Photographer's notations: 4-67, New Jerusalem Baptist Church baptizing at Doolittle, Ruben's birthday party, copies for L.M. Neal. Some photos from this set were previously online with the digital ID pho023794.
Materials contain photographs from the Lisle Family from 1932 to 1969, including photographs of construction of the Beatty, Nevada Episcopal Church, demonstrations against the Nevada Test Site, buildings on Main Street, the ore mill near Carrara, Nevada, animals, Warm Springs, Nevada, and Dixon, California.
Archival Collection
Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00221 Collection Name: Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection Box/Folder: N/A
Oral history interview with Ruby Amie-Pilot conducted by Barbara Tabach on August 07, 2012 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Amie-Pilot discusses various topics including the importance of the Zion United Methodist Church, experiences of segregated schools in the lower grades, and change in racism over time, from Texas to Las Vegas, Nevada. Amie-Pilot also talks about leaders of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) members including Hank Greenspun and members of the local black community.
From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Desert Inn and Flamingo Roads.