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.

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.

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.

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.

This material relates to the personnel administration of Operation Life, such as payroll, employee benefits, job descriptions and staff meeting minutes.

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.