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Community Development Services, 1982-1992
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
Included are Ruby Duncan materials relating to the Operation Life home counseling program, housing development, economic development, job development, and the various services that Operation Life provided to the community from 1982 to 1992.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
Box/Folder: N/A
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SubSeries 2.1. Housing – Home Counseling/Housing Development
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Scope and Contents
There are housing and Urban Development (HUD) home-counseling operational files from 1982 through 1992. Also includes are various HUD handbooks and information, as well as home counseling operational files for North Las Vegas dated from 1986 to 1991, miscellaneous files pertaining to housing development, files documenting Ruby Duncan Manor and the Cove Hotel.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Ruby Duncan Collection on Operation Life
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
pho036449-306
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Archival Collection
Description
Ruby Duncan speaking with microphone.
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Dream Keepers, 1970 to Forever: digital video, 2013
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Scope and Contents
Digital video contains a message from Ruby Duncan an an older slide show with voice over describing the history of Operation Life. The video was produced by Jack Anderson and John Dombrink.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Jack Anderson Professional Papers on Operation Life
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
pho036445-312
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Archival Collection
Description
Ruby Duncan, Nevada welfare rights leader.
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pho036449-305
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Archival Collection
Description
Ruby Duncan (with microphone) and George Wiley (with hands in pockets).
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Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories
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Abstract
The Mollie Gregory Collection of Oral Histories contains audio interviews and brief transcripts that focus on welfare, family, and women's issues in Nevada from 1970 to 1974. Gregory interviewed Nevada residents including Maya Miller, Ruby Duncan, and Mary Wesley, who described their lives during the anti-poverty and women's rights campaigns in the early 1970s. The collection documents views on welfare; the Equal Rights Amendment; race, discrimination, and civil rights; and political campaigns.
Archival Collection
Jack Anderson Professional Papers on Operation Life
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Abstract
Materials in this collection (1969-1989) document various endeavors of the Operation Life organization. They include original correspondence, meeting minutes, news clippings, medical programs, grant applications, legal and financial documents, brochures and pamphlets, and other materials that provide context on the kinds of services provided by Operation Life. These files were kept by Jack Anderson in the course of his work as attorney for Operation Life.
Archival Collection
pho036447-344
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Archival Collection
Description
Left to right: Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Jane Fonda, Dr. George Wiley (Head of National Welfare Rights Organization, Ruby Duncan (Head of Nevada Welfare Rights Organization).
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