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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

Audio recording clip of interview with Anna Bailey by Claytee D. White, March 3, 1997

Date

1997-03-03

Description

Part of an interview with Anna Bailey by Claytee White on March 3, 1997. Bailey describes her arrival in Las Vegas and opening night at the Moulin Rouge.

Sound

Audio recording clip of interview with Mary Louise Williams by Claytee D. White, June 19, 1998

Date

1998-06-19

Description

Part of an interview with Mary Louise Williams conducted by Claytee D. White on June 19, 1998. Williams recalls working as a showgirl at the Moulin Rouge and traces her subsequent careers as a social worker and school teacher.

Sound

Audio recording clips of interview with Hazel Gay by Claytee D. White, December 2, 1995

Date

1995-12-02

Archival Collection

Description

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.

Sound

Audio recording clip of interview with Sarann Knight Preddy by Claytee D. White, June 5, 1997

Date

1997-06-05

Description

Part of an interview with Sarann Knight Preddy conducted by Claytee D. White on June 5, 1997. Preddy recalls her pleasant residence in Hawthorne, the opening of the Moulin Rouge, and meeting entertainers as a keno dealer.

Sound

Film negative portraits of Pat Paterson, May 20, 1955

Date

1955-05-20

Description

Series of three black and white negative portraits of Moulin Rouge associate Pat Paterson, dated May 20, 1955.

Image

Transcript of interview with Mary Louise Williams by Claytee D. White, June 19, 1998

Date

1998-06-19

Description

Interview with Mary Louise Williams conducted by Claytee D. White on June 19, 1998. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Williams was musically trained and worked as a dancer at the opening of the Moulin Rouge in 1955. Following her career in social work and teaching in New York, she retired to Las Vegas.

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Film negative of Harold "Stumpy" Cromer and policeman Hank Brush, July 30, 1955

Date

1955-07-30

Description

Black and white negative of policeman Hank Brush clowning around at the Moulin Rouge slot machines with Harold "Stumpy" Cromer of comedy team Stump and Stumpy, dated July 30, 1955.

Image

Set of negatives by Clinton Wright including a political party, beauticians, and Highland's campaign, 1968

Date

1968

Archival Collection

Description

Photographer's notations: 10-68, Political party at McSwain's, Beauticians at Moulin Rouge, Highland's campaign, copies- beauticians.

Image

Transcript of interview with Anna Bailey by Claytee D. White, March 3, 1997

Date

1997-03-03

Description

Interview with Anna Bailey conducted by Claytee D. White on March 3, 1997. Arriving in Las Vegas in 1955 to perform as a dancer for the opening of the Moulin Rouge, Bailey also starred in traveling shows nationally and in Europe. Returning to Las Vegas, she became the first African American to dance in a house chorus line on the Strip. Later she became one of the first black women in Nevada to hold a gaming license, owning and operating several small nightclubs.

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