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University of Nevada, Las Vegas law school establishment: correspondence
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Folder from the Flora Dungan Papers (MS-00193) -- Series 4. University of Nevada Regents Material.
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Correspondence from inmates at Nevada State Prison to Flora Dungan, 1968
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Letters to Flora Dungan describe incidents and treatment of African American prisoners at the Nevada State Prison and the conduct of the warden.
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Series 1. Personal and Business Papers, 1929-1974
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The Personal and Business materials include papers from Flora Dungan's high school and university years, her business papers while practicing as a public accountant, papers pertaining to her personal finances, investments, and personal life, including her divorces, illness, and death. The high school materials include several reports bound with red ribbon that were written and illustrated by Dungan, along with her high school yearbook and several report cards. Her university degrees and honors are included in this portion of the collection.
Included in the Investment file are items pertaining to her automobile, personal property taxes, and the care of her aging father.
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Collection Name: Flora Dungan Papers
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Series 2. Community Activities, 1957-1974
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The Community Activities papers include documentation about organizations in which Flora Dungan and her husband, Ray ben David, were active.
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Collection Name: Flora Dungan Papers
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Series 3. Legislative Materials, 1953-1973
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The Legislative material documents Flora Dungan's election campaigns and some of the issues she addressed as Assemblyman from Clark County during the 1963 Session, the 1964 Special Session, the 1967 Session, and the 1968 Special Session. The major issues covered in the papers include legislative reapportionment and Nevada State Prison reform, in which Dungan played a key role. With Dr. Clare Woodbury, she filed a lawsuit that led to a special session of the legislature in 1965. Although Dungan was not in office at this time, her files contain much material related to apportionment, including copies of court filings and her handwritten worksheets for various apportionment ratios, based on Legislative Counsel Bureau reports. The prison reform material includes the controversy that erupted in the Assembly when she announced her intention to visit the state prison and the subsequent attempt to remove her from her committee assignment. There was extensive press coverage of this controversy, reflected in the many newspaper clippings that document her efforts at prison reform.
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Collection Name: Flora Dungan Papers
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Series 4. University of Nevada Regents Material, 1970-1973
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The Regent material covers the period from Flora Dungan's campaign in 1972 until her death in 1973. The papers in this part of the collection consists of agendas, minutes, notes, and files pertaining to University issues in which she took a particular interest.
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Collection Name: Flora Dungan Papers
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Series 5. Mixed Materials, 1970-1973
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Mixed material of Flora Dungan contains a calendar, memorial service book, certificates, and a notebook. Also included is an audio tape and a copy of the Nevada Constitution.
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Collection Name: Flora Dungan Papers
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Series 6. Over-sized Materials, 1938-1972
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Over-sized material includes certificates, cartoons, and an oil painting of Flora Dungan.
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Collection Name: Flora Dungan Papers
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Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees, 1933-1939
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Collection Name: Flora Dungan Papers
Box/Folder: Box 1 (Restrictions apply)
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