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Audio recording clip from an Interview with Eva G. Simmons by Claytee D. White, February 4, 2013
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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.
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Westside Improvement Committee Petitions of 1940
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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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Photograph of the exterior of the Cove Hotel, original headquarters for Operation Life
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior view of the former Cove Hotel, which became the headquarters for Operation Life.
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Photograph of the rear of the new Operation Life Building, 600 West Owens, Las Vegas, Nevada, late 1980s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior view of the rear of the Operation Life building at 600 West Owens Avenue.
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Photograph of Aldine Weems, administrator of Operation Life, 1970s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Close-up photograph of Aldine Weems.
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Photograph of Aldine Weems, May 1978
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bust-length portrait photograph of Aldine Weems, administrator at Operation Life.
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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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Series of three photographs of a dinner party at Hugo's Cellar to celebrate Operation Life grant, c. 1983.
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Series of photographs of a dinner party held to celebrate Operation Life grant.
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Series of thirteen photographs of Operation Life Christmas party, c. 1985.
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Series of photographs of a Christmas party at Operation Life offices.
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