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Conway Twitty: newspaper clippings and news releases

Date

1985

Description

Folder from the Frontier Hotel and Casino Collection (MS-00297) -- Entertainers file. Copyrighted songs have been redacted. Original physical materials are available for viewing in the UNLV Special Collections and Archives reading room.

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Transcript of interview with Lyn Robinson by Barbara Tabach, September 18, 2014

Date

2014-09-18

Description

One day in 2012, UNLV student Lyn Robinson spied a posting on the bulletin board for a photographer for the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center. She was an art major with a concentration on photography. She was also had a deep appreciation of the horror of the Holocaust and what the survivors she would take photos of had endured. Thus began a two year project, during which she took photos of over sixty survivors. Her images are preserved at UNLV Special Collections & Archives. Prints are displayed at the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center. On September 18, 2014, Lyn shared her work for this oral history recording. She is a native of Florida, daughter of a horticulturist father and pianist mother.

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Transcript of interview with Robert M. Fisher by DeeAnn Coombs, March 20, 1978

Date

1978-03-20

Description

On March 20, 1978, DeeAnn Coombs interviewed Robert M. Fisher (born 1945 in Las Vegas, NV) about his experience growing up in and living in Southern Nevada. Fisher first discusses his background and upbringing, from being born at Nellis Air Force Base to attending several schools in Las Vegas and joining the U.S. Navy. Fisher also talks about the development of Las Vegas, particularly the Strip properties, and the various recreational activities in which he would participate, such as water skiing, drag racing, and skydiving. Fisher also talks about his work at the Nevada Test Site, including his work as a draftsman for the underground atomic testing.

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County agent project progress report, Flood control - soil conservation and soil conservation-domestic allotment, November 1, 1939

Date

1939-11-01

Description

Discussion of the formation of the Virgin River Watershed Flood Control District and Soil Conservation Committee and the efforts of all the individual soil conservation districts. Project Number: State Office No. 172. Clark County No. 12 and Project Number: State Office No. 284. Clark County No. 24

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County agent project progress report, Irrigation district, November 1, 1929

Date

1929-11-01

Description

Progress report with copies of relevant correspondence regarding the creation of an irrigation district in the Moapa Valley. Project Number: State Office #172, Clark County #12

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 22, 1996

Date

1996-01-22

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 26 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 24, 2006

Date

2006-06-24

Description

Includes meeting agenda, along with additional information about bills. CSUN Session 36 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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C. A. Earle Rinker Papers

Identifier

MS-00514

Abstract

The C. A. Earle Rinker Papers (1880-1960) contain materials that document the history of early twentieth century Goldfield, located in central Nevada, as well as the life of Rinker. Materials in the collection include correspondence, mining prospectuses, maps, ledgers, souvenirs, photographic negatives, and ephemera that document mining and daily life. Also included is biographical material that tells the story of Earle Rinker and his family before 1906 and after 1909, documenting his life in Indiana and Illinois.

Archival Collection

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter "Miss Fashionetta souvenier journal

Date

1988-10-01

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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