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Photograph of Neil Sedaka at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), October 7, 1977

Date

1977-10-07

Description

Neil Sedaka raising his hands and performing at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Postcard of of the Rat Pack in front of the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

The "Rat Pack" posed in front of the Sands marquee in Las Vegas, Nevada. From left to right: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. Postcard is from Quantity Postcards (1987).

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Photograph of City Councilman Alvin "Al" Merrill Levy, 1979-1987

Date

1979 to 1987

Description

A portrait of Alvin "Al" Merrill Levy, who was a Las Vegas City Councilman from 1979 - 1987.

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Photograph of "The Gang" at Ronzone's Department Store, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s -1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A group photograph of "The Gang" or "Mob" at Ronzone's Department Store in Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten description provided on back of image: "L - R: 1) Sam Diamond 2) Gus Greenbaum 3) Willy Alderman 4) Davie Berman 5) Jack Prcras (sp?) 6) "Bowser" Joe Rosenberg 7) Sam Belkin 8) Ed Barrick 9) Sam Prcras (sp?)."

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Photograph of Merv Griffin receiving a gold plated microphone from Maury Stevens, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

Typed description printed on front: "Presentation to Merv Griffin of a gold plated microphone in his continuing support of Las Vegas television. Presentation made by Maury Stevens for the Local Las Vegas Technicians."

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Photograph of a group at the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, Fort Benning (Ga.), May 20, 1969

Date

1969-05-20

Archival Collection

Description

Transcribed on the back of the photo: "09-038-2969-1/AJ-69. 20 May 69. Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. Group picture at Infantry Hall. Photo by: Mr. Jack B Stroud. Pictorial Branch, Ft Benning, Ga."

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Epilogue: UNLV Yearbook, 1980

Date

1980

Description

Yearbook main highlights: schools and departments; detailed lists with names and headshots of faculty, administration and students; variety of photos from activities, festivals, campus life, and buildings; campus organizations such as sororities, fraternities and councils; beauty contest winners; college sports and featured athletes; and printed advertisements of local businesses; Institution name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mixed Content

"The Movies and the Civil Rights Movement: Some Possible Influences": 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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Trula McGee oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03751

Abstract

Oral history interview with Trula McGee conducted by Claytee D. White on March 17, 2021 for African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project.

Trula McGee talks about her experiences growing up in a military family and her time as a student and young adult in the Westside community. She also discusses her employment as a Keno writer and runner at the Sands Hotel and Casino, Castaways Hotel and Casino, and the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall and Saloon and how this led to her meeting both Wayne Newton and Marvin Gaye.

Subjects discussed include: Carver Park; Basic High School; Nevada State Bank; Jackson Ave.; Golden West Shopping Center; Reuben's Supper Club; and Larry's Sight and Sound.

Archival Collection

Yazmin Beltran oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-02-04

Description

Oral history interview with Yazmin Beltran conducted by Rodrigo Vazquez and Barbara Tabach on February 4, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Beltran discusses her early life in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico and her childhood and upbringing in Mexico. In 2003, at the age of eighteen, she and her mother joined the rest of her family in Las Vegas, Nevada. After attending College of Southern Nevada and taking English as a Second Language classes, Yazmin began to write as a Spanish contributor for a publication in Reno, and became a writer for Spanish publications in Las Vegas, including El Tiempo, El Mundo, and Univision. Beltran's work for Univision led her to Texas, where she covered events and crises including the 2018 child separation occurring at the United States border, which she discusses in the interview. Finally, Beltran talks about being a journalist for The Nevada Independent and the importance of continuing to report in Spanish.

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