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Simmons, Cecil (Cecil Bernard), 1909-2005
Cecil Bernard Simmons, 95, passed away Feb. 25, 2005, at his home. Cecil was born Aug. 18, 1909, in Fayette, Miss. He was preceded in death by his parents, four siblings and his beloved wife of 65 years, Katherine Watson Simmons. Surviving family, John Gladybelle Ensminger of Monroe, La., Paula and Tom Gandy of Baton Rouge, La., and Sandy and Karen Sanderford of Las Vegas. Cecil was a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Army military police.
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Salgado, Checko, 1970-
Sergio “Checko” Salgado was born in Las Vegas, Nevada at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, a hospital whose name is unrecognizable to the majority of the people that now make Southern Nevada their home. Although the building still operates today, it is known as the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Nevada’s Level I trauma center and one of the largest public hospitals in the United States.
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Su Kim Chung oral history interview
Oral history interview with Su Kim Chung conducted by Claytee White on March 11, 2021 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.
Su Kim Chung is the Public Services Department Head of University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lied Library's Special Collections and Archives. This interview was conducted in part for the 20th year celebration of Lied Library. Su Kim first talks about the construction of Lied Library and what makes it special compared to the previous library building on campus. She then discusses her personal history and education that led her to UNLV, where she has now worked for 22 years. Her work involves manuscript curation, panel discussions with Las Vegas entertainers, and oral history collection among other activities. She has also written a book, Las Vegas Then and Now, that talks of the city's rich entertainment history.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter scrapbook: "Exemplifying excellence through sustainable service"
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014).
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 05, 1999
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Transcript of Interview with Merna Dennison by Ken Pyatt, March 1, 1980
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter program committee reports
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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Transcript of interview with Norma and Gil Schwartz by Stefani Evans, September 22, 2017, October 4, 2017, & February 14, 2018
It's been live, love, and laugh ever since we met. We've been married now thirty-three years. Even for a ninety-three-year-old man, thirty-three years is a long time. For Gil Schwartz, thirty-three years is nearly one-third of his life. The former real estate broker, who was raised in Rye, New York, learned the business by working with his father and then forming his own property management company in Manhattan. In 1959, with two children in tow, Gil moved to Las Vegas, where he soon took temporary quarters at Twin Lakes Lodge and he and his children learned to ride horses. In this interview, Schwartz recalls how horseback riding gave him an instant network of friends through working on the annual Helldorado Days and joining the Sheriff's Mounted Posse. He talks about Sahara Realty, the real estate brokerage he founded in 1964 and sold in 1983, and he shares his experiences 1967–68 in negotiating options to buy about one hundred parcels of unimproved land for Herb Nall, who represe
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