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Vera Vann Wilson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Vera Vann Wilson conducted by Patricia Van Batten on September 24, 2006 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. Wilson begins the interview by describing how she came to move to Blue Diamond, Nevada in 1976 and being in a country music band in Reno, Nevada with her husband. She discusses life in Blue Diamond during that time and how Nevada has changed. Wilson expands upon how she built a straw-bale house and the difficulties she faced from the local county during its construction. She concludes by discussing the Blue Diamond community as it is at the time of the interview and her contributions to the community.
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Photograph of Gene Krupa, Louis Armstrong and James Stewart, circa 1954
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Black and white photograph of Gene Krupa, Louis Armstrong and James (Jimmy) Stewart, all featured in the Universal-International Motion Picture, "The Glenn Miller Story." Associated Booking Corp. logo at lower right.
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Bar and lounge inside the Sands Hotel: photographs
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Archival Collection
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Series VIII. Sands Hotel Interior and Exterior
Sands Hotel and Casino
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Louis Prima opening at the Sands Hotel: photographs
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Archival Collection
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Series XII. Louis Prima
Sands Hotel and Casino
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 07, 1993
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Morris, Bobby
Bobby Morris (born Boruch Moishe Stempelman) was born June 30, 1927 and immigrated from Wilno, Poland to Brooklyn, New York in 1937. His passion for drumming was ignited soon after, and he began shining shoes to pay for drumming lessons from Henry Adler. At the age of thirteen, Morris got his first gig playing at the Musicians Union in the Catskill Mountains during the summer. He soon developed a career playing jazz around town with different artists while simultaneously studying at the Manhattan School of Music.
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