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Various airplanes, collection 002, image 001
Description
Photograph of an airplane sitting on a tarmac.
Sheilagh Brooks Collection on Nevada Historical Sites and Museums
Identifier
MS-00280
Abstract
The Sheilagh Brooks Collection on Nevada Historical Sites and Museums dates from 1977 to 1983. It contains materials including budgets, planning proposals, agenda, and minutes related to the Nevada State Museum, including proposals to build a state museum in Southern Nevada. The collection also contains National Register of Historic Places nomination forms for sites throughout Nevada.
Archival Collection
Valda and Esper Esau Collection on Lido de Paris
Identifier
MS-00520
Abstract
The Valda and Esper Esau Collection on Lido de Paris (1954-2014) mainly consists of newspaper clippings, ephemera, and programs documenting the career of entertainer Valda Esau, who danced in the
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Collection of Blackjack Software Manuals
Identifier
MS-00856
Abstract
Collection is comprised of blackjack odds analyzing and strategy software manuals and software created primarily by Real World Casino and Stanford Wong (pen name of gambling author, John Ferguson) from approximately 1992 to 1996. The manuals and software in this collection are intended primarily for expert blackjack players to analyze real world effects of the game and to allow users to generate strategies for a specific game.
Archival Collection
Postcard collection of Hoover Dam, circa late 1950s
Date
1955 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
A color collection of thirteen connected postcards showing various images of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead.
Image
Photograph of Authors Reception in Special Collections, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
Date
1980 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
Authors Reception in Special Collections Department of the Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
Image
Sean Clark Collection of Las Vegas Entertainment Ephemera
Identifier
MS-01104
Abstract
The Sean Clark Collection of Las Vegas Entertainment Ephemera (approximately 1940-2004) contains a variety of material relating to different eras of Las Vegas, Nevada entertainment. Included in the collection are newspapers about the 2004 re-release of Howard Hughes' "Two Arabian Nights" film, and draft articles about 1960s entertainment leaders Jack Entratter and George Sidney. Also included in the collection are original photographs of Corinne Sidney with Jack Entratter and others in the 1960s, and Sidney's father's political advertisements that show her as a young girl. A newspaper clipping about Edthye and Lloyd Katz, a 1979 ShoWest award to the couple, and a Huntridge Theater poster document the couple's work in the entertainment industry in the 1960s and 1970s.
Archival Collection
Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
Identifier
MS-00648
Abstract
The Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada contains reports, publications, legal files, project proposals, journal articles, financial reports, photographs, and maps concerning transportation policy and water usage in Southern Nevada from 1980 to 2014. The collection contains documents from organizations including the Regional Transportation Commissions of Clark County and Southern Nevada, the Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management, Clark County Comprehensive Planning, the Urban Land Institute, the City of Las Vegas Neighborhood Services Department, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, and the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
Archival Collection