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Photograph of schoolchildren, Las Vegas, January 10, 1930

Date

1930-01-10

Description

Close-up of schoolchildren standing in the snow outside of the Fifth Street School. Handwritten note on back of photo: "Harry Hicks, the little boy on the end at the right side of the picture. Harry is now a doctor in Salt Lake City (1975)." Photo is accompanied by a Xerox copy of a newspaper clipping "Help us write history; Las Vegas Review Journal, July 16, 1985: These Children enjoying a rare Las Vegas snowstorm are undoubtedly members of Doris Hancock's elementary school class. From left, second child is Kathleen Meyers, and eighth is Harry Hicks, now a doctor in Salt Lake City. Can anyone identify any others, or tell just when or where the photo was taken? Please call UNLV Special Collections, 739-3252, 9a.m. - 4:30p.m. Monday-Thursday."

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Photograph of Julian Moore, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1955-1965

Date

1955 to 1965

Description

Portrait of Julian Moore, taken by Nevada Studios, Las Vegas.

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Musicians Wives Club of Las Vegas Roundtable interview

Identifier

OH-03948

Abstract

Roundtable oral history interview conducted by Lisa Gioia-Acres with some of the founding members of the Musicians Wives Club of Las Vegas on October 1, 2008 for the All That Jazz Oral History Project. Interviewees include Renee Rampton, Rosemaria Gordon, Myrna Williams, Phyllis Kluger, and Leslie Marsh. Also included are two photographs (reproductions) taken on June 4, 1964 at the installation ceremony of the first officers. Digital audio available; no transcript available; two physical photographs available.

Archival Collection

Proposal for 1987 and beyond: a future look to Downtown Las Vegas, February 1, 1987

Date

1987

Description

Overview of a master development plan for the City of Las Vegas from 1987.

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Photograph of Claudine Williams, Las Vegas, 1979

Date

1979

Description

A picture of Claudine Williams. She was a Las Vegas businesswoman and gaming executive.

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Map of Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada, October 1, 1940

Date

1940-10-01

Description

'Compiled by C.D. Baker, Civil Engineer, State Water Right Surveyor, Mineral Surveyor, Gen. Land Office, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. Oct. 1, 1940.' Yellow lines show boundary of the proposed water district; green lines show boundary of the city of Las Vegas; red line shows the Union Pacific Railroad route.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) College of Education Diploma Ceremony program

Date

1995-05-13

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Allied Health Sciences Records

Identifier

UA-00010

Abstract

The University of Las Vegas, Nevada School of Allied Health Sciences Records (approximately 1980-1989) are primarily comprised of the rough drafts of a Radiologic Technology textbook created by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Allied Health. The collection contains four different rough draft versions of the textbook. The collection also includes copies of self-evaluation reports, memoranda on the nursing program, and information on the health sciences disciplines at UNLV.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Vegas Heights Elementary School, Las Vegas, 1946

Date

1946

Description

A flag raising ceremony at the Vegas Heights Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right, people are identified as follows: Dolly Ruth Wheeler's son (with bugle); Billy (holding flag; the flag was donated in honor of his father, a WWII casualty); Dale, the soloist; Mrs. Wilson, Brownie Scout leader and Vice President of the P. T. A.; Mrs. Sellers, President of Vegas Heights P. T. A.; Miss Jane; Adams Ledbetter, Primary Supervisor; Miss Maude Frazier, Superintendent; Billy's widowed mother (dressed in all black); Edna Lundgren, 2nd & 3rd grade teacher; Roma Knight, Principal; and Brownie scouts.

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Items, including a ti leaf lei from Hawaii, left at the 1 October memorial located at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign cover a cross, looking west-northwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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