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Photograph of Valerie Wiener at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1990s - early 2000s
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Archival Collection
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Valerie Wiener tells first-graders a whale of a tale at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School. She is wearing a school shirt.
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Photograph of Valerie Wiener at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1990s - early 2000s
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Archival Collection
Description
During a visit to Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School, Valerie Wiener talks with students about friendship choices and promises to be their friend and support them each day. She is wearing a school shirt.
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Photograph of Valerie Wiener and Larry Johnson, 1990
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Archival Collection
Description
Valerie Wiener celebrates a UNLV basketball victory with Larry Johnson in 1990. She served as the media coach for the UNLV Runnin? Rebels, including the 1989-1990 season when the team won the national championship.
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Video, Jewish University: Kosher Nostra, A Conversation with Mayor Oscar Goodman at the Mob Museum, January 7, 2016
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Archival Collection
Description
Dayvid Figler interviews Mayor Oscar Goodman about his role in the history of Las Vegas, including the clients he represented and his time as mayor. This was the inaugural event for the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada's "Jewish University" programming.
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Photograph of the Danny Kolod Building at Temple Beth Sholom during construction.
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Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph during the construction of the Danny Kolod building at Temple Beth Sholom. Members pictured: Al Benedict, Stan Irwin, Jerry Mack, Irving Devine, Ruby Kolod, Rabbi Aaron Gold, Max Goot and Yale Cohen.
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Technical reports and other Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office documents, 1958-2000
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Scope and Contents
The Technical reports and other Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office (YMSCO) documents series (1958-2000) consists primarily of technical reports on nuclear waste and other materials relating to the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization project. Reports in this series cover studies of geologic features of Yucca Mountain, technologies tested, and potential hazards of high-level nuclear waste storage. Materials were compiled from those received from the YMSCO as well as documents pulled from the existing James R. Dickinson Library technical reports collection, including current awareness abstracts and other energy related materials, particularly solar energy.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office Collection
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Archival Component
Building Las Vegas Web Archive
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Abstract
The Building Las Vegas Web Archive is comprised of archived websites captured in 2017 that are related to UNLV University Libraries documentation project, Building Las Vegas. Archived websites represent architecture firms, construction companies, and housing developers in the Las Vegas Valley. This collection includes websites for organizations such as Mark L. Fine & Associates, Klai Juba Wald Architecture, Southern Nevada Home Builders Association, and AIA Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. M. Jeffers (Omaha, Neb.), July 28, 1941
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Archival Collection
Description
Comparison of weir measurements between May 28, 1941 and July 26, 1941 at the Las Vegas springs and wells.
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Deed excerpt from Helen J. Stewart and heirs (Las Vegas) to William A. Clark, December 8, 1902
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Archival Collection
Description
Excerpt of agreement between the Stewart family and Clark guaranteeing 4 miner's inches of water for the Stewart burial plot. Original date of deed was December 8. 1902. Excerpt was dated June 16, 1939.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), August 2, 1939
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Archival Collection
Description
Bracken stated that water from reservoir and spring was flowing, but was being absorbed into the ground as it flowed through a bed of tuilleries. In order for water to reach the Stewart burial plot and avoid a lawsuit threatened by Stewart heirs, Bracken recommended that the company dredge the ditch from the Main Street bridge to weir at dam.
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