Label on back: Purchase by Ron Lurie of First March of Dimes Christmas Tree Light - on display at Fashion Show Mall; November 17, 1982, Mary Coon, March of Dimes Executive Director, Commissioner Ron Lurie, Sally Brinkman
Label on back: Meeting with Japanese officials regarding financing for high speed train, October 1, 1982 - Clockwise: Commissioner Ron Lurie, Yoshiro Hayashi, Member - House of Representatives, Mike Daly, Taiji Kohara, President of International Relations for Tokyo, Russ dorn, Bud James, Keefe Corp., and Commissioner Paul Christensen
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Nevada Library Notes, Vol. 8 issued by the Nevada State Library. Materials about the news of library activities and articles for publication by Nevada librarians.
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Peter Gratton was born in 1944 in Staten Island, New York, where his father was in the Coast Guard. However, he spent his childhood in Minnesota. From 1965 to 1969, Peter was a member of the US Marine Corps, serving a tour in Vietnam. As his military duty was ending, he learned that his parents were relocating to Vegas, bringing with them all of Peter's belongings. So Peter caught up with them in Vegas where he transitioned to civilian life in a new city by "bumming around for a couple of months." He decided to stay and took a keno job at Golden Gate Casino. In 1981, he graduated from UNLV and was accredit to teach history and earth science. This proved to be a good background for an opening at the UNLV library and he helped organize the map collection. With that, his UNLV library career was successfully launched. At the time of this interview, Peter was Administrative Assistant III Lied Library Building Department. In the following pages Peter tells of his experiences that lead up to becoming a Las Vegas resident and longtime member of the UNLV library staff.