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Walter E. Lundberg Collection on Dining and Entertainment
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The Walter E. Lundberg collection is comprised of menus from various United States and foreign locations from the 1960s to 2001. The collection also includes a scrapbook featuring holiday cards and matchbook covers from different business and restaurants across the United States from the 1930s and 1940s. The menus come from locations United States locations such as Las Vegas, Nevada, California, and New York, New York. The menus from foreign locations come from China and Denmark.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Emilio Muscelli by Claytee D. White, November 25, 2008
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Archival Collection
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Emilio Muscelli was in his mid-80s when he sat for this oral history interview. With a thick Italian accent he recalled his career as a Las Vegas maitre d' that spanned decades of Strip history. Emilio arrived in America in 1948, landed a job at the Copacabana in New York City. His boss was Jack Entratter, who brought Emilio to Las Vegas when he opened the Sands in 1952. Over the decades he has witnessed the ups and downs of Las Vegas economy and has befriended many celebrities along the way. He reminisces during this interview about his friendship with singer Bobby Darin, actor Cary Grant and meeting a laundry list of others. He fondly speaks of those he worked for and their contribution to the growth of Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas, Nevada News Coverage of September 11, 2001
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The Las Vegas, Nevada News Coverage Collection on September 11, 2001 (2001-2002) contains recordings of local television news and radio coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, New York and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The news coverage was recorded and compiled by UNLV Journalism and Media Studies Professor Julian Kilker to use as research material for examining how mainstream news media covered the attacks.
Archival Collection
Thanksgiving menu, Kimball House, 1897
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Archival Collection
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