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Cunningham, Don

Don Cunningham, Jazz musician and Las Vegas resident was born in 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri. As a child he was heavily influenced by blues and jazz musicians such as BB King, Count Basie, and Ella Fitzgerald. Growing up in St. Louis Cunningham worked shining shoes and cleaning steps going to white neighborhoods working inside taverns. He received saxophone lessons from a family friend and joined the band attending a segregated high school.

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Freda Klein Papers

Identifier

MS-00389

Archival Collection

Schoolmaster's Club of Las Vegas, Nevada Records

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UA-00125

Archival Collection

Greg Clemens Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00374

Archival Collection

Howard Schwartz Collection on Gaming

Identifier

MS-00104

Archival Collection

Paul May Papers

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MS-00178

Archival Collection