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Tearsheet of newspaper clippings about Louis Armstrong from various sources, 1952
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Archival Collection
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Tearsheet with articles about Louis Armstrong from Variety, Daily News, and Billboard Magazine describing Armstrong's tour in 1952.
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Photograph of Joe Williams and unidentified women at Carver House Hotel and Casino
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Archival Collection
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Black and white photograph of Joe Williams and unidentified women sitting in booths at Carver House Hotel and Casino.
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Photograph of an unidentified entertainer at Carver House Hotel and Casino
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Archival Collection
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Black and white photograph of an unidentified entertainer at Carver House Hotel and Casino.
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Portrait photograph of Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt, circa 2010
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Archival Collection
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Color portrait photograph of Ruth Eppenger D'Hondt, circa 2010.
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Set of photographs including Elders' ordination, Marion, Regina Tama, Dottie, and Clint: image 003
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Archival Collection
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Set of photographs including Elders' ordination, Marion, Regina Tama, Dottie, and Clint: image 004
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Archival Collection
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Set of photographs including Elders' ordination, Marion, Regina Tama, Dottie, and Clint: image 005
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Archival Collection
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Carrie McCoy oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Carrie McCoy conducted by Claytee D. White in Fordyce, Arkansas, approximately 1995 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, McCoy explains how she and her husband left Fordyce for Las Vegas, Nevada in 1942, seeking better economic prospects. After several years, McCoy returned to Fordyce to raise their four children and work as a housekeeper for several white families. After her oldest children were grown she returned to Las Vegas in 1961, first finding work at a small motel and then spending nine years working in housekeeping at the Flamingo Hilton Hotel. Finally, she returned to Fordyce in 1972. She ends the interview talking about comparative race relations between Fordyce and Las Vegas, differences in work practices, union activities, and church involvement.
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James, Tony, and Frederick Smith oral history interview
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Oral history interview with James, Tony, and Frederick Smith conducted by Claytee D. White on February 25, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, James discusses his family background, military career, and marriage, and the sons add details about their mother's career at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino. All three talk about the role of churches in the Westside, Las Vegas, Nevada, and James recalls what the Westside was like in the 1960s and 1970s. He mentions a midnight curfew on the Strip for black residents, entertainment and business venues in the Westside, the role of the Culinary Union in black residents' economic opportunities, and the response of casino-hotel management to federal legislation designed to combat racism. The sons then discuss their educations and careers, about gang activities in Las Vegas, and changes in economic opportunities for young people.
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Transcript of interview with Lonnie G. Wright by Claytee D. White, October 23, 2009
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Interview with Lonnie G. Wright conducted by Claytee D. White on October 23, 2009. Wright played basketball at UNLV and became a successful local educator and businessman. His grandmother worked as a maid for prominent Las Vegans.
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