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Charles Adams oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Charles Adams (born 1930 in Juliet, Illinois) conducted by Robert Melcer on February 27, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The two discuss various topics, including Adams’s move to Southern Nevada, the growth of Las Vegas, the educational system, the growth of the English Department at the university, cultural and recreational activities for locals, raising a family in Las Vegas, and prostitution in Southern Nevada.
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Charles West oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Charles West conducted by Perry Kaufman on April 19, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. West discusses the African American community in Las Vegas, Nevada and what the living conditions were for them. West then explains how the Nevada Voters League changed the way politics played out after more African Americans went out to vote. He also discusses his work as the first African American Doctor in Las Vegas.
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Azusa Heritage Project, 2007
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southwest Oral History Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 09
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Project Human Relations, 1965
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
Box/Folder: Box 19
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Pam Hawkins oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Pam Hawkins conducted by Tarsha L. Hillmon on March 12, 2005 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In her interview Hawkins discusses her experiences as a middle school and high school principal in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Nevada Gay Rodeo Association in the third annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print, 1999 May 08
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 039
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Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride, Inc. in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print, 1999 May 08
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 040
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Nevada Gay Rodeo Association in the second annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print, 1998 April 25
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 038
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J. A. Tiberti oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with J. A. Tiberti conducted by Claytee D. White on August 17, 2000 and August 24, 2000 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Tiberti begins by discussing his family history and his upbringing in the mining town of Morley, Colorado, and later in Detroit, Michigan. He describes moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1941, where he worked for the United States Corps of Engineers on the construction of Nellis Air Force Base and later established his construction company, J. A. Tiberti Construction Company. Tiberti talks about being a member of the City of Las Vegas Planning Commission, the duties and responsibilities that came with being on the Planning Commission, and describes how a construction company is run. He also discusses his wife, children, and how Las Vegas has changed and grown since the 1940s.
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Richard E. Buchanan oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Richard E. Buchanan conducted by Gary Gekakis on March 07, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During the interview, Buchanan discusses growing up in Southern Nevada and his occupational experience, including working as a construction worker, maintenance worker and warehouseman.
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