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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 6, 1984
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 8, 1983
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 13, 1983
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 30, 2000
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 03, 2004
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 27, 2006
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Transcript of interview with Charles Salton by George Green, April 23, 1976
Interview with Charles Salton by George Green on April 23, 1976. Salton discusses arriving in Las Vegas in 1929, after his family had moved from New Jersey to Huntington Beach, California. His father sold real estate, and expected a boom after the authorization for the construction of Hoover Dam. His father was involved in bootlegging and then owned Al's Bar, a drinking and gambling establishment, on the alley at South First Street. Salton describes the area around Fremont Street and Las Vegas Boulevard with businesses and grocery stores, the grammar school and high school, and the hospital. Salton talks about his social activities, including involvement in the Jewish Community Center (Temple Beth Sholom), and several of the bars, clubs and casinos in the area. He briefly discusses the mob influence in the casinos versus corporate ownership and then speaks about the education system in Clark County.
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Transcript of interview with Stanley Schwartz by Carol Schwartz, March 1, 1980
Interview with Stanley Schwartz by Carol Schwartz on March 1, 1980. Stanley talks about coming to Las Vegas in 1951 to open a clothing business on Main Street, Schwartz Brothers Clothing. He compares the business district of the 1950s to the district in 1980, and advertising opportunities in the newspapers and on the radio. Schwartz talks about suit styles and changing preferences of buyers, and moving the store to Second Street, then Fremont Street, then to Maryland Square Shopping Center. In 1970, he changed the focus of the clothing store to "big and tall" and talks about the importance of customer service in retaining customers. He mentions Al Benedict and Herb Tobman as people he admired.
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