Probably a Rotary affair in 1941 when army air base began. Left to right (back row): 1) ?; 2) Jim Cashman; 3) Frank Gusewelle; 4) ?; 5) Vern Willis; 6) Bob Griffith; 7) George Marshall; 8) ?; 9) ?; 10) ?; 11) W .E. Ferron; 12) ?. Left to right (front row): 1) ?; 2) A. C. Grant; 3) ?; 4) ?; 5) Chic Hecht; 6) ?; 7) Spence Butterfield; 8) ?; 9) Lewi Wirner; 10) Bob Russel. ID by Shirley Ferron Swanson, 10/25/83.
A group photo of the Board of Regents at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The people who are standing are identified as, from left to right: 1) N. E. Broadbent; 2) Raymond Germain; 3) William Elwell; 4) Dr. Charles J. Armstrong (University President); 5) Chief Dep. Arry Gen. John Porter (Legal Advisor); and 6) Dr. Louis Lombardi (Vice Chairman). The people who are seated are identified as, from left to right: 1) Weld Arnold; 2) Dr. Fred Anderson; 3) Newton Crumley; 4) Mrs. Richard Magee (Molly Flag Knudtsen); and 5) A. C. Grant (Chairman).
Oral history interview with Elodia Muñiz conducted by Maribel Estrada Calderón on February 15, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project.
Elodia Muñiz discusses her early life in Mexico and her immigration to Las Vegas in 1989. She shares her employment history as a guest room attendant at the Frontier Hotel and her strike against the hotel in 1991 when she joined the Culinary Workers Union. Elodia currently works as a Culinary Workers Union Representative.
Interview with Adele Baratz by Steve McClenachan on March 3 and 4, 1979. In this interview, Baratz talks about growing up in Las Vegas and her her schooling. She graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1944, and discusses the rationing that took place during World War II. She went to Maryland for nursing school and returned to Las Vegas in 1947. She describes some of the hotels and casinos, and tells the story of her father trading property for an automobile in 1935. She also recalls the building of Hoover Dam, swimming in local pools, and going to Mount Charleston in the winter. The interviewer asks her about travel between Las Vegas and California and the impact of Atlantic City on Las Vegas tourism. Baratz then talks about her nursing career and starting a re-certification program in 1974 and the different hospitals in the area.