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Handwritten speech by Roosevelt Fitzgerald about a brief history of Las Vegas, Nevada
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file. For an unknown event.
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, August 4, 1977
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Archival Collection
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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, December 30, 1954
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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, March 30, 1950
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Cornero, Tony (Anthony Stralla), 1899-1995
Anthony “Tony the Hat” Stralla Cornero (1899-1955) was an American bootlegger and gambling entrepreneur from the 1920s to the 1950s. Famous for being the mind behind the Las Vegas, Nevada Stardust resort and casino, Cornero was also known for his affiliation with organized crime. He ran businesses and gambling ships with questionable legality in Los Angeles, California.
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Map based on reconnaissance of the Zuñi, Little Colorado and Colorado Rivers in 1851 by U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers
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Josiah Edward Spurr Papers
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Collection consists of an original manuscript, "Geology and Ore-Deposition at Tonopah, Nevada" by Josiah Edward Spurr (1870-1950) with hand-drawn diagrams, and letters discussing the donation of the manuscript. The manuscript, which was published in the journal Economic Geology in 1915, is a geological description of the Tonopah mining area; the Tonopah Mining Company is mentioned frequently. It is undated, but the publication date suggests it was written approximately 1913-1915.
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Blue Diamond Mine Photograph Collection
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The Blue Diamond Mine Photograph Collection depicts operations at the Blue Diamond Mine from approximately 1950 to 1971. The photographs include images of heavy machinery, mining structures, and workers. The photographs also contain aerial views of Blue Diamond Mine and the surrounding landscape.
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Alan Cummings Research Files
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The Alan Cummings Research Files (1974-2004) are comprised of research files compiled by Cummings, an elementary school teacher for the Clark County School District (CCSD) in Southern Nevada. The files represent Cummings's work to persuade the Teacher's Health Trust, the employee benefit plan for the school district, to consider domestic partnership benefits for CCSD educators and administrators. Materials include personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazines, and court cases.
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Transcript of interview with Stella Butterfield by Joanne Goodwin, October 14 & October 25, 2005
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Interviewed by Joanne L. Goodwin. Stella Butterfield's family, the Goldbergs, was Jewish, and she was born in the Bronx. During World War II she worked for the Coast Guard in the steno pool in Washington, D.C. Stella moved to Santa Monica a few years later while the war was still going on and worked briefly as a riveter for Douglas Aircraft and then as a teletype operator for the Air Force but at Douglas Aircraft. Because she had a hard time getting a job because of antisemitism, she changed her name to Gilbert. In December of 1948 she went to the Canal Zone in Panama to be the secretary of the commanding officer of the Panama Supply Depot. Stella was also a law reporter for court martials. She met Frank Butterfield, who was stationed there, and married him in 1952. He was transferred back to the United States, and they lived in Massachusetts. Then they moved to Los Angeles, and in 1953 they moved to Las Vegas, where she was a court reporter at Nellis Air Force Base. Then they moved to Mexico City, then back to California where she worked as a legal secretary. In early 1955 they moved back to Las Vegas, and Stella worked as a federal court reporter for Judge Roger T. Foley.
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