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June and Lewis Whitley oral history interview
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Oral history interview with June Whitley and Lewis Whitley conducted by Claytee D. White on November 02, 2007 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview the Whitleys discuss moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958 as newlyweds. Lewis Whitley discusses working at the Nevada Test site as a cook, working for the Clark County Fire Department as a fire hydrant inspector, and then retiring in 2007. June Whitley talks about working as a maid, getting a position with Centel Telephone Company, and then getting a seat on the Board of Regents for the Clark County Community College in 1978. The couple then shares their unique experiences about the growth of the African American community in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee, November 18, 1943
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Archival Collection
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The water company needed to take steps to ensure that the one million gallons per day that issued from the new sewage treatment plant would continue to go to the Las Vegas Ranch. Handwritten at bottom "This is very important." Date stamps at top E.E.B., H.E.D., and U.P. R.R. Co. Law Department, Los Angeles.
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