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View from Dante's View at Death Valley, California: panoramic photograph
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Archival Collection
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Unknown locations, events, and people: panoramic photographs
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Archival Collection
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Various work projects on 35mm: photographic transparencies and prints
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Archival Collection
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Audio recording clip from the first interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee D. White, January 24, 2006
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee White on January 24, 2006. Neal discusses his fight for single-seat districts in the Nevada Legislature.
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Audio recording clip from the second interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee D. White, February 7, 2006
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee White on February 7, 2006. Neal discusses his early work in the Nevada Legislature, including his support for restoring rights to felons and his opposition to capital punishment.
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Audio recording clip from the third interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee D. White, March 6, 2006
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee White on March 6, 2006. Neal discusses the cost of tourism posed by the gaming industry in Nevada and compares the low taxes on gaming profits to higher gaming taxes elsewhere.
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Audio recording clip from the fourth interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee D. White, March 24, 2006
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Archival Collection
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Part of the fourth interview with Senator Joe Neal conducted by Claytee D. White on March 24, 2006. Five interviews cover Neal's life from his birth in Mounds, Louisiana, in 1935 to his service as a local politician and community leader. Shortly after joining his family in Las Vegas, Neal served in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1958. Following his military service, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Neal continued his education at the Institute of Applied Science in Chicago, Illinois, with postgraduate work in law. From 1973 to 2001, he served in the Nevada Legislature as the Senator from Clark County Senatorial District No. 4. In the clip, Neal comments on his experience in Nevada politics.
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Audio recording clip from the fifth interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee D. White, June 1, 2006
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee White on June 1, 2006. Neal talks about his work in local government and working to prevent fraud in the election of Aaron Williams, the first African American North Las Vegas city councilman.
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Correspondence and invoices for the sale of Navajo rugs and blankets, 1927-1928
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: J. K. W. Bracken Correspondence
Box/Folder: Box SH-006
Archival Component
Louis Yoxen interview, 2003: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Yoxen begins her interview by discussing how she first arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada to work for the U.S. State Department in the 1950s. She then describes her childhood in Alabama, competing in the Miss America pageant, and her life in Miami, Florida. Yoxen also discusses living in North Africa and Berlin, Germany while working for the State Department as a clerk. She then talks about moving around with her sister and her family, and eventually coming to Las Vegas. She describes what Las Vegas was like in the 1950s. Yoxen ends her interview with a discussion on her family, her husband's work, and their recreational activities.
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