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African American Experience in Las Vegas
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Photographs of Nipsey Russell performing at the Sands Hotel, 1963
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Photographs of Nancy Wilson's birthday celebration at the Sands Hotel, 1968
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Portrait photograph of Lubertha Johnson at home, 1978
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Portrait photograph of Cora Williams, circa 1975
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Film negative of Moulin Rouge guests, May 26, 1955
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Film negatives of Archie Moore at a Moulin Rouge boxing match, 1955
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Photograph of Althea T. L. Simmons and Carrie Stewart
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Photograph of Donald Clark, Charles Kellar, and Joe Williams at El Capitan
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Photograph of the first boy to attend Carver School, October 13, 1943
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Group portrait photograph of the first black family to move into Carver Park, October 13, 1943
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African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project (139)
Mitchell, Jay Florian (76)
Tabach, Barbara (24)
Las Vegas News Bureau (17)
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Theta Theta Omega Chapter (Las Vegas, Nev.) (8)
Wright, Clinton, 1940- (5)
Associated Booking Corp. (4)
Las Vegas Women in Gaming and Entertainment Oral History Project (3)
Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project (1)
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Moulin Rouge (Hotel-Casino : Las Vegas, Nev.) (74)
African American entertainers (65)
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Casinos -- Marketing (41)
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Lewis, Marzette, 1940- (12)
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (10)
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Theta Theta Omega Chapter (Las Vegas, Nev.) (9)
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Hoggard, Mabel, 1905-1989 (9)
Housing (9)
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African American children (8)
African American Greek letter societies (8)
African American women--Societies and clubs (8)
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Basic Magnesium, Inc. (2)
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Clark County School District (Nev.) (2)
Commencement ceremonies (2)
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Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990 (2)
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Fitzgerald, Roosevelt, 1941-1996 (2)
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Goodman, Oscar Baylin, 1939- (1)
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West, Charles I., 1908-1984 (1)
Westside (Las Vegas, Nev.) (1)
Williams, Wendell Phillips, 1950- (1)
Wilson, Woodrow, 1915-1999 (1)
Woodbury, Clare W. (Clare Watson), 1895-1983 (1)
Zion Methodist Church (Las Vegas, Nev.) (1)
Archival Collection
Sands Hotel Public Relations Records (52)
Lloyd Gill Photograph Collection (41)
Debbie Conway oral history interview (20)
Mabel Hoggard Papers (18)
North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada (15)
Marzette Lewis oral history interview (12)
Alice Key Papers (11)
Audrey James oral history interview (11)
Marcia Washington oral history interview (11)
Q. B. Bush Papers (11)
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (8)
Don T. Walker Photograph Collection (8)
Reverend Donald M. Clark Photograph Collection (8)
Dell Ray Rhodes oral history interview (7)
Eddie Wright Jr. and Johnie B. Wright oral history interview (7)
Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada (7)
Ruby Duncan Photograph Collection on Operation Life (7)
Marie and James B. McMillan Photograph Collection (6)
David L. Washington oral history interview (4)
Gertrude and Roosevelt Toston Photograph Collection (4)
Lonnie Wright oral history interview (4)
Ruth Eppenger D'hondt oral history interview (4)
Clarence Ray Photograph Collection (3)
Elizabeth Nelson Patrick Photograph Collection (3)
Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (3)
Aaron Williams oral history interview (2)
Anna Bailey oral history interview (2)
Milton Norman Photograph Collection (2)
Stella and Claude Parson oral history interview (2)
Alice Key Photograph Collection (1)
Billie Milton Grace Photograph Collection (1)
D. D. Cotton oral history interview (1)
Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection (1)
Eva G. Simmons oral history interview (1)
James A. "Jimmy" Gay III oral history interview (1)
Lee H. Lisby oral history interview (1)
Marzette Lewis Photograph Collection (1)
Ruby Amie-Pilot Papers (1)
UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (1)
Woodrow Wilson oral history interview (1)
Digital Project
Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Photographs (38701)
Southern Nevada The Boomtown Years 1900-1925 (1823)
Welcome Home, Howard (1678)
Walking Box Ranch Collection (1462)
Entertainment (1364)
Neon Survey (1208)
Jamey Stillings Collection (870)
Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project (744)
Dreaming the Skyline: Resort Architecture and the New Urban Space (531)
African American Experience in Las Vegas (493)
The Historic Landscape of Nevada: Development, Water and Natural Environment (423)
Showgirls (366)
Dino at the Sands (161)
Menus: The Art of Dining (3)
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