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Louis Yoxen interview, 2003: transcript

Date

2003-10-08
2003-10-15

Description

Yoxen begins her interview by discussing how she first arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada to work for the U.S. State Department in the 1950s. She then describes her childhood in Alabama, competing in the Miss America pageant, and her life in Miami, Florida. Yoxen also discusses living in North Africa and Berlin, Germany while working for the State Department as a clerk. She then talks about moving around with her sister and her family, and eventually coming to Las Vegas. She describes what Las Vegas was like in the 1950s. Yoxen ends her interview with a discussion on her family, her husband's work, and their recreational activities.

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Transcript of interview with Mildred Breedlove by Steve Drappo, February 18, 1979

Date

1979-02-18

Description

Steve Drappo interviews Mildred Breedlove (b. 1904) who was born in Coal Hill, Arkansas. Breedlove relocated to Nevada in 1949. During this interview Breedlove discusses her personal experience of owning her own ranch in Nevada.

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Programs, organizational records, and reports relating to the Governor's Conference on Women.

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Governor's Conference on Women Records
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Collection Number: MS-00349
Collection Name: Governor's Conference on Women Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings; includes letters related to McLaughlin's service as president of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and their annual dinner, 1944-1979

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File

Archival Collection

Thomas McLaughlin Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00247
Collection Name: Thomas McLaughlin Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Newspaper clippings about Clark County, Nevada Democratic party, 1954

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Thomas McLaughlin Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00247
Collection Name: Thomas McLaughlin Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Photographs of McLaughlin and the Nebraska Day planning committee, 1945-1964

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File

Archival Collection

Thomas McLaughlin Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00247
Collection Name: Thomas McLaughlin Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Newspaper clippings, 1947-1966

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Thomas McLaughlin Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00247
Collection Name: Thomas McLaughlin Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Photographs and newspaper clippings, 1945-1964

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Thomas McLaughlin Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00247
Collection Name: Thomas McLaughlin Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Newspaper clippings, 1952-1985

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File

Archival Collection

Thomas McLaughlin Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00247
Collection Name: Thomas McLaughlin Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Newspaper clippings, formerly interleaved in brown scrapbook, removed and refoldered, 1941-1957

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Thomas McLaughlin Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00247
Collection Name: Thomas McLaughlin Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component