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World Series of Gaming and Hospitality, flier, 1992 September
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
The Reno West Coast Wine Competition Conference, pamphlet, 1990
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
IRS letter to Nevada Hotel and Motel Association granting tax-exempt status, 1982 January 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Student Committee of UNLV Recognition Dinner invite to Van Heffner, 1987 April
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Nevada Hotel and Motel Association and the Restaurant Association (NHMARA) 1st Annual Nevada Spring Conference, program, 1987 April
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Convention, Exposition and Culinary Capers brochures, 1988 October
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Hotel and Motel Association Collection
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Correspondence and invoices for the sale of Navajo rugs and blankets, 1927-1928
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: J. K. W. Bracken Correspondence
Box/Folder: Box SH-006
Archival Component
Programs, organizational records, and reports relating to the Governor's Conference on Women.
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Governor's Conference on Women Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Gwen Walker by Claytee White, July 15, 2014
Date
Archival Collection
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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Transcript of first interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee D. White, January 24, 2006
Date
Archival Collection
Description
First interview in a series of five with Nevada State Senator Joe Neal conducted by Claytee D. White on January 24, 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 first interview, Neal recalls his childhood, moving to Las Vegas as a teenager, and joining the Air Force. He discusses his early experiences in politics and his involvement in various issues.
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