Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display
 List  Grid
   Results Per Page
Displaying results 24531 - 24540 of 25205

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 06, 2005

Date
2005-06-06
Description
Includes meeting minutes and agenda. CSUN Session 35 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

Text

View

Leslie Mujica oral history interview: transcript

Date
2020-06-02
Description

Oral history interview with Leslie Mujica conducted by Barbrara Tabach on June 2, 2020 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project and The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic. In this interview, Mujica talks about her childhood growing up in Guatemala and immigrating to Southern California with her family in 1980. She discusses her move to Las Vegas in 2005 and her employment history both in nonprofit work and in construction, which led to the pursuit of her current position as the Executive Director and Chief Marketing Officer of Las Vegas Power Professionals. Leslie also shares her educational history with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It is where she obtained her Master's Degree in Public Administration and where Leslie currently serves as a board member of the Latinx Voices Project and the Alumni Legacy Board.

Text

View

Congregation Ner Tamid

Congregation Ner Tamid is the second oldest Jewish synagogue in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, founded in 1974. It is the largest Reform synagogue in Nevada, and has been led by Rabbi Sanford Akselrad since 1988. Ner Tamid is home to the Gary and Lynn Kantor Early Childhood Education Center and the Mark L. Fine Judaica gift shop.  It offers youth and adult education, as well as a Men’s Club, Sisterhood, and other social groups. In 2015, more than 600 families were members of Ner Tamid, and the congregation offered over 200 programs and activities in the course of a year.

Law School Study for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (bound)

Date
1974-09 (year and month approximate)
Description

A bound version of the "Law School Study for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas" by Dean Willard H. Pedrick, College of Law, Arizona State University, and Professor Lorne Seidman, Chairman, Department of Finance, College of Business and Economics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Records (UA-00048).

Text

View

Transcript of interview with Burton Cohen by Claytee White, January 9, 2009

Date
2009-01-09
Description

In this interview, Burton Cohen discusses his involvement in the Las Vegas casino industry, including booking entertainment for various hotels.

Burton Cohen's long casino executive career began in the mid-1960s when he accepted a proposition to become involved with the transformation of the Frontier Hotel. He left his south Florida roots and law practice to become a co-owner/general manager of the Frontier Hotel. Thus, began his highly regarded Las Vegas presence. For nearly four decades he served in the management of some of the Strip's most famous casinos: Flamingo, Dunes, Circus Circus, Caesar Palace, Thunderbird and the Desert Inn, which remains his favorite. In this interview, Burt reflects on the positions he held, the celebrities he hired and befriended, and offers a unique look at the behind the scenes marketing and entertainment strategies that he helmed. He shares stories of becoming entrenched in casino operations, his reflections of union experiences, and even anecdotes about moving his mother to Las Vegas.

Text

View

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter "Tea Rose Talk" newsletters

Date
1999-03
1999-09
Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

Text

View

Speech transcript by Joyce Mack for UNLV Alumni Association honor as 2008 Silver State Award recipient

Date
2008
Description

In 2008, Joyce Mack was honored for her continued support of UNLV with the Silver State Award.

Text

View

Audio clip from interview with Andy Katz, February 16, 2016

Date
2016-02-16
Description

In this clip, Andy Katz discusses the programs at Manpower, an employment agency franchise that his parents established in Las Vegas in the 1960s, and still exists today. Katz became involved at an early age, and talks about employment opportunities he had growing up.

Sound

View

Correspondence from Ronald Reagan and others to Chic Hecht, January-February, 1986, regarding electricity in Pine Valley

View

Audio clip from interview with Michael S. Mack, May 20, 2015

Date
2016-05-20
Description

In this audio clip Michael S. Mack discusses his family history and how the Mack family came to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sound

View

Refine my results

Content Type
Creator or Contributor
Subject
Archival Collection
Digital Project
Resource Type
Year
Material Type
Place
Language
Records Classification