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League of Women Voters records and newspaper clippings, 1977-1981
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Archival Collection
Description
The press releases and ephemera from the League of Women Voters provide details about meetings and officer installations for the Las Vegas chapter.
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Audio clip from interview with Jocelyn Oats conducted by John Grygo and Claytee D. White, November 20, 2012
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Archival Collection
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Audio clip from interview with Jocelyn Oats on November 20, 2012. In the clip, Jocelyn talks about the beginnings of Nevada Partners, and her work with the teenaged youth of Las Vegas in the 1990s.
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Transcript of interview with Burton Cohen by Claytee White, January 9, 2009
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Archival Collection
Description
In this interview, Burton Cohen discusses his involvement in the Las Vegas casino industry, including booking entertainment for various hotels.
Burton Cohen's long casino executive career began in the mid-1960s when he accepted a proposition to become involved with the transformation of the Frontier Hotel. He left his south Florida roots and law practice to become a co-owner/general manager of the Frontier Hotel. Thus, began his highly regarded Las Vegas presence. For nearly four decades he served in the management of some of the Strip's most famous casinos: Flamingo, Dunes, Circus Circus, Caesar Palace, Thunderbird and the Desert Inn, which remains his favorite. In this interview, Burt reflects on the positions he held, the celebrities he hired and befriended, and offers a unique look at the behind the scenes marketing and entertainment strategies that he helmed. He shares stories of becoming entrenched in casino operations, his reflections of union experiences, and even anecdotes about moving his mother to Las Vegas.
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Irma I. Varela interview, March 5, 2019: transcript
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Archival Collection
Description
Interviewed by Barbara Tabach. Born and raised in Zacatecas, Mexico, Irma moved to Las Vegas in 1989. She is the Cultural Program Supervisor at Winchester Community Center and has devoted much of her career to preserving Hispanic cultural traditions in Las Vegas. She has been an active leader in local events such as Community Roots, International Food & Folk Life Festival, World Vibrations, and Dio de Los Muertos.
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Margo Knowles interview, March 25, 1981: transcript
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas, OH-01039. On March 25, 1981, collector Sonny Neighbors interviewed his mother, Margo Knowles (born October 13th, 1935 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Margo speaks about growing up and going to school in Las Vegas. She also discusses her work as a telephone operator in Las Vegas, and at the Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nevada.
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Transcript of interview with Mildred Breedlove by Steve Drappo, February 18, 1979
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Peter Gratton by Clayee D. White, February 26, 2009
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Archival Collection
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Transcript from interview with Jocelyn Oats conducted by John Grygo and Claytee D. White, November 20, 2012
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Archival Collection
Description
Transcript from interview with Jocelyn Oats by John Grygo. Oats came to Las Vegas with her family and grew up on the Westside. Her father was a leader in the community and a founder of Victory Baptist Church. Her mother provided child care for people in the community. Oats works with Nevada Partners and the Youth Employment for Summer (YES), and reflects on the community in Las Vegas.
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"Around the World with Bob" calendar, 2011
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Robert L. Forbuss Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box SH-081 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Young's personal papers including issues of Nevada Gay Times, LAMBDA Impulse, LGAU meeting notes and correspondence, and bibliographies of LGBTQ related titles in Las Vegas Valley public library systems, 1983 to 2011
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Christie Young Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01, Box 02
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