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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 30, 1974
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Oscar and Carolyn Goodman oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Carolyn G. and Oscar B. Goodman conducted by Claytee D. White on October 18, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Carolyn G. and Oscar B. Goodman discuss their early childhoods and education. They tell the story of their marriage, family life, and careers. The Goodmans go into further detail on the growth of Las Vegas, Nevada as a community as well as a tourist destination.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Theta Theta Omega Chapter (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated (AKA), is one of the oldest Black sororities in the United States, and was
founded on January 15, 1908 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. AKA is an international service
organization that comprises nearly 300,000 members in over 1,000 graduate and undergraduate chapters
worldwide.
Theta Theta Omega originally started in 1962 when six members of AKA sought to create a graduate
chapter in Las Vegas, Nevada. AKA recruited members by posting notices throughout the Clark County
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Transcript of interview with Robert M. Fisher by DeeAnn Coombs, March 20, 1978
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Archival Collection
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Progress Report for J. H. Wittwer, 1940-41 program
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Archival Collection
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List of activities and projects worked on by John Wittwer in 1940-41. Report has penciled comments in several places.
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Transcript of interview with Hank Greenspun by Tony Bleeker, 1975
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Archival Collection
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Brief interview with Hank Greenspun by student Tony Bleeker. Greenspun speaks about changes in southern Nevada over the years, including politics, gaming and the economy. He mentions the role of the newspaper industry to provide "balance" in society.
No release form is on file for this interview. The interview is accessible onsite only, and researchers must seek permission from the interviewee or heirs for quotation, reproduction, or publication. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 3, 1978
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Archival Collection
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Claudine Williams Papers
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The Claudine Williams Papers (1956-2009) contain awards, contracts, personal and business correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs pertaining to Las Vegas, Nevada businesswoman and philanthropist, Claudine Williams. The collection also includes extensive information on her hotel and gaming properties, including the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall, Holiday Casino, and Harrah's Hotel and Casino, as well as her honorary doctoral degree, medals, and audiovisual materials of interviews, news reports, and events.
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JMA Architecture Studio Records
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The JMA Architecture Studio Records are comprised of architectural records (1953-2002) created by the American architect Jack Miller and/or his architectural firm, known as both Jack Miller & Associates, Architects, & Engineers, Inc and JMA Architects, Inc. This collection includes 30.25 linear feet of materials documenting work on over 250 projects. The collection focuses on Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada. The materials feature photographs of the firm’s projects and hand-drawn architectural drawings, ranging from pencil and ink on tracing paper preliminary sketches to ink on Mylar (TM) construction documents. The drawings also contain work from a number of consultants, engineers, and other architects who collaborated on the development of the various projects. The collection includes architectural drawings for hotels, casinos, integrated casino resorts, office towers, multi-family residential developments, and custom single-family homes.
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