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Epilogue: Nevada Southern University Yearbook, 1959
Yearbook main highlights: schools and departments; detailed lists with names and headshots of faculty, administration and students; variety of photos from activities, festivals, campus life, and buildings; campus organizations such as sororities, fraternities and councils; beauty contest winners; college sports and featured athletes; and printed advertisements of local businesses; Institution name: Nevada Southern University, Las Vegas, NV
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Charla Glimp Photograph Collection
The Charla Glimp Photograph Collection (approximately 1947-1958) consists of photographic prints relating to Ellsworth Elmer Baker's grocery store located at 1315 North D Street in Las Vegas' historic Westside. Photographs include Baker with neighborhood children, at the opening of the Moulin Rouge, and exterior views of the grocery store.
Archival Collection
Maxine Butler oral history interview
Oral history interview with Maxine Butler conducted by Frank Johnson on April 22, 2016 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Butler discusses her early life in Jonesboro, Louisiana. She talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965, the Westside, and businesses on Jackson Street. Butler recalls working at The Cove as a cocktail waitress, the reopening of Moulin Rouge Hotel, and the African American community on the Westside. Later, Butler discusses her involvement at Greater Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church, the importance of church to the African American community, and compares church life in Jonesboro and Las Vegas. Lastly, Butler talks about changes in the Westside.
Archival Collection
Photographs of Desert Solidarity march, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1992 December 05 (folder 6 of 15)
Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike
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Transcript of interview with Edward "Eddie" Anderson by Dennis McBride, October 11-14, 2000
Dennis McBride interviews Eddie Anderson (born 1946) about his role in advocating for LGBT rights, specifically his participation in the various political and social movements during previous decades. The interview begins with a discussion of Anderson’s background, including his experiences growing up in children’s homes and living with his grandparents. Anderson mentions marching with his grandparents for both workers’ and women’s rights as some of his first political involvements. Anderson also discusses his original aspirations for becoming a priest as well as his memories of meeting President John F. Kennedy during a visit to his high school when Anderson was student body president. Anderson then discusses travelling to the South, specifically in Selma, Alabama, during one summer while in high school in order to help register Black voters. Anderson then discusses his friendship with Nevada Senator Bill Raggio and his wife, and his joining of the U.S. Navy, where he met President Ri
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Annual report from Congregation Ner Tamid, 2008-2009
Annual report from Congregation Ner Tamid, 2008-2009
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Annual report from Congregation Ner Tamid, 2009-2010
Annual report from Congregation Ner Tamid, 2009-2010
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Photograph of basketball players, Nevada Southern University, 1963-1964
Nevada Southern basketball player signs autographs for young fans at Nevada Southern University (NSU).
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