Search Results
Meeting minutes and memoranda for the Nevada Development Authority Washington Congressional Committee, 1985
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Mark Fine served as the chairman of the Nevada Development Authority Washington Congressional Committee.
Text
"Thesis Problem: Studying Southern Nevada Migration": manuscript draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
Date
Archival Collection
Description
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file.
Text
Richard and Sheilagh Brooks Papers
Identifier
Abstract
The Richard and Sheilagh Brooks Papers (1919-2003) are comprised of materials collected during their tenure as professors of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Included are correspondence, research papers, photographs, reports, books, article reviews, and student scholarship. There is also a file on reburial issues that contains correspondence and an amendment to Nevada State law regarding the handling of exhumed bodies.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Flamingo Hotel neon sign and porte-cochère (Las Vegas), 1970s.
Date
Archival Collection
Description
On the sign: 'Phil Ford & Mimi Hines, special guest star Bobby Golsboro. Stark Naked & The Car Thieves. Shango. Mills Brothers. Rhetta Hughes. The Characters. Moses & The Highbrows.'
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of Frontier Hotel suite (Las Vegas), 1970s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of a suite at the Frontier Hotel. Handwritten text on photo sleeve: "Suite, Frontier Hotel. Woman possibly is Doris Day." Stamp on back of photo: "Allen photographers."
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of front face and entrance of the MGM Grand Hotel (Las Vegas), circa late 1970s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the MGM Grand Hotel from the front parking lot. The MGM Grand Hotel was sold to Bally's Corporation to become Bally's Las Vegas in 1985.
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel
Address: 3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
Image
Photograph of the sign and tulip-shaped fountain outside of the Tropicana Hotel (Las Vegas), 1957-1958
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The tulip-shaped fountain and neon sign in front of the Tropicana in 1957 or 1958. The sign advertises Monte Proser's Tropicana Revue, featuring Celeste Holm and Dick Shawn.
Site Name: Tropicana Hotel
Address: 3801 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
Image
Film transparency of the entrance to the Last Frontier Village at dusk (Las Vegas), circa 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Night view of the front entrance to the Last Frontier Village. The Golden Slipper Gambling Hall is seen in the foreground. The gambling hall was named the Golden Slipper prior to its being named the Silver Slipper.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of the sign for Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn during assembly (Las Vegas), circa 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Workers assemble the sign on the roof of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn. Photo is stamped "Western Studio, 227 South Fifth, Tel 2825, Las Vegas, Nevada" on the back
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Blueprint of the location diagram for the S.P., L.A. & S. L. Railroad employees' cottages, July, 1909
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Site Name: Clark's Las Vegas Townsite (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Image