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Architectural drawing of the Holiday Inn (Las Vegas), entrance from casino to Holiday Inn lobby, January 17, 1973
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Archival Collection
Description
Plans, elevations, and details of the Holiday Casino entrance of the Holiday Inn lobby in Las Vegas. Original medium: paper ozalid. The property became Harrah's Las Vegas in 1992. Rissman and Rissman Associates, Ira Tepper and Associates, mechanical engineers; J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers; Harold L. Epstein, structural engineer.
Site Name: Holiday Casino
Address: 3475 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of Circus Circus (Las Vegas), decorative fountains, stair plans and details, August 12, 1968
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Architectural plans for the construction of the Circus Circus Casino from 1968; Parchment architectural plans. Socoloske, Zelner and Associates, structural engineers; Ira Tepper and Associates, mechanical engineers; J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers.
Site Name: Circus Circus Las Vegas
Address: 2880 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of Circus Circus (Las Vegas), decorative fountains, structural plan, August 1, 1968
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Structural plan for the construction of a fountain at the Circus Circus casino from 1968. Includes pump room plans. Printed on parchment. Harold L. Epstein, structural engineer; Ira Tepper and Associates, mechanical engineers; J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers.
Site Name: Circus Circus Las Vegas
Address: 2880 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Flamingo Hilton tower addition (Las Vegas), early plan of the first floor, September 30, 1976
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Architectural plans for the addition of a tower to the Flamingo in 1976. Printed on parchment. Socoloske, Zelner and Associates, structural engineers; Harold L. Epstein and Associates, structural engineers; Bennett/Tepper, mechanical engineers; J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Flamingo Hilton tower addition (Las Vegas), third through 26th floor plans, November 4, 1975
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Architectural plans for the addition of a tower to the Flamingo in 1976. Printed on parchment. Socoloske, Zelner and Associates, structural engineers; Harold L. Epstein and Associates, structural engineers; Bennett/Tepper, mechanical engineers; J. L. Cusick and Associates, electrical engineers.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Women's Studies Department Records
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Records are comprised of memoranda, committee minutes, and planning documents from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Women's Studies Department from 1966 to 1993. The records document the inception of both the Women's Center and Women's Studies program at UNLV. The materials from the Women's Center document the efforts of UNLV staff to begin a women's center on campus and efforts to create a Women's Studies program.
Archival Collection
Blue Diamond Mine Photograph Collection
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The Blue Diamond Mine Photograph Collection depicts operations at the Blue Diamond Mine from approximately 1950 to 1971. The photographs include images of heavy machinery, mining structures, and workers. The photographs also contain aerial views of Blue Diamond Mine and the surrounding landscape.
Archival Collection
Shade Tree Shelter Records
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The Shade Tree Shelter Records date from 1990 to 1996 and consist primarily of logbooks and journals compiled by the staff of the Shade Tree, a shelter for homeless and abused women and children in Las Vegas, Nevada, documenting daily activities, incidents, and residents at the shelter. The collection also includes summaries of the staff's telephone conversations, a newspaper article about Shade Tree, and fliers and brochures about social services available in Southern Nevada.
Archival Collection
Jackie Brett Collection on Las Vegas, Nevada Entertainment
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The Jackie Brett Collection on Las Vegas, Nevada Entertainment (1977-1996) consists of writings by Jackie Brett and publications and clippings about Las Vegas, Nevada entertainment and tourism. Brett worked for the Nevada Commission on Tourism and promoted southern Nevada through her column "Brett's Vegas View." She wrote about production shows, concerts, special performances, and events as well as the overall development of Las Vegas tourist industry in the 1980s and 1990s.
Archival Collection
Insignia Films Research for the American Experience: Las Vegas - An Unconventional History
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The Insignia Films Research for the "American Experience: Las Vegas - An Unconventional History" collection (1968, 2004-2005) contains photocopied research material, primarily drawn from Nevada newspapers, photographic prints, Betacam and VHS videotapes with interviews and footage used in the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) series "American Experience: Las Vegas - An Unconventional History," created for the Las Vegas Centennial, Las Vegas, Nevada. Also included are original issues of Look magazine with Las Vegas, Nevada coverage, and a United States Freedom of Information Act (USFOIA) report on Tony Spilotro.
Archival Collection