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Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Community Improvement meeting minutes, September 28, 1970
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Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Community Improvements minutes: construction contracts on the Las Vegas Paiute Colony, Urban Renewal Project report, housing code program report, review of preliminary design for City Hall complex.
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Letter and envelope from Annie Rannow, Provo City, Utah to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.
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Las Vegas branch NAACP records: documents, correspondence
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Archival Collection
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Folder of materials from the Mabel Hoggard Papers (MS-00565) -- Civic engagement file. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) certificate, journal, radio script, program booklets, and correspondence. This folder includes a policy statement of the NAACP, certificate of merit, education department features booklet, Gala Celebration and Awards Banquet booklets, and NAACP Historical Committee documents.
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Warren, Elizabeth, 1934-2021
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Mary Elizabeth von Till was born on April 16, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York. She is the fifth child of eight in her family. Her family moved around much of the Northeast as a child before settling back in Brooklyn at age twelve. She graduated high school in 1947 and went on to Barnard College, where she graduated in 1955. From there, Elizabeth moved on to graduate school at Northwestern University, where she met her husband, Claude Warren. The two married in December 1955.
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Cichoski, George D., 1939-
George Cichoski was born September 21, 1939 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. He worked at the Cumorah Credit Credit Union.
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Garrett, Perle
Perle Garrett was born in Overbrook, Kansas on April 27, 1905. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1935. She was a housewife.
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Blake, Donn Ingraham, 1936-
Donn Blake moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955. He received a degree in geology at the University of Nevada, Reno.
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Bolden, Otha
Otha Bolden was born in approximately 1930. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1954 on a family visit. She worked as a maid.
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