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Personal, approximately 1980 to 1989
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
This series is comprised of material from 1980 to 1991 pertaining directly to Ruby Duncan. It includes a Bannerman Award application from 1989, miscellaneous correspondence, including a letter from B.B. King, files relating to Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition and the National Organization for Women (NOW). There is also a file that contains speeches delivered by Ruby Duncan and material relating to the "White House Conference on American Families," which Duncan served on in 1980.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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Subseries 1.1. Office Administration
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Scope and Contents
General administrative files for Operation Life, including vendor files, appointment diaries, invoices, board minutes, correspondence, press releases and samples of stationary and business forms that Operation Life used under the direction of Ruby Duncan.
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Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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Subseries 1.2. Financial
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Scope and Contents
Included are miscellaneous banking records for Operation Life, an Internal Revenue service correspondence file, purchase orders, and tax exemption information.
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Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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Subseries 1.3. Legal Documents
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Scope and Contents
Legal materials include articles of incorporation for Operation Life, Operation Life Local Development Company, and Operation Life Enterprises, Inc. It also includes the bylaws for Operation Life CDC and Operation Life Local Development Company. Also contained are lease agreements between Operation Life and various other entities and real property, escrow and earnest money documents pertaining to property purchased by Operation Life.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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Subseries 1.4. Personnel/Staff
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Scope and Contents
This material relates to the personnel administration of Operation Life, such as payroll, employee benefits, job descriptions and staff meeting minutes.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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Subseries 1.5. Reports
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Scope and Contents
Operation Life annual and quarterly reports.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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Subseries 1.6. Funding
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
Covered are grant applications and information pertaining to various grants. Grants included the Community Development Block grant and funding sources that Operation Life utilized to fund their services and projects, such as the city of Las Vegas, Clark County, the state of Nevada, the Community Services Administration, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and various private funding sources, such as the Ford Foundation.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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Subseries 1.7. Resources
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
Included are Ruby Duncan's materials from organizations such as the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County and federal entities such as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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SubSeries 2.1. Housing – Home Counseling/Housing Development
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
There are housing and Urban Development (HUD) home-counseling operational files from 1982 through 1992. Also includes are various HUD handbooks and information, as well as home counseling operational files for North Las Vegas dated from 1986 to 1991, miscellaneous files pertaining to housing development, files documenting Ruby Duncan Manor and the Cove Hotel.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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SubSeries 2.2. Economic Development – Business Development/Job Development
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
There are materials pertaining to specific Operation Life projects including the Overall Economic Development Plans and miscellaneous material relating to governmental agencies and economic development and job development organizations.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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