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#69811: Alum Brent Bell, of Bell Trans, poses at his company headquarters July 23, 2014 in Las Vegas, 2014 July 23
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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#69814: UNLV Professor of Creative Writing Doug Unger poses July 24, 2014 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2014 July 24
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Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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#69819: UNLV employee Takiyah Ray poses in the lobby of FDH July 29, 2014 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2014 July 29
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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#68171: Construction continues on the UNLV Mendenhall Basketball practice facility July 15, 2011 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2011 July 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Office Building: Phase III, 1986 July 23
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This set includes: index sheet, site plans, exterior elevations, interior elevations, floor plans, construction details, foundation plans, framing plans, building sections, wall sections, fixture schedules, electrical plans, reflected ceiling plans, plumbing plans, HVAC plans and general specifications.
This set includes drawings for Jack Matthews (client).
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Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 314
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Tony Cordasco oral history interview, 2024 July 03
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Oral history interview with Tony Cordasco conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on July 3, 2024 for Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Tony Cordasco recalls his childhood in Newark, New Jersey, and eventually moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1979, where he became the first sports director of the new "KJON" radio station. In 1981, the station earned its FCC license as KUNV, and he was the first program director. After graduating with a degree in communications in 1982, he worked at news radio stations in Las Vegas and New Jersey until returning to Las Vegas permanently in 1987 to host a daily sports radio show and UNLV basketball play-by-play on a new station, KROL, co-owned by Sig Rogich and Mark Ratner. He also headed public relations for sports at The Showboat, which offered professional bowling, boxing, and wrestling. In 2000, he joined Red Bull as its marketing director and produced the company's first marketing plan. After fifteen years with the company, he opened his own consulting firm. He discusses his personal history with sports reporting and commentating and his work with Red Bull; the Professional Women's Volleyball team, Vegas Thrill; Jerry Tarkanian; and attending boxing matches at the Caesars Palace Sports Pavilion. Digital audio and photograph available.
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Collection Name: Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports Interviews
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Fourth of July menu, 1890, Mountain Park Hotel
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#69209: UNLV graphic design student Donovan Trimble poses July 19, 2013 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2013 July 19
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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#69214: UNLV Biology student Kimberly San Agustin poses July 19, 2013 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2013 July 19
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Transcript of interview with LaVerne Ligon, BJ Thomas, and Leonard Polk conducted by Claytee D. White, July 9, and July 18, 2012
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LaVerne Ligon was born in 1942 in Washington D.C. Around the age of nine, she started dancing at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet, which started her career in dance. She took her first job as a professional dancer when she was eighteen with the Capitol Ballet Company. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1973. In 1974, she successfully auditioned for a touring cast of Hello, Dolly! After completing that show, Ligon performed in a number of productions in Las Vegas, including Hallelujah Hollywood and Jubilee. She retired from dancing in the early 1980s after sustaining an injury and she opened the Simba Talent Agency, a dance school for at-risk youth. She also worked for Family Services, but is now retired. She continues to work on projects with the Simba Talent Agency. BJ Thomas was born in 1935 in Plain Dealing, Louisiana. He moved to Las Vegas in 1968 after working for the Post Office in San Francisco. He worked a number of jobs for two years before beginning to pursue work as a stage hand. Thomas worked for shows at the Tropicana and Caesars Palace. He is currently retired. Leonard Polk Jr. was born in 1948 in Monroe, Louisiana. He and his mother moved to Las Vegas in 1949 when he was just two months old. His father worked on the Hoover Dam. Polk grew up in West Las Vegas and remembers the movement to integrate the schools in the city. As a young adult, he joined the Marines and served a tour of duty in Vietnam. Polk began to work for shows in Las Vegas after he finished his military career. He worked for the Aladdin Baghdad Theater and for the MGM Grand Hotel. He is currently retired, but remains active with the First African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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