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Basic Magnesium, Inc.
Basic Magnesium, Inc. (BMI) formed in June 1941 as a joint venture between Basic Refractories, Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio and Magnesium Elektron, Limited of England. Basic Refractories, Inc. owned mining claims in Gabbs Valley, Nye County, Nevada, which produced the magnesite and brucite needed to produce magnesium metal. Magnesium Elektron, Limited owned the patent for the electrolytic process of extracting metallic magnesium from these minerals.
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Jackson, Jerry
Born January 14, 1936 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jerry Reese Jackson has worked as a show producer, director, costume designer, choreographer, lyricist, and composer. In Las Vegas, Nevada, Jackson is best known for his work on the Folies-Bergère at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino where he served as artistic director, choreographer, and later as costume designer for nearly thirty-five years, beginning in 1975 and ending with the show's closure in 2009.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 11, 1980
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 20, 1980
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 23, 1986
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Febuary 12, 1987
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 27, 1987
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"Do You Suspect the Suspect is Negro?": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On injustice for Black individuals.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter graduate advisor reports
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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Stacy Smith and Sofia Allison (Nye Communities Coalition) oral history interview conducted by Kelliann Beavers and Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio: transcript
From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Community organization interviews file.
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