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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Connection committee brochure

Date

1984

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Photograph of Regents, Las Vegas, October 1961

Date

1961-10

Description

A group photo of the Board of Regents at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The people who are standing are identified as, from left to right: 1) N. E. Broadbent; 2) Raymond Germain; 3) William Elwell; 4) Dr. Charles J. Armstrong (University President); 5) Chief Dep. Arry Gen. John Porter (Legal Advisor); and 6) Dr. Louis Lombardi (Vice Chairman). The people who are seated are identified as, from left to right: 1) Weld Arnold; 2) Dr. Fred Anderson; 3) Newton Crumley; 4) Mrs. Richard Magee (Molly Flag Knudtsen); and 5) A. C. Grant (Chairman).

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Ruby Gordon oral history interview

Identifier

OH-04006

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ruby Gordon conducted by Claytee D. White on October 29, 2004 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Gordon talks about her birth and early upbringing in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and Las Vegas, Nevada, where her parents moved when she was seven years old. She discusses her parent's decision to move for better opportunities and the kind of work they did, then speaks extensively about her education through high school, her early marriage, and raising six children. She also talks about the difficulties that mothers faced while trying to work and raise children, especially those with health issues. Later she talks about her involvement with the Elks fraternal organization and explains that there were different lodges for whites and Blacks, based primarily on location, the lodges regularly interacted and worked together on civic and charity programs. Finally, she expands on her own work history in early childhood education, working for the state, and for Child Haven.

Archival Collection

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter fundraising committee report

Date

1994-06-04

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Rozita Lee oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-03773

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Rozita Lee conducted by Stefani Evans, Cecilia Winchell, Kristel Peralta, Vanessa Concepcion, Jerwin Tiu, and Su Kim Chung on June 1, 2021, April 12, 2022, and May 18, 2023 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Rozita shares her experiences growing up on a sugar plantation with her family in Hawaii. She talks about the benefits her family received and the "privileged" life she led with her father as the plantation boss, allowing her household to have electricity, plumbing, and a telephone. Rozita discusses her use of Pidgin English amongst her peers and "good English" in her household, and the roles and responsibilities her parents had working on the plantation. She shares what life was like day to day and what she remembers growing up during World War II including hearing air raid sirens and hanging blackout curtains in her home. Rozita also talks about meeting her husband, Clifford Lee, in high school, their marriage in 1979, and how the couple came to move to Las Vegas. In the second interview, Lee discusses pursuing a bachelor's degree at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), working with Governor Miller and Bob Bailey, and her involvement in a Polynesian show at Imperial Palace for eighteen years.

Archival Collection

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter committee chairs and members list

Date

2005-03-05

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Photograph of Dorothy and reserve officers of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Dorothy Dorothy with seven officers from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Identified from left to right: "1. Dorothy Dorothy, 2. Christensen, Col. John M. (USA), 3. [lapel reads Natl. Security Seminar] Kirkpatrick, Lt. Col. Paul F. (USAFR), 4. Stefen, Col. L.L. (USAF), 5. Erb, Col. Theodore H. (USAF), 6. Bagley, Capt. John A. (USN), 7. Parmelee (seated), Capt. C. Harless (USN), 8. Davis (seated), Lt. Col. Clarence." Inscription with photo reads: "DD took the full course along with the reserve officers of So. Nevada." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]

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Roberta Sabbath oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02289

Abstract

Oral history interview with Roberta Sabbath conducted by Barbara Tabach on April 27, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Sabbath discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in the late 1960s, her involvement with organizing University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ (UNLV) Hillel chapter, and the Hebrew Day School. She also talks about her husband’s, Dennis Sabbath, career as a union attorney, and her career as an UNLV literature professor.

Archival Collection

Photograph album 1, Leon Rockwell Collection, circa 1900s-1910s

Date

1900 to 1910
1905 to 1919

Description

Photographs taken circa 1907-1914 in the Las Vegas, Nevada area, including Fort Callville, and during travels in California; Washington State; Idaho; Montana; and Oregon, with emphasis on Yosemite National Park and Yellowstone National Park. Album also features photographs taken at the 1911 Yakima (Washington) State Fair and in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Goodsprings, Nevada during the same period.

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Constitution for the Inter-Greek Council, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1977

Date

1977 (year approximate)

Description

University of Nevada, Las Vegas constitution for the Inter-Greek Council. CSUN Session 5 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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