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Jerrie Merritt oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Jerrie Merritt conducted by Lisa McAllister on November 23, 2015 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Merritt discusses her early life in Alabama, and relocating to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Jean Nidetch Women's Center staff portraits: digital photographs
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Lucille McAlliser, Carrara, Nevada, February 2, 1931
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Pat Spearman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Pat Spearman conducted by Lisa McAllister on March 03, 2016 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Spearman discusses her experiences in the military and becoming a minister at United Methodist Church in Las Vegas, Nevada. She describes what it was like to serve in the military as a gay woman and telling church members about her sexuality. Spearman then talks about the African American gay community in Las Vegas and the intersectionality of race, class, religion, sexuality, and politics. Lastly, Spearman discusses her plans to get re-elected as a Nevada State Senator.
Archival Collection
Community Conversations oral history panel
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Oral history panel composed of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) students Lisa McAllister, Larry Sampson, John Grygo, and Ashley Smith along with community narrators Jerrie Merritt, Geraldine Kirk Hughes, Keith Brantley, and Hannah Brown, moderated by Julia Lee and Claytee White on March 30, 2016 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: A Collaborative Oral History Project. The group discusses working with each other during the collection of oral histories for the project, the value of the interchange for both narrator and interviewer, the value of oral histories as repositories of individual and collective memory, and related stories about their experiences.
Archival Collection
Letter from Professor Lorne Seidman to Professor Justin Smith about continuing legal education programs
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Folder contains a letter to Professor Justin Smith from Professor Lorne Seidman about continuing legal education programs. From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Records (UA-00048).
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Photograph of Googie architectural design of the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), façade, circa 1952
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Architect's proposal for the façade and porte-cochère of the Sands Hotel.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Architectural drawing of the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas) stage renovations, alterations to the bar, April 15, 1955
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Architectural plans for the renovation of the stage area of The Sands from 1955.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Race Brothers Oyster House and Cafe dinner menu, Saturday, February 28, 1885
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