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Prencess Nelson Scrapbooks
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The Prencess Nelson Scrapbooks (approximately 1950-1979) consist of three scrapbooks documenting the career of Prencess Mayhall, a former showgirl and model. The scrapbooks contain photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine covers, and handwritten notes to Mayhall from various performers and models. Mayhall performed in a variety of shows in New York; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Los Angeles, California. She appears in photographs at a number of shows at the Thunderbird, Sands, and Frontier Hotels. Also included in the scrapbook is a 1954 American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) contract between Mayhall and Copacabana in New York, and photographs of Mayhall with entertainers including Red Skelton, Paul Anka, and Sammy Davis Jr. Prencess went by a number of names throughout her career, most commonly 'Prencess Mayhall' while in New York, and 'Lee Temple' while performing at the Sands Hotel.
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William F. Harrah College of Hospitality Records
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The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality Records (1970-2016) contain documents pertaining to the College of Hospitality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Materials include student projects, manuscript drafts by Jerome (Jerry) Vallen, brochures and promotional material, newsletters, and magazines. Also included are photographs of casino and hospitality industry workers and hospitality related events. Also included are publicity photographs of entertainers as well as models and showgirls in beauty pageants and at casinos. It is presumed that these photographs werey used for creating
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Human Radiation Experiments Records
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The Human Radiation Experiments Records (1949-1995) contain reports from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE), and the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE). Also included are newspaper clippings, a court case brought by the National Association of Radiation Survivors (NARS), and cancer research papers. With the goal of building an atomic bomb using plutonium extracted from uranium, the material also examines the outcomes of radiation exposure done on humans during the late 1940s and early 1950s at the Oak Ridge Nuclear Facility in Tennessee.
Archival Collection
Thunderbird Hotel Records
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The Thunderbird Hotel Records are comprised of material that documents the work of the Las Vegas, Nevada hotel's entertainment department from 1964 to 1973. The records consist of photographs, memorandum, newspaper clippings, and publicity materials.
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Series IV. RKO Radio Pictures, Incorporated, 1930 to 1974
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The RKO Radio Pictures, Incorporated series (1930-1974) contains material primarily pertaining to development of RKO films during Hughes' ownership of the company. This series primarily features
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Hell's Angels, approximately 1922 to 1965
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The Hell’s Angels sub-series (1922-1965) contains material related to the development, production, and post-production of The Caddo Company film, Hell’s Angels. Both the silent and sound versions of the film are represented in the materials.
Materials include contracts and lawsuits, correspondence, financial, story development, and production and direction records, editing and special effects, aviation logs, and advertising, as well as musical scores for the silent version composed by Adolph Tandler and the sound version composed by Hugo Riesenfeld. Also included are black-and-white photographic prints and negatives and twenty-four miniature airplane models.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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Miners map of Death Valley and the proposed Salt Lake railroads, January 1903
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Subtitle: 'Including portions of San Bernardino and Inyo Counties, California; Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada and Mojave County, Arizona.' 'Compiled and drawn by A. Russell Crowell.' 'May 1902 (Corrected to Jan. 1903.' 'Property of H. Kehoe' written in ink in upper left corner. Scale [ca. 1:506,880]. 1 in. to 8 miles (W 118?--W 114?/N 38?--N 35?). Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Blueline print. Library's copy has types of minerals found in different areas hand-printed in red and has red lines hand-drawn along county boundaries. G4351.H1 1903 .C76
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 22, 1983
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