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Photograph of Thomas C. Wilson, location unknown, circa 1964

Date

1962 to 1966

Description

Thomas C. Wilson, co-founder of Nevada Day which was started in 1938. Behind him is a sign that says "All for our country, 100 years, Centennial of the state of Nevada, 1864-1964".

Image

Paris Las Vegas' Eiffel Tower with Veer Towers, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-04-25

Description

The Paris Las Vegas replica of the Eiffel Tower is seen between the Veer Towers at City Center. Architecture on the Las Vegas Strip has had many different styles over the years.

Image

Photograph of Anna Fayle and Leonard R. Fayle, (Nev.), 1931

Date

1931

Archival Collection

Description

Anna Fayle, also known as Anna Louise Trapnell, stands with Leonard R. Fayle about 1931. Anna and Leonard married the next year. They are standing in front of J.L. Cobb's Packard automobile.

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Transcript of interview with Ernest Jackson Jr. by Larry E. Cooper, March 1, 1980

Date

1980-03-01

Description

On March 1, 1980, Larry E. Cooper interviewed general contractor Ernest (Ernie) Jackson Junior (born December 6th, 1932 in Bruce, Mississippi) in Cooper’s home about his experiences in the Westside as a Black Las Vegas resident. Jackson Jr. discusses the lack of property buyers on the Westside and his goals of improving the Westside by building on the land. Jackson Jr. also discusses his youth as a baseball star for Las Vegas High School in the fifties.

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11th Anniversary Issue of the Sands Times magazine from the Sands Hotel and Casino, December 1963

Date

1963-12

Description

The 11th anniversary issue of the Sands Times from the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlines in the magazine include: "If It Happens in Vegas It's Usually at the Exciting Sands Hotel", "Sands Casino Execs - The Friendliest", "Hosts in Las Vegas!", "New Faces in Sands Family of Stars", "Sands - Grounds for Marriage", "Sands is Convention Executive Center", "Sands Conventions", and "Sands Guests".

Mixed Content

"Jingle": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. Christmas memories of author's childhood in Natchez, Mississippi.

Text

"Who's On Conservatism?": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On the USSR's Gorbachev ridding country of conservatives.

Text

Mary M. Gafford oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03796

Abstract

Oral history interview with Mary M. Gafford conducted by Claytee D. White on September 24, 2021 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.

Mary Gafford discusses her 30 year teaching career for the Clark County School District (CCSD) and her community service projects working with organizations such as the American Association of University Women (AAUW), the Mayflower Society, the Nevada Statehood Sesquicentennial, and the Nevada Women's History Project.

Archival Collection

William Boyd oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-00122

Abstract

Oral history interviews with William Boyd conducted by Claytee D. White on August 21, 2013 and September 25, 2013 for the UNLV Boyd Law School project, UNLV Gaming Law Journal. In these interviews, Boyd discusses his family's move to Las Vegas, Nevada when he was a child, his education and fifteen-year career as a lawyer, his introduction to the gaming industry in Las Vegas, and the evolution of the Boyd Gaming Group.

Archival Collection