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Newspaper article, Pioneer Las Vegan Sees Town Grow, Las Vegas Sun, February 9, 1965

Date

1965-02-09

Description

Newspaper article featuring Lucretia Stevens. She moved to Las Vegas in 1923 when the town was about six blocks square and about 60 people made up the black community.

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"Home of the Brave": humorous poem by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1970 (year approximate) to 1996 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Short stories and poems by Roosevelt Fitzgerald file.

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The Boulder Dam Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, September 30, 1926

Date

1926-09-30

Archival Collection

Description

Weekly newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

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Kathy Eastland Papers

Identifier

MS-01174

Abstract

The Kathy Eastland Papers (1972-2003) document Kathy Eastland's experiences working in Nevada brothels. Materials include ephemera and memorabilia collected by Eastland from various brothels in Nevada such as the Mustang Ranch, the Moonlite BunnyRanch, and Old Bridge Ranch. Included in the collection are brothel menus and photographs of Eastland and other sex workers socializing in the brothels. The collection also contains notes, research, and drafts of Eastland's manuscript Hell on Heels which describe her experience working in the brothel industry. Also included are prototypes of a game created by Eastland called "Brothelopoly" and some campaign materials about Jessi Winchester, a former brothel worker who ran for public office in Nevada. There is a small amount of materials about Joe Conforte, former owner of the Mustang Ranch, and some personal effects of Eastland including a motorcycle jacket and storage trunk.

Archival Collection

Dr. Harold Boyer oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00235

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dr. Harold Boyer conducted by Claytee D. White on November 15, 30, 2000 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Dr. Harold Boyer discusses going into a medical practice in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1952. He also discusses his activity in many community organizations.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Wilbur Clark and friends, Park Sheraton Hotel, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Wilbur Clark and friends at the Park Sheraton Hotel, circa 1950s. Pictured L-R, front: Eartha Kitt, Gloria Dehaven, Walter Winchell, Bob Hope; Bill Kozloff (behind Hope), Wilbur Clark, Walter Winchell's son (front, right), Joe E. Lewis (back, far right). (Credit: Bill Mark, Park Sheraton Hotel). Circa 1950s.

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Letters from the Jewish Family Service Agency requesting financial aid from the Jewish Federation Foundation, February 1989

Date

1989-02

Archival Collection

Description

Rough-draft versions of letters written by William Feldman, Executive Director of the Jewish Family Service Agency (JFSA), and Barry D. Eisen, President of the Jewish Family Service Agency, to Norman Kaufman, Executive Director of the Jewish Federation, and Paul Eisenberg, Chairman of the Endowment Committee, requesting financial aid from the Jewish Federation Foundation endowment fund to support the Jewish Family Service Agency's Elderly Services program. (Original order of pages is unclear, some pages may have been lost prior to donation.)

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