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Daisy Lee Miller oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Daisy Lee Miller conducted by Claytee D. White on March 22, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Miller discusses Las Vegas, Nevada’s education system and raising her children in the Westside community amidst the civil rights movement.
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Photographs of Frontier Strike: first arrest, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1991 September 22 (Folder 1 of 2)
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Culinary Union workers strike at the Frontier Hotel and Casino on September 22, 1991. Amongst strikers is Jim Arnold, secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union. During the rally, strikers are seen holding an American flag while marching and police officers made the first arrest since beginning of strike.Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino
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Fanny Soss celebrating her 60th birthday, Las Vegas, 1953 July 22
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Fanny's Dress Shop Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Fanny Soss celebrating her 99th birthday, Las Vegas, 1982 July 22
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Fanny's Dress Shop Photographs
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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721 E Street, west Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print and negative, 1965 July 22
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Milton Norman Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02, Box SH-030
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Lucile Nyberg oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Lucile Nyberg conducted by Alison Hartough on February 22, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Nyberg discusses the history of Overton, Nevada and life in the town. Nyberg describes early Las Vegas, Nevada and life in Boulder City, Nevada. Nyberg goes on to discuss her career as a teacher and the changes made to education in Las Vegas. Nyberg also discusses the development and the economy of Las Vegas, and briefly discusses prostitution in the city. Nyberg's husband, Richard Nyberg, is present during the interview, but does not speak.
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Sidney Lowe oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Sidney Lowe conducted by Claytee D. White on January 22, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Lowe begins the interview by discussing her upbringing in Alabama and South Carolina and her experiences with racial segregation and discrimination. She continues, describing places she has lived, her relationship with the father of her children, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982. Lowe talks about life in Las Vegas during the 1980s, obtaining a position in the James R. Dickinson Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as a library assistant, and her education. Lowe concludes by discussing her career working for the UNLV library system and the library's function on campus.
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Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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