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Yolanda Rayford oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Yolanda Rayford conducted by Claytee D. White on August 11, 2015 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Rayford discusses her personal history and what it was like to have a parent in the armed services during her youth. She talks about living in Tokyo, Japan while her father was stationed there and describes life on the military base. Rayford recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1969 and describes the riots that were happening in West Las Vegas at the time. She goes on to talk about the entertainment on Jackson Street and discusses how Jackson Street was the downtown for the Westside community. Lastly, Rayford talks of her employment at the Nevada Test Site doing clerical work and the future of the African American community in Las Vegas.
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Ora Bland oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ora Bland conducted by Claytee D. White on March 04, 2021 for African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project.
Ora Bland speaks to what she knew of her husband's secretive work at Area 51 of the Nevada Test Site, businesses in the Westside community, and her work in the downtown Las Vegas post office. In addition to her life experiences, Ora shares her thoughts on her community, the state of homelessness that many experience in her surrounding neighborhood, and her activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Photograph of two men on a mountain, Hoover Dam, approximately 1930-1933
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Archival Collection
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Electrical drawings, sheets E101-E509; civil drawings, sheets C110-C120, 1977 January 18
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This set contains drawings for: Holding's Little America (client); Little America Refining Co. (client); and Tucson Arizona Department of Public Works (client). This set includes drawings by: Valcon, Inc. (engineers), Alvin J. Hotz Jr (engineer) and Cohen, Lebovich, Pascoe, and Associates (engineer).
This set includes: grading plans, site surveys, lighting fixture schedules, lighting site plans, electrical plans, lighting plans, power plans, electrical schematics, and isometric construction details
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Martin Stern Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Roll 059
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Glass slides of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 offices and various local buildings, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950s-1960s (tray 3 of 3)
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Archival Collection
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Slides collected by the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 depict the Union's offices and other buildings in Las Vegas during the 1950s and the 1960s. Images include exterior views of the Union's building, construction sites, hotels, and restaurants, and aerial shots of Las Vegas. Also included are images depicting activities inside an office, likely the Culinary Union's office. Tray 3 of 3. The original slides were retained by the Union.Arrangement note: Series V. Glass slides
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