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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

Film transparency of construction, Las Vegas, 1930

Date

1930

Description

The construction of what is most likely a house in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Slide of downtown Las Vegas, circa 1940s

Date

1942 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas during the day.

Image

The Las Vegas Strip, image 004: postcard

Date

1989 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)

Description

Looking north-northwest at sunrise up the Las Vegas Strip.

Image

Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

An aerial view of Las Vegas, with houses and railroad tracks visible.

Image

Photograph of a show, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

A colorful stage production performs somewhere on the Las Vegas strip.

Image

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.

Image

Film transparencies and prints of Miss Houston at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Miss Houston posing for various publicity shots at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Image

Looking west-northwest up Convention Center Drive toward the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion construction site and the Resorts World Las Vegas project, in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-05-30

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo is part of a series documenting ongoing construction work at the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion.

Image

A for sale sign at the former Riviera hotel and casino site along Las Vegas Boulevard near the Resorts World Las Vegas project, looking south-southwest in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-05-30

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo is part of a series documenting ongoing construction work at the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion.

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