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Newspaper article, Night for youths, All-Day workshop head many events, Las Vegas Sun, February 9, 1965
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Archival Collection
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Newspaper article featuring information about the Negro National History Week events taking place in schools and churches in February 1965.
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Letter from Harold J. Stocker (Clark County, Nevada) to Harold L. Ickes (Washington, D.C.) February 26, 1940
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Archival Collection
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Clark County commissioner asking the Secretary of the Interior to use some of the funds from the Arid Lands Fund to create a drinking water system in the Moapa Valley.
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Rinker with fish at Catalina Island: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Fire in Goldfield, Nevada: postcard
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Archival Collection
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Goldfield desert dwellings: postcard
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Archival Collection
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Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990
Samuel George Davis Jr. (1925-1990) was a successful comedian, actor, dancer, and singer in America during the mid-20th century. Davis was also a part of the famous Rat Pack with lifelong friend and collaborator, Frank Sinatra, and frequently performed in Las Vegas, Nevada. He overcame racism during his career and refused to appear at clubs that practiced racial segregation. Some well known recordings of Davis’s include "I've Gotta Be Me" and the hit "The Candy Man."
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Maurine and Fred Wilson and Dr. William S. Park Photograph Albums
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The Maurine and Fred Wilson and Dr. William S. Park Photograph Albums (1900-1930s) consist of twelve albums containing black-and-white photographic prints and three black-and-white photographic negatives. The photographs are primarily related to the families of William S. Park, John S. Park, and Fred and Maurine Hubbard Wilson. Included are images of the Park homes in Las Vegas, Nevada; Park and Wilson family members; scenes of early Las Vegas, Nevada; outdoor activities, and vacation trips to California, Colorado, and Mexico.
Archival Collection
Photograph of a painting of Spencer Tracy wearing a ruff by Joy Caros, May 1963
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Archival Collection
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