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Subseries 1.1. Office Administration
Level of Description
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.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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Administrative Files, 1972-1991
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
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.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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Community Development Services, 1982-1992
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
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.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
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pho036449-306
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Archival Collection
Description
Ruby Duncan speaking with microphone.
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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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pho036445-312
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Archival Collection
Description
Ruby Duncan, Nevada welfare rights leader.
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Dream Keepers, 1970 to Forever: digital video, 2013
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Scope and Contents
Digital video contains a message from Ruby Duncan an an older slide show with voice over describing the history of Operation Life. The video was produced by Jack Anderson and John Dombrink.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Jack Anderson Professional Papers on Operation Life
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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pho036449-305
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Archival Collection
Description
Ruby Duncan (with microphone) and George Wiley (with hands in pockets).
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Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories
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Abstract
The Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories contains audio interviews and brief transcripts that focus on welfare, family, and women's issues in Nevada from 1970 to 1974. Gregory interviewed Nevada residents including Maya Miller, Ruby Duncan, and Mary Wesley, who described their lives during the anti-poverty and women's rights campaigns in the early 1970s. The collection documents views on welfare; the Equal Rights Amendment; race, discrimination, and civil rights; and political campaigns.
Archival Collection