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Audio from interview with Mike and Sallie Gordon, March 2, 1977
Full interview audio with Mike and Sallie Gordon in March 1977 in which they discuss arriving in Las Vegas and their business enterprises.
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Transcipt of interview with John M. Beville by George Braver, March 11, 1981
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Memo from Thomas A. Campbell to Spencer Butterfield and others about the bond election campaign, August 31, 1953
Details of advertising campaign to promote the bond election
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Audio clip from interview with Hank Greenspun, 1975
In this clip, Hank Greenspun speaks with Perry Kaufman about arriving in Las Vegas in 1946, and his first encounter with Bugsy Siegel.
No release form is on file for this interview. The interview is accessible onsite only, and researchers must seek permission from the interviewee or heirs for quotation, reproduction, or publication. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information.
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Pearl Francis Neeley Photograph Collection
The Pearl Francis Neeley Photograph Collection (approximately 2000-2024) consists of digital reproductions of Francis and Neeley family photographs taken from approximately 1890 to 1945 throughout Central and Southern Nevada. Notable locations include Pioche, Eagle Valley, Spring Valley, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Also included in the collection is a digital reproduction of an autobiographical typescript by Neeley titled “My Life History,” and a multipart audio recording of Neeley recollecting her experiences growing up in rural Nevada and other events in her life. This collection consists entirely of digital surrogates.
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Letter from J. Ross Clark to W. H. Bancroft, June 20, 1904
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Letter from J. Ross Clark to J. K. W. Bracken, August 9, 1904
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to C. P. Massie (Las Vegas), June 10, 1942
Letter to the manager of the Army housing project informing him of complaints about water waste and the city ordinance forbidding water waste.
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Comparative statement of water sales: First eleven months of 1935 and 1936
Month by month comparison of 1935 and 1936 water usage in Las Vegas.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), October 10, 1944
Brief rundown of the water situation in Las Vegas, acquisition of water from Basic Magnesium Incorporated, and prevention of additional well drillings.
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