Community brochure produced by City of Las Vegas to commemorate the National Historic District designation.
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Program listing speakers for the community event held to unveil banners and plaques in the Berkley Square Historic District, February 9, 2013.
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Invitation from Councilman Ricki Y. Barlow to the ceremonies to unveil Berkley Square Historic District banners and plaque, February 9, 2013.
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Group portrait: (L-R) Judge Robert Reid, Mabel Hoggard, Aaron Williams, Bill Evans, Herschel L. Williams (2nd row), Claude Perkins (2nd row), Theron Goynes, Claude Parsons, Helen Anderson Toland, James Pughsley, John Shippe, and Judge Robert Moon Mullen.
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Roosevelt Toston holds a plaque with with Dr. Paul Meacham. The back of the photograph is stamped with "Las Vegas News Bureau 54195 Convention Center Las Vegas, NV 89109." Handwritten on back in pen: "Roosevelt + Dr. Meacham Pres. CSN".
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Pictured are members of Delta Sigma Theta (from left): Joan Pughsley, Savannah Brown, Gertrude Woods, Lajuana Bailey, Dorothy Williams, Grace McGlothen, Gwen Booker and Charlotte Cook.
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Color photograph of women, including Gertrude Toston, gathered for the Delta Sigma Theta Sepia Fashion Show.
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Essay by Roosevelt Fitzgerald exploring the history of the black community in Las Vegas from its founding in 1905 through the 1930s.
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Essay by Roosevelt Fitzgerald reflecting on black entertainers during the early days of the Las Vegas Strip, dated 1988.
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Essay by Roosevelt Fitzgerald focusing on demographic changes in southern Nevada from 1940-1945 and the war industry's effect on black employment, particularly the impact of Basic Magnesium, dated 1982.
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