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Announcement of registration to vote on the September 30 bond issue, 1953
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Archival Collection
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Notice to property owners of the upcoming bond issue election and the necessity of their pre-registration to participate, and the bond issue announcement. Appointed division deputy registrars are named in the document. Includes date stamp from E. E. Bennett. Chief Registrar Harry E. Miller is Secretary of the District, Calvin C. Magleby is Assistant Secretary.
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"Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Dream": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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Archival Collection
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On George Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr. comparisons.
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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, September 22, 1949
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Archival Collection
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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, December 22, 1949
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Archival Collection
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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, January 12, 1950
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Archival Collection
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Davis, Chester K., 1929-
From: https://uwf.edu/library/library-collections/chester-davis-music-collection/
I, Chester Davis, was born in Long Beach, California, June 22, 1929.
There was always music in the home. Two maiden aunts who visited regularly, encouraged their nephew to sing songs. He had a good ear and sang in tune. The wind-up "Victrola" was regularly heard playing Stephen Foster and Victor Herbert.
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Audio clip from interview with Nathaniel Whaley by John Grygo, March 6, 2013
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Archival Collection
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In this clip, Nathaniel Whaley talks about the differences between the opportunities for weekend entertainment for black and white young people in Las Vegas in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Audio clip from interview with Katherine M. Joseph, October 25, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Katherine Joseph, October 25, 2004. In this clip, Joseph describes her dancing career, including a stint in Cuba, and her interactions with Josephine Baker and Pearl Bailey at the Cotton Club in Las Vegas in the 1950s.
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