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MS-00102 Ruby Amie-Pilot Papers. Box 1, Folder 4: Newspaper clippings, 1963 - 1991
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Box 1, Folder 4: Newspaper Clippings.
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MS 95-47 Alice Key Collection. Box 1, Miscellaneous, 2004
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MS 95-47 Alice Key Collection. Box 1, Miscellaneous, 2004.
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A meeting of black Las Vegas leaders: photographic print
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Transcript of interview with Cleophis Williams by Claytee White, April 27, 2010
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Archival Collection
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In 1943, Cleophis Hill Williams was a teenager visiting her mother who had moved to Las Vegas. For most of her young life she had lived with her parents in Muskogee, Oklahoma and Paul Spur/Douglas, Arizona. The same year that she visited Las Vegas, she met her future husband Tom Williams, with whom she had nine children, all born and raised on the Westside. Tom worked construction and built their first home on G Street. For Cleophis, she focused her life on raising her children and, whenever possible, finding some precious time to read.
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Q.B. Bush oral history interview
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Q. B. Bush oral history interview conducted by Claytee White on May 15, 2007 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Bush discusses his career at the Moulin Rouge, Sands Hotel, and Town Tavern. He also talks about the Economic Opportunity Board and fight for equality for black workers in Las Vegas, Nevada during the civil rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Waldemar Jackson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Waldemar Jackson conducted by Claytee White on May 06, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Jackson discusses topics such as working at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, drugs in the community, and the tragedy caused by them among generations. He also talks about the task of pulling lives back from the brink of succumbing to addiction.
Archival Collection
Betty Saunders oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Betty Saunders conducted by an unnamed interviewer on an unknown date in approximately 1995 to 2005 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. In this interview, Saunders discusses her career in the U.S. Air Force. She describes the environment and culture including living quarters, training, and promotions. Saunders talks about her experience as an African American woman in the military including how marriage and pregnancy affected her.
Archival Collection
Audio recording clips of interview with Hazel Gay by Claytee D. White, December 2, 1995
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Archival Collection
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Three audio clips from an interview with Hazel Gay conducted by Claytee D. White on December 2, 1995. Hazel and her husband Jimmy Gay moved to Las Vegas in 1946, becoming leaders in the African American community during the civil rights era. In the clips, Gay recalls the Moulin Rouge from her perspective as manager of the dress shop.
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LaShannon Lewis oral history interview
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Oral history interview with LaShannon Lewis conducted by Claytee D. White on March 22, 2019 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Lewis discusses her early life in Las Vegas, Nevada and growing up in the Westside. She talks about moving out of the Westside neighborhood, attending a sixth grade center, and the geographical division of the community. Lewis remembers her employment as a social worker for Clark County, and the redevelopment of the Westside.
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Larry and Juanita Barr and Steven Gibson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Larry and Juanita Barr, with Steven Gibson conducted by Margery Waters on March 27, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The Barrs and Gibson talk about African Americans in Las Vegas, Nevada, working on the Hoover (Boulder) Dam, living in tents, early entertainers, and early development in Las Vegas.
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