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Letter from R. T. Walker to A. E. Flint, March 15, 1918
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes after hearing, Culver City, California, August 15, 1947
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Isabella Jessie Curtis by Andrew B. Levy, February 15, 1979
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Archival Collection
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On February 15, 1979, Andrew Levy interviewed Isabella Jessie Curtis (born 1922 in Monroe, Wisconsin) about her experiences in Southern Nevada. Curtis first talks about her career in waitressing at several restaurants and casinos in Las Vegas before describing some of the early businesses in the Downtown Las Vegas area. The interview then moves to discussions on Curtis’s involvement in politics, her early recreational activities, and the atomic testing. The two later discuss the first telephones in Las Vegas, the Helldorado celebration, and her work at the Tropicana Las Vegas. The interview concludes with Curtis’s description on living in Sandy Valley, Nevada, and some of her first memories of the Union Pacific train depot in Las Vegas.
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Map of Texas, California, New Mexico and the northern states of Mexico, October 15, 1842
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Letter from H. I. Bettis to Walter R. Bracken, October 15, 1908
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Archival Collection
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#68956: Participants in a Faculty Institute Event held inside the Lied Library on January 15, 2013, 2013 January 15
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Alexander Zapata interview, February 15, 2020: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Interviewed by Nathalie Martinez and Barbara Tabach. Alexander Zapata is a Venezuelan Emmy winning journalist committed to building trust with the community he reports to. He talks about growing up in Caracas and the political climate of Venezuela, including the persecution he faced as a journalist reporting during the under Nicolas Maduro regime. He shares his migration story, experience learning English and journalism work in Las Vegas with El Mundo, ESPN Deportes, Telemundo and Univision.
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