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Ruby Amie-Pilot Papers (MS-00102)

Abstract

The Ruby Amie-Pilot Papers (approximately 1930s-2002) contains newspaper clippings about events in West Las Vegas, Nevada, family photographs, and a memorial program from Robbie Tyler's memorial service. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings containing a portion of the cartoon series her son Ronald Terry Amie published in the Las Vegas Voice and articles about public commissions of his art work for North Las Vegas.

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Date

1930 to 2002

Extent

0.19 Cubic Feet (1 box)
0.21 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Ruby Amie-Pilot Papers (approximately 1930s-2002) contains newspaper clippings about events in West Las Vegas, Nevada, family photographs, and a memorial program from Robbie Tyler's memorial service. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings containing a portion of the cartoon series her son Ronald Terry Amie published in the Las Vegas Voice and articles about public commissions of his art work for North Las Vegas. Ruby Amie-Pilot moved to Las Vegas in 1952 and worked at the Desert Inn and was the first African American full-time salesperson at Sears in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Material remain as they were received.

Related Collections

The following resources may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection:

Amie-Pilot, Ruby. Interview, 2013 August 07. OH-02430. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Ruby Amie-Pilot Papers, approximately 1930s-2002. MS-00102. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Donated in 2014 by Ruby Amie-Pilot; accession number 2014-020.

Processing Note

The collection was minimally processed by Tom Sommer in 2014 at the time of accessioning. In 2017, Joyce Moore created the inventory, edited and enhanced the collection description, and uploaded the ArchivesSpace finding aid.

Resource Type

Papers

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::MS00102

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