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Photographic slide of Peggy Wheat in Wadsworth, Nevada, circa early 1960s
Date
1960 (year approximate) to 1963 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Written on the slide: "On 26-Ly-23 site at Wadsworth, Nevada. Looking west. Peggy Wheat."
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Photograph of Mayor Oran K. Gragson and Sammy Davis, Jr. cutting the ribbon for the Las Vegas Pageant of Progress, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1960s-1970s
Date
1960 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Several people, including two Pageant contestants, look on as Las Vegas Mayor Oran K. Gragson (left) assists Sammy Davis, Jr. (center) in cutting the ribbon for the Las Vegas Pageant of Progress. Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories. Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91. The Oran K. Gragson Elementary School located at 555 N. Honolulu Street, Las Vegas, NV 89110 was named in his honor. Samuel George "Sammy" Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American Jewish entertainer. Primarily a dancer and singer, he was also an actor of stage and screen, musician, and impressionist, noted for his impersonations of actors, musicians and other celebrities. Davis was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his television performances. He was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 1987, and in 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Photograph of Lucille Barth, Blanche Zucker and Florence Ortiz at a University Library Society event, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1981-1989
Date
1981 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
Lucille Barth, Blanche Zucker and Florence Ortiz at a University Library Society event in the Special Collections Reading Room in the James Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Site Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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League of Women Voters of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada Records
Identifier
MS-00024
Abstract
The League of Women Voters of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (LWVLVV) Records (1957-2021) contain meeting minutes, financial reports, correspondence, audiovisual material, photographs, and newsletters. Also included are materials on political issues, school integration, and environmental pollution issues in Southern Nevada.
Archival Collection
Postcard of Navajo Indians, Nevada, circa 1920-1955
Date
1920 to 1955
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of a Navajo Indian Chief in full regalia and an Indian woman.
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Photograph of IWY Commissioner Gerridee Wheeler at Nevada Women's Conference in Las Vegas (Nev.), June 17, 1977
Date
1977-06-17
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of Gerridee Wheeler, the International Women's Year (IWY) commissioner, at the Nevada Women's Conference in 1977. Site Name: Las Vegas Convention Center
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Photograph of Bessie Rockwell in Jean, Nevada, 1922
Date
1922
Archival Collection
Description
Bessie Rockwell with construction equipment in Jean, Nevada.
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Slide of Jean Ford with two unidentified women outside of the Nevada State Governor's Mansion, Carson City, Nevada, June 1985
Date
1985-06
Archival Collection
Description
Nevada Senator Jean Ford (at left) with two unidentified women outside of the Nevada State Governor's Mansion in Carson City, Nevada. Site Name: Nevada Governor's Mansion (Carson City, Nevada)
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Navy Mothers' Club, Las Vegas, Nevada Records
Identifier
MS-00285
Abstract
Navy Mothers' Club, Las Vegas, Nevada Records (1946-1979) contain scrapbooks, photographs, artifacts, by-laws, newspaper clippings, directories, and song books.
Archival Collection
Photograph of individuals at Special Collections, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 23, 1988
Date
1988-01-23
Archival Collection
Description
Mary Dale Deacon, Library Director, presents a record of his papers (covering the years 1958-1982) to Senator Howard Cannon in the Special Collections department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Standing behind Deacon are Special Collections staff Erin Beesley, Christine Marin, Victoria Diaz, and Susan Jarvis.
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