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"Thanks": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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Archival Collection
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Map showing detailed topography of the country traversed by the reconnaissance expedition through southern & southeastern Nevada, 1869 (reproduction)
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no. 1. Reproduction. Map is printed in purple. Scale of original map: [1:760,320]. 1 in. to approx. 12 miles. Includes dots hand-colored with red pencil marking Indian rancherias.
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Transcript of interview with Stella Iaconis by Gary Gione, February 26, 1976
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Archival Collection
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On February 26, 1976, Gary Gione interviewed Stella Iaconis (born September 16th, 1910 in Italy) about her life in Southern Nevada. The two discuss Iaconis’ reasons for moving to Las Vegas as well as her childhood memories of Hooverville. Iaconis also talks about seeing the above-ground atomic tests in Southern Nevada from Los Angeles, and the drastic population growth that occurred after the construction of Hoover Dam.
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Transcript of interview with Elinor Horden by Valerie Fujii, February 13, 1930
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Archival Collection
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On February 13th, 1980, collector Valerie Fujii interviewed dancer, Elinor Horden, (born May 21st, 1930 in Ohio) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This interview covers local entertainment in the 1950s and the social and environmental changes that have occurred in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Transcript of interview with Horace Emery by Barry Sarles, March 2, 1980
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On March 2, 1980, Barry Sarles interviewed river boatman and dam worker, Horace Emery (born 1911 in California) at his older brother’s farm in Nelson, Nevada. This interview covers the local area around Nelson and the early events that helped shape the area. Also present during the interview, Barry Sarles’s girlfriend, Diane Dobaj and Horace’s older brother, Merl Emery. Mr. Sarles also discusses his work as a river boatman on the Colorado River, working on the Hoover and Davis Dams, and employment as a factory worker in Clark County.
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Sam Siegel Professional Papers
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The Sam Siegel Professional Papers date from 1958 to 1968 and contain the corporate records of Siegel's Clark Dade Investment Enterprises, Inc., a Las Vegas-based small business. Materials include a corporate record book listing names of stockholders/subscribers, correspondence regarding business transactions, a book of blank stock certificates, and black-and-white photographic prints of Siegel with Jayne Mansfield. One of these prints is signed by Jayne Mansfield.
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