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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson greeting Lawrence Welk as he deplanes after a TWA flight, circa 1960s

Date
1960 to 1969
Archival Collection
Description
Lawrence Welk (left) shakes hands with Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson as he is deplaning from a TWA flight. A sign to the left of the stairs reads "TWA Sky Club Coach." The location where the photograph was taken is unknown. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 - October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor. Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known to his large number of radio, television, and live-performance fans (and critics) as "champagne music".

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"Dummy Up": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date
1991 (year approximate) to 1992 (year approximate)
Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On rogue cops and maintaining silence about them.

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Constitution for the Inter-Greek Council, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1977

Date
1977 (year approximate)
Description
University of Nevada, Las Vegas constitution for the Inter-Greek Council. CSUN Session 5 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 21, 1979

Date
1979-08-21
Description
Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate. CSUN Session 8 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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