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Phil Carlino Papers
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The Phil Carlino Papers (1967-2016) document Carlino's involvement in Nevada politics and business. The collection centers around Carlino’s time as State Chairman of the Nevada State Democratic Party. It also includes materials from the National Democratic Party, the 1972 Democratic National Convention, and personal papers. His wife and business partner, Florence Carlino, is mentioned throughout the collection. She was involved in numerous local organizations and was a supporter of the Democratic Party. The materials include photographs, correspondence, newspaper articles, event programs and invitations, periodicals, and promotional campaign items from Carlino's campaigns for Nevada Secretary of State and Mayor of Las Vegas.
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Celesta Lowe Papers
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Celesta Lowe Papers (1943-1995) consist of clippings, published writings ("Echoes from the Archives" and "Southwestern Bookshelf" columns), correspondence, and photographs related to Southern Nevada
history. Also included are National League of American Pen Women and Pen Hens material.
Archival Collection
General subject files, 1789, 1793, 1823-1832, 1851, 1883, 1886, 1903, 1909, 1971-2014
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Scope and Contents
The general subject files include materials collected by anthropologist Katherine Spilde about Native Americans, Native American gaming, and gaming in the United States. The materials date from 1789, 1793, 1823 to 1832, 1851, 1883, 1886, 1903, 1909, and 1971 to 2014, with the bulk of materials dating from 1990 to 2005. Materials dating from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early-twentieth centuries are reproductions of United States Supreme Court opinions. Dr. Spilde collected materials about economics, gaming, the regulation of gaming, law, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), sociocultural topics, and socioeconomic topics. Materials include socioeconomic reports, testimonies, congressional records, correspondence, memos, press releases, audiovisual materials, periodicals, conference materials, pamphlets, packets, booklets, notes, journal articles, legal briefs, legislative documents, court opinions, notes, and newspaper articles. The series also includes materials about specific topics related to gaming such as the socioeconomic impact of gaming, criminal activities related to gaming, compulsive gaming, bankruptcy as a result of gaming, and the federal regulation of gaming.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Archival Component
Woodruff, Seth R., Jr.
On 18 May 1955, Seth R. Woodruff Jr., manager of the AEC Las Vegas Field Office, announced that he had "instructed the Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc.
Person
Jensen, Ellen B.
Ellen B. Jensen was a Las Vegas, Nevada newspaper editor and writer active in the late 1960s. She edited and wrote for the monthly Las Vegas Review Journal Jr. from November 1968 to August 1969 and used the bylines Ellen B. Jensen, Jenell, and Ellie. She also wrote articles for the Las Vegas Sun ("Sunday Scene") and Las Vegas Review Journal ("The Nevadan") from 1966 to 1969.
Person
Fine, Susan Greenspun, 1945-
Susan (Greenspun) Fine is a Las Vegas, Nevada philanthropist and former member of the Women's Philanthropy Council of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas. She was born September 16, 1945, in Springfield, Massachusetts and her family moved to Las Vegas in 1946. Her father, Hank Greenspun, was the editor and owner of the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. She was married to real estate developer Mark Fine and is currently married to Max Spilka.
Person
Mabel Hoggard: scrapbook
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Mabel Hoggard Papers (MS-00565) -- Personal papers file. This scrapbook contains event programs; newspaper clippings about Mabel Hoggard; photographs of Mabel Hoggard, family, and friends; and letters to Mabel Hoggard. Items include: Mabel Hoggard Elementary School 1981 graduation program; biographical sketch of Mabel Hoggard; "Happenings: successful steps toward school integration: report #1, what's happening in Clark County School?" February 10, 1969; and Westside Council tenth meeting summary, May 27, 1969.
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