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Transcript of interview with Emory and Agnes Lockette by Claytee D. White, March 11, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Emory and Agnes Lockette conducted by Claytee D. White on March 11, 2005. The Lockettes were the only African Americans to live in Boulder City during years of racial tension. Agnes taught kindergarten at Westside School, while Emory worked for the Bureau of Reclamation.
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Slide of Lewis Simonoff, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1968
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Archival Collection
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Slide of Herbert Wells, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1968
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Marzette Lewis with band director Anthony Marentic
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Archival Collection
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Color photograph of Marzette Lewis and Anthony Marentic accepting a five hundred dollar donation to Charles I. West Middle School Band.
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Photograph of Louis F. Labat, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1973
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Archival Collection
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Louis F. Labat, a specialist in geriatrics in the Department of Social Services, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Audio recording clip from an Interview with Eva G. Simmons by Claytee D. White, February 4, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Eva Simmons by Claytee D. White on February 4, 2013. Simmons talks about the formation of Les Femmes Douze, a scholarship-granting organization, that she helped found.
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Doris Hancock Papers
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The Doris Hancock Papers (1895-1987) consist of school memorabilia, correspondence, sketches, two scrapbooks, and material from her involvement in the Las Vegas Art League. Also included are materials about Southern Nevada and surrounding areas, particularly mining towns, Colorado River, Boulder Dam, Red Rock Canyon, early Las Vegas, and Death Valley.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Charles Adams by Mike Lommori, February 28, 1980
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Arlone Scott, June 3, 1978
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Archival Collection
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Color photograph of Arlone Scott in her home, dated June 3, 1978.
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Heyer, Mildred J.
Mildred J. Heyer was a teacher and librarian in Las Vegas, Nevada. She taught at John S. Park school and was a member of the Nevada Library Association. In 1962, Governor Grant Sawyer named Heyer as the Nevada State Librarian, a position she held until her resignation in 1970. She was an active member of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and was an advocate for books and reading throughout Las Vegas and the state of Nevada.
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“New State Librarian.” Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 21, 1961.
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