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Set of negatives by Clinton Wright including annual dinner planning committee and Anderson Speaker at Madison 6th grade, 1964

Date

1964

Archival Collection

Description

Photographer's notations: XV-7 Cof. [?] Christ annual dinner planning committee, Anderson Speaker at Madison 6th grade.

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"The Invisible People: Even In Disaster": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1988

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On the 1988 PEPCON explosion in Henderson, Nevada.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter economic committee reports

Date

2000

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Transcript of interview with LaVerne Ligon, BJ Thomas, and Leonard Polk conducted by Claytee D. White, July 9, and July 18, 2012

Date

2012-07-09
2012-07-18

Description

LaVerne Ligon was born in 1942 in Washington D.C. Around the age of nine, she started dancing at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet, which started her career in dance. She took her first job as a professional dancer when she was eighteen with the Capitol Ballet Company. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1973. In 1974, she successfully auditioned for a touring cast of Hello, Dolly! After completing that show, Ligon performed in a number of productions in Las Vegas, including Hallelujah Hollywood and Jubilee. She retired from dancing in the early 1980s after sustaining an injury and she opened the Simba Talent Agency, a dance school for at-risk youth. She also worked for Family Services, but is now retired. She continues to work on projects with the Simba Talent Agency. BJ Thomas was born in 1935 in Plain Dealing, Louisiana. He moved to Las Vegas in 1968 after working for the Post Office in San Francisco. He worked a number of jobs for two years before beginning to pursue work as a stage hand. Thomas worked for shows at the Tropicana and Caesars Palace. He is currently retired. Leonard Polk Jr. was born in 1948 in Monroe, Louisiana. He and his mother moved to Las Vegas in 1949 when he was just two months old. His father worked on the Hoover Dam. Polk grew up in West Las Vegas and remembers the movement to integrate the schools in the city. As a young adult, he joined the Marines and served a tour of duty in Vietnam. Polk began to work for shows in Las Vegas after he finished his military career. He worked for the Aladdin Baghdad Theater and for the MGM Grand Hotel. He is currently retired, but remains active with the First African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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"Hollywood, Westerns and the Mexican Female": manuscript draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1989-02-28

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter "The Arts" calendar of events

Date

1992

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Set of negatives by Clinton Wright including families on Easter, childcare, Matt Kelly basketball champions, party at Jefferson daycare, Mrs. Sellers, and Barnett at Matt Kelly, 1966

Date

1966

Archival Collection

Description

Photographer's notations: Families on Easter '66, Ch. Care #2, M.K. Champs '66 Basketball, party at Jeff D.C., Mrs. Sellers and Soc., Barnett at M.K.

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Set of negatives by Clinton Wright including council meeting at Madison, Tony McGlothin at Fashion show at Jefferson day care, 49er basketball champions, 1966

Date

1966

Archival Collection

Description

Photographer's notations: Council meeting at Madison, Tony McGlothin at Fashion show at Jeff D. care, 49er Champs (Basketball), Jeffereson Ch. Care fashions.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter: Ivy Leaf newsletter articles

Date

1965 to 1969

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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"Watching and Waiting for the Law": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Black family values and changes.

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