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Interior view of Bertha's Gifts and Home Furnishings: photographic print
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Transcript of interview with Leander Fields Hayes by Mark Kevin Ryhlick, March 13, 1981
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Archival Collection
Description
On March 13, 1981, collector Mark Kevin Ryhlick interviewed local technician, Leeander Fields Hayes (born on May 23rd, 1907 in Salt Lake City, Utah) in his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers the history of entertainment in Las Vegas from the mid-forties to 1958. Brother Hayes, as he requests the collector to call him, specifically covers the local live music and comedy scenes. He also touches on the topic of segregation and how Black entertainers, such as Lena Horne, were treated when they came to perform in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Robert Agonia with Charlie Deitrich, June 29, 2005
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Archival Collection
Description
Sound
Photograph of Fort Churchill Cemetery, Nevada, 1964
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Photograph of men and women in Helldorado dress, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1934-1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Image
Mississippi of the West recording, 1991 July 04
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Scope and Contents
In this recorded KNPR documentary, Mississippi of the West or Promised Land, the narrator discusses a racially-segregated Las Vegas, Nevada, maltreatment of black performers prior to 1947, Jim Crow laws during World War II, refusal of hotel owners to abolish the color line, desegreation of most hotels in 1960, modern remnants of historically black neighborhoods, police department—black community tensions in these neighborhoods, and furthering of race relations in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Arnold Shaw Interviews and Performance Recordings
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter sisterly relations ice breakers
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Archival Collection
Description
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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