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Beatty, Willie Jean

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Person

Ida Pinckney oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-02900

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Ida Pinckney conducted by Claytee D. White on August 23, 2012 and November 05, 2012 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Pinckney discusses her personal history and life in Las Vegas, Nevada after moving there with her family as a child in 1942. She begins by talking about her family and living in a tent house in the Westside community of Las Vegas. Pinckney describes how she feels Westside development has been stunted by an overabundance of churches in the area not paying taxes, life in the Westside during the 1940s, and her experiences as an African American woman in Las Vegas. Other topics of discussion include Pinckney being a member of Culinary Workers Union Local 226, her father and brother working at the Nevada Test Site, and various aspects of Las Vegas history. Willie Jean Beatty also participates in the interview, helping Pinckney expand on topics such as the presence of organized crime in casinos and her involvement in the Sisters Network: An Afro-American Breast Cancer Survivors Organization.

Archival Collection

Exchange Hotel (Beatty, Nev.)

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Subject

Nevada Mining Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00361

Abstract

The Nevada Mining Photograph Collection depicts mining activities, miners, and mining towns in Nevada from 1868 to 1937. The photographs primarily depict the towns of Tonopah, Nevada and Goldfield, Nevada, including mills, buildings, mine shafts, and panoramic views of the landscape. The photographs also depict Beatty, Lost City, Delamar, Candelaria, Winnemucca, Virginia City, Rhyolite, Elko, and Reno, Nevada. The photographs also include portraits of early settlers in Nevada, Native Americans, children, parades, celebrations, and funerals.

Archival Collection

Photograph of business executives and Air Force officers, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1960

Date

1959 to 1961

Archival Collection

Description

Local businessmen meet with Air Force officers. Left to right, around table: (5th) C. D. Baker; (6th) "Butch" Leypoldt, Sheriff; (8th) Earl Hartke, Mayor of North Las Vegas; and (9th) Norrison Beatty (?), chief commander. Stamped on back of the photograph, "Official U.S. Air Force Photo by Nellis Air Force Base Nevada."

Image

Native Americans along a trail: photographic print

Date

1900 to 1940

Description

Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad water tank in Beatty, Nevada. Inscription with the image reads, "The T and T Ry tank, Beatty, Nev. Covered with icicles."

Image

Lorraine Perry's father: photographic print

Date

1900 to 1940

Description

Lorraine Perry's father on a hill near Beatty Mountain. Inscription with the image reads, "L's daddy on a hill seeming to tower as high as Beatty Mt."

Image

Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00221

Abstract

The Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection contains photographs from Nye County, Nevada from 1880 to 1990. The collection includes a wide variety of photographs that document the activities, landmarks, geographical features, towns, ranches, and families of Nye County. The collection covers the areas of Amargosa Valley, Ash Meadows, Beatty, Duckwater, Gabbs, Goldfield, Kawich Mountains, Manhattan, Pahrump, Round Mountain, Rhyolite, Smoky Valley, Springdale, Tecopa, Tonopah, and Twin Springs. The activities documented include mining, prospecting, herding animals, schooling, ranching, building construction, railroad construction, and hunting and fishing.

Archival Collection