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Dottie Dee Dancers Collection
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The Dottie Dee Dancers Collection (approximately 1940-2002) is comprised of newspaper clippings and photographs documenting the career of Dorothy (Dalton) Tomlin who led a line of dancers known as the Dottie Dee Dancers. The dancers performed in nightclubs in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other western cities. Other items in the collection include scans of the original costume drawings by Hollywood costume designer Lloyd Lambert that were created for the Dottie Dee Dancers, and the transcripts of a 2002 oral history of Dottie and her husband, Donald Tomlin.
Archival Collection
Rancho High School Class of 1962 Collection
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The Rancho High School Class of 1962 Collection (1956-2017) consists of materials donated by students of Rancho High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection contains school event clippings, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, pamphlets, physical and digital photographs, and school jackets and sweaters. Additionally, the collection chronicles the lives of many students after graduation through school reunion documentation from the 1970s to 2017. The collection also includes planning files for class reunion celebrations including the 40th, 50th, and 55th reunions.
Archival Collection
Michael Chin oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Michael Chin conducted by Jerwin Tiu, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans on December 20, 2022 for Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Chin describes growing up in a largely Americanized household. His paternal grandparents immigrated from China and owned a laundry shop that his father worked in as well. Chin discusses his education and his interest in creative writing, including editing the school newspaper and writing an a cappella blog with his friend while in college. After graduating, he worked at the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth as a resident assistant before getting into a graduate program and obtaining his MFA.
Archival Collection
Cultural Focus Tours Research Notes
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The Cultural Focus Tours Research Notes (1989-1990) contain background information about historical locations and topics in Las Vegas's history used by Cultural Focus Tours, a division of the Allied Arts Council of Nevada. Cultural Focus Tours, developed by historic preservationist Elizabeth von til Warren, provided tours of historic landmarks around Las Vegas, Nevada including the Hoover Dam, Nevada Test Site, Valley of Fire, Old Spanish Trail, and the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort. Materials also include the 40th anniversary issue of the
Archival Collection
Flora Dungan Papers
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Flora Dungan Papers (1929-1974) contain high school and university records, certificates, newspaper clippings, press releases, notes, correspondence, and booklets about her life and political activism in Nevada. Also included are Legislative materials, an audio cassette tape, a copy of the Nevada Constitution, and an oil painting of Flora Dungan.
Archival Collection
Clyde Rufus Terrell seated at the linotype machine at the Tonopah Times Bonanza: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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This photo was taken about two years prior to his death in 1950. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Clyde Rufus Terrell seated at the linotype machine at the Tonopah Times Bonanza, which he owned, Tonopah, Nevada. Terrell would compose stories for the newspaper at the linotype keyboard.
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Transcript of interview with Hanford Searl by Dennis McBride, November 2, 1996
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Archival Collection
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Dennis McBride interviews Hanford Searl about a number of things: his being gay, his being gay in Las Vegas and other places, religious issues. Also, some information about working at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and for Bob Brown at the Las Vegas Valley Times.
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Correspondence, 1939-1968
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Letter from Howard Keele, Nevada Federation of Labor; from Nevada Veterans of Foreign Wars; from Governor E.P. Carville appointing H. E. Hazard to the Council of Defense of Nevada; letter of recommendation from Wayne McLeod, Surveyor General of Nevada; letter of recommendation from J. G. Allard, Secretary, Nevada Tax Commisson; from E. P. Carville; letter of recommendation from E. P. Carville, governor of Nevada; letter of appointment as Inspector of the Nevada Tax Commission; letter of resignation to Governor Pittman as Inspector of Nevada Tax Commission; from the Legislative Counsel Bureau requesting a biography; letter from Governor Alan Bible; letter from Peyton Ford; letter from William Walker resigning as Director of Planning of the Regional Planning Commission of Clark County, Nevada; letter from Clark County Clerk about the dissolution of the Regional Planning Commission; letter from Judge David Zenoff; correspondence to Mrs. Hazard about book, The Newspapering Murrays; two letters from Senator Alan Bible.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: H. E. and Ruth Hazard Political Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Sociocultural subject files, 1980-2007
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The sociocultural subject files contain materials collected by Dr. Spilde about sociocultural issues related to Native Americans, Native American gaming, and gaming in the United States. Materials date from 1980 to 2007, with the bulk of materials dating from 1994 to 2005. Materials include socioeconomic impact studies and reports; annual reports; periodicals; memos; correspondence; notes; video recordings of televised programs; conference materials; promotional materials; booklets, pamphlets, and packets; journal articles; law review articles and legal briefs; and newspaper articles. The materials concern a variety of topics such as compulsive gambling, Native American health, environmental policy, the social cost of casino gaming, criminal activities, card counting, Native American culture, and the social impacts of gaming in the United States.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: N/A
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