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NNA yearbooks, 2010-2012
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Sketches for "Hungry Children of Glitter Gultch" by Nancy Raven, 1970 to 1972
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component
Mollie Gregory's original CCWRO transcription files, 1970 to 1972
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component
Las Vegas Jazz Society Records
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Abstract
The Las Vegas Jazz Society Records (approximately 1975-2003) are comprised of organizational records including meeting agendas, minutes, and membership statistics of the Las Vegas Jazz Society (LVJS). Included in the collection are issues of the LVJS's newsletter Jazz Notes, promotional materials, blank membership applications, correspondence, information on other regional jazz societies, and photographic prints depicting various events and festivals. A portion of this collection documents LVJS's involvement in saving the KUNV 91.5 FM radio station.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Irving Kirshbaum by Cheryl Rogers, February 23, 1979
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Interview with Irving Kirshbaum by Cheryl Rogers on February 23, 1979. In this interview, Kirshbaum discusses the Riviera Hotel where he began working in 1955. He also talks about the landscape of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1950s, and the state of gambling, comps, customer service, and dealer training. The interviewer asks about the treatment of minorities at the Riviera, and in Las Vegas generally, and the effect of corporate ownership on casinos.
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Christiansen, Norman, 1931-
Norman Christiansen was born on October 11th, 1931 in Red Lodge, Montana. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956 after graduating college in Montana. Christiansen worked at the Nevada Test Site for two years and was a teacher at various schools.
Person
Christie, Gordon, 1916-
Gordon Chrisite was born on March 9th, 1916 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958. He worked as a carpenter. He helped build numerous hotels including the MGM Grand, Fremont, Desert Inn, and the Sahara.
Person
Clark, Betty Joyce, 1940-
Betty Joyce (Bearden) Clark was born in Cartersville, Georgia on April 24, 1940. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947. She was a hairdresser, grocery checker, and secretary bookeeper. She married Ray Clark on June 09, 1959.
Person
Borsack, Donald Edward, 1928-
Donald Edward Borsack was born in Bell, California on February 28, 1928. Borsack moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1936. Borsack has worked as a insurance adjuster, clothing salesman, and proprietor and owner of four El Portal Luggage stores.
Person
Hawkins, Mary
Mary Hawkins moved to Southern Nevada in 1942. She moved to Nevada from Texas with her first husband. Hawkins was self-employed, running a cafe in Nevada, and she was also a housewife. Hawkins remarried in 1945, after her first husband died.
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