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Karate lessons for female the Sands Hotel employees: photographs and press releases
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Series X. Employees
Sands Hotel and Casino
Mixed Content
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Theta Theta Omega Chapter (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Corporate Body Alternate Name
Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated (AKA), is one of the oldest Black sororities in the United States, and was
founded on January 15, 1908 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. AKA is an international service
organization that comprises nearly 300,000 members in over 1,000 graduate and undergraduate chapters
worldwide.
Theta Theta Omega originally started in 1962 when six members of AKA sought to create a graduate
chapter in Las Vegas, Nevada. AKA recruited members by posting notices throughout the Clark County
Corporate Body
Rojas, Joseph A., 1933-2009
Dr. Joseph Rojas, born December 09, 1933 in Alexandria, Louisiana, was the son of Joseph Edward and Carroll Rojas. He graduated high school at age 16 and entered Loyola University of the South. Two years later, he was accepted at Louisiana State University School of Medicine, graduating with a medical degree in 1957. He interned at Charity Hospital and then completed his Obstetrics- Gynecology (OB-GYN) residency at Tulane University.
Person
Bailey, Anna (Anna E.) (1921-2005)
Anna Bailey was born May 14, 1921 in Savannah, Georgia. Bailey arrived in Las Vegas in 1955 to perform as a dancer for the opening of the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino. Six months later the Rouge closed, leaving both Anna and her husband, Bob, without work, since Bob had been the house singer and emcee at the Hotel. Nevertheless, Anna and Bob decided to make Las Vegas their home, convinced in the growth potential of the city.
Person
Photographs of The Library Gentlemen's Club, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 27, 2017
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Site address: 3785 Boulder Hwy
Sign owner: K C Investco LLC
Sign details: 0.90 acre lot, original construction year was 1982. Property was shut down temporarily, but reopened in May 2017.
Sign condition: 4 - looks in fine condition
Sign form: Back to Back Pole Sign
Sign-specific description: Double sided pole sign with what looks like cement or brick like structure. It has a wooden pole sticking out of the top to then have a hanging sign underneath it that spells out "GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS GORGEOUS LIBRARIANS" with a white background and red lettering. At night there is bright red skeleton neon around the lettering on the sign. The structure is painted red with black on the lower half.
Sign - type of display: Neon
Sign - media: Steel and plastic
Sign environment: Property is located near other local businesses and a residential neighborhood
Sign - date of redesign/move: Possible repaint before May 2017 reopening
Sign - artistic significance: The Library uses images of women dressed in professional wear, to play off the notation of the "naughty librarian."
Survey - research locations: Assessor's website
Survey - research notes: https://www.wantickets.com/Events/221951/The-Library-Gentlemen-s-Club-Grand-Opening-MDW-2017-Events/ https://www.palominolv.com/blog/las-vegas-strippers-a-brief-history/ - history of gentlemen clubs in las vegas Opening date unknown, but was receiving online reviews as far back as 2008.
Surveyor: Danny Jacobs
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-11
Sign keywords: Neon; Steel; Plastic; Back to back; Pole sign; Hanging
Mixed Content
Yazmin Beltran oral history interview: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Oral history interview with Yazmin Beltran conducted by Rodrigo Vazquez and Barbara Tabach on February 4, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Beltran discusses her early life in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico and her childhood and upbringing in Mexico. In 2003, at the age of eighteen, she and her mother joined the rest of her family in Las Vegas, Nevada. After attending College of Southern Nevada and taking English as a Second Language classes, Yazmin began to write as a Spanish contributor for a publication in Reno, and became a writer for Spanish publications in Las Vegas, including El Tiempo, El Mundo, and Univision. Beltran's work for Univision led her to Texas, where she covered events and crises including the 2018 child separation occurring at the United States border, which she discusses in the interview. Finally, Beltran talks about being a journalist for The Nevada Independent and the importance of continuing to report in Spanish.
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