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Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1907 April

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00001
Collection Name: Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 11

Archival Component

Casino Projects on the Las Vegas Strip from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Stalled resort construction and a future demolition project cluster along Las Vegas Boulevard generally between Desert Inn and Sahara. Construction on the Fountainbleau (tall blue building, upper right) ceased in 2009, while Boyd Gaming's Echelon Project stopped construction on former Stardust site back in 2008 (left). That project was revived as the Resorts World Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority has scheduled the demolition of the Riviera Hotel and Casino for in summer 2016 to make way for a convention center expansion (small white buildings below Fountainbleau).

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Office of the Registrar Records

Identifier

UA-00122

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Office of the Registrar Records (1951-1999) contain enrollment lists, annual reports, and Dean's honors lists, and scholastic averages for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The collection also contains memoranda, blank registration forms, and assorted documents from the Office of the Registrar.

Archival Collection

"UNLV to honor 1964 grad" Las Vegas Sun newspaper article

Date

1997-09-17

Archival Collection

Description

September 17, 1997 Las Vegas Sun article by Debra D. Bass.

Text

Letter from Walter R. Bracken and Al M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Mayor J. L. Russell and City Commissioners (Las Vegas), March 30, 1940

Date

1940-03-30

Description

The Las Vegas Land and Water Company informs the mayor of Las Vegas of their efforts to promote Emergency Ordinance No. 247 and of the improvements they have made to the water system to increase capacity. J. L. Russell was Mayor of Las Vegas at that time.

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Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection

Identifier

MS-00809

Abstract

Collection is comprised primarily of newspaper clippings on various topics related to Las Vegas, Nevada and Southern Nevada spanning from 1909 to 2007. The files were gathered and organized by the Las Vegas Library and include topics such as ghost towns in the Southwest and Western region of the United States, politics and government, education, gaming, and religious life in Las Vegas and Nevada. The files document topics of interest to the residents of Nevada. The files also contain biographical information on prominent individuals associated with Las Vegas and Nevada.

Archival Collection

Switch SuperNAP data center in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photographs

Date

2015-09-15

Description

Courtesy of Switch. Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05).

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Law Library donations: correspondence and receipts

Date

1973 to 1974

Description

Folder contains correspondence and receipts. From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Records (UA-00048).

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Photograph of Las Vegas Theater Group sitting on the grass, North Las Vegas (Nev), 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Las Vegas Theater Group meet at the Taylor (Kyle) (Boulderado (Taylor)) Ranch (Kiel Ranch). Site Name: Kiel Ranch (North Las Vegas, Nev.)

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