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Series IV. Professional work outside the United States: show production materials -- Guam shows: production materials -- C'est Fantastique
Sand Castle Hotel (Guam)
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 8, 1996
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 8, 1996
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, date unknown, image 005
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Vassili Sulich with a woman, image 010: photographic print
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George Ward oral history interview
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Oral history interview with George Ward conducted by Charles P. Hall on March 11, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Ward discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1942 and his experience in the city as an African American. Ward describes the jobs African Americans were hired for in Las Vegas during the 1940s and his teaching career. He describes segregation and discrimination in the school system and in casinos. He also talks about how African American police officers were only allowed to patrol West Las Vegas, housing availability, and organized crime in the city. Lastly, Ward talks about his involvement in local politics, the beginnings of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the development of Las Vegas.
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