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Robert L. "Bob" Forbuss portrait, interior at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, three days before grand opening: digital image
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Robert L. "Bob" Forbuss portrait, interior at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, three days before grand opening: digital image
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Robert L. "Bob" Forbuss portrait, interior at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, three days before grand opening: digital image
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"The Impact of the Hoover Dam Project on Race Relations in Southern Nevada": manuscript draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file.
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Frank Wright, Richard Bryan, and Thomas J. Hickey panel discussion
Panel discussion entitled Las Vegas: Past, Present, Future with Frank Wright, Richard Bryan, and Thomas J. Hickey moderated by Robert Tracy on January 11, 2002 for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) of Nevada annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this discussion, the three panelists discuss Las Vegas' past and the history that both created the city and informs public opinion about it, the present and the challenges the growing city faces socially and economically, and the potential future directions the city might take to ensure continued prosperity. The discussion began with the panelists presenting prepared remarks and continued to an extended question and answer session with the meeting attendees.
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Molasky, Irwin
Irwin Molasky (1927-2020) is a Las Vegas, Nevada real estate developer and chairman of the Molasky Group of Companies. He was involved in many major Las Vegas development projects including Paradise Palms, Sunrise Hospital, Nathan Adelson Hospice, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), the Boulevard Mall, Bank of America Plaza, Regency Towers, and Park Towers.
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Hank Harrison Photograph Collection on Helldorado Days
The Hank Harrison Photograph Collection on Helldorado Days contains two black-and-white photographs of the Helldorado Days festival in Las Vegas, Nevada from approximately 1940 to 1977. The first photograph depicts a rodeo clown distracting a bull; the second photograph is of Ned Romero, an actor in Helldorado.
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Insignia Films Research for the American Experience: Las Vegas - An Unconventional History
The Insignia Films Research for the "American Experience: Las Vegas - An Unconventional History" collection (1968, 2004-2005) contains photocopied research material, primarily drawn from Nevada newspapers, photographic prints, Betacam and VHS videotapes with interviews and footage used in the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) series "American Experience: Las Vegas - An Unconventional History," created for the Las Vegas Centennial, Las Vegas, Nevada. Also included are original issues of Look magazine with Las Vegas, Nevada coverage, and a United States Freedom of Information Act (USFOIA) report on Tony Spilotro.
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Audiovisual, 1984-2003
The audiovisual materials series dates from 1984 to 20003 and chronicles Howard Hughes and various aspects of Hughes Electronics. In addition to the documentary “Howard Hughes the Aviator,” the series contains historical footage of Howard Hughes. There are also interviews with top executives of the company and footage relating to significant events in the company’s history such as mergers, Chinese President Jiang’s visit to Hughes’ headquarters in 1997, and the 1996 shooting at the Hughes facility in El Segundo, California. Promotional materials relating to the accomplishments of various divisions of the company also feature prominently, as do presentations highlighting company products particularly in relation to communication satellites and DirecTV.
The information in this series resides on number of different media types. The most common media type is the VHS cassette (primarily in the NTSC format, with some in the PAL format). There are also a sizeable number of Umatic (3/4 inch NTSC format), Betacam, and Betacam SP cassettes. Other media included in the series are reels of different sized magnetic tape, a Zip 100 diskette, and two 650 MB CD-R recordable CDs.
Collection Name: Hughes Electronics Corporation Records
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