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Slide of aerial view of University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, circa 1971

Date
1970 to 1972
Description
Aerial view, looking northwest, of University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus. Round building is Dickinson Library. Building in lower left is Moyer Student Union. Building under construction in foreground is Flora Dungan Humanities building. Maude Frazier Hall is to the right. The Dunes Hotel, Caesars Palace, and the Sands Hotel can be seen in the distance.

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Photograph of Ann Brewington on her 100th birthday, July 22, 1989

Date
1989-07-22
Description
Ann E. Brewington at a reception on July 22, 1989 to commemorate her 100th birthday. The rocking chair in which she is seated, and the floral arrangement, were gifts from the University of Chicago, where she taught in the School of Business. Brewington was a sister-in-law of Nevada Governor Vail M. Pittman.

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Photograph of Nevada Southern University Commencement, Las Vegas, June 03, 1964

Date
1964-06-03
Description
Handwritten description provided on back of image: "N. S. 1st commencement, 6/3/64. Frank Wartman of Boulder City, first recipient of an honorary doctorate at Nevada Southern. L. to R.: Archie C. Grant, Chairman of the Board of Regents; President Armstrong; Dr. Wartman; Dr. Dandini, University Marshall." Group Creators credit goes to Photo/Rama.

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Diploma and envelope from Brigham Young Academy, Provo City, Utah. to Mary Etta Syphus Panaca, Nevada

Date
1893-08-21
Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original diploma from Brigham Young Academy, an envelope with no stamp, a typed transcription of the envelope, and a copy of original envelope attached.

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Transcript of interview with Rex Bell Jr. by Claytee D. White, March 2, 2010

Date
2010-03-02
Description
Growing up on the Walking Box Ranch as the son of movie stars Rex Bell and Clara Bow, attending law school, work in Las Vegas, race relations, and owning a law practice.

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Finals of the first UNLV Rebel Grad Slam event in Greenspun Hall Auditorium November 7, 2014 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: digital photographs

Date
2014-11-07
Description

Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05).

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Helen Yu oral history interview

Identifier
OH-03834
Abstract

Oral history interview with Helen Yu conducted by Andrew Yu on December 1, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project.

Helen Yu discusses her upbringing in Seoul, South Korea, her grandfather's immigration to the United States in the late 1970s, and her family's decision to follow him to Portland, Oregon in 1984. She shares her family's history and their experiences during the Korean War, including what life was like both in North and South Korea at that time. Helen Yu discusses her undergraduate education at the University of Oregon studying graphic design and her graduate education at Ewha Womans University College of Art and Design in South Korea. She shares her thoughts having both a Korean American and Asian American identity, her marriage and two wedding ceremonies to her Korean husband, and her family's move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2001. Helen Yu concludes with a discussion of her event planning work which led to her current role as the Operations Manager at the Emerald at Queensridge in Las Vegas.

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