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Architectural drawing for MGM Grand Hotel (Las Vegas), 23rd floor plans, February 28, 1972
Floor plans and seating plans for the MGM Grand Hotel suites and high-roller casino on the 23rd floor. Includes revisions and key plan. Drawn by P. Printed on mylar. The MGM Grand Hotel was sold to Bally's Corporation to become Bally's Las Vegas in 1985. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect; Taylor Construction Co., Interior Design Division.
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel
Address: 3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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Johnny LaVoie Papers on the Culinary Workers Union Local 226
The Johnny LaVoie Papers on the Culinary Workers Union 226 (1958-1993) contain photographs of Culinary Union meetings; Culinary Union strikes at the MGM Hotel, Frontier Hotel, and other Las Vegas, Nevada hotels; agreements; by-laws; and Culinary Union collective bargaining booklets. Also included are negatives that correspond to the photographs, audiovisual material, newsletters from the Culinary Union and Catering Industry Employees, pins, buttons, and postcards.
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Junior Craig oral history interview
Oral history interview with Junior Craig conducted by Donald E. Bodkin on February 15, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Craig discusses bringing trucks in from Los Angeles, California to work on the building of the Davis Dam. Craig recalls being an active member of the member of the civil defense in Clark County, Nevada.
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Greg Goussak oral history interview
Oral history interview with Greg Goussak conducted by Barbara Tabach on May 19, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Goussak first discusses his family history and how they ended up in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1960. He also talks about desegregation efforts in the Clark County School District and the role B’nai B’rith Youth Organization had on his childhood. Goussak then discusses his education, working at the Dunes Hotel, the Boulder Highway project, and his various occupations.
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Marshall L. Wright Photograph Collection
The Marshall L. Wright Photograph Collection consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives from approximately 1950 to 1960. Wright was an executive at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the photographs depict him with friends and business associates, and at events promoting the hotel. Also included are photographs of the Riviera Hotel and Las Vegas Strip.
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UNLV Libraries Collection of Regional History Files
The UNLV Libraries Collection of Regional History Files (approximately 1855-2020) represent a wide variety of subjects relating to Las Vegas, Nevada and the surrounding region. Materials include physical and scanned newspaper clippings, documents and fliers, brochures, reports, scanned photographs, and website printouts. The files include information about national organizations with local Nevada chapters, prominent individuals and families, popular locations, and general topics relating to Southern Nevada history.
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Barbara Millington oral history interview
Oral history interview with Barbara Millington conducted by David Mowrey for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Millington discusses the development of Las Vegas, Nevada and compares the 1940s to the 1980s. Millington also discusses her work history and personal life in Las Vegas.
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Interview with Ernest Benjamin Williams, March 26, 2004
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Shirley Allen oral history interview
Oral history interview with Shirley Allen conducted by Nancy Hardy on June 21, 2003 for the Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Allen discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada with her family and starting dancing professionally while attending university. Her first job was at the Riviera in 1964, working as a showgirl. She explains that the work was not difficult and they were not asked to do anything inappropriate, but they did have to pay for their own cocktail dresses and accessories. She also explains that she was a "covered dancer" in the beginning but by the late 1960s she had to "uncover" (work topless) to be employed. She then talks about working in Pzazz! '68 at the Stardust Resort Hotel and Casino, after auditioning for Fluff LeCoque, Donn Arden's company captain. She also talks about her impression of Miss Bluebell and Donn Arden. She spends some time talking about what life was like backstage, relations between the girls, and meeting celebrities, her first experience with topless dancing in Lido de Paris, and how the backstage dressing areas were assigned and the difficulty of fast changes between sets. Later, she talks about things that can go wrong, from forgeting choreography to the more serious issue of the HIV/AIDS epidemic that swept through the shows in the 1980s.
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Gene Kilroy oral history interview
Oral history interview with Gene Kilroy conducted by Claytee White on October 18, 2021 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Kilroy begins by discussing being born in a mining camp and his grandmother being an important figure in his life. Throughout the interview, Kilroy discusses working at various places on the Las Vegas Strip, including the Dunes Hotel and MGM Grand and meeting many famous people. He discusses the military being an important part of his life, as well as his time playing professional football for the Philadelphia Eagles.
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