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Albert S. Henderson Papers

Identifier

MS-00191

Abstract

The Albert S. Henderson Papers (1879-1962), document his career and service as a district judge in Las Vegas, Nevada. Included are correspondence, a personal statement from his election campaign, certificates and proclamations, his memorial book, numerous newspaper clippings, an 1879 edition of Eureka and Its Resources, and various ephemera: union cards, name tags, and election cards.

Archival Collection

Photograph of interior lobby area of Huntridge Theater with art contest entries, 1968

Description

The caption from newspaper clipping (Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 22, 1968) for this photograph states: Harry Zumar, General Manager of the Huntridge Theater and Radio KENO's Disc Jockeys, Harry Miller and Scotty Morgan try to pick a winner from the many entrants in the Art Contest, held in conjunction with Walt Disney's ""Never A Dull Moment"" now at the Huntridge Theater. ""Never a Dull Moment"" stars Dick Van Dyke and is a hilarious spoof on a million dollar art heist. Contest pictures will remain on display at the Huntridge Theater throughout the showing of ""Never a Dull Moment.""

Valerie Pida Trust Records

Identifier

MS-00890

Abstract

The Valerie Pida Trust Records (1987-1993) are comprised of records documenting efforts by Edward "Ted" Quirk, an attorney and a board member of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Foundation, to establish a trust for Valerie Pida, a UNLV student who had battled Hodgkin's lymphoma since the age of thirteen. Pida was a student at UNLV from 1985 to 1991 and was a cheerleader for the Runnin' Rebels basketball team. The records include correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial statements, and receipts that document the establishment and activities of the foundation, which operated until 1993.

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Caesars World, Inc. Promotional Materials and Reports

Identifier

MS-00956

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of UNLV Libraries Collection of Caesars World, Inc. Promotional Materials and Reports includes annual reports, financial reports, press kits, press releases, promotional and publicity materials, a proposal for Caesars New Orleans, and newspaper and magazine clippings for Caesars World, Inc. in Las Vegas, Nevada and Atlantic City, New Jersey, dating from 1965-2006.

Archival Collection

Susanne E. Morrow oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01338

Abstract

Oral history interview with Susanne E. Morrow conducted by Dennis McBride on September 29, 2000 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. Morrow begins by discussing her childhood in a military family, her marriage and children, and her move to Genoa, Nevada in 1961. She then talks about her move to Carson City, Nevada in 1962 and her twenty-nine year career as a journalist and city editor for the Nevada Appeal newspaper. The remainder of the interview focuses on Morrow's memories of the 1965 assault on then Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, Frank McManee, and the subsequent judicial actions and court decisions that reflected attitudes toward homosexuality prevalent in society at the time.

Archival Collection

Sky Devils, 1930 to 1933

Level of Description

Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

The Sky Devils sub-series (1930-1933) is comprised of materials pertaining to the production process of The Caddo Company's February 6, 1932 release of Sky Devils. The sub-series includes advertising and publicity, administrative, legal, production, direction, and story development records.

The advertising and publicity records include a list of scenes for inclusion in a trailer, production credits, newspaper clippings detailing the film's reception, and photographic prints. Administrative records contain correspondence pertaining to French distribution rights and Joseph Moncure March’s start date on the screenplay. Legal records contain domestic and foreign release contracts. Production and direction records include stage and sound logs and daily production reports. Story development records include screenplays, dialogue and cutting continuities, preliminary and production scripts, and continuities for adaptation. Also included are black-and-white photographic prints and a negative depicting the film during its production, as well as set, director, and advertising images.

Archival Collection

Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Archival Component

Copley Press, inc.

Bio taken from Wiki: "Copley Press was a privately held newspaper business, founded in Illinois, but later based in La Jolla, California. Its flagship paper was The San Diego Union-Tribune."

Corporate Body

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 23, 1979

Date

1979-10-23

Description

Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate. CSUN Session 8 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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