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"Stereotypes of Mexicans Projected in Selected Film": manuscript draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date
1970 (year approximate) to 1996 (year approximate)
Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file.

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Transcript of interview with Harvey N. Dondero by Elizabeth N. Patrick, August 9, 1984

Date
1984-08-09
Description
On August 9, 1984, collector Elizabeth N. Patrick recorded an address by local long time educator, Harvey N. Dondero (born November 12, 1909 in Hawthorne, Nevada) before the Kiwanis Club at the Fremont Hotel in Las Vegas. This address includes Dondero’s observations on the growth of the school system in Las Vegas, Nevada. After the address, Dondero receives a Distinguished Service Award, from the Kiwanis Club of Uptown Las Vegas, as a token of appreciation for his fifty-three years of dedication to children and youth education in Nevada. Dondero also answers questions posed by audience members, regarding the future of Nevada’s education system.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter "Tea Rose Talk" newsletters

Date
1996-12
1997-01-27
1997-02-25
1997-04-01
1997-04-28
1997-06-02
1997-09-30
Description

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

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"Impact of Stereotypes of Mexican Americans Created by Selected Films: 1920s-1960s" paper by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date
1988-03-24 to 1988-03-26
Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file. Presented at the Social Science Conference of the National Social Science Association, Newport Beach, California.

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Program for 30th Anniversary Dinner event for the Southern Nevada Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1988

Date
1988
Description

The program for the 30th anniversary dinner for NCCJ includes dedications and highlights of the Southern Nevada Chapter.

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Transcript of interview with Theodore R. Garrett by Marilyn Swanson, March 2, 1975

Date
1975-03-02
Description

On March 2, 1975, Marilyn Swanson interviewed Theodore R. Garrett (born 1898 in Overbrook, Kansas) about his life in Boulder City, Nevada. Garrett first talks about his move to Las Vegas to work for Six Companies during the construction of Hoover Dam. He then describes his job as a truck driver at the dam, the wages paid at the time, and the construction of the buildings and other housing in Boulder City. Garrett also mentions the food provided to the workers, the recreational activities available, and his family’s move to Boulder City.

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Transcript of interview with Cecile Dotson Crowe by Darin Toldisky, April 27, 1981

Date
1981-04-27
Description

On April 27, 1981, Darin Toldisky interviewed Cecile Dotson Crowe (born October 17th, 1911, in Millville, Utah) at Clark County Library in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers Mrs. Crowe’s account of the building of Hoover (Boulder Dam). Mrs. Crowe discusses the Six Companies, Boulder City, and recalls President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s visit to Nevada by train to dedicate the dam on the 30th of September, 1937.

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Howard Cannon Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00192
Abstract

The Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (1950-1983) contains photographic prints, negatives, and one slide featuring Senator Howard Cannon at various political and publicity events with military personnel, political colleagues, and constituents primarily in the state of Nevada. Other photographs feature Cannon at political and publicity events outside of Nevada including California, New York, Florida, Oregon, and Washington, D.C.

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