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Hausch, Mary, 1949-
Mary Hausch was born September of 1949 in Akron, Ohio. Hausch arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada during a spring vacation with four friends. The spontaneity of the trip and her enjoyment of the weather resulted in her applying for, and getting, a reporter position at the Las Vegas Review- Journal (R-J). For the next nineteen years, she worked her way up the newspaper ladder, covered local education issues that included desegregation, a groundbreaking series of Prisoners of War- Missing in Action war stories, and the Nevada legislature.
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Ronald and Rosemary Thome Collection of Goldfield, Nevada Postcards
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The Ronald and Rosemary Thome Collection of Goldfield, Nevada Postcards contains three postcards from around the 1950s to the 1970s depicting Goldfield, Nevada. The postcards portray three paintings of life in Goldfield around the turn of the twentieth century.
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Merle and Beulah Frehner Photograph Collection
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The Merle and Beulah Frehner Photograph Collection contains photographs of Southern Nevada from 1905 to 1955. The materials include photographs of the Frehner freight teams transporting ore, schools and students in the Moapa Valley, the Colorado River, and parades in Southern Nevada.
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Harrah family photographs and personal files, 1958-1990
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Materials contain photographs of Bill Harrah and his family; oral history transcripts from an interview with Bill Harrah; articles and files related to Harrah’s death; and articles, press releases, and other materials that document Harrah’s life and business enterprises (1958-1990).
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Collection Name: Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives
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African American Experience Community Scanning Day Photograph Collection
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The African American Experience Community Scanning Day Photograph Collection (approximately 1958-1980, 2004) is comprised of digital surrogates of photographic prints and ephemera that document the experiences of the African American community in Las Vegas, Nevada. Materials were donated by members of the Las Vegas community as part of a community scanning day event hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas's University Libraries in 2013.
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Barrón, Isaac
Isaac Eloy Barrón identifies as a Mexican American. However, as he explains, it took a move five hundred miles away, from North Las Vegas to Winnemucca, to learn what it meant to be Mexican—and that he spoke with a Chihuahuan accent. It was also in Winnemucca that Barrón lauched his stellar career as an educator.
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Wall, Breck
Breck Wall was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1934. He was raised in Texas. He worked as a show producer.
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Conti, Charlotte (Charlotte Ann Easton), 1941-
Charlotte Conti was born Charlotte Anne Easton on December 13, 1941 in Arkansas. She was a hairdresser and physical education instructor for the St. Francis School.
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Horseley, Marie
Marie Horseley was born on October 13, 1924 in Springdale, Utah. She married Howard Horseley in 1944 and the two moved into the historic John S. Park neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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