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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Classified Staff Council Records

Identifier

UA-00024

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Classified Staff Council Records (1968-2000) contain meeting agendas and minutes, and correspondence pertaining to the hiring, paying, management, and training of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus classified staff. The collection also includes member lists and memoranda from when UNLV was known as Nevada Southern University.

Archival Collection

Sanford Akselrad oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02174

Abstract

Oral history interview with Rabbi Sanford Akselrad conducted by Barbara Tabach on October 29, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview Rabbi Akselrad describes his rabbinical training, coming to Las Vegas, Nevada, becoming the rabbi at Congregation Ner Tamid in 1988, and the growth of the congregation.

Archival Collection

Telegram from John T. McWilliams to W. H. Comstock, May 13-14, 1905

Date

1905-05-14

Archival Collection

Description

Telegram from John T. McWilliams to W. H. Comstock, May 13-14, 1905

Text

Film transparency of a Conestoga wagon in the Last Frontier Village (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

People and horses in front of a Conestoga wagon in the Last Frontier Village. A livery stable building is seen in the background.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Postcard of the Pioneer Lobby at Hotel Last Frontier in Las Vegas, circa 1940s-1950s

Date

1942 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

An image showing an interior view of the Hotel Last Frontier's lobby. Text on the image reads: "Miniature covered wagon in the Pioneer Lobby of Hotel Last Frontier."

Image

Photograph of a horse-drawn wagon during a parade, Las Vegas, circa late 1920s to early 1930s

Date

1927 to 1934

Description

A horse and pioneer wagon during a parade procession, possibly Helldorado.

Image

Photograph of "City of Las Vegas" Aerotrain, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1957

Date

1957

Description

Black and white photograph of the later version of the Aerotrain "City of Las Vegas," later renamed "Las Vegas Holiday Special," shown at the Union Pacific Depot. Site Name: Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Image

Postcard of the Old U. S. Mint, Carson City, Nevada, 1869 - 1899

Date

1869 to 1899

Description

An external view of the old U. S. Mint building, now the Nevada State Historical Museum in Carson City, Nevada. Site Name: Old U. S. Mint Building (Carson City, Nev.)

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