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Transcript of interview with Katherine Duncan and Sarann Knight Preddy by Claytee D. White, November 28, 2004

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2004-11-28

Description

Interview with Katherine Duncan and Sarann Knight Preddy conducted by Claytee D. White on November 28, 2004. Duncan moved to Las Vegas in 1977, worked with Nevada Motion Picture Services, and owned a travel agency. She started a black heritage tour of Las Vegas.

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Audio clip from interview with Eugene Williams conducted by Claytee D. White, July 17, 2008

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2008-07-18

Description

Audio clip from interview with Eugene Williams. In the clip, he recalls the prejudices that he and other black musicians faced during the 1970s.

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Audio recording clip of interview with Julie A. Payne by Claytee D. White, February 11, 2004 and March 7, 2004

Date

2004-02-11
2004-03-07

Description

Part of an interview with Julie Payne by Claytee White on February 11, 2004. Payne describes programs that she worked on at Nevada Treatment Center.

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Transcript from interviews with Katherine M. Joseph by Claytee White, October 25, 2004 and September 5, 2007

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2004-10-25
2007-09-05

Description

Two-session interview with Katherine M. Joseph by Claytee White, October 25, 2004, and September 5, 2007. Joseph is a community activist and was a co-worker of Lubertha Johnson, and involved with Operation Independence. In the interview, Johnson discusses her family, her employment, and life on the Westside.

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Photograph of Audrey James receiving recognition for her FISH work, circa 2012

Date

2012 (year approximate)

Description

Color photograph with Audrey James (front). James worked with FISH (Friends In Service Helping) Emergency Assistance through her church.

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CD cover, Back to the Old School, featuring Hamburger Heaven sign, undated

Date

Unknown year

Description

"Back to the Old School" audio CD cover featuring Hamburger Heaven sign.

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Newspaper clipping, Training is best bet in managing disasters, Las Vegas Review-Journal (?), July 16, 2011

Date

2011-07-16

Description

Las Vegas Review Journal article quotes Greg McCurdy about local FEMA disaster training and plans.

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Wisconsin: Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Muh-he-con-neok (Stockbridge Munsee Community): proposal, press releases, presentation talking points, and economic report on a casino project in Sullivan County, New York; newspaper articles, Spilde's notes; and brochure for the Mohican North Star Casino and Bingo, approximately 2001-2002

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File

Archival Collection

Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Box 11

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Maps of historic railroad trail and River Mountains Loop Trail, pipeline and open space plans for Boulder City and Henderson, project specifications and drawings, National Trails Day posters and calendar, newspaper clippings, "Henderson View," "Henderson Happenings," logo concepts, Pacific Way trailhead map and plans, 2000-2013

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File

Archival Collection

River Mountains Trail Partnership Records
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Collection Number: MS-00796
Collection Name: River Mountains Trail Partnership Records
Box/Folder: Box 09

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Transcript of interview with Alice Ward Boyer by Joanne Goodwin, June 26, 1996

Date

1996-06-26

Description

Alice Ward Boyer arrived in Las Vegas from Oklahoma in 1937. Her brother and former husband came earlier to escape the dustbowl depression and get settled. In the middle of the summer, just at dusk, she emerged from the train at Kingman, Arizona with her two small children to meet her family and drive through the darkness to her new home in Las Vegas. Although she missed the trees of the Plains, she soon became accustomed to her desert home. Her recollections revive the older Las Vegas when community life characterized the small town. At the heart of her story is the Mesquite Club. The non-partisan civic activities of the Mesquite Club are part of a national history of women’s club voluntarism in the nineteenth and twentieth century United States. Founded in 1911, this pioneer Las Vegas women's club played an essential role in the development of the growing town. When few cultural or social services existed, the club raised funds for the first public library, developed parks for the city, and provided services and funding for the aged and youth. The Mesquite Club, along with the Parent Teacher Association, scouts, and church activities formed a network of community relations commonly found in developing towns and cities, but not ususally associated with Las Vegas. Alice Boyer joined the Mesquite club in 1944. She first served as the chair of the Garden Committee, then "went right up through the chairs," and was elected President of the club for 1958-59. (See Table of Offices Held). Speaking about the Mesquite Club founders, Alice Boyer said, “They were very forward-looking women. They knew that the town would grow and they wanted the best for the town.” As one of the second generation of members, she has found the club to be a continuing source of congenial social life and civic community building. Born in rural Oklahoma, she spent her early years on a ranch. Her parents met there shortly after "the run to open Oklahoma" around 1892. They met, married and had twelve children, nine of which survived. Alice came right in the middle. She spent her early years riding horses, wearing “overalls," and spending as much time as possible outside. The family moved into Clinton, Oklahoma for better schools for their children when she was in the fifth grade. Alice graduated from high school just as the Great Depression began and worked briefly at a newspaper before marriage. At the time of the interview, Alice Boyer’s vivaciousness, gracious manner, and sharp memory belied her 82 years. This interview has been produced with the assistance of the Mesquite Club and the History Department of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It is part of a series on women community builders in Las Vegas. The transcript has been edited only slightly for clarity while the syntax and style of the narrator were retained.

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