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Unidentified protestors from the Sagebrush Alliance holding a peaceful demonstration and teach-in on the Neutron Bomb in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic slide

Date

1977-09-15

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Federal Building, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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"And Justice for All": 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 Black individuals being suspects and targets.

 

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Letter from Howard W. Cannon (Las Vegas) to W. H. Johnson (Las Vegas), April 17, 1951

Date

1951-04-17

Archival Collection

Description

The irrigation practices on the Las Vegas Ranch were being blamed for the mosquito problem in Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company was being asked to address it.

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Sister Rosemary Lynch with unidentified people seated on chairs: photographic slide

Date

1977-08

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Sister Rosemary Lynch is first from the right.

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Sister Rosemary Lynch with unidentified people seated on chairs: photographic slide

Date

1977-08

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Sister Rosemary Lynch is facing the camera and wearing a blue hat. 

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Transcript of interview with Hanford Searl by Dennis McBride, November 2, 1996

Date

1996-11-02

Description

Dennis McBride interviews Hanford Searl about a number of things: his being gay, his being gay in Las Vegas and other places, religious issues. Also, some information about working at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and for Bob Brown at the Las Vegas Valley Times.

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Audio clip from interview with Lawrence Weekly by Claytee D. White, April 22, 2013

Date

2013-04-22

Description

Audio clip from interview with Lawrence Weekly by Claytee D. White, April 22, 2013. Weekly talks about the struggles of being an elected official on the Westside.

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Newspaper clipping, Las Vegas Valley water withdrawal keeps even, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July, 21 1948

Date

1948-07-21

Archival Collection

Description

Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.

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Biographical essay by Martin Kohn, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Martin Kohn describes being taken to a concentration camp and being separated from his family. He was later moved to several other camps and eventually liberated in 1945.

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Telegram from William H. Comstock (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), July 30, 1919

Date

1919-07-30

Archival Collection

Description

Request to shut off water to the ice plant or the town while passenger trains are being filled, owing to low water pressure causing departure delays.

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