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Candy Barr, Myron Choen, Joe E. Lewis, Lili St. Cyr
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Sketches, newspaper article, and project pro-forma statement. Also included are a script for a commercial, a press release, and an artist's rendering.
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File includes publicity photo of the hotel, brochures, fliers (including the Dukes of Dixieland), and newspaper clippings of Mickey Rooney and Diahann Carroll.
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Advertisements for Zsa Zsa Gabor, Dick Shaw, Ted Lewis, Edie Adams, Jane Mansfield, Eddie Fisher, and the Folies Bergere.
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File includes materials advertising Clark County Dairy, Stadco advertising agency, American Motels Inc., Silver State Terminal Warehouse Corp., Fremont Estates, and William B. Byrne for County Commissioner. Also included are show programs and a Caesars Palace resort guide.
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This program is for the State of Israel Commendation Dinner to recognize E. Parry Thomas as a distinguished Citizen of Nevada in 1977. The dinner was held at the Dunes Hotel.
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Muriel Stevens (1925-2016) is a former newspaper columnist, author, chef, and radio and television host. Born December 22, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1954. Stevens is known for her radio and television shows, which focused on food, nutrition, and consumer issues. She hosted a one hour daily radio talk show for eight years before moving to television, where celebrity guests joined her on The Muriel Stevens Show to cook their favorite meals.
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The Muriel Stevens Papers (1969-2006) consist of materials documenting Stevens' career as a television cooking show host and newspaper columnist in Las Vegas, Nevada. Newspaper articles, correspondence, ephemera, certificates, and photographs provide information about her career, and to a lesser extent, her personal life. The collection also includes publications and records documenting the Nevada State Dairy Commission and the Las Vegas hospitality industry. The Video Recordings series consists mainly of episodes of the
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