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Justice Michael Cherry oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00178

Abstract

Oral history interview with Nevada Supreme Court Justice Michael Cherry conducted by Michael Geeser on April 10, 2006 for the I Remember When: Recollections from Las Vegas Jewish Leaders Oral History Project. Cherry talks about his legal career, and about being Jewish in Las Vegas. He also discusses his board membership at Temple Beth Sholom and serving as president of Temple Ner Tamid, as well as his activities in B'nai B'rith District 4. The interview concludes with questions from the audience.

Archival Collection

William F. Harrah College of Hospitality Records

Identifier

UA-00034

Abstract

The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality Records (1970-2016) contain documents pertaining to the College of Hospitality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Materials include student projects, manuscript drafts by Jerome (Jerry) Vallen, brochures and promotional material, newsletters, and magazines. Also included are photographs of casino and hospitality industry workers and hospitality related events. Also included are publicity photographs of entertainers as well as models and showgirls in beauty pageants and at casinos. It is presumed that these photographs werey used for creating Premier: The Magazine of the UNLV Harrah College of Hospitality.

Archival Collection

Report on the water supply in Las Vegas, March 25, 1942

Date

1942-03-25

Archival Collection

Description

Brief history of water in Las Vegas and overview of the water situation

Text

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 29, 1996

Date

1996-04-29

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about requests, proposals, credit fee wavers, and resolutions.

Text

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 06, 2006

Date

2006-03-06

Description

Includes meeting agenda and mintues, along with additional information about bills.

Text

Photograph of the Board of Clark County Commissioners, Las Vegas, March 1940

Date

1940-03

Description

A black and white image of the Board of Clark County Commissioners. From left to right, the men present are Esq. District Attorney Roland H. Wiley; Commissioner Harold J. Stocker; Chairman George T. Hanson; County Auditor and Recorder David Farnsworth; Commissioner E. F. Davison; and County Clerk Lloyd S. Payne. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.

Image

A semi truck pulls westbound on East Gowan Road in front of Lois Craig Elementary School in North Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2018-11-27

Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Alexander Road and Cheyenne Avenue.

Image

Photograph of the Clark County High School girls' basketball team, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1912

Date

1912

Archival Collection

Description

The Clark County High School girls' basketball team poses outside of a house. Later the school was renamed Las Vegas High School. The seated girl with the ball in the middle of the photo is identified as Louella Frances Wengert (Ham). The other girls from the basketball team are (left to right): Rose Coughlin (Ullom), Clara Pauline Kiernan, Wanda Lorene Ball (Moser), Florence Bishop, Gladys Leola Boggs (Marshall).

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A single family home under construction next to Cactus Wren Park as seen from the Amargosa Pedestrian Bridge on St. Rose Parkway, east of Eastern Avenue, looking southwest in Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2019-03-28

Description

From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Silverado Ranch Boulevard and Coronado Center Drive.

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