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Archived websites
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV December 6, 2023 Memorial Collection
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Lillian Whalen oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Lillian Whalen conducted by Laura Bell on September 21, 1974 and November 22, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Whalen discusses her personal history in Boulder City, Nevada since the 1930s. Whalen then describes social life, the increase of local businesses, and the overall growth of Boulder City.
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#71259: Sean Clark, associate dean for research and sponsored projects on November 22, 2016, 2016 November 22
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 01
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Archives, 1986
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: International Food Service Executives Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 078 (Restrictions apply)
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Gay Pride Pageant at FreeZone night club, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Wendy M. Starkweather oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Wendy Starkweather conducted by Claytee White on June 16, 2010 and June 22, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Starkweather discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978 when her husband Peter L. Starkweather accepted a teaching position in the biology department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). She also discusses working in several types of libraries in Las Vegas before being offered the head of reference position at the UNLV library in 1985. She talks about her experiences working under six deans and retiring in 2010.
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Las Vegas, Nevada gay bars and individuals, San Francisco, California film project with Bill Schafer: photographic prints, approximately 1980 to 2010
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Bill Schafer Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
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Special Collections and Archives: archived website, 2014 to 2022
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Web Archive
Box/Folder: N/A
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Sidney Lowe oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Sidney Lowe conducted by Claytee D. White on January 22, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Lowe begins the interview by discussing her upbringing in Alabama and South Carolina and her experiences with racial segregation and discrimination. She continues, describing places she has lived, her relationship with the father of her children, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982. Lowe talks about life in Las Vegas during the 1980s, obtaining a position in the James R. Dickinson Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as a library assistant, and her education. Lowe concludes by discussing her career working for the UNLV library system and the library's function on campus.
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Mark Brandenburg oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Mark Brandenburg conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on September 22, 2017 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Brandenburg discusses his upbringing in Las Vegas, Nevada. He talks about his stepfather’s involvement with the opening of the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, becoming a co-owner of the property in 1990, and joining other downtown properties to form the Fremont Street Experience. Brandenburg describes the challenges in competing with mega-resorts on the Strip, modernizing the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, and weaving the history of the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino with that of the more recent Fremont Street Experience. Lastly, Brandenburg discusses the monetization of the street, and the future of the Fremont Street Experience.
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