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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 20, 1982
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Transcript of interview with Suzette Cox by Lance Cooper, March 1, 1979
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Photograph of eighth grade graduation, Las Vegas (Nev.), May 25, 1928
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Photograph of the Bandy Family, circa 1950s
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Billy Paul Smith oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Billy Paul Smith conducted by Claytee D. White on October 13, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Smith discusses his careers as a chemist, mathematician, health physicist, and a tutor for young people. He talks about experiencing segregation in Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as his experiences in Area 51 and Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste repository.
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Byrd Wall Sawyer Collection
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The Byrd Wall Sawyer Collection primarily consists of Byrd's research files on Nevada from 1930 to 1970. The materials concentrate on her monograph, "Nevada Nomads," as well as her co-authored textbook, "Here is Nevada." The collection also includes speeches, journal articles, memos, research note cards and papers, correspondence, informational booklets and pamphlets, maps, photographs, audiovisual materials, and newspaper articles and clippings.
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Mason, Brenda
Brenda Mason was born in Texas and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1960 when she was 11 years old. Her extended family left Texas as a result of pressure from the K.K.K.. Some of her early memories of attending integrated schools in Las Vegas include serving on a panel that discussed the impact of integration in the schools. Because of zoning changes, she attended Western High School in her senior year, and served as class president.
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