
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Fine, Mark L., 1946-
Mark Fine was born February 10, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, and was raised with a strong Jewish identity. When Fine was in fourth grade, his parents moved the family to Shaker Heights, and again moved to Arizona during his senior of high school. Upon graduation, Fine enrolled at the University of Arizona and became a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. He graduated in 1964 with a degree in business administration with an emphasis in real estate.
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McMillan, James B., 1917-1999
Civil rights leader James B. McMillan was born in 1917 in Aberdeen, Mississippi and moved to Michigan in 1931 with his family. He finished his high school education in Hamtramck, Michigan where he was the first African-American captain of the football and track teams. In 1936, he opted to enroll at the University of Detroit rather than the segregated University of Michigan. After graduation, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to attend Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry.
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Ronzone, Richard James, 1917-1989
Richard “Dick” J. Ronzone (1917-1989) was active in the local politics and civic affairs of Las Vegas, Nevada, serving as a Clark County Commissioner, a Nevada State Assemblyman, and a member of the University Board of Regents. He inherited and managed his family's retail store which dated back to the early 1900s. Ronzone also helped develop the Municipal Golf Course and was active in the Elks Lodge, Rotary Club, Veterans Of Foreign Wars, Reserve Officers Association, and the Boulder Dam Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
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