Series of four black and white film negatives of world heavyweight boxing champion and Moulin Rouge host Joe Louis riding a horse before the Helldorado parade, dated May 5, 1955.
Oral history interview with Reverend Marion Bennett conducted by Claytee D. White on January 12, 2004 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In the interview, Reverend Bennett gave his account of what Las Vegas, Nevada was like during the 1950s and 1960s. He talks about the Westside of Las Vegas during integration and speaks candidly about the racial tension that the community endured. Throughout the interview he spoke about well known early Las Vegans like Ruby Duncan, Mahlon Brown, Jack Anderson, and Dave Hoggard.
The Mabel Hoggard Papers (1903-2011) contain materials related to Hoggard's career as a Las Vegas, Nevada elementary school teacher, her research and civic interests in Las Vegas's predominantly African American Westside communities, and her engagement with civil rights issues. The collection also contains materials about Hoggard's life, including biographical newspaper articles about her childhood, education, work, and family. The collection includes lesson plans, scrapbooks, awards, correspondence, photographs, and physical objects such as a vinyl record and political pins. The bulk of the collection focuses on her life in Las Vegas from approximately 1946-1989.
Part of an interview with D. D. Cotton by Claytee White on February 14, 1997. Cotton discusses challenges faced by women dealers and her work as a dancer and dealer in a number of casinos.
Nat King Cole celebrates his birthday with a cake in the shape of a king's crown. Stamped on back: Las Vegas News Bureau Las Vegas - Nevada Photographers Don English - Joe Buck - Jerry Abbott.
Black and white photograph of Sammy Davis, Jr. receiving the Entertainer of the Year award in 1971. Stamped on back: Las Vegas News Bureau Las Vegas, Nevada Convention Center 23566 Don English, Joe Buck, John Cook, Gary Angell, Jim Borrup, Jerry Abbott, Milt Palmer, Wolf Wergin, Tony King.