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Schwartz, Stanley
Schwartz was born on May 13, 1926 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He attended Colorado Military School in Denver, Colorado and the University of Southern California. He left the university without a degree and went into the merchant tailoring business in Los Angeles, California. After that business went bankrupt, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with his brother, Seymour Schwartz, around 1951 and started Schwartz Brothers Clothing.
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Clark County School District superintendent research files, Peabody Governor's Study of Education in Nevada, "The Urbanization of the Clark County School District" dissertation, 1999-2007
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Native American Forum on Nuclear Issues recording, 2008 April 10
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Archival Collection
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter scrapbook committee agenda
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From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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Clinton Wright Photographs
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The Clinton Wright Photographs (1964-2018) contains black-and-white photographic negatives of various sizes, dating from 1964 to 1971. The images document the Black experience in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1960s and 1970s, and capture scenes of everyday life in the historic Black neighborhood known as the Westside, social events such as weddings and parties, and events hosted by local churches. The collection also contains a photograph of Clinton Wright from 2017 when he visited the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections and Archives, and a memorial program for his wife, Joyce Wright, who passed away in 2018.
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Carmichael, Kent
Kent Carmichael, lighting engineer and artist, is responsible for many of the most iconic signs in Las Vegas history. Kent Carmichael was born in December 1933 in Burbank, California, drafted for Korean War as a football player for the U.S. Navy, and served overseas in Korea. After being discharged in 1956 in Long Beach he began working for Interstate Neon for Max and Mo Oggenblick.
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Byrd Wall Sawyer Collection
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The Byrd Wall Sawyer Collection primarily consists of Byrd's research files on Nevada from 1930 to 1970. The materials concentrate on her monograph, "Nevada Nomads," as well as her co-authored textbook, "Here is Nevada." The collection also includes speeches, journal articles, memos, research note cards and papers, correspondence, informational booklets and pamphlets, maps, photographs, audiovisual materials, and newspaper articles and clippings.
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T-Shirt Color: White; Front: Bethany Fire Rescue, Fire Emblem W/Fire Equip, OK USA Flag; Handwritten Text: Aaron Whitfield 20, Scott Lee Schroder 9, Scott Sellers 20 God Bless SR Hunter David Woolf 4 Danny Lujan 6 AK Cole 10 Big Al 16 Mahaike James 22 Billy Greenwood 19, Greg Speer 25 405-789-2218 etc.., approximately 2001-2012
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Tobin, Nadine, 1931-2015
Nadine Tobin was born on September 5, 1931 in Lysine, Kansas. Tobin and her family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1941. Tobin was a photograph lab technician and printed photographs for the Atomic Energy Commission and Nevada Highway Patrol. Tobin resided in southern Nevada until her death on March 19, 2015.
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Nadine Tobin oral history interview, 1979 February 10. OH-01829. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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