Photograph of young Roosevelt Toston when he first came to Las Vegas in 1959.

Color portrait photograph of Roosevelt Toston from his 40th High School Reunion.

Autographed portrait of Roosevelt Toston in his signature bowtie.

Interview transcript with Roosevelt Toston by Chanelle Pickens, October 19, 2013. This interview focuses primarily on Roosevelt's career in broadcast journalism in the Las Vegas market and then at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Color photograph of Rose McKinney-James, Mya Reyes, Shelley Berkley, and Roosevelt Toston.

Interview with Roosevelt Toston conducted by Claytee D. White on July 11, 2006. Toston grew up in Epps, Louisiana, and came to Las Vegas in the 1950s as a teenager. He describes his experience at Las Vegas High School and the first jobs he held at the Fremont Hotel and the Nevada Test Site. Toston honed his skills at Dana McKay's School of Business, Bell Telephone of Nevada, and in the military. A correspondence course in broadcasting led to jobs at television stations 3 and 8, and ultimately to a position with the Convention Authority in the area of tourism marketing.

Color photograph of Roosevelt Toston as the KLAS-TV 8 reporter/cameraman.