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"Great Scott, It's Dred Scott": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On David Souter on Affirmative Action.

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Newspaper clipping, Water report startles, Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 14, 1945

Date

1945-06-14

Archival Collection

Description

Newspaper article about a recently completed report. Author opined that unless something drastic was done soon, water would be the limiting factor on growth in Las Vegas.

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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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Audio clip from interview with Phyllis Friedman, March 2, 2015

Date

2015-03-02

Description

Phyllis Friedman discusses the local productions of "The Laramie Project" play performed at area high schools. She talks about the different reactions from the community to the production, and the involvement of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

Sound

Audio recording clip of interview with Dr. Agnes Lockette by Shannon Smith, February 26, 1980

Date

1980-02-26

Description

Part of an interview with Dr. Agnes Lockette by Shannon Smith on February 6, 1980. Lockette describes developing the early childhood education program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and describes challenges in the Las Vegas public school systems during the population boom of the 1950s.

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Adele von Bibra Personal Papers

Identifier

MS-01062

Abstract

The Adele von Bibra Personal Papers (1867, 1937-1968) include correspondence from the early life of Adele von Bibra, particularly during World War II. The collection also includes holiday cards, academic records, correspondence pertaining to her marriage to Hendrick Zwart, and yearly planners from later in her life.

Archival Collection

Fedora Bontempi with Pat Van Betten: photographic print

Date

1973

Description

From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). Fedora Bontempi with Pat Van Betten who was the Community Service Mother of the year in 1973.

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