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State legislatures: memorandum on off-track betting prospects for the New York City Off-track Betting Corporation, 1983

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 042

Archival Component

Young Audiences New York, Nevada Humanities Collection

Identifier

MS-00227

Abstract

The Young Audiences New York, Nevada Humanities Collection dates from 1960 to 1982 and chronicles the chapter’s efforts to bring music education to students from kindergarden through high school of the Clark County School District in Nevada. The collection contains accounting records, performance reviews, grant applications, correspondence, and employee information. The collection also contains performance announcements, newspaper clippings, and students’ thank-you letters.

Archival Collection

Parent and Excellence in Education Hall of Hall Award Ceremony, 1999

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Marzette Lewis Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00621
Collection Name: Marzette Lewis Papers
Box/Folder: Box 16 (Restrictions apply)

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Two boys donating money to erect a monument in City Hall Park in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

From the Nita Londo Rieger Photograph Collection (PH-00315). Identified from left to right: Sadie Alger, Butch Woolley, Ned Londo, and Thelma Swanner. "The boys are each donating $10 toward the monument to be erected in the Las Vegas City Park in honor of Las Vegas youths who lost their lives in World Wars I, II, and the Korean War. Mrs. Swanner and Mrs. Alger are members of the Gold Star Mothers."

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Report: "Exploring Legalized Casino Gambling and a Local Lottery" by the New York City Council Committee on Economic Development, 1990

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File

Archival Collection

Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00561
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 163

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U.S. Playing Card Company, souvenir playing cards for New York City, deck has gold edges, undated

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives
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Collection Number: MS-00460
Collection Name: Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives
Box/Folder: Box 102 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Film negative of Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 1961

Date

1961-12-21

Archival Collection

Description

Portrait of Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson seated at his desk in City Hall. A certificate From Delta dated June 25, 1961 hangs on the wall behind him. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes after hearing, Culver City, California, August 15, 1947

Date

1947-08-15

Description

A view of Howard Hughes attending an informal press conference in Culver City, California, after Hughes left the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee hearing in Washington.

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Dove Ceremony at New York, New York, 8 cuts, 2002 September 11

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 478

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Janson, Donald. Atlantic City Jobless Rate is Rising Despite Casinos, New York Times, 1979 October 19

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 05

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