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Reed, Walter
Possibly involved with mining claims in Colorado in the 1890s
Decision of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to Public Lands, from January 1898 to May 1898. vol. XXVI, pages 485-487. https://books.google.com/books?id=kc9DAAAAIAAJ
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"Party reel" for unknown Stardust event: video, 2004 January 28
Promotional video created by Laguna Productions for Boyd Gaming Corporation. The video features all the Boyd properties, including Las Vegas, Henderson, the midwest, and Atlantic City. Don Snyder, President, speaks on the company's mission and goals to take care of each and every guest. The video then details individual properties, showing interior and exterior clips of all the locations. Starting with the Eldorado Casino and Jokers Wild casinos, aimed at serving the local population. The video speaks to the games available at each location, dining options, and convenient location on the way to Lake Mead recreation. The next casino is Sam's Town, the California Hotel and Casino, Main Street, and the Fremont. Each location has particular qualities and amenities that are highlighted by the voiceover, as well as the historical information about when it was purchased by Boyd. The Stardust Resort and Casino is the last Las Vegas location highlighted. Additional hotel/casinos and racetracks featured are: Sam's Town Tunica (Mississippi), Treasure Chest (New Orleans), Par-a-dice (Illinois), Blue Chip (Lake Michigan, Indiana), Delta Downs (Louisiana), and Borgata (Atlantic City). Original media Betacam SP, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 049
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Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection
The Morgan Sweeney Photograph Collection (approximately 1922-1969) consists of black-and-white photographic prints of Boulder City, Nevada, and Lake Mead and Hoover Dam areas, located on the border between Arizona and Nevada. The images depict the interior, exterior, and construction stages of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). There is also an aerial photograph of Boulder City, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Erma Linda Rivera oral history interview
Oral history interview with Erma Linda Rivera conducted by Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez, Nathalie Martinez, Maribel Estrada Calderón, and Barbara Tabach on January 09, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Erma Linda Rivera discusses her early life as a grandchild of immigrants. She shares her experiences growing up in a mining town in Arizona. After marrying, both Erma Linda and her husband Jose became federal civil servants. This would lead Erma Linda Rivera to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1984. Prior to retirement, Rivera worked as an regional Equal Employment Opportunity manager. Rivera discusses her career working for the Department of the Interior, sharing how her job helped fuel her passion for social justice. Erma Linda relates the importance of civic involvement in her life. Finally, she reflects on how Henderson, Nevada has changed over the years she has lived there.
Archival Collection
Showboat Hotel and Casino promotional video: video
Footage of early Las Vegas and then shots of Showboat casino interior and exterior as voice narrates a history of the casino and describes features and amenities of the hotel. Footage of gambling floor, guests enjoying different games, the bowling center, boxing matches, entertainers, golf, tennis, and swimming pool, and buffets. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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Moapa River Indian School Annual Report, 1923
Department of the Interior, United States Indian Service 1923 annual report of the conditions on the Moapa River Reservation School. Section I includes reservation law and order. Section II includes reservation health. Section III includes the reservation school. Section IV includes reservation industries (infrastructure). Section V includes allotments. Included in section IV is a detailed status report (1922-08-25/1922-08-31) from the Chief Medical Supervisor.
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Map of part of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, showing changes in the land-surface altitude, 1935 to 1940-41
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Map of part of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, showing changes in the land-surface altitude, 1935-50
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Stardust Resort and Casino Photograph Collection
The Stardust Resort and Casino Photograph Collection, approximately 1970 to 1979, consists of black-and-white and color photographic prints of the Stardust Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The photographs depict the interior and exterior of the hotel before and after its renovation in 1975.
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