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Woodrow Wilson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Woodrow Wilson conducted by Gwendolyn Goodloe on February 28, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Woodrow Wilson discusses working at the Basic Magnesium plant and about becoming the first African American elected to the Nevada Assembly in 1966. He also discusses serving as president of the Las Vegas, Nevada chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples in 1951 and how he was a co-founder of the Westside Federal Credit Union.
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Film negative portraits of Dr. Charles I. West, May 20, 1955
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Series of three black and white negative portraits of Moulin Rouge physician, Dr. Charles I. West, dated May 20, 1955.
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Elizebeth Dewey Russell oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Elizebeth Dewey Russell conducted by Claytee D. White on March 23, 2024 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Russell talks about her mother, Ruth Bradshaw Dewey, a white woman, who taught at the Westside School (1949-1955), saw Josephine Baker at the El Rancho in 1952, attended the opening night of the Moulin Rouge in 1955, and served as the secretary of the Las Vegas branch of the NAACP for several years. Russell describes living with her mother in the Mayfair deveopment just south of 17th Street at Charleston and graduating from Las Vegas High School. She recalls spending summers with her father, John Bradshaw, in Caliente, Nevada, where he worked as a mechanic for the Union Pacific Railroad.
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Janis Walker oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Janis Walker conducted by Claytee D. White on July 03, 2006 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Walker discusses her career as an African American showgirl in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1970s and 1980s. Walker describes dancing in the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino productions of
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Tearsheet of newspaper clippings about Louis Armstrong from various sources, 1952
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Archival Collection
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Tearsheet with articles about Louis Armstrong from Variety, Daily News, and Billboard Magazine describing Armstrong's tour in 1952.
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Photograph of Joe Williams and unidentified women at Carver House Hotel and Casino
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Archival Collection
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Black and white photograph of Joe Williams and unidentified women sitting in booths at Carver House Hotel and Casino.
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Photograph of an unidentified entertainer at Carver House Hotel and Casino
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Archival Collection
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Black and white photograph of an unidentified entertainer at Carver House Hotel and Casino.
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Portrait photograph of Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt, circa 2010
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Color portrait photograph of Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt, circa 2010.
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Set of photographs including Church of God, convocation, and wedding
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Archival Collection
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Photographer's notations: VIII-6 Church of God, Convocation GH, Wedding (sis[?] W Neice).
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Set of photographs including a damaged car and portraits
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Archival Collection
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Photographer's notations: Elder Washington's Car (wrecked around July 10, 1965), Dee, Al, Dougs (Bail Bonds).
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