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Gwen Weeks Rahner interview, March 06, 1981: transcript
Date
1981-03-06
Description
On March 6, 1981, Laronda D. Tinsley interviewed Gwendolyn Weekes Rahner (born August 14th, 1923 in Atlantic City, New Jersey) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this interview, Mrs. Rahner discusses working in politics and registering people to vote in Las Vegas, Nevada. She also discusses living in West Las Vegas and her experiences there.
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Theresa Thomas interview, February 29, 1980: transcript
Date
1980-02-29
Description
Thomas discusses her family history and arriving to Boulder City, Nevada in 1930. Thomas describes housing in Boulder City and explains that people needed to build their own homes in the 1930s. She then discusses prostitution becoming illegal in Nevada, the Helldorado Parade, and the construction of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam). Lastly, Thomas recalls how her musical career began and entertainment in casinos.
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Nancy Houssels oral history interviews
Identifier
OH-02688
Abstract
Oral history interviews with Nancy Houssels conducted by Caryll Batt Dziedziak on November 18, 1998, December 07, 1998, and December 14, 1998 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Houssels begins her interviews discussing her childhood in California and the influence World War II had on her upbringing. Houssels then talks about her dance training and career including topics on her auditions, her dance partners, and touring Europe in the 1960s. Houssels describes coming to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1968 where she was booked as a dancer in Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel. Houssels then discusses the influences Mormonism and adiago ballet had on her life. Houssels then describes how she co-founded the Nevada Ballet Theatre with Vassili Sulich, performances of the company, their dancers, and community outreach.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 28, 1983
Date
1983-06-28
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 13 (Part 1) Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter meeting minutes (redacted)
Date
2005-04-02
2005-06-04
2005-09-10
2005-10-08
Description
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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"This Bud's for You": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
Date
1980 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)
Description
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. The author's Mother's Day tribute to his mother, Miss Had.
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Letter and envelope from Annie Ronnow, Provo, Utah. to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada
Date
1894-11-25
Description
From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.
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