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Audio recording clip from an Interview with Eva G. Simmons by Claytee D. White, February 4, 2013
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Eva Simmons by Claytee D. White on February 4, 2013. Simmons talks about the formation of Les Femmes Douze, a scholarship-granting organization, that she helped found.
Sound
Westside Improvement Committee Petitions of 1940
Date
Archival Collection
Description
This collection consists of petitions signed by citizens of the Westside of Las Vegas from 1 February 1940 to 4 December 1940 that were filed with the Clerk, City of Las Vegas. These petitions focus on the need for improvements on the Westside and request zoning restrictions for residential and business purposes.
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Letter from Donald Clark, president of the Las Vegas Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to Clarence Horton, Esq., president of the State Bar Association, January 11, 1962
Date
Archival Collection
Description
In this letter to Clarence Horton, the president of the Nevada Bar Association, Rev. Donald Clark requests information regarding the delayed admission of Charles L. Kellar, an African American lawyer, to the State Bar Association, January 11, 1962.
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Series of fourteen photographs of Ruby Duncan and other Operation Life members at the Housing and Urban Development regional office in San Francisco, California, 1980s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Series of photographs taken at the San Francisco offices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development when Ruby Duncan and others from Operation Life visited, c. 1983.
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Transparencies of the marquee at the Sands Hotel announcing performance by Lena Horne, November 1961
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Film transparencies of the marquee at the Sands announcing performances by Lena Horne, November 1961. On the marquee: "Jack Entratter Presents Lena Horne, Marty Allen & Steve Rossi, The Most Beautiful Girls in the West, Antonio Morelli & His Music. In the Lounge: Morry King & Violins, Dave Burton, Johnnie McCormick with Bobbi Boyle, Ernie Stewart Trio."
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Photograph of Lena Horne during an interview, no date
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of Lena Horne during an interview. Stamped on back: Las Vegas News Bureau Las Vegas - Nevada Photographers Don English - Dave Lees - Joe Buck.
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Correspondence and material from Al Freeman to Esquire and Parade Magazine regarding a story on Lena Horne, 1957
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Materials for a story about Lena Horne pitched to Esquire magazine, Parade magazine and Chicago Tribune, with accompanying photographs.
Text
Photographs of George Kirby's birthday celebration at the Sands
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Group of black and white photographs of the birthday celebration for George Kirby at the Sands Hotel. Attendees at the party include: Don Rickles, Joe Williams, Vic Damone, Jack Carter and Jack Entratter.
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Summary planning memo from Freeman Company Publicists for Nat King Cole, 1957
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Summary planning memo regarding the taping of the Nat Cole Show with pages indicated for discussion.
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Photograph of Nat King Cole with a group of men around a birthday cake shaped like a crown
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Nat King Cole celebrates his birthday with a cake in the shape of a king's crown. Stamped on back: Las Vegas News Bureau Las Vegas - Nevada Photographers Don English - Joe Buck - Jerry Abbott.
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