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Donn Arden Papers
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The Donn Arden Papers (1910s-1990s) document Arden's sixty-plus years in the entertainment industry working in showrooms and nightclubs all over the world including Paris, France, Las Vegas, Nevada, New York, New York, and Los Angeles, California. Donn Arden worked as a choreographer, producer and director known for creating extravagant production shows that combined spectacular scenery and disaster with sequined and feathered showgirls. The collection is comprised of production notes, programs, photographs, posters, sheet music, correspondence, costume design sketches, press clippings, and magazine articles.
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Correspondence and synopsis for Good Ole Hank, television series proposal, June 1955
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The manuscript synopsis for the television series Good Ole Hank is accompanied by a letter from Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures (Hollywood, Calif.), rejecting the proposal.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 19, 1996
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 28, 1993
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Archival Collection
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 30, 1991
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Archival Collection
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 03, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 01, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Irving Kirshbaum by Cheryl Rogers, February 23, 1979
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Irving Kirshbaum by Cheryl Rogers on February 23, 1979. In this interview, Kirshbaum discusses the Riviera Hotel where he began working in 1955. He also talks about the landscape of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1950s, and the state of gambling, comps, customer service, and dealer training. The interviewer asks about the treatment of minorities at the Riviera, and in Las Vegas generally, and the effect of corporate ownership on casinos.
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Transcript of interview with Hank Greenspun by Perry Kaufman, 1975
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Archival Collection
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Hank Greenspun discusses coming to Las Vegas in the 1940s, his journalistic endeavors, and some of the politics that affected him.
No release form is on file for this interview. The interview is accessible onsite only, and researchers must seek permission from the interviewee or heirs for quotation, reproduction, or publication. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information.
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