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A. D. Hopkins oral history interview
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Oral history interview with A.D. Hopkins conducted by an unidentified collector on February 26, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Hopkins discusses the historical background of Pioche, Nevada.
Archival Collection
M-P files including Mellon/NEH grants, oral history projects, Peer Coach program, NSHE libraries study, 2005-2010
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada Las Vegas Dean of Libraries Records
Box/Folder: Box 05 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Stella Champo Iaconis oral history interviews
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Oral history interview with Stella Champo Iaconis conducted by Kay Long on May 14, 1997, May 21, 1997, May 26, 1997, and September 22, 1997 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Iaconis opens her interviews discussing her difficult upbringing and life on a ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada with her dad in the 1910s and 1920s. Iaconis then describes her experiences as a waitress in Las Vegas. As the interviews continue, Iaconis discusses Block 16 and sex work, the Helldorado Days, and life in 1930s Las Vegas. Iaconis ends the interview talking about her father and his career as a miner; her many husbands; and her personal history in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
David Parks at the second annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride 1998 (Dennis McBride, photographer); 2nd annual parade, Nevada State Assemblyman David Parks.
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Roberta Kane oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Roberta Kane conducted by Barbara Tabach on September 6, 2017 and May 22, 2018 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Kane explains how she was the first born Jewish baby in Las Vegas, Nevada and her parents’ deep involvement with the Jewish community of the 1930s. She then talks about the formalization that occurred in the Jewish community with the building of Temple Beth Sholom. In a second session, Kane recalls the Wildcat Lair, a gathering spot of students from Las Vegas High School in the 1950s.
Archival Collection
The third annual Gay Pride parade paused by a train: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Third annual Gay Pride Parade lining up: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Lutin, Jerome M. and Michael D. Falls. Gambling with a Loser, a History of the Las Vegas PRT Project, Transportation Research Part A 14(3), 1980
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
Unidentified people at the Nevada Outdoors booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Jack W. Zunino oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Jack W. Zunino conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 20, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Zunino tells of his employment with G.C. Wallace Engineering and JMA architects before founding his own landscape architecture firm in 1989. Additionally, Zunino discusses the evolution of landscape architecture in casino design.
Archival Collection