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Invitation to the Copacabana New Year's Eve 1987 celebration at the Desert Inn, featuring a seven-course banquet prepared under the direction of Nat Hart
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The oversized invitation to the New Year's Eve celebrations at the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino includes the description of a feast prepared by Food and Beverage Vice President, Nat Hart. The festivities also include a 1920s-style party at the Copacabana.
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"Reds": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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Archival Collection
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Americans welcoming Russians with VIP treatment, while minorities continue to be mistreated.
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"I Miss Saigon": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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Archival Collection
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On how lead roles should feature actors of varying races.
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"My Hero": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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Archival Collection
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. A Father's Day tribute to Mr. Sandy, author's stepfather.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter connections committee reports
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Archival Collection
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From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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"Hollywood, Westerns and the Mexican Female": manuscript draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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Archival Collection
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file.
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Elissa Miller interview, March 3, 1980: transcript
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Archival Collection
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On March 3, 1980, Frank Fusco interviewed Elissa Miller (born October 29th, 1935 in San Francisco, California) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In this interview, Mrs. Miller talks about her life in Virginia City and Reno, Nevada. She discusses the growth in Reno and the problems that came from that. She also speaks about living life in Virginia City, a much smaller town in Nevada. She talks about the people who live and work there, as well as some of the things the town is known for, such as the International Camel and Ostrich Races that are held annually.
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Transcript of interview with Arthur "Art" Marshall by Claytee D. White, February 11, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Arthur "Art" Marshall by Claytee White on February 11, 2014. In this interview, Marshall
Arthur Marshall was born in 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio. He met his wife, Jayn in 1953, and the couple moved to Las Vegas where she already lived with her family. Art joined his father-in-law in the family's retail clothing business. Art Marshall took over the retail clothing business with his brother-in-law, Herb Rousso, and expanded operations as Marshall-Rousso stores. Art quickly became very active in the Jewish community upon arriving in Las Vegas. He served as president at Temple Beth Sholom, and worked with other Jews in the city, many who owned and managed the hotels at the time, to build a strong Jewish community in Las Vegas. He served as the chairman of Nevada State Bank and spent 12 years on the Nevada Gaming Commission.
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