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Transcript of interview with Daisy Lee Miller by Claytee White, March 22, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Daisy Lee Miller talks about being born and raised as an only child in Louisiana before moving to Las Vegas in her 20s. For a time, Daisy worked in the powder room at the California Club. It was while she was employed here that she realized she wanted something better, and she wanted to be a good example tor her kids. Daisy began attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to get her degree. Daisy is very proud of the fact that she graduated from UNLV at the same time that her daughter graduated from high school. Family has always been very important to Daisy, and she enjoyed spending time with her children while they were growing up. Sundays always found Daisy and her children at church while other leisure-time activities included trips to the lake or Mt. Charleston. While going to school, Daisy worked at the Economic Opportunity Board in the family planning program. Following graduation, Daisy began working for the Clark County School District where she rapidly advanced
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Ida M. Gaines oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ida M. Gaines conducted by Claytee D. White on September 30, 2016 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Gaines discusses her early life in Louisiana. She recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1959, living in the Westside, and her employment at the Nevada Test Site. Gaines remembers integration, her involvement with the Las Vegas Chapter of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and becoming a member of Gamma Phi Delta. Gaines talks about working with Senator Harry Reid as a community liaison, the economic downfall of Jackson Street businesses, and redevelopment of the Westside. Lastly, Gaines discusses the issue of homelessness in the community, and the work that the Economic Opportunity Board (EOB) did to reduce poverty in the Westside.
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Transcript of interview with Gene Collins by Claytee D. White, August 31, 2000
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Gene Collins conducted by Claytee D. White on August 31, 2000. Collins grew up in Lake Providence, Louisiana, and moved to Las Vegas in 1966. While attending college, he worked at the Nevada Test Site and trained to be an electrician. He worked with John Patawski and later joined the Aaron Williams Youth Organization and founded a community baseball organization. As a state assemblyman, Collins was instrumental in getting the Martin Luther King Holiday Bill passed along with establishing the Sarah Allen Credit Union. Because of his involvement with the Ministerial Alliance, he was asked to run for president of the NAACP. Under his presidency, he addressed the lack of African Americans in the gaming industry in addition to filing the largest EEOC discrimination suit filed in the state of Nevada against The Mirage Hotel and Casino.
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Photographs of Sammy Davis Jr. presented with a birthday cake, December 1960
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Archival Collection
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Set of black and white photographs of Sammy Davis, Jr. on stage as he is presented with a 4-tiered birthday cake. There is a stuffed teddy bear with the cake. Written on the cake: Happy Birthday Mr. President.
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T-68 Donald Clark Collection. Series 3. Economic Opportunity Board, 1961-1970. Box 2, Folder 01: EOB - Concentrated Employment Plan, 1961-1969
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Archival Collection
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Series 3. Economic Opportunity Board, 1961-1970. Box 2, Folder 01: EOB - Concentrated Employment Plan, 1961-1969.
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Photographs of George Kirby's birthday celebration at the Sands
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Archival Collection
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Group of black and white photographs of the birthday celebration for George Kirby at the Sands Hotel. Attendees at the party include: Don Rickles, Joe Williams, Vic Damone, Jack Carter and Jack Entratter.
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Transparencies of the marquee at the Sands Hotel announcing performance by Lena Horne, November 1961
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Archival Collection
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Film transparencies of the marquee at the Sands announcing performances by Lena Horne, November 1961. On the marquee: "Jack Entratter Presents Lena Horne, Marty Allen & Steve Rossi, The Most Beautiful Girls in the West, Antonio Morelli & His Music. In the Lounge: Morry King & Violins, Dave Burton, Johnnie McCormick with Bobbi Boyle, Ernie Stewart Trio."
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Set of photographs of alumni group outside of the Las Vegas Convention Center
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Archival Collection
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Photographer's notations: Las Vegas AMandTV[?] Alumni.
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Set of portraits by Clinton Wright of unidentified men
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Archival Collection
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Set of six photographic prints of portraits of unidentified men.
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Set of photographs including Dottie West (1965)
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Archival Collection
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Photographer's notations: Mrs. D.W. West 1965 (Dress for inaugural ball).
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