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Set of photographs including Ernest Harris and Women's Progressive League

Date

1965

Archival Collection

Description

Photographer's notations: VII-4 Earnest Harris (copy), Women's Progressive legion [or league].

Image

Set of photographs including child and Mr. Harris' and Mrs. Mask's classes at Highland

Date

1965

Archival Collection

Description

Photographer's notations: Baby - Mrs. Helen Christensen 1941 'H' BID, Mr. Harris & Mrs. Mask, Classes at Highland.

Image

Theron Goynes oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02070

Abstract

Oral history interview with Theron Goynes conducted by Catrina First on April 11, 2002 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Goynes reflects upon his career as a teacher and administrator in Nevada’s Clark County School District (CCSD). He discusses his experiences becoming a teacher as an African American man during the 1950s and 1960s, and his early interactions with Native American students in Arizona. He then describes the process by which he joined CCSD in the 1960s, and quickly became an administrator. He describes his regular responsibilities, his experiences with school integration, and his efforts in maintaining working relationships with students, staff, and parents. He also offers suggestions for individuals interested in pursuing school administration.

Archival Collection

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter scholarship committee reports

Date

1999 to 2000-12-02

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

Text

Woodrow Wilson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02001

Abstract

Oral history interview with Woodrow Wilson conducted by Gwendolyn Goodloe on February 28, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Woodrow Wilson discusses working at the Basic Magnesium plant and about becoming the first African American elected to the Nevada Assembly in 1966. He also discusses serving as president of the Las Vegas, Nevada chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples in 1951 and how he was a co-founder of the Westside Federal Credit Union.

Archival Collection

Johnny Griffin oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02100

Abstract

Oral history interview with Johnny Griffin conducted by Claytee D. White on September 13, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Griffin discusses his personal history and working at an all-white country club as a golf caddy. He recalls receiving a golf scholarship to Jackson State University, and describes starting a junior golf program at Craig Ranch Park in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Later, Griffin discusses his senior golf tour and the history of black golfing in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Elizebeth Dewey Russell oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03270

Abstract

Oral history interview with Elizebeth Dewey Russell conducted by Claytee D. White on March 23, 2024 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Russell talks about her mother, Ruth Bradshaw Dewey, a white woman, who taught at the Westside School (1949-1955), saw Josephine Baker at the El Rancho in 1952, attended the opening night of the Moulin Rouge in 1955, and served as the secretary of the Las Vegas branch of the NAACP for several years. Russell describes living with her mother in the Mayfair deveopment just south of 17th Street at Charleston and graduating from Las Vegas High School. She recalls spending summers with her father, John Bradshaw, in Caliente, Nevada, where he worked as a mechanic for the Union Pacific Railroad.

Archival Collection

Timothy C. Williams oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03588

Abstract

Oral history interview with Timothy C. Williams conducted by Claytee D. White on April 14, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Williams discusses his personal history in Chicago, Illinois in the 1960s and eventually moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1985. He describes his career in law and the increase of African American lawyers in Las Vegas by the end of the 1980s. Williams then talks about the founders and past presidents of the Las Vegas National Bar Association (LVNBA). Lastly, Williams recalls his involvement serving on a committee for the Las Vegas Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Archival Collection

Photograph of Ana Aponte, Roosevelt Toston, and John Crump at the National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners, 2002

Date

2002

Description

Color photograph of Ana Aponte, Roosevelt Toston, and John Crump at the National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners in San Diego. Toston received the Chairman's Award.

Image

Audio recording clip of interview with Alice Key by Claytee D. White, February 17, 1997

Date

1997-02-17

Archival Collection

Description

Part of an interview with Alice Key by Claytee White on February 17, 1997. Key describes opening night at the Moulin Rouge.

Sound