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Olson, James Ralph, 1948-
James "Jim" Ralph Olson was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He worked for the firm Cromer, Barker, and Michaelson, that reprsented the MGM Grand's in surance company, INA, Insurance Company of North America during the 1980 MGM Grand Hotel fire litigation.
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McCurdy, Lovey, 1927-
Lovey M. McCurdy was born September 14, 1927 in Forest, Mississippi. McCurdy moved to the Westside of Las Vegas, Nevada when streets were not yet paved. Her siblings followed her to Las Vegas and worked in casinos. Her husband worked in construction at the Nevada Test Site.
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Jacobs, Essie, 1925-1999
Essie Shelton Jacobs (Essie Jean Shelton) was born in Fordyce, Arkansas on July, 11, 1925. Jacobs arrived in Las Vegas 1963 and worked in housekeeping at Aladdin Hotel for twenty-three years. Active in the Culinary Union, she worked as a supervisor and shop steward.
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Todd, Faye
Faye Todd was born in 1940 in San Antonio Texas. Featured in Ebony Magazine in 1979, Faye Todd achieved executive status in the Las Vegas gaming industry, serving as Special Events Coordinator for Desert Inn Hotel and Casino and Entertainment Director/Corporate Executive Assistant for Landmark Hotel and Casino.
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Menard, Julie A. (Julie Ann), 1943-
Julie Menard was born in California on April 27, 1943 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1964 to work as a showgirl in the Folies Bergere revue at the Tropicana Hotel. She later moved to Europe to pursue a modeling career, but returned to Las Vegas, where she currently resides.
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DiCotignano, Jay, 1960-
Reverend of the American Catholic Church in Nevada, an independent church that does not frown upon homosexuality or female clergy.
Dicotignano regularly performed holy unions for gay couples from all over the country before gay marriage was legalized.
Person
Gallagher, Elaine, 1930-2018
Elaine Powell was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She moved to Las Vegas in approximately 1942. She married Robert Gallagher. Elaine was a school teacher.
Source: https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=elaine-gallagher&pid=189733338
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Protest music of the 1970s
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 02
Archival Component
Board and executive committee meeting recordings, 2006 annual meeting recording, 2004 to 2007
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southwest Oral History Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 16
Archival Component
Stella Champo Iaconis Collection of Helldorado Photographs
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Abstract
The Stella Champo Iaconis Collection of Helldorado Photographs (approximately 1934-1940) contains four black-and-white photographic prints of the Helldorado Days celebration held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Images depict people celebrating at the Apache Bar in downtown Las Vegas.
Archival Collection