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Nightline, "America's Economy: What's the Fix?," ABC-TV, 2009 January 14
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Additional information from donor: High unemployment in Las Vegas has thousands of employment applicants looking at the upcoming opening of the CityCenter project as their employment salvation.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Scott Rayer Collection of Television Programs about Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Stella Butterfield oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Stella Butterfield conducted by Joanne L. Goodwin on October 14, 2005 and October 25, 2005 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Butterfield opens her interviews discussing her family and childhood in the Bronx, New York, in the 1930s and 1940s. Butterfield then talks about her work for the U.S. Coast Guard as a typist during World War II and as a teletype operator for the U.S. Air Force. Butterfield then describes how her teletype operator job eventually moved her to Panama, and her experiences there. She then discusses her move with her husband Frank to Las Vegas, Nevada for his assignment at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB). Butterfield discusses becoming a court reporter at Nellis AFB and describes the city of Henderson, Nevada. Lastly, Butterfield talks about becoming a civilian court reporter for U.S. District Judge Roger T. Foley and her experiences as a freelance court reporter.
Archival Collection
Janet Kravenko oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Janet Kravenko conducted by Bridget Kelly on August 07, 2002 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Kravenko opens her interview by discussing the importance of dance to her family, and her early interest in becoming a member of the Bluebell Girls dance troupe. She describes the rules of touring as a Bluebell Girl and her experiences traveling the world for two years. She then discusses her first contract in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Lido de Paris show. She describes the daily life of a Bluebell Girl, and where they rehearsed and performed. Kravenko then talks about being a young performer in Las Vegas and the challenges of finding work. She also describes some of the famous people she worked with including Zsa Zsa Gabor and Major Riddle. Lastly, Kravenko discusses how her dance career changed after she became a mother.
Archival Collection
Nevada State Society, 1952 to 1985
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Materials consist of scrapbooks from the Nevada State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1952 to 1985.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records
Box/Folder: N/A
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Houssels House at its original location, 1983
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Houssels Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Binder PB-005
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Schwartz Brothers Clothing
Schwartz Brothers Clothing was located on Main Street for five years before it moved to Second Street, then in 1957 the business relocated to 303 Fremont Street, which was the heart of the business district at the time. The store was located on Fremont Street for 22 years, during which time Stanley Schwartz was president of the Downtown Merchants Association for three or four years. The Schwartz brothers also operated the men's and boys' departments in the Wonder World discount stores, and later the artificial flower department
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West Desert Inn Estates; custom residence, redlines, undated
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This set includes drawings prepared by Design Basics, Inc (residential designers).
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Kenneth H. Childers Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 117
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Poplar Branch, undated
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Alton Dean Jensen Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 231
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#71433: Clinical faculty and staff portraits for the UNLV School of Medicine photographed at 1524 Pinto Lane offices on March 14, 2017, 2017 March 14
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 01
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Fruehauf Corporation modular townhome prototypes: floor plans, master site plan, and elevations, 1969 September 09-1970 December 31
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Reynolds Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Roll 27 (Restrictions apply)
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