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Coleen York Wilson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Coleen York Wilson conducted by Claytee D. White on June 4, 1996 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Wilson talks about growing up in Fordyce, Arkansas before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1953 at the age of eighteen. She mentions that her parents had moved to Nevada in 1940 to work at Basic Magnesium, Incorporated (BMI), living in a trailer before returning to Fordyce two years later. She then discusses moving to Las Vegas to join an older sister and relates that she did not remember any discrimination in seating or eating meals during her bus trip. After this, Wilson lists the jobs she held in Las Vegas before her retirement in 1984, including work at the Las Vegas Cleaners, serving as a school crossing guard, and working as a housekeeping supervisor at the Stardust Resort Hotel, the Hacienda Resort Hotel, and Circus Circus Hotel and Casino before taking a job at the Nevada Test Site. She also talks about her family, her church activities, and her regret at not attending college.
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Photograph of a Paramount News headline, 1938
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Howard Hughes, July 1938
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Archival Collection
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New York City Off-track Betting Corporation annual reports, 1982-1983, 1986, 1992-1994, 1997-1998
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers
Box/Folder: Box 165
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Howard Hughes in New York after making a high-altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a new two-ounce oxygen mask, 1938 August 20
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 17
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Panoramic photograph of Corn Creek, Nevada, 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
Picture taken from top of old windmill tower to the west of Corn Creek Ranch, Nevada
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Picture taken in 1938 from top of old windmill tower to the west of Corn Creek Ranch, Nevada"
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Tungsten Mineralization at Oreana, Nevada report by Paul F. Kerr, 1938 June to 1938 July
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Collection on Nevada Mining
Box/Folder: Box 06
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T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: We Remember FDNY 9-11-01, Memorial Ribbon; Back: Joliet Fire Locals 44 & 2369 Honor: City Of New York Fire Dept., America's Bravest Sept. 11, 2001, City Of New York Fire Dept. Emblem, approximately 2001-2012
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 373
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Correspondence regarding use of Howard Hughes' name for advertising, 1938 August 04 to 1938 November 25
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 520 (Restrictions apply)
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Birth certificate for Maurice Behar, 1938
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Maurice Halfon Behar Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
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