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José Luis Viñas Papers

Identifier

MS-00468

Abstract

The collection contains drawings, photographs, and posters featuring costumes designed by José Luis Viñas, a Spanish costume designer active in Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1960 to 2000. Viñas is best known for his costume designs for Vive les Girls (1962-1975) and Casino de Paris (1963-1982), both long-running shows at the Dunes Hotel and Casino, as well as for Siegfried and Roy's show at the Frontier Hotel in the mid-1980s. Viñas also did some costume designs for an unidentified show in Sun City, South Africa in the late 1970s and later a show called Circus Cabaret at the Lady Luck Casino Hotel in Downtown Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories

Identifier

MS-00516

Abstract

The Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories contains audio interviews and brief transcripts that focus on welfare, family, and women's issues in Nevada from 1970 to 1974. Gregory interviewed Nevada residents including Maya Miller, Ruby Duncan, and Mary Wesley, who described their lives during the anti-poverty and women's rights campaigns in the early 1970s. The collection documents views on welfare; the Equal Rights Amendment; race, discrimination, and civil rights; and political campaigns.

Archival Collection

Richard B. Taylor Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00283

Abstract

The Richard B. Taylor Photograph Collection (approximately 1957-1991) consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints and negatives. The images depict Taylor alongside Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity brothers playing table games and seated at a bar inside the Arizona Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Additional images portray Taylor’s home on Trotter Circle in Las Vegas decorated for Halloween.

Archival Collection

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Founders Day committee reports

Date

2000-01-08
2000-01-31
2000-10-07

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Sin Sity Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Records

Identifier

MS-00873

Abstract

The Sin Sity Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Records (2005-2018) contain organizational records of the Sin Sity Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an LGBTQIA+ charity and advocacy organization in Las Vegas, Nevada. The records include agendas and meeting minutes, financial records, press material, awards, and certificates of appreciation for the organization. Also included are financial records for the organization's annual Red Dress charity fundraiser and the Sisters AIDS Drug Assistance Program (SADAP), the grant fund that provides financial assistance to AIDS/HIV patients.

Archival Collection

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter meeting agendas

Date

1994

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter meeting agendas

Date

1996-01-06 to 1996-12-07

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Roper family photographed for UNLV Magazine Class Notes section: digital photographs

Date

2015-11-08

Description

Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Left to right: Christina A. Roper class of 2010 and 2012, Jay Roper class of 1991, Stephanie Roper Pargeon class of 2008, Shirley Roper class of 1983 and Mark Roper class of 1980 (courtesy Roper Family)

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TEDxUNLV Living in the Extreme held in the Black Box Theatre: digital photographs

Date

2016-04-08

Description

Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Speakers included Georgiann Davis "This Girl Has Balls," Reed Cowan "Extreme Pain to Extreme Purpose," Edwin Edebiri "Happiness as a Default Position," and Jason Steffen "Exoplanets in the Extreme."

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