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Transcript of interview with Edna Jackson-Ferguson, April 15, 1975
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Archival Collection
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On April 15, 1975, Edna Jackson-Ferguson (born 1897 in Overbrook, Kansas) provided a narrative-style oral history about her and her husband Jack’s experiences during the building of the Hoover Dam. Jackson-Ferguson provides many details about the way of life living in the camp with workers of the dam, the tasks required of those workers in building the dam, and some of the actual processes of pouring the concrete for the structure. She also talks about food, transportation, weather, and entertainment during the time. To conclude the interview, Jackson-Ferguson mentions some of the other job positions her husband held and their pride in being a part of the Hoover Dam’s construction.
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New Deming Hotel, Christmas dinner menu, December 25, 1882
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Archival Collection
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"The New Huckleberry": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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Archival Collection
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On PBS' "The Civil War" Documentary and Black history.
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The Bucket of Blood Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada: postcard
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Archival Collection
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Photographs of New York, New York ARK rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1997 May 30 (folder 6 of 9)
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Archival Collection
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Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes
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Photographs of New York, New York ARK rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1997 May 30 (folder 7 of 9)
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Archival Collection
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Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes
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Photographs of New York, New York ARK rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1997 May 30 (folder 3 of 9)
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Archival Collection
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Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes
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Photographs of New York, New York ARK rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1997 May 30 (folder 4 of 9)
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Archival Collection
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Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes
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Photographs of New York, New York ARK rally, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1997 May 30 (folder 5 of 9)
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Archival Collection
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Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.B. Other Demonstrations and Strikes
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