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Grace Hayes posing beside her campaign posters: photographic print

Date

1940 (year approximate) to 1949 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Grace Hayes poses beside her campaign posters when she ran for the office of Las Vegas Constable and lost by only 8 votes. The photo of the crying toddler is most likely her grandson, Peter Michael Hayes. "Harris-Harper, SLC - LV" photo.

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Mirage Hotel and Casino Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00247

Abstract

The Mirage Hotel and Casino Photograph Collection (1989) consists of color slides and a color negative depicting locations around the Mirage hotel and casino in 1989. Images include exterior shots of the lagoon and volcano fountain and interior shots of the resort's amenities.

Archival Collection

Geraldine Kirk-Hughes oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02200

Abstract

Oral history interview with Geraldine Kirk-Hughes conducted by Larry Sampson on November 28, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview Kirk-Hughes relates her birth and upbringing in Simmersport, Louisiana, becoming a teen mother, earning a GED and earning her first college degree before marrying and moving to Greece and Dubai. She then explains how she returned to the United States to earn her masters degree before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978. She discusses her second marriage, her decision to attend law school, and her decision to go into private practice instead of working for a law firm. She talks about cases she worked on, people in the community she knew, and the effects of discrimination on her work and career. She ends by talking about her third marriage and sharing thoughts on how the Las Vegas African American community has lost some of the cohesiveness and unity of earlier decades.

Archival Collection

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter "Hodegos" reports

Date

1993

Description

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

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, February 21, 1948

Date

1948-02-21

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of drilling two wells on the Las Vegas Ranch to make up for the irrigation water lost by the City forbidding the use of effluent, and of giving up acreage for the Elks and a sewer treatment plant.

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Photograph of Three Kids Mine, Henderson, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1939

Description

A view of the Three Kids Mine located in Henderson, Nevada.

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Photograph of Three Kids Mine, Henderson, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1939

Description

A view of the Three Kids Mine located in Henderson, Nevada.

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