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Nomination Forms: Elko County, 1983
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Sheilagh Brooks Collection on Nevada Historical Sites and Museums
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Nomination Forms: Esmeralda County, 1981
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Sheilagh Brooks Collection on Nevada Historical Sites and Museums
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Nomination Forms: Eureka County, 1979
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Sheilagh Brooks Collection on Nevada Historical Sites and Museums
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Nomination Forms: Lander County, 1982
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Sheilagh Brooks Collection on Nevada Historical Sites and Museums
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Nomination Forms: Mineral County, 1981
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Sheilagh Brooks Collection on Nevada Historical Sites and Museums
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
White Rock Spring house photographs, undated
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gay Kauffman Nevada Test Site Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Nevada State Museum archaeology photographs, 1962
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gay Kauffman Nevada Test Site Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Atomic explosion poster, undated
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Gay Kauffman Nevada Test Site Papers
Box/Folder: Flat File 02
Archival Component
Morse Arberry oral history interview
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Morse Arberry conducted by Brittany Thompson and Andrew Thomas on November 20, 2015 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Arberry discusses his personal history and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958. He talks about his father's employment at the Nevada Test Site and the issues of segregation at the time. Arberry recalls attending the Westside School and talks about school integration. He then describes his career in legislation, working on bills to improve the integration process, and the impact that the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) had on the level of education among adults in the community. Lastly, Arberry discusses the West Las Vegas community, the significance that religion had on African Americans, and the increase of law enforcement in the area.
Archival Collection
Ida M. Gaines oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ida M. Gaines conducted by Claytee D. White on September 30, 2016 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Gaines discusses her early life in Louisiana. She recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1959, living in the Westside, and her employment at the Nevada Test Site. Gaines remembers integration, her involvement with the Las Vegas Chapter of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and becoming a member of Gamma Phi Delta. Gaines talks about working with Senator Harry Reid as a community liaison, the economic downfall of Jackson Street businesses, and redevelopment of the Westside. Lastly, Gaines discusses the issue of homelessness in the community, and the work that the Economic Opportunity Board (EOB) did to reduce poverty in the Westside.
Archival Collection