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Photograph of Nat King Cole with baseball glove cake, celebrating with Don Rickles, George Burns, Antonio Morelli, and others, no date
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Archival Collection
Description
Black and white photograph of Nat King Cole (center) with Don Rickles, George Burns, Antonio Morelli, and others celebrating with a cake.
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Letter from Frank Liberman (Hollywood) to Al Freeman (Las Vegas), November 6, 1958
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Typed letter on Frank Liberman and Associates Public Relations letterhead to Al Freeman referencing a press event for Nat King Cole.
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Draft copy of invitation to a goodbye party for Nat King Cole at the Sands Hotel, no date
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Copy of invitation from Jack Entratter at the Sands Hotel sent to representatives at the Sahara, Riviera, Desert Inn, the Hacienda, the Dunes, the Flamingo and the Tropicana hotels, for a farewell to Nat King Cole.
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Photographs of Nat King Cole with Maria Cole, and Jack Entratter cutting a piano-shaped cake
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Set of black and white film negatives showing Nat King Cole, Maria Cole and Jack Entratter with a cake shaped like a piano.
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Photographs of Nat King Cole off stage at the Sands Hotel
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Set of black and white photographs of Nat King Cole posing with groups at the Sands Hotel.
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Audio clip from interview with Jean S. Childs, December 2, 2013
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Jean S. Childs, December 2, 2013. In this clip, Jean Childs describes an experience she had helping someone at the Concentrated Employment Program.
Sound
Audio clip from interview with Beverly Mason, December 21, 2012
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Beverly Mason, December 21, 2012. In this audio clip, Mason discusses the importance of church in her upbringing and in the African American community.
Sound
Audio clip from interview with Eva Whaley, May 13, 2013
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Eva Whaley, May 13, 2013. In this audio clip, Whaley speaks about renting an apartment in a Westside community and purchasing a home through a real estate agent.
Sound
Audio clip from interview with Samuel Smith, June 17, 2011
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Samuel Smith, June 22, 2011. In this clip, Smith speaks about his run-in with Las Vegas police when he moved to the area, and the relationship between police officers and the black community.
Sound
Audio clip from interview with Lovey M. McCurdy, March 19, 1981
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Lovey McCurdy, March 19, 1981. In this audio clip, McCurdy recalls the 1969 Westside riot.
Sound