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Correspondence from VIPs (Non-Government): Contains letters to Wilbur Clark from Jackie Kennedy, Billy Graham, Ed Sullivan, Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante, Debbie and Eddie Fisher, the Duchess of Windsor, Toots Shor, John Charles Daly, and Al Davis, 1955-1964
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Desert Inn's First Anniversary Party: Includes sheet music to "I’ve Got a Date With Wilbur" by Ted Mossman, press releases, and a print of the Clark family crest, undated
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Duplicate black-and-white photographs from Wilbur Clark Photograph Collection, undated
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Magazines and Programs: American Legion magazine, "Las Vegas Golden Boy: The Hottest Personality on the Nevada Desert is Lucky Wilbur Clark," December 1953; Program, Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn Country Club First Annual Tournament of Champions, 1953 April 23-26; "Fabulous Las Vegas," 1951-08-11; "Desert Inn Country Club News," 1959-08-22; "Nevada Life," 1945 September; "The Las Vegan," 1951, 1945-1959
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Clippings: "Panorama Goes Clubbing," photo of Wilbur and Toni Clark, undated; Eddie Griffith, "Wilbur Clark Leave for Las Vegas," 1944-06-13; "Fair Women, Gallant Men Will Be There," Las Vegas Sun, 1961-01-15; "Desert Inn's Wilbur Clark: From Bellhop to Bigshot," undated; "Wins Fashion Honor," 1958-10-29; "The Midnight Earl" about Toni Clark's visit to Howard Hughes, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1971-03-08; "A Town Remembers," Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1983-02-10; undated clipping of Wilbur and Toni Clark in Las Vegas; "Wilbur Clark Acquitted in Tax Case," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 1954-08-04; "Attend Ball," undated; "Cite Toni Clark as One of 14 US 'Best Dressed,'" 1958-10-28, 1944-1983
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Desert Inn Scrapbooks and Oversize Magazines: Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1944-1957; Desert Inn Scrapbook, 1950-1965; Profile of Wilbur and Toni Clark home, Los Angeles Examiner, 1959-04-26 (2 copies); "Home Hospitality in Playtown, USA," The Diplomat, 1959-09; "Gambling in the US," Life, 1950-06-19; Wilbur Clark promotional print, "Never Admit Defeat," undated (2 copies)
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Administrative Files, 1972-1991
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This series contains Ruby Duncan's general administrative files for Operation Life from 1972 to 1991. Included are public and private funding information and miscellaneous resource materials. The materials are organized into seven sub-series.
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Community Development Services, 1982-1992
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Included are Ruby Duncan materials relating to the Operation Life home counseling program, housing development, economic development, job development, and the various services that Operation Life provided to the community from 1982 to 1992.
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Personal, approximately 1980 to 1989
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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.
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Subseries 1.1. Office Administration
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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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