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Photograph of Dale Dorothy with radio equipment, Pahrump (Nev.), circa 1951

Date

1950 to 1952

Description

Close up of Dale Dorothy sitting with his radio equipment. He used the equipment to speak to lost air pilots over the deserts of Pahrump and guide them to their destinations. Inscription with photo reads: "Hamming it up, Dec. 3 (Dale Dorothy)" Site Name: Lazy 88 Ranch

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"The Unlikely Look Alike": 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 contests that exclude major segments of population.

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Letter to W. H. Bancroft and J. Ross Clark, May 18, 1908

Date

1908-05-18

Archival Collection

Description

An inspection of the pipeline showed that in many places, the asphalt was coming off the pipe and there were quite a few leaks. Maintenance would allow it to last perhaps a year longer, but then it would need to be replaced.

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Photograph of construction remnants, (Calif.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Construction debris and rocks are scattered on the desert floor. Shrubs line the area. Inscription with photo reads: "Remnant of concrete trestle outside of Raser, California."

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Geraldine Kirk-Hughes oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02200

Abstract

Oral history interview with Geraldine Kirk-Hughes conducted by Larry Sampson on November 28, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview Kirk-Hughes relates her birth and upbringing in Simmersport, Louisiana, becoming a teen mother, earning a GED and earning her first college degree before marrying and moving to Greece and Dubai. She then explains how she returned to the United States to earn her masters degree before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978. She discusses her second marriage, her decision to attend law school, and her decision to go into private practice instead of working for a law firm. She talks about cases she worked on, people in the community she knew, and the effects of discrimination on her work and career. She ends by talking about her third marriage and sharing thoughts on how the Las Vegas African American community has lost some of the cohesiveness and unity of earlier decades.

Archival Collection