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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Febuary 26, 1987
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"Perspective": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On disappointment, surviving, and going forward.
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"Walking is Good for You But …": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On the dangers of being Black.
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"The New Huckleberry": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On PBS' "The Civil War" Documentary and Black history.
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"The Recruit": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On colleges needing to recruit Black faculty like they recruit Black athletes.
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, July 8, 1965
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter membership committee reports
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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Silver Nugget Neon Survey document, August 17, 2017
Site name: Silver Nugget Casino (North Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site address: 2140 N Las Vegas Blvd
Sign owner: Lucky Silver Gaming
Sign details: Opened 1964 in North Las Vegas. This property also contains a Bowling Alley and an event center.
Sign condition: 4, looks that it needs to be cleaned and touched up.
Sign form: Super Pylon
Sign-specific description: There is a large fiberglass Silver Nugget on top of the sign that reads "Silver Nugget". Grey and white background with White channeled lettering with exterior skeletal neon and incandescent light bulbs contained in the letters. Below is a reader board.
Sign - type of display: Neon and Incandescent light bulbs
Sign - media: Fiberglass, plastic and steel
Sign - non-neon treatments: Fiberglass for scuptural element and plastic for reader board
Sign animation: Flasher used for incandescent light bulbs
Sign environment: This is located in North Las Vegas near fast food restaurants, residential areas and the North Las Vegas Library.
Sign - thematic influences: Silver Nugget Representative of old west style of themes and casinos. Along the lines of Golden Nugget and similar properties.
Sign - artistic significance: This casino opened in the same year as Jerry's Nugget and both had the same concept of the nugget in their signage. Though the fiberglass silver nugget is more remnant of Kermit Wayne's 1961 Golden Nugget bull nose sign that featured a fiberglass nugget.
Survey - research locations: Silver Nugget Casino website http://silvernuggetlv.com/
Survey - research notes: The website was the only helpful avenue of research on this property.
Survey - other remarks: The Neon Museum does have one of their older fiberglass Silver Nuggets in the Boneyard.
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-08-17
Sign keywords: Pylon; Neon; Incandescent; Fiberglass; Plastic; Steel; Sculptural; Flashing; Reader board
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