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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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Transcript of second interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee D. White, February 7, 2006

Date

2006-02-07

Description

Second interview in a series of five with Nevada State Senator Joe Neal conducted by Claytee D. White on February 7, 2006. Born in Mounds, Louisiana, in 1935, Neal joined his family in Las Vegas as a young man shortly before serving in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1958. Following his military service, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Neal continued his education at the Institute of Applied Science in Chicago, Illinois, with postgraduate work in law. From 1973 to 2001, he served in the Nevada Legislature as the Senator from Clark County Senatorial District No. 4. In the second interview, Neal focuses on his work during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Transcript of interview with Gwen Walker by Claytee White, July 15, 2014

Date

2014-07-15

Description

Gwendolyn K. Walker arrived in North Las Vegas in 1962 from Houston, Texas, as a five-year-old with her parents, two brothers, and her cousins. The Walker family at first moved to a rented house on D Street, and Gwen attended Kit Carson Elementary School for first grade. Her mother enrolled in nursing school, so she sent Gwen back to Delhi, Louisiana, to be raised by her grandmother. In Delhi Gwen picked cotton with her aunt while she was in the second grade. Gwen returned to North Las Vegas to live with her mother and complete elementary school at Jo Mackey before matriculating to J. D. Smith Elementary School for junior high school and then to Clark High School. Later she attended UNLV. Gwen and her mother joined Saint James Catholic Church at H Street and Washington Avenue, but after she returned from Delhi she joined Second Baptist Church, where she became close with a cohort of friends that remained strong even as she experienced racism and bullying and love for the first time.

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Correspondence and invoices for the sale of Navajo rugs and blankets, 1927-1928

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File

Archival Collection

J. K. W. Bracken Correspondence
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Collection Number: MS-00082
Collection Name: J. K. W. Bracken Correspondence
Box/Folder: Box SH-006

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

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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

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The Food Executive Newsletter, 1986-1989

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File

Archival Collection

Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00335
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 02

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Nevada Lodging newsletter, 1979-1982

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File

Archival Collection

Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00335
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03

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Nevada Hospitality magazine, 1983-1992

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File

Archival Collection

Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00335
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03

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Nevada Hospitality Exposition programs, 1987-1991

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File

Archival Collection

Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00335
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 02

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International Food Service Executives Association (IFSEA), bulletin, 1988-1989

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File

Archival Collection

Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00335
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 02

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