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Peggy Chesson in Chloride, Arizona: photographic prints

Date

1990

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Peggy Chesson (wife of Ray Chesson) in the backyard of her Chloride, AZ home.

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Sahara Hotel pool area located in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard

Date

1955 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Main Street located in Round Mountain, Nevada: photographic print and correspondence

Date

1915 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Additional information on back of the photo.

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Unidentified men building Hoover Dam located in Arizona: photographic prints

Date

1932-08

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Miss Nevada 1978 at Bicentennial Gazebo located in Boulder City, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1978

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Miss Nevada 1978 (Megan Anderson).

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Hazel Denton posed for class photograph with fourth grade students: photographic prints

Date

1940 to 1941

Description

From the Hazel Baker Denton Photograph Collection (PH-00312)

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The Beatty Community Library located in Beatty, Nevada: photographic print and correspondence

Date

1977

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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The Lee Hotel located in Panaca, Nevada: photographic prints

Date

1870 to 1872

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Transcript of interview with Arby Hambric by Claytee D. White, September 23, 2015

Date

2015-09-23

Description

Arby L. Hambric's book entitled, "To Thee I See: From picking in the fields of Texas to cooking for dignitaries on U.S. Navy ships, a journey I wouldn't change," describes his profound journey from working in the cotton fields as a child to being drafted into the U.S. Navy, before completing high school. During this interview, he recalls the significant achievements of the "Red Tails" and the Tuskegee Airmen. Beginning his 20 year Navy career before military integration, Arby describes the racial tensions that plagued the U.S. Navy in the 1940s, and discusses how he was able to successfully navigate that racist environment for two decades and three war eras. Arby enrolled in San Diego State College after leaving the U.S. Navy. He also worked as maintenance personnel for Sears and Roebuck and started a catering business with his wife. He became a member of the Southern Nevada Enterprise Community, SNEC Board upon moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, after his wife died. With a family legacy he can be proud of, Arby highlights the achievements of his great grandson Taquan Mizzell, a Virginia Cavaliers running back at the University of Virginia. As a Navy veteran, Arby often volunteered his time and resources to help others in need. He recalls driving the sick and elderly back and forth from the Westside community to Valley Hospital or University Medical Center, UMC. He also discusses government enforced road closures and a wall that was built to block Blacks from entering the new downtown. This interview sheds new light on military integration and offers key strategies for overcoming environmental racism. Arby mentions a documentary about the closing of the wall and offers his predictions on the future of the Westside.

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