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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Greenspun School of Communication Diploma Ceremony program
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Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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Transcript of interview with Arthur "Art" Lurie by Cheryle Bacot, April 25, 1986
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Arthur "Art" Lurie by Cheryle Bacot on April 25, 1986. Lurie talks about his family and upbringing with Kenny Washington, who was the first African American to sign with the National Football League. Lurie discusses knowing everybody in Las Vegas in the 1950s, being in the service/retail sector and watching the city grow. He operated several businesses including grocery stores and the liquor department at Wonder World. He talks about his love of boxing, serving on the boxing commission, and advantages of living in southern Nevada.
Arthur C. Lurie lived in Las Vegas for 33 years at the time of this 1986 oral history. He and his wife Eleanor had relocated from Los Angeles area to help run his brother-in-law's food market. Over the years his career would include the grocery, bar (Art's Place) and restaurant businesses; including being co-owner of the liquor store at Wonder World. He shares memories of adjusting to the more laid back culture of small town Las Vegas and how he feels like a native after watching the city grow over the past decades. Art was a founding member of Temple Beth Sholom, where he served as an early vice-president. Being in the non-gaming sector provided gave him the opportunity to work with youth programs and he started the Golden Gloves gym in Las Vegas. He judged over 40 title fights and had a long career on the Nevada Boxing Commission. Arthur Lurie past away in 2014 at the age of 96.
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Dennis Gomes Professional Papers
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This collection has been removed from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries Special Collections and Archives' holdings by order of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The collection was returned to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information.
The collection was comprised of photocopies of materials documenting investigations undertaken from 1973 to 1977 by Dennis Gomes, in his role as Nevada Gaming Control Board Division Chief and Law Enforcement Officer. The collection included investigative material on organized crime skimming at the Stardust, the Tropicana, and other Nevada casino-hotels.
Archival Collection
Photograph of the Binion's Casino marquee and entrance, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1979 July
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Archival Collection
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Color photo of Binion's Casino sign - Las Vegas (c. 1970s). Kodak developing stamp on back of photo is dated July 1979.
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Photograph of a man in a tie, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1974
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Archival Collection
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A photograph of Amarillo Slim shown during World Series of Poker Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1974.
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Photograph of Jack Binion and Doyle Brunson counting money, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1979
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Archival Collection
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Jack Binion (left) and Doyle Brunson counting money at the 1979 World Series of Poker, Binion's Horseshoe Hotel.
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Transcript of interview with Pamela Hicks by Elaine Broniecki, February 16, 1979
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Archival Collection
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On February 16, 1979, collector Elaine Broniecki, interviewed local Clark County School District teacher, Pamela Calos Hicks, (born in Dayton, Ohio, on November 23rd, 1946) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers Hicks’ recollections of Las Vegas from 1955 to 1979. Hicks’ also lists the addresses of where she has lived within Las Vegas.
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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, July 21, 1949
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Alice Cowles Brown by Eric M. Cheese, March 31, 1981
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Archival Collection
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