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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Calvin M. Cory (Las Vegas), December 22, 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of the defeat of bills to overturn the metering prohibition and efforts to have a future bill passed. "80-8, 83-4, 80-5-Gen" written at head of page in red pencil.
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Remembering Las Vegas: "In the Beginning": Betacam tape, approximately 1997 October 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: William Mors Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Barr Smith oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Barr Smith conducted by Melvin Smail on February 22, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Smith discusses his personal history and the history of Las Vegas, Nevada. Smith discusses working at the Basic Magnesium plant, playing high stakes poker games with prominent gamblers like "Nick the Greek," and the casinos built on the early Las Vegas Strip. Smith also describes how Las Vegas has changed, the different forms of gambling and gaming available in the city, and life in 1940s Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Luxor Las Vegas "Aerials with Tower Construction" B-Roll, 1996 July 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: MGM Mirage Records on Mandalay Resort Group
Box/Folder: Box 54
Archival Component
Panorama Goes Clubbing (Las Vegas Feature), 1953 August 22-29
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component
"Secret World of Las Vegas": VHS videotape, approximately 1998 January 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: William Mors Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Box 28
Archival Component
Judy Smith oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Judy Smith conducted by Suzanne Becker on November 22, 2008 for the Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood Oral History Project. Smith discusses moving from Barstow, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958. She also discusses working as the assistant society editor for the Las Vegas Sun, graduating from the University of Nevada Reno, and moving back to Las Vegas with her husband and children to live in the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1967.
Archival Collection
The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, September 22, 1949
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Archival Collection
Description
Text
Disabled American Veterans, North Las Vegas, Nevada, 1973 May 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 19
Archival Component
Paris Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas): digital photographs, 2009 November 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Bill Hughes Photographs
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component