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Ace Asian Casinos Expo: registration program, 2005 to 2005
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Gaming Research Files
Box/Folder: Box 04
Archival Component
Howard Cannon being interviewed: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Charles Guy oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Charles Guy conducted by Dennis McBride on various dates in April and May of 1995 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. Guy begins by talking about his birth in Brazil, Indiana, his early work selling Civilian Conservation Corps magazine subscriptions, and his travels across the United States before arriving in Boulder City, Nevada in 1938. Next, Guy recalls his early memories of Boulder City, the Las Vegas Wash, and his work at the Boulder Beach campgrounds at Lake Mead Recreation Area and in Overton, Nevada. Guy also discusses the campgrounds' working conditions, entertainment, access to amenities, and work associates. Afterwards, Guy talks about his time as a railroad worker in Indiana and Las Vegas, Nevada, Block 16 in Las Vegas, Las Vegas entertainers, working as a volunteer fire fighter, and anecdotes about people in his personal life.
Archival Collection
Inez Rambeau oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Inez Rambeau conducted by Jane Ellsworth Olive on March 26, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Rambeau begins by discussing her family's history in gambling, specifically how her family ran a casino in Louisiana before it was legalized there. Rambeau then discusses her career as the director of sales at the Riviera Hotel & Casino and the convention sales business, as well as efforts to transform Las Vegas into a convention city. She also talks about her boss, Elmo H. Ellsworth, and how he generated interest in Las Vegas with clients and encouraged the city's development.
Archival Collection
Glover, Michael "Mike": correspondence, 2005 January to 2005 June
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 04 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Glover, Michael "Mike": correspondence, 2005 July to 2005 December
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 04 (Restrictions apply)
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Martha Gould and Joan Kerschner oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Martha Gould and Joan Kerschner conducted by Claytee D. White on October 26, 2005 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Gould and Kerschner discuss being librarians and directors working at the Nevada State Library. Gould then discusses being a lobbyist for libraries while Kerschner talks about also being a director of the Henderson Public Library.
Archival Collection
Jessie Emmett oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Jessie Emmett conducted by Irene Rostine on October 16, 1996 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Emmett discusses moving from Southern California to Nevada for her husband's job at the Nevada Test Site in 1954. Emmett goes on to discuss working at the New Frontier Hotel briefly, and her eventual decision to go into real estate. Emmett then talks about creating a real estate agent training program, and about the work environment for women real estate agents. Lastly, Emmett describes her experience running her own real estate office, and the personal satisfaction the job provided.
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Teddie Lynn Brewer oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Teddie Lynn Brewer conducted by Stanica Sretenovic on June 24, 2006 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Brewer reflects upon her 36-year career in education, with the bulk of those years being an administrator in the Clark County School District from 1985 to 2005. She discusses her teaching experience that led up to her pursuit of administration, and describes the regular duties that she faced as an elementary school principal. She also describes the importance of fostering relationships between teachers and administrators, and offers suggestions for how to foster such relationships.
Archival Collection
Nevada: "International Gaming Technology 2005 Annual Report", 2005
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 6
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