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Warner, Paul W., 1900-1980
Paul William Warner was born May 22, 1900. He later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and worked in mining and ranching. He served four terms in the Nevada State Assembly (1945, 1947, 1949, and 1951). He relocated to Mountain Springs, on the road to Pahrump, and helped to create the town. Warner died on January 31, 1980.
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Thompson, Dorothy, 1894-1981
Dorothy Loheding was born to Bertina Shoemaker and Fred Lohrding on January 16, 1894 in Kansas. She married Claude W. Thompson (1890-1973) in 1919. They later lived in Caliente in Lincoln County, Nevada. By 1940, the couple lived in Las Vegas where Claude worked as a brakeman for the railroad. Dorothy Thompson died in Las Vegas on October 9, 1981.
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Jones, Essie Lee
Essie Lee Jones got married to Charles Jones in 1969 in Tallulah, Louisiana. Jones came to Las Vegas in 1969, and held positions at several hotels on the Strip. She went to the Culinary Union hall and procured a job as a maid at the Stardust during graveyard shift, and eventually as a bus girl in the Palm Room. Jones then worked at the Frontier for fourteen years.
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Clark County School District superintendent research files, Peabody Governor's Study of Education in Nevada, "The Urbanization of the Clark County School District" dissertation, 1999-2007
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Patrick W. Carlton Papers on the Oral History of the Public School Principalship Project
Box/Folder: Box 04
Archival Component
Clark County School District study interviews, The History of Clark County Schools, "The Condition of Education for Hispanic Americans in the Clark County School District", 1982-2005
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Patrick W. Carlton Papers on the Oral History of the Public School Principalship Project
Box/Folder: Box 05
Archival Component
McBride, Dennis Dansky, Steve: correspondence, 2021
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Personal Papers
Box/Folder: Box 30 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Native American Forum on Nuclear Issues recording, 2008 April 10
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Digital File 01
Archival Component
Faith Evans interview (1 of 3), 1971 March 21
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 01
Archival Component
Mandy Pino on reform and organizing, 1972 May 13
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 02
Archival Component
Northern Nevada Welfare Mothers interview, 1971 March
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 01
Archival Component