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Transcript of interview with John Brooks by Jeff Kennedy, February 28, 1979
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Celesta Lowe oral history interview
Oral history interview with Celesta Lowe conducted by Patrick Carlton on February 6, 2002 for the Las Vegas Rotary Club Oral History Project. Lowe begins by discussing her early life in Baker, California and her father’s role as a station agent for the Tonopah Tidewater Railroad during the 1920s and 1930s. Lowe then describes her family moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1940s. Lowe chronicles the process state legislatures took to open Nevada Southern University in 1957 and her role as an administrative assistant in the main office of the school. Lowe recounts her career at Nevada Southern University, the expansion of the campus, and renaming it University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Lastly, Lowe talks about her switch from an administrative assistant to a librarian at UNLV.
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Letter from William McDermott to J. Ross Clark, March 31, 1903
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Letter from T. C. Peck to T. P. Cullen, February 5, 1920
Caption: Complaint - Southwestern Shipbuilding Co.
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Letter from E. E. Calvin to N. A. Williams, October 17, 1922
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UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection
The UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (approximately 1869-1999) contains photographs, postcards, negatives, and slides primarily pertaining to Southern Nevada, with a focus on Las Vegas, Nevada, collected by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives. The collection primarily includes images of early Las Vegas, hotels and casinos along Fremont Street and the Strip, railroad infrastructure, local businesses, and residential neighborhoods. Also included are images of Hoover (Boulder) Dam's construction, MX Missile testing, Nevada mining camps, and the natural desert environment. Other images depict towns throughout Nevada including Boulder City, Henderson, Reno, Luning, Tonopah, Goodsprings, Delmar, Beatty, Panaca, Overton, Caliente, Logandale, and Aurora.
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Letter from Ross W. Smith to J. K. W. Bracken, June 10, 1903
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Letter from William McDermott to J. Ross Clark, March 31, 1903
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Letter from B. W. Dunn to John Ryan, August 23, 1910
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to F. H. Knickerbocker, April 23, 1925
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