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Dunes Hotel and Casino Records
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The Dunes Hotel and Casino Records are comprised of administrative, publicity, and entertainment materials documenting the history of the Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from the years 1954 to 1992. Included are correspondence, contracts, photographs, hotel budgets, and an early aerial photograph of the property. The material provides a significant amount of historical documentation of the hotel that was long known to tourists and residents as the "the Miracle in the Desert."
Archival Collection
Letter from H. T. Coffey (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken, January 3, 1925
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Archival Collection
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Coffey recommends not installing a hydropower water wheel on the Las Vegas Creek, but increasing capacity at the Las Vegas Power plant. The higher initial cost would be beneficial in the long run. "W-2-4-2" in pencil in upper right corner, letter also has numerous pencil corrections.
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List of past presidents of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, 2015
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Archival Collection
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The list includes the past presidents and chairs of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, the Women's Division leadership, and the Jewish Emerging Leaders chairs.
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