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Segretti, Marguerite C., 1912-1990

Marguerite C. Segretti was born August 24, 1912 in Denver, Colorado to Melinda Pearl Cochran and Raymond G. Graham. She lived in Colorado until 1935 when she moved to California. She married John Joseph Segretti, a California native. The couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with their children in 1948. Sagretti later moved to Arizona where she died on December 10, 1990.

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Conley, Marge

Marge Conley spent her childhood in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up during the Great Depression and began working at a young age to help her family. She became a union member and used her union traveling card to transfer from Chicago to Las Vegas, Nevada. She worked as a server at the Desert Inn and Caesars Palace and was a member of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226.

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Smith, Melville B., 1904-1987

Melville B. Smith was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on December 10, 1904 to Juliette and Melville Thomas Smith. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955 and went to work for the Planning and Development Division of the City of Las Vegas, and worked for the City of Las Vegas for over twenty years. He was active in the community and died in Las Vegas on January 25, 1987.

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Donerly, Ralph

Ralph Donerly made his home in Nevada since 1956. He was a professional drummer and played for the Jackie Gleason Show. He lived in Blue Diamond, Nevada.

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Obituary, Las Vegas Review-Journal, http://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=142070943, accessed 2018 May 23.

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Tracht, Violet, 1910-2011

Violet L. Oppedy was born in Searchlight, Nevada on May 12, 1910. She grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1928. She married Dewitt Tracht and moved to Boulder City, Nevada and the couple owned and operated Central Market. She died on November 3, 2011.

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Whitley, Lewis H.

Lewis Whitley was born in Washington, Texas, but moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1946 to live with his grandfather. He met his wife June at the First Baptist Church in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and they married in 1955. They moved to a home in Las Vegas in 1958. He worked as a cook at the Nevada Test Site and was a a fire hydrant inspector for the Clark County Fire Department until his retirement in 2007.

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Ross, Irmalee Anne (1938 December 23-)

Irmalee Anne Gray Ross was born December 23, 1938 to Irma Niles Gray and R. Guild Gray and was raised in Reno, Nevada. She married her husband, R. Ian Ross, on September 02, 1961. Gray Ross worked as a teacher at Las Vegas Day School and retired after 13 years.

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"M. Miller" includes Miller canvassing in trailer home area, visiting a ranch, walking down streets, standing in doorway with unknown woman, campaign performance, 16mm film, undated

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Collection Number: MS-00516
Collection Name: Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Box 04

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Unlabeled film that includes Maya Miller sitting at picnic table in the woods having discussion, b-roll of group walking away and Miller looking at horses, 16mm film, undated

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Collection Number: MS-00516
Collection Name: Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Box 04

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Arlene West and Harriet Trudell interview (1 of 3), 1971 March 20

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Collection Number: MS-00516
Collection Name: Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 01

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