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Transcript of interview with Sara Denton by Claytee White, July 13, 2015

Date

2015-07-13

Description

Sara Denton loves life, laughter, and wonderful adventures. She is the mother of four children, a Distinguished Nevadan, lover of books and art, political campaign organizer, community activist, and friend. Sara is one of the founders of Boulder City’s most successful philanthropic fundraisers, Art in the Park. Denton was born in Paducah, Kentucky, into a family of readers and thinkers. Therefore, when the opportunity arose, at 18 years of age, to move the Washington, DC to work in the Signal Corps, she seized the opportunity. From the vantage point of her apartment, she could see the Secret Service assisting Franklin D. Roosevelt into his limousine at the back door of the White House. His polio was hidden from the public but this diversion allowed Sara and her friends to greet and be greeted by their hero. While in DC, Sara worked for General Hayes and one day struck up a conversation with a young soldier, Ralph Denton. Soon they married and moved to his home state, Nevada. After several years in Elko, NV, the Dentons moved to Las Vegas where Sara worked in the campaigns of Grant Sawyer, Howard Cannon, and Alan Bible. Moving the family to Boulder City though, was the wisest relocation by the family because the children grew up in a caring community with good schools. And the city provided the opportunity for Sara’s creativity to flow in many directions including travel, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and community building efforts. This interview is filled with laughter. I enjoyed the conversation.

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Academic Recognition Ceremony at Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall: digital photographs

Date

2011-04-14

Description

Photographs from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s) (PH-00388-05). Client: College of Fine Arts

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Photograph of Boulder City (Nev.), December 11, 1931

Date

1931-12-11

Description

View of roads and buildings in the city during Boulder Dam construction. Mountains can be seen in the background.

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The Em-Kayan, 1953 July

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File

Archival Collection

Robert Woodruff Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00455
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: Box 03

Archival Component

The Nevada Magazine, 1945 July

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File

Archival Collection

Robert Woodruff Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00455
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Papers
Box/Folder: Box 03

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Massage parlors, 1975 July 4

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File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00802
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 17

Archival Component

Treatments, 1975 April-July

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File

Archival Collection

KLVX Steamboats on the Colorado Records
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Collection Number: MS-00201
Collection Name: KLVX Steamboats on the Colorado Records
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Telephone directory, 1991 July

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File

Archival Collection

Claudine Williams Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00094
Collection Name: Claudine Williams Papers
Box/Folder: Box 16 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component