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Photograph of a prefabricated dormitory being assembled at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, circa 1960s-1970s

Date

1960 to 1979

Description

Workers assemble a two-story prefabricated dormitory at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Site Name: Nellis Air Force Base (Nev.)

Image

Thing's Ain't What They Used To Be, approximately 1970 to 1980

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bob Friedlander Jazz Music Manuscripts
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Collection Number: MS-00979
Collection Name: Bob Friedlander Jazz Music Manuscripts
Box/Folder: Box 13

Archival Component

"Business in Nevada" segment about Boyd Gaming Corporation: video, 1991 July 03

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

B-roll footage of Vladimir (?) double checking a harness and ropes on a crane, then being hoisted up into the air while holding onto two straps. He is wearing only a speedo and appears to be an acrobat, as he does flips and various poses while in the air. He is raise/lowered multiple times and appears to be testing the harness; he is raised directly in front of the Stardust sign. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records
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Collection Number: MS-00515
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 012

Archival Component

Materials about the Responsible Fatherhood Initiative, childhood welfare, and child support, including testimonies; case studies from the BIA on the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, and Sdukʷalbixʷ (Snoqualmie Indian Tribe); newspaper articles; memos; briefs; correspondence; notes; and flier, 1998-2000

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 71

Archival Component

News segments about Stratosphere workers electing to be unionized and issues with the Stratosphere roller coaster: video

Date

1996-05-07
1996-05-08

Archival Collection

Description

Channel 13 and Channel 3 news segments about Stratosphere Tower employees electing to unionize. Channel 3 segment includes shots of Stratosphere housekeeping staff protesting after being fired for wearing union badges. Channel 3 news segment about closure of the Stratosphere rollercoaster, the High Roller, after a drive cylinder fell off the track while the ride was in motion. News segment includes live footage of the Stratosphere Tower at night. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Bob Stupak Professional Papers (MS-01016) -- Professional papers -- Audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual clips file.

Moving Image

Tearsheet of newspaper clippings about Louis Armstrong from various sources, 1952

Date

1952

Description

Tearsheet with articles about Louis Armstrong from Variety, Daily News, and Billboard Magazine describing Armstrong's tour in 1952.

Text

Newspaper clipping about Hadassah's annual luncheon, April 1971

Description

Plan Hadassah Show, publication unknown, April 29, 1971; Hadassah Luncheon Stars, Las Vegas Sun, April 29, 1971; Annual Luncheon Planned, publication and date unknown

Newspaper clippings about Hadassah donor luncheon, June 1970

Description

Hadassah Donor Lunch Today, Las Vegas Sun, date unknown; Donor Luncheon, publication and date unknown