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Meeting at the Moulin Rouge Hotel coffee shop to end segregation on the Las Vegas Strip: photographic print

Date

1960-03

Description

From the Marie and James B. McMillan Photograph Collection (PH-00334). Clockwise from left: Woodrow Wilson (NAACP), Lubertha M. Warden Johnson, Bob Bailey (NAACP), Clesse Turner (County Commissioner), Butch W.E. Leypoldt (Sheriff), Hank Greenspun (Las Vegas Sun), James B. McMillan (President of the NAACP), Oran Gragson (Mayor), Dr. Charles I. West, Ray K. Sheffer (Chief of Police), Art Olsen (County Commissioner), possibly J. David Hoggard, and Donald Clark (NAACP).

Image

Panoramic photograph of Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1905-1908

Date

1905 to 1908

Description

Panoramic photograph of Goldfield, Nevada with some mines, businesses and significant sites identified. Caption: "The City of Goldfield and some of the mines which have made it famous." "Compliments of the Goldfield Ledge Mining, Co., Exchange Building, Denver, Colorado." Identified: Kendall [Mine]; Columbia Mountain; Sandstorm [Mine]; Electric Transformer Station; Black Butte in Diamondfield; January Mine; Combination Mine; Jumbo Town; Jumbo Mine; St. Ives [Mine]; Florence Mine; Blue Bull Mine; Simmerone Mine; Moose [Goldfield Mining Co.]; Piute; Goldfield Ledge Company's Mines; Schwab-McKane; Dixie [Mine]; Windsor [Mining Co.]; The American Milling & Reduction Co.; Grand St. & Park; Steam Laundry; Catholic Church; Miners' Union Hall; Nixon Bank Building; Fesler Block; Monte Carlo [Saloon]; Main Street; Casson & Ish Mercantile; Hotel Site; Post Office; Columbia St.; Atlanta [Mine]; New Western Reduction Co.; Electric Light Plant; Goldfield Brewing Co.

Image

Joseph "Wingy" Manone Papers

Identifier

MS-00442

Abstract

The Joseph "Wingy" Manone Papers (1934-1996) include a partial draft of his autobiography, newspaper clippings, correspondence, magazine articles, and press releases related to his musical career. Manone also wrote music, some of which is included in the collection.

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of 1983 Hoover Dam Overflow Photographs

Identifier

PH-00438

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of 1983 Hoover Dam Overflow Photographs is a series of color photographs that document the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. The spillways were previously tested once in 1941 after the dam was initially filled.

Archival Collection

Audio clip from interview with Bobby Morris, March 26, 2016

Date

2016-03-26

Description

In this audio clip Bobby Morris discusses how he came to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sound