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Las Vegas High School Reunion Biography Collection

Identifier

MS-01021

Abstract

The Las Vegas High School Reunion Biography Collection (1983) consists of class rosters, biographies of graduates, and photocopies of original programs from the four graduating classes of 1933 to 1936. The information specific to each year is compiled into its own handmade scrapbook. The materials were created for the 50th reunion of the class of 1933, and the event also included the classes of 1934, 1935, and 1936.

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of American Advertising Federation ADDY Award Submissions

Identifier

MS-01023

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of American Advertising Federation: ADDY Award Submissions Collection is compromised of Las Vegas, Nevada ADDY award submissions dating from approximately 1980 to 1999. The collection contains submissions by many artists to the ADDYS competition.

Archival Collection

Gary Marsh Scrapbook on Nevada History

Identifier

MS-01024

Abstract

The Gary Marsh Scrapbook on Nevada History consists of one scrapbook with newspaper clippings from the Las Vegas Review-Journal (LVRJ) and the LVRJ Sunday supplement, the Nevadan dating from 1963 to 1964. Topics include information on Nevada history, industry, natural resources, society, and culture. The scrapbook likely represents a school project completed by Marsh.

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Utah Territorial Assessment Records

Identifier

MS-01026

Abstract

UNLV Libraries Collection of Utah Territorial Assessment Records contain one book of handwritten assessment records of real and personal property from 1868 to 1869. The records cover the former Utah territory (currently the State of Utah) volume six, divisions one through five.

Archival Collection

Cliff Segerblom Artwork

Identifier

MS-01029

Abstract

The Cliff Segerblom Artwork contains four pieces of Segerblom's artwork. One painting of a desert home in Nelson, Nevada titled "Afternoon in Nelson" from 1940, one drawing of the USS Hornet from 1969, and two watercolor paintings of Lake Mead and Sunrise Mountain. The First Annual Southern Nevada Art Exhibit originally displayed "Afternoon in Nelson" in Las Vegas, Nevada between January 27 and 28 in 1940. The USS Hornet drawing was created November 1969, depicting a fighter aircraft aboard the USS Hornet at Apollo 12's splashdown. The two watercolors were donated to the University in 1962 by the Clark County Panhellenic Association.

Archival Collection

Dr. Howard Zellhoefer Collection of Artwork

Identifier

MS-01030

Abstract

The Dr. Howard Zellhoefer Collection of Artwork contains three paintings collected by Dr. Howard William Zellhoefer. Two paintings are by K. Nakamine of landscapes in Okinawa, Japan from 1949, and the third painting is a 1962 Ferdinand Burgdorffof a desert landscape, possibly Mojave Desert, California.

Archival Collection

Renee Ball oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00064

Archival Collection

Herb Tobman oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01830

Abstract

Oral history interview with Herb Tobman conducted by Deborah Fischer on March 13, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Herb Tobman talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada while working for Standard Oil as a tire, battery and accessory salesman, then working for the Moulin Rouge as the general manager in 1955. He gives a description of the hotels on Las Vegas Boulevard and downtown. Tobman then discusses the types of gambling that were popular. He also talks about the accommodations, transportation, entertainment, and the economy.

Archival Collection

Jean Tobman, Janie Moore, and Marilyn Moran oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01831

Abstract

Oral history interview with Jean Tobman, Janie Moore, and Marilyn Moran conducted by Claytee D. White on November 05, 2013 for the West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1. In this interview, Jean Tobman recalls coming to Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband and two young children in the 1950s, and the life they established in the Pinto area of the Westside. She also talks about how her husband, Herb, owned City Furniture and a cab company near downtown. Moore and Moran discuss their youth and the enjoyable time they had growing up in Las Vegas. Moran talks about how the city has grown and her time on the City of Las Vegas planning commission. Moore also discusses the growth of Las Vegas and her nostalgia for old Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Faye Todd oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01832

Abstract

Oral history interview with Faye Todd conducted by Claytee D. White on October 15, 1996 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Todd discusses her life in Las Vegas, Nevada starting in 1964 when she moved there with her husband. Todd details the variety of discrimination and racism she experienced while living in Las Vegas from service refusals to discriminatory hiring practices in hotels. Todd also discusses her career path, from taking adult education classes at Rancho High School to gain clerk skills, to eventually becoming Entertainment Director and Corporate Executive Assistant at the Landmark Hotel and Casino in 1976. Todd also discusses the challenges her husband faced as an African American chef. Finally, Todd also discusses class relations within the black communities of both Las Vegas and San Antonio, Texas, where she was born.

Archival Collection