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Photograph of a group of men and women standing in doorway, 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

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Photograph of a group of men and women standing in doorway, 1900-1925

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Photograph of a group in covered wagon at Round Valley

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of a group in covered wagon at Round Valley

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Photograph of a woman and child in Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: El Dorado Canyon (Mills N. Waterhouse, left, and [probably] Grandma S. M. Mills.)

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Photographs of cast members from "Lido de Paris," produced by Donn Arden at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1958-1959

Date

1958 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Seven photographs of cast members from "Lido de Paris," produced by Donn Arden at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. Photos show performers posing in costume, during rehearsal, at a New Year's Eve party and in informal settings.

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Transcript of interview with Velma Haselton by Catherine Bellver, September 13, 2001

Date

2001-09-13

Description

Interviewed by Catherine Bellver. Velma Haselton was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1914. She worked as an assistant bookkeeper for Hart, Schaffner and Marx and rose to Assistant Credit Manager. Velma worked at various jobs after she married for the second time and her son was born. She also represented the San Francisco CPA firm Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery (now Coopers Lybrand) in various capacities, both in California and St. Louis, eventually attaining the position of controller. Velma moved to Las Vegas for the first time in the 1950s, where she and her husband Don ran a coffee shop at the Park Lane Motel on South Fifth Street. Family requirements necessitated a move back to California. In 1971, Velma and her third husband, Charles Haselton, "retired" to Las Vegas. Velma immediately went to work as a cost accountant for United Pipeline, and later as an accountant for Kafoury Armstrong, a CPA firm. She eventually ran her own accounting business. Velma also held memberships and offices in various women's service groups.

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Transcript of interview with Patricia Mulroy by Claytee White, November 18, 2013

Date

2013-11-18

Description

Patricia Mulroy served Las Vegas as the general manager of the Las Vegas Valley Water District from 1989 to 2014. She served the state of Nevada as the general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority from 1993 to 2014. Patricia helped to build the Authority, and saw the state through the devastating drought of the Colorado River. Patricia was born in Frankfurt, Germany on February 24, 1953. As a young girl, she lived in several different countries, but always felt that the United States was her home. Her experiences abroad led her to develop a fascination with government work and state service. She arrived in Nevada in 1974 to attend UNLV. In 1989, Patricia became the general manager of the Las Vegas Valley Water District. She entered the field at a tumultuous time, facing the drought of the Colorado River and tension within the districts. She pioneered the Water Authority, which revolutionized southern Nevada’s water rights system and allowed the districts to deal with the is

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Photograph of Harold Stocker with his family, Pennsylvania, July 28, 1903

Date

1903-07-28

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white photograph of Clarence Stocker, Mayme Stocker, Harold Stocker (3 years old), Lester Stocker, and Aunt Hattie (Harold's father's oldest sister) in Reading, Pennsylvania.

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Photograph of people outside, (Nev.), approximately 1900-1950

Date

1900 to 1950

Description

Group poses outdoors "at Charles Freeland's house." Identified from left to right: Oscar Stocker, Harold (10 years old), Aunt Lilly Newton, Jack Kramer (on burro) & Mayme."

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Postcard of gambling scene while man flirts with woman, approximately 1900s-1980s

Date

1900 to 1989

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A postcard illustrating a man playing poker while holding a woman's hand with the caption, "If I'd Have Held This Hand Ten Years Ago-I'd Have A------'Full House' Now!" Inscription on back.

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Transcript of interview with Lorna Kesterson by James M. Greene, October 18, 1974

Date

1974-10-18

Description

On October 18, 1974, James M. Greene interviewed news editor, Lorna Kesterson (born December 30th, 1925 in St. George, Utah) in her office in Henderson, Nevada. The two discuss Kesterson’s work in news editing as well as her original reasons for moving to Nevada. They also discuss teenage social life of Boulder city, during the 1940s.

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