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Hand painted stones at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking north-northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. Envisioned by activists and built by volunteers, the City of Las Vegas established the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden at 1015 S. Casino Center Boulevard to honor the victims and give family members and the community a place to gather to remember.
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A Canadian flag on a decoration with an American flag at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking north-northeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. Envisioned by activists and built by volunteers, the City of Las Vegas established the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden at 1015 S. Casino Center Boulevard to honor the victims and give family members and the community a place to gather to remember.
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A photograph and decorations at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, looking south-southeast in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. Envisioned by activists and built by volunteers, the City of Las Vegas established the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden at 1015 S. Casino Center Boulevard to honor the victims and give family members and the community a place to gather to remember.
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Book, The Marshall Plan, by Jack Sheehan, 2013
Art Marshall is one of the founders of the Marshall-Rousso chain of women's dress shops that started in casinos in Las Vegas. He is also a banker, a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission, is active in the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, is an art collector, and is a philanthopist, especially for Jewish faith-based causes and for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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National Foundation for Asthmatic Children, Sahuaro School: photographs and correspondence regarding Red Skelton's sponsorship of fundraising
Series XI. Red Skelton
Mixed Content
Marion Miller, communism counterspy for the FBI: background information and letter about her visit to the Sands Hotel
Series XXII. Social Functions
Mixed Content
Charlie McLean oral history interview
Oral history interview with Charlie McLean conducted by Lisa Gioia-Acres on December 14, 2007 for the All That Jazz Oral History Project. McLean discusses making a living playing for the Ice Capades—traveling entertainment shows featuring theatrical ice skating performances—and in jazz bands after graduating from college. He also discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1960 and playing at hotels such as the Frontier, Desert Inn, Riviera, Sahara, and the Tropicana.
Archival Collection
Robert Ambrose oral history interview
Oral history interview with Robert Ambrose conducted by David G. Schwartz on September 28, 2016 for the Slot Operations Oral History Project. Ambrose discusses the various positions he held at Tropicana Atlantic City and some of the mentors he has had throughout his career. He then provides his opinions on the technical changes of slot operations, the use of free play, and eSports.
Archival Collection
Don Ross oral history interview
Oral history interview with Don Ross conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 15, 2017 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Ross talks about his Jewish upbringing, and education in Brewster, New York. He also discusses how his interest in hotel catering, conventions and events, has led him to working in the hospitality industry for nearly three decades in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Joan Massagli oral history interview
Oral history interview with Joan Massagli conducted by Claytee D. White on August 19, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Massagli discusses being part of a singing act with her sisters called the Sawyer Sisters that often played Las Vegas, Nevada. She then discusses meeting her husband, Mark Tully Massagli, who was a musician, and making their home in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection