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Chabad of Southern Nevada

Chabad of Southern Nevada was established in 1990 by Rabbi Shea Harlig and his wife Dina Harlig. It is an outpost of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch organization that provides social services and educational programs for members of the Jewish community. Chabad of Southern Nevada is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and has six affiliated centers: Chabad of Summerlin, Chabad of Green Valley, Chabad of East-Or Bamidbar, Chabad of Southwest, Chabad Hebrew Center, and Chabad Student Services at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Aid for AIDS of Nevada 1999 AIDS Walk flyer

Date
1999-04-18
Description
From the Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada (MS-00802) -- Alphabetical research files -- AIDS: Organizations: Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN) file.

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Aid for AIDS of Nevada 1999 AIDS Walk flyer

Date
1999-04-18
Description
From the Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada (MS-00802) -- Alphabetical research files -- AIDS: Organizations: Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN) file.

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Photograph of the Nevada State Senate, Carson City, Nevada, April 05, 1977

Date
1977-04-05
Description
The Nevada State Senate posing for a picture in Carson City, Nevada. Group Creators credit goes to Randell's Studio.

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Protesters with big banner at Nevada Test Site, Nevada: photographic slide

Date
1987-04
Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Big banner text: “Stop the Tests.” Demonstration at Nevada Test Site.

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Roosevelt Fitzgerald Interview for "Nevada, One of Fifty" Program

Identifier
MS-01212
Abstract

The Roosevelt Fitzgerald Interview for "Nevada, One of Fifty" Program consists of one audiocassette. This series of radio programs produced by the University of Nevada, Reno, was part of the U.S. Bicentennial celebration, and explored various aspects of the state: history, politics, immigrants, Native Americans, government, ghost towns, art, and some individuals. Every show featured a different host and guest. In this interview, Dr. Mark Weinstein interviews Dr. Roosevelt Fitzgerald on the subject of "Ethnic groups in Nevada." Fitzgerald was a University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) faculty member and Director of the Ethnic Studies program. He dedicated his life to teaching and was well-known as a researcher and writer of the history of the Black experience in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection

Identifier
MS-00335
Abstract

The Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection contains items from the hospitality and service industries from 1979 to 1992. The collection consists of trade publications, conference brochures, and industry reports focusing on the service and hospitality industries in Nevada.

Archival Collection

The Nevada Club in Reno, Nevada: postcard, image 002

Description
The postcard is inscribed to Miss Sherrill Ann Stolts from her Grandma on August 14, 1952.

Nevada State Retired Teachers Association on the Book, Inside Nevada Schools: A Challenge for the Future

Identifier
MS-00748
Abstract

Nevada State Retired Teachers Association Collection on the book Inside Nevada Schools: A Challenge for the Future (1970-1976) contains the finished book and the research conducted for the completion of the project. Included are oral interviews, articles, notes, copies of photographs, and organizational plans.

Archival Collection

Nevada Desert Experience sign: photographic print

Date
1980 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)
Description
A protest at the Nevada Test Site circa 1980-1999. A Nevada Desert Experience sign says, "Healing the Earth, Healing ourselves. One planet. One air. One water. One land. One people."

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