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Berry, James, Jr.
James Berry, Jr. was a native of Las Vegas, Nevada. He collected five black-and-white photographs the areas around Las Vegas taken from approximately 1930 to 1944. The materials include photographs of the Union Pacific Depot, Las Vegas High School, the Las Vegas Downs Racetrack, and the Army Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. These photographs were donated to UNLV Special Collections & Archives in 1977.
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Bittle, Ilene, 1936-
Ilene Bittle (1936-) was an educator from the Clark County School District, and a life-long resident of Henderson, Nevada. Over the years, she collected assorted memorabilia and visual materials from the old Basic High School in Henderson. Materials included scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, event programs and invitations, newsletters, and other school mementos. She donated this collection to UNLV Special Collections & Archives in 1993. She was also a founding member of Friends of Henderson Libraries.
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Briggs, Jennie
Jennie Briggs is a Las Vegas resident, and an active labor union member working in the hospitality industry. In 2014, she contributed materials to the Las Vegas, Nevada Strip Hotel Labor Relations Collection held at UNLV Special Collections & Archives. This collection is composed of legal documents, correspondence, and human resources manuals and pamphlets related to Las Vegas labor unions from 1963 to 2008.
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Bruner, Jerry L.
Jerry L. Bruner is a retired real estate appraiser, and former president of the Las Vegas Appraisal and Construction Finance Corporation, as well as Steffen Holding Corporation. He is the son of Elmo C. Bruner (1906-1973), an architect and appraiser; and Lucile Spire Bruner (1909-1998), an educator and celebrated Las Vegas, Nevada artist.
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Devlyn, Jean, 1903-1968
Jean Devlyn (1903-1968) was primarily known as a choreographer. She managed the Jean Devyln Dancers who performed in Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada, as well as other locations in the United States. Devlyn also sketched many costume designs. She lived in Las Vegas, Nevada and choreographed the Las Vegas Press Club's annual variety show. She passed away in 1968.
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UNLV University Libraries Collection on Las Vegas Show Costume Design, 19640s-1970s. MS-00422.
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Dondich, Josie, 1908-1976
Josie Dondich (1908-1976) owned the Cut Rate Liquor Store located at 132 South Fifth Street (now Las
Vegas Boulevard) in the 1940s in Las Vegas, Nevada. She married Ali T. Dondich, a veteran and a construction worker for the Hoover Dam project. The couple had three children, Alex, Elena, and James. Josie Dondich passed away in 1976.
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Josie Dondich Papers, 1935-1974. MS-00261. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Davis, Glenn A. (Glenn Augustus), 1894-1980
American photographer Glenn Augustus Davis was born March 22, 1894 in Portland, Oregon. He attended school in Oregon and Washington prior to working in the lumber camps and saw mills of Washington and British Columbia. He served in the US Army from 1915 to 1920. He was a member of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in France during World War I. In the years following the war, Davis returned to the US and worked as a cook, a cotton grower, and a seaman before following his passion for photography.
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