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Letter from Donald Clark, president of the Las Vegas Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to Clarence Horton, Esq., president of the State Bar Association, January 11, 1962
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Archival Collection
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In this letter to Clarence Horton, the president of the Nevada Bar Association, Rev. Donald Clark requests information regarding the delayed admission of Charles L. Kellar, an African American lawyer, to the State Bar Association, January 11, 1962.
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Photograph of the exterior of the Cove Hotel, original headquarters for Operation Life
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Archival Collection
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Exterior view of the former Cove Hotel, which became the headquarters for Operation Life.
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Photograph of the rear of the new Operation Life Building, 600 West Owens, Las Vegas, Nevada, late 1980s
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Archival Collection
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Exterior view of the rear of the Operation Life building at 600 West Owens Avenue.
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Photograph of Aldine Weems, administrator of Operation Life, 1970s
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Archival Collection
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Close-up photograph of Aldine Weems.
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Photograph of Aldine Weems, May 1978
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Archival Collection
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Bust-length portrait photograph of Aldine Weems, administrator at Operation Life.
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Series of fourteen photographs of Ruby Duncan and other Operation Life members at the Housing and Urban Development regional office in San Francisco, California, 1980s
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Archival Collection
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Series of photographs taken at the San Francisco offices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development when Ruby Duncan and others from Operation Life visited, c. 1983.
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Series of three photographs of a dinner party at Hugo's Cellar to celebrate Operation Life grant, c. 1983.
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Archival Collection
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Series of photographs of a dinner party held to celebrate Operation Life grant.
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Series of thirteen photographs of Operation Life Christmas party, c. 1985.
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Archival Collection
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Series of photographs of a Christmas party at Operation Life offices.
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Black and white photograph of the staff (mostly housekeeping) at the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, ca. 1950
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Archival Collection
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Group photograph of the staff outside the Thunderbird Hotel. The marquee shows "Mel Torme, The Stuarts, The Romanos, Gil Johnson, Dansations, and the Al Jahns Orch[estra]."
Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.): 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Series of six articles for the Las Vegas Review-Journal by Mary Hausch, reporting on integration of Clark County Schools, 1973
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This is a series of six articles written by Mary Hausch in 1973 for the Las Vegas Review-Journal on the development and implementation of Sixth Grade Centers in Las Vegas to promote racial integration of schools.
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