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Audio clip from interview with Michael Saltman, December 16, 2014

Date

2014-12-16

Description

Part of an interview with Michael Saltman on December 16, 2014. In this clip, Saltman talks about his business partner, Larry Larkin, and their development of shopping centers and apartment complexes in Las Vegas.

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Audio clip from interview with George Levine, April 16, 2015

Date

2015-03-16

Description

In this clip, George Levine discusses his experience serving as the Maitre d' at the Sands.

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Menu from the Mt. Charleston Ski-Bar Ranch, 1943-1945

Date

1943 to 1945

Archival Collection

Description

The menu features photographs of Bella Stern enjoying the property at Mt. Charleston.

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Transcript from "Five Minutes with Flora" regarding education funding, 1964

Date

1964

Archival Collection

Description

Transcript of interview with Flora Dungan on the record of Senator Howard Cannon on education issues.

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Correspondence from and to Lloyd Katz regarding establishment of a Chair in Judaic Studies at UNLV, 1973

Date

1973

Archival Collection

Description

Lloyd Katz's letter to the Board of Regents requests information about the appropriate department in which to establish a Chair of Judaic Studies.

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Planning notes and memorandum for Spanish Steps restaurant at Caesars Palace, 1977-1978

Date

1977-12-12 to 1978-02-27

Archival Collection

Description

The memorandum and planning notes for a Spanish restaurant at Caesars Palace include menu ideas and suggested names for the restaurant.

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Audio clip from interview with Al Levy by Cheryl Caples, February 23, 1979

Date

1979-02-23

Archival Collection

Description

Part of an interview with Al Levy on February 23, 1979. In this clip, Levy discusses his childhood, living in Las Vegas, and his experience at Las Vegas High School.

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Mark L. Fine Papers

Identifier

MS-00696

Abstract

The collection dates from 1920 to 2019 and is primarily comprised of business and organizational records, press, photographs, scrapbooks, audiovisual materials, awards, and ephemera documenting Mark L. Fine’s career as a real estate developer in Southern Nevada and his work with various government and community organizations. The bulk of the material dates from 1980 to 2005.

Archival Collection

Binder of news clippings and correspondence regarding the controversy over a Hoover Dam plaque honoring the dog mascot of damsite workers (contains racist materials)

Date

1979

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Personal and professional papers file.

Mixed Content

Hildred Meidell interview, February 27, 1979: transcript

Date

1979-02-27

Description

On February 27, 1979, collector Greg Abbott interviewed Hildred Meidell (b. March 17, 1900 in Webb City, Missouri) about her time living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Meidell covers a range of topics, from her and her husband’s time as tourists in the city and their subsequent retirement to Las Vegas from Los Angeles, California. Meidell describes the Las Vegas Strip, the interstate and highway conditions between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, as well as their numerous visits to Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Moreover, she speaks about the changing layout of the city, the increase in shopping centers and department stores, and the clothing stores inside of hotels. Lastly, Meidell talks about the prominence of churches in local communities, the atomic testing program and the structural damages these tests caused in her neighborhood, and the influence of the railroad and passenger train on the town.

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