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"Maya Miller at Thunderbird Ranch", 16mm film, undated
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories
Box/Folder: Box 04
Archival Component
Inventory of material received from University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1999
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southwest Oral History Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 05
Archival Component
SOHA and OHA conference photographs taken by Indira Berndtson, 1990 to 2008
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southwest Oral History Association Records
Box/Folder: Box 24
Archival Component
Newspaper clipping, Group hopes to revive West Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 1, 2005
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas Review-Journal article featuring Karen Walker, co-owner of Hamburger Heaven with her mother Helen Anderson.
Text
Newspaper clipping, Jackson Street and Me.., Las Vegas Sentinal-Voice, August 23, 1984
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Sentinel-Voice feature article describes Karen Walker (aka Knee-C) and her family ownership of Hamburger Heaven.
Text
Las Vegas African American Community Conversations, Part 1: Migration, Work, and Community Emergence: video
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas African American Community Conversations is a four part, one hour round table conversation with local Las Vegans. They share their powerful stories and great history, with topics ranging from “Migration, Civil Rights, Education, Church, Entertainment and the Early Legal Community”. Part One: A conversation about “Early Migration, Work and Community Emergence”. MODERATOR- Trish Geran ( Author/Community Activist) PANELISTS- Lucille Bryant (Community Activist) Jackie Brantley (Former Director-Office of Governor Kenny Guinn) Hannah Brown (Urban Chamber of Commerce) David L. Washington (1st Black Chief of Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department) Brenda J. Williams (President-Westside School Alumni Foundation)
Moving Image
Las Vegas African American Community Conversations, Part 2: Education, Economy and Integration: video
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas African American Community Conversations is a four part, one hour round table conversation with local Las Vegans. They share their powerful stories and great history, with topics ranging from “Migration, Civil Rights, Education, Church, Entertainment and the Early Legal Community”. Part Two: A conversation about “Education, Economy and Integration” MODERATOR- Sonya Horsford Ed.D. PANELISTS- Dr. Esther Langston (Professor UNLV) Verlia Davis-Hoggard (Director of Clark County Social Services-Retired) Idan M. Gaines (Regional Representative for Senator Harry Reid) Dr. Linda Young (President-CCSD Board of Trustees)
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Las Vegas African American Community Conversations, Part 4: Early African American Legal Community: video
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas African American Community Conversations is a four part, one hour round table conversation with local Las Vegans. They share their powerful stories and great history, with topics ranging from “Migration, Civil Rights, Education, Church, Entertainment and the Early Legal Community”. Part Four: A conversation about “ Early African American Legal Community” MODERATOR- Rachel Anderson (Professor-UNLV Boyd School of Law) PANELISTS- Michael L. Douglas (Justice-Supreme Court of Nevada) Karen Bennett (Justice- Las Vegas Justice Court) Booker Evans (Greenberg Traurig, LLP) John R. Bailey ( Attorney/Managing Partner Bailey Kennedy) Timothy C. Williams (Justice-District Court)
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Transcript of interview with Bess Rosenberg by Jerry Masini, November 12, 1975
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Archival Collection
Description
Interview with Bess Rosenberg by Jerry Masini on November 12, 1975. In this interview, Rosenberg describes coming to Las Vegas in 1942, and the desert landscape. She gives an in-depth recollection of the first atomic test, and talks about different weather and the seasons in Las Vegas. Rosenberg describes several clubs and hotels around downtown and the recreation at Lake Mead and Mount Charleston.
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Video of interview with Carolyn and Oscar Goodman, Las Vegas (Nev.), October 18, 2014
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Archival Collection
Description
Carolyn and Oscar Goodman discuss their early lives, moving to Las Vegas, their definition of "community" in Las Vegas, early careers, and current Downtown economy in an interview at UNLV's Lied Library in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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