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Ruthe Scott Photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada Hotels and Casinos
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The Ruthe Scott Photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada Hotels and Casinos contain color and black-and-white negatives and transparencies of Las Vegas hotels and casinos from 1960 to 1986. The collection includes the Sahara Hotel, Castaways Hotel and Casino, the Desert Inn Hotel, the Dunes Hotel, the Riviera Hotel, the Sands Hotel, the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall, Tally Ho Grounds, the Thunderbird Hotel, and the Hotel Flamingo. The collection also includes people gambling in Las Vegas casinos and two transparencies of Nevada politician Phil Tobin, who sponsored the bill to legalize gambling in 1931.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 08, 1994
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Map of Nevada, Nye County, Kawich Quadrangle, Nye County (Nev.), 1908
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School picture, Tonopah, Nevada: photographic print
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.B. Coombs Family. Bill Coombs, third from the right In the last row; Clyde Newman, killed in Vietnam, far right last row; Jimmy Franks, third from the right in the front row; Charley Cecchini, fifth from the right in the front. Remaining students not identified.
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School class in Pahrump, Nevada: photographic print
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada -- Subseries IV.F. Hafen Family. Sandy Hafen is pictured holding a birthday cake, Connie Anderson is third from left, Joley Pallan, fourth from left, Mark Slater is pictured in back with glasses. Maureen Anderson, Butch Neff, and Theresa Mankins are also pictured.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 11, 1978
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Film transparency of the mountains near Virginia City, Nevada, circa 1940s
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Governor's Conference on Nevada's Library and Information Needs Collection
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The Governor’s Conference on Nevada’s Library and Information Needs Collection (1978-1979) consists of the Nevada Libraries Your Winning Card scrapbook containing photographs, correspondence, and newspaper articles documenting the conference. Included are advertisements and fliers promoting “Speak Outs” along with resolutions and final reports on the success of the conference. Also included are Speak Out day tracks, slides of the events, and a booklet dedicated to Nevada’s delegates.
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Photograph of a schoolhouse in Eagle Valley, Nevada, 1938
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Dennis McBride Collection on Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Organizations
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The Dennis McBride Collection on Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Organizations (approximately 1984-2008) contains photographs, magazines, and documents relating to various LGBTQ organizations and events in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photographs of prominent community members, including Strutt Hurley, William "Bill" Schafer, Rob Schlegel, and Dennis McBride attending events such as National Coming Out Day and pageants organized by the Southern Nevada Association of Pride, Inc. (SNAPI). Also included in the collection are magazines, newspaper clippings, and documents relating to various issues such as Nevada's "Question 2", a ballot measure that prevented same-sex marriages from being conducted or recognized in Nevada; offical reports on the AIDS epidemic; and student organizations like Students for an Equal America (SEA) and Human Understanding Despite Differences Lifts Everyone (HUDDLE). This collection also contains digital scans of some of the photographs in the collection.
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