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Rose Garden project scrapbook, 1980-1981

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Mesquite Club Records
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Collection Number: MS-00429
Collection Name: Mesquite Club Records
Box/Folder: Box 22

Archival Component

Rose Garden project scrapbook, 1985-1987

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Mesquite Club Records
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Collection Number: MS-00429
Collection Name: Mesquite Club Records
Box/Folder: Box 22

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Trace Code project scrapbook, 1984-1986

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Mesquite Club Records
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Collection Number: MS-00429
Collection Name: Mesquite Club Records
Box/Folder: Box 22

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Pilot project committee, 2007-2008

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Includes descriptions of the pilot project, revised budget, tour schedule, final report, and application to become a standing sustainer committee.

Archival Collection

Junior League of Las Vegas' Records on the Morelli House Preservation Project
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Collection Number: MS-00836
Collection Name: Junior League of Las Vegas' Records on the Morelli House Preservation Project
Box/Folder: Box 03

Archival Component

Essays on the Nevada MX Missile Project

Identifier

MS-00040

Abstract

Essays on the Nevada MX Missile Project collection is dated to 1980 and is comprised of essays by various authors predicting the damage the MX Missile Project, a plan for a new intercontinental ballistic missile system, could do to Nevada. The majority of the essays were published in the book MX in Nevada: A humanistic perspective. The additional essay is an annotated draft by James W. Hulse.

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection

Identifier

MS-00790

Abstract

The Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection is comprised of organizational records, photographs, event programs, and ephemera donated by members of the Southern Nevada Jewish community as part of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries’ Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Materials document the history of the Jewish community and Southern Nevada from 1941 to 2017. The collection provides information about family life, religious rituals, community events, and local businesses and organizations.

Archival Collection

National War Industries Projects, 1942

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The National War Industries Projects series (1942) contains five binders compiled by the Manager of Industrial Development that detail war projects in Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and California.

For each project in each corresponding state, there is a standard form listing the location, a description of area and improvements, cost of project, owner, operator of plant and railroads serving plant, and any affect on Union Pacific property or facilities, including whether new access track or other changes to facilities was required. Types of projects include processing, production, manufacturing, and assembly plants, supply depots, training camps and airfields, Japanese and alien internment camps, and prisoner of war camps. There is an index of projects by both state and type of plant.

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

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Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, Tower addition and alterations, 22 various sheets, July 16, 1973 and Feb. 22, 1974

Date

1974-02-22

Description

22 sheets, including site plan, master plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, detals, framing plans.

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Stalled Fountainbleau Project from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas on the Strip as seen from the air. The Fontainebleau was announced as the Las Vegas version of a classic Miami Beach hotel. Construction started in 2007, and stopped in 2009. In November of that year, financier Carl Ichan purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy. The following year, he sold off the fittings and furnishings purchased for the hotel. In late 2015, the Fontainebleau was listed as being for sale.

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Stalled Fountainbleau Project from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

The dormant Fontainebleau Las Vegas on the Strip as seen from the air. The Fontainebleau was announced as the Las Vegas version of a classic Miami Beach hotel. Construction started in 2007, and stopped in 2009. In November of that year, financier Carl Ichan purchased the unfinished Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy. The following year, he sold off the fittings and furnishings purchased for the hotel. In late 2015, the Fontainebleau was listed as being for sale.

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