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Audio clip from interview with Justice Michael Cherry, September 19, 2014

Date

2014-09-19

Description

Part of an interview with Justice Michael Cherry on September 19, 2014. In this interview, Justice Cherry discusses connections with Jewish casino operators. He also talks about losing to, then representing, unions in court proceedings. He was later endorsed by the unions when he ran for office.

Sound

Audio clip from interview with Doug Unger, August 26, 2014

Date

2014-08-26

Archival Collection

Description

Part of an interview with Doug Unger on August 26, 2014. In this interview, Unger discusses how he acquired Supreme Mattress, a local mattress company that supplied mattresses to Strip casinos.

Sound

Audio clip of interview with Shelley Berkley by Barbara Tabach, February 13, 2015

Date

2015-02-13

Description

Part of an interview with Shelley Berkley on February 13, 2015. In this clip, Berkley shares her family history and talks about her involvement within the Jewish community, and more broadly as a public servant, in all levels of government.

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Audio clip from interview with John Wanderer, May 9, 2016

Date

2016-05-09

Description

In this clip, John Wanderer discusses how his family came to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sound

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 11, 2005

Date

2005-07-11

Description

Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about contracts and performance agreements.

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Transcript of interview with William H. Bailey by Betty Rosenthal, March 16, 1978

Date

1978-03-16

Archival Collection

Description

Interview with William H. Bailey conducted by Betty Rosenthal on March 16, 1978. Arriving in Las Vegas in 1955, Bailey became an assistant producer and master of ceremonies in the first interracial hotel in Nevada, the Moulin Rouge, and subsequently worked in radio and television. Bailey reflects on the history of discrimination in Las Vegas and its impact on the entertainment industry. Bailey's wife Anna was the first black girl dancer on the Strip in the 1961 production, "Nymphs of the Nile." Appointed by Governor Grant Sawyer to the Nevada State Equal Rights Investigatory Commission in 1961, Bailey served as its chairman and traveled throughout the state holding hearings. He describes his work on the commission and how discrimination in housing personally affected him.

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UNLV Libraries Collection of Rio Hotel & Casino Promotional Materials, Reports, and Manuals

Identifier

MS-00929

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Rio Hotel & Casino Promotional Materials, Reports, and Manuals includes procedure manuals, annual reports, press kits, financial reports, press clippings, press releases, and promotional materials for the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada dating from 1990 to 2000.

Archival Collection

Henry C. Wieking Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00009

Abstract

The Henry C. Wieking Photograph Collection contains black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, as well as postcards of Las Vegas, Nevada between approximately 1920 and 1940. These images primarily depict Wieking and his family in front of the Las Vegas Mormon Fort and Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Other photographs include Six Companies and United States Bureau of Reclamation vehicles, Mount Charleston, the Colorado River, Black Canyon, and desert scenes. The remaining images depict Barstow and Death Valley, California; and a Grand Canyon bridge in Arizona.

Archival Collection

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 19, 1996

Date

1996-06-19

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about senate positions and objectives.

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