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Photograph of Helldorado Hillbillys wagon in the Helldorado parade, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1934-1950

Date

1934 to 1950

Description

A man playing a fiddle and another playing a piano ride in a horse drawn wagon with others during the Helldorado Days festival parade. The sign reads: "Helldorado Hillbillys Dance, 6th year...[illegible]"

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Desert Inn Country Club family album, page 29

Description

Two photographs of people at various Desert Inn events in Las Vegas, Nevada. The handwriting under the left image reads: "Our Bob Keyser hits one for Zsa Zsa Gabor." The handwriting under the right image reads: "Wilbur and Toni bring in the New Year."

Denton family and friends in various locations: photographic prints, image 043

Description

Handwritten on the back: "Left to right: John Kindrall, Bernie Lynn, Berne, and Evelyn Jesnsen in the living room of their home at Boise. Evelyn (Evie) - [not legible] an entire school year with us in California where she was in 5th Grade Elementary - I realized them and Genaro, with Aileen in July "58."

Fernando Romero oral history interview: transcript

Date

2018-10-02

Description

Oral history interview with Fernando Romero conducted by Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez on October 2, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Barbara Tabach also participates in the questioning. Fernando Romero was born in El Paso, Texas in a musical home. His father and brother were avid music players, and his brother left El Paso to play in orchestra in Las Vegas. Despite not being as passionate about music as the rest of his family, music was Romero's ticket to higher education. Romero attended University of Nevada South before it was renamed University of Nevada Las Vegas. Romero has gone on to be deeply involved in the Las Vegas community. He is the current president of Hispanics in Politics. Subjects discussed in this interview include: Hispanics in Politics, Nevada Association of Latin Americans, and education.

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Corporation meeting minutes for Nathan Adelson Hospice, March 19, 1985

Date

1985-03-19

Archival Collection

Description

The meeting minutes of the Nathan Adelson Hospice Corporation outline changes made to the by-laws, and statistics for in-patient and at-home care rendered in 1984.

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"The Evolution of a Black Community in Las Vegas: 1905-1940": manuscript draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1970 (year approximate) to 1996 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file.

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