Archival objects in this container: Cove Hotel, original headquarters for Operation Life. The building to the right was also owned by Operation Life and became the West Las Vegas Library, 1970s HUD regional office, San Francisco. Signing paperwork for the grant for Ruby Duncan Manor in Las Vegas, Nevada (housing for the elderly and the handicapped, funded under Sec. 202 of HUD). Ruby Duncan (right), executive director; Renee Diamond (left) board member for Operation Life, 1980s Hugo’s Cellar (restaurant in Four Queens Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev.). A dinner was held to celebrate Operation Life’s grant. L-R: Mahlon Brown, Aldine Weems, Jack Anderson, Ruby Duncan, 1980s Back of new Operation Life Building, 600 West Owens Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1980s Aldine Weems, administrator of Operation Life, 1970s Dinner at Hugo’s Cellar (see photo 0323_0019). L-R: Mahlon Brown, Aldine Weems, Jack Anderson, Ruby Duncan, Diane Anderson (Jack’s wife), Renee Diamond, 1980s Left to right (L-R): Aldine Weems; Marty Makower, National Economic Development and Law Center, Berkeley, California; Renee Diamond; unidentified federal employee; Ruby Duncan, executive director of Operation Life. HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s Aldine Weems, 1978 May L-R: Aldine Weems, Ruby Duncan, Tommy Ruggiero (board member, Operation Life). HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s L-R: Jack Anderson, attorney for Operation Life; Ruby Duncan, Executive Director. HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s L-R: Ruby Duncan and unidentified HUD official. HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s L-R: Renee Diamond and Ruby Duncan. Working on the paperwork for a grant for Operation Life. In HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s L-R: Unidentified HUD official and Ruby Duncan. HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s Ruby Duncan (center) with two unidentified HUD officials in the HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s L-R: Mahlon Brown (Las Vegas attorney), Ruby Duncan, Jack Anderson (attorney for Operation Life), HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s Ruby Duncan (seated, center), Jack Anderson (standing with rolled-up paper). HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s L-R: Jack Anderson and Mahlon Brown (attorneys). HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s L-R: Renee Diamond and Ruby Duncan. HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s Ruby Duncan (seated, center) with Operation Life staff members and HUD officials; at HUD regional office, San Francisco, 1980s L-R: Renee Diamond, Jack Anderson, Ruby Duncan, Marty Makower. Marty Makower worked for the National Economic Development and Law Center in Berkeley, California and assisted Operation Life officials in grant writing, 1980s
