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Sands Hotel "Sunrise Villas" promotional video and Aladdin Hotel circus advertisement: video

Date

1981-06-15

Description

First segment includes raw footage for Sands Hotel "Sunrise Villas" promotional video; two people play tennis while director gives instructions throughout; second segment includes the produced promotional video advertising the "Sands-sational" promotion where people can enter to win a Sunrise Villas home; clip shows footage of the interior/exterior of the available home; hotel guests speak to camera saying "It's Sands-sational" and "They're giving it away!"; third segment is promotional video for Emmet Kelley Jr's circus at Aladdin Hotel; fourth segment cuts out then is another promotional video for Sands Hotel giveaway. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

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Transcript of interview with Kerin Scianna Rodgers by Dennis McBride, February 24, 1998

Date

1998-02-24

Description

Kerin Rodgers owned a retail fashion store and modeling agency with a friend in Santa Monica, California. She came to Las Vegas in 1966 to work at The Broadway department store. She bought a home in the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1974. Popular radio personality; active in local and national politics.

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Fence diagram showing lithology of valley-fill deposits and summary of water-bearing properties for valley-fill and bedrock units, Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, 1981 (Water-supply paper 2320-A)

Date

1981

Description

'Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. Water-supply paper 2320-A, plate 2.' 'Prepared in cooperation with the Clark County Department of Comprehensive Planning.' 'Geology by R.W. Plume, 1981.' Scale [ca. 1:95,040. 1 in.=approx. 1.5 miles]. Series: U.S. Geological Survey water-supply paper2320-A. Originally published as plate 2 of Ground-water conditions in Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada. Part I. Hydrogeologic framework / by Russell W. Plume, published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1989 as Water-supply paper 2320-A. "Prepared in cooperation with the Clark County Department of Comprehensive Planning."

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Map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity showing principal rock types and chemistry of ground water, 1964

Date

1964

Description

'Compiled by S.L. Schoff and J.E. Moore.' 'Geology generalized from geologic maps of the Nevada Test Site by Special Projects Branch, U.S. Geological Survey; of Lincoln County by Tschanz and Pampeyan (1961); and of Clark County by Bowyer, Pampeyan, and Longwell (1958).' United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.' 'TEI-838.' Scale 1:125,000 (W 116°00´--W 116°15´/N 37°15´--N 36°30´). Originally published as figure 1 in Chemistry and movement of ground water, Nevada Test Site / by Stuart L. Schoff and John E. Moore, published by the Geological Survey in 1964 as number 838 of the Trace elements investigations report.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Architecture Records

Identifier

UA-00005

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Architecture Records (1980-2011) include marketing material, curriculum development material, student letters to the Nevada legislative counsel, journals, newspaper clippings, and architectural drawing sets for the school building's construction.

Archival Collection

Thomas P. O'Farrell Papers

Identifier

MS-00639

Abstract

The Thomas P. O'Farrell Papers (1900-1999) are comprised of scientific reports collected by Thomas O’Farrell over the course of his career studying wildlife ecology, particularly its connection to nuclear radiation. Materials include original, reprinted, and photocopied editions of scientific reports on animal and plant life around the world, focusing primarily on the Mojave and Great Basin Deserts, Alaska, Washington, and the Pacific Ocean. Reports come from institutions including the Desert Research Institute (DRI), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), and the United States Department of Energy (DOE), as well as affiliated universities.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Paiute Colony street layout planning and requests for information about the Las Vegas Colony, Moapa Indian Reservation, and Fort Mojave Reservation: correspondence

Date

1968-11-04
1968-10-28
1968-11-08

Description

Letters from Superintendent to Area Director W. Wade Head about Las Vegas Paiute Colony street layout plan and asking for legal descriptions for the Moapa Indian Reservation, Las Vegas Colony, and the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation. Letter from Senior Planner Harold P. Foster to Superintendent of the Nevada Indian Agency Jose A. Zuni about Las Vegas Indian (Paiute) Colony street layout plan. Letter from Chairman Max Patrick to Abe Zuni, Stewart Indian Agency, informing that the Las Vegas Colony Council met with the residents of the Colony regarding interior street design. Letter from Clark County Director of Planning A. J. Taggard to Ned Mitchell, Bureau of Indian Affairs, asking for information about the boundaries of the Moapa Indian Reservation and Fort Mojave Indian Reservation.

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Architectural drawing of MGM Grand Hotel (Las Vegas), 3rd through 20th floor plans, February 28, 1972

Date

1972-02-28

Description

Floor plans for the MGM Grand Hotel high-rise tower rooms and suites. Drawn by S. R., W. O., and P. Includes revisions and key plan. Printed on mylar. The MGM Grand Hotel was sold to Bally's Corporation to become Bally's Las Vegas in 1985. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect.; Taylor Construction Co., Interior Design Division.
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel
Address: 3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV

Latest Drawing Revision: 1972-12-04

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