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Williams, Amie S.
Amie Williams "is an award winning producer/director specializing in documentary film and video for television, NGO’s and political campaigns. Her films, such as We Are Wisconsin, No Sweat and Uncommon Ground have won numerous awards, including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Peace Grant, the International Documentary David Wolper Award, a NEA Media Grant, and the SONY/Streisand Award for emerging female filmmakers. Amie’s work has appeared on the Discovery Channel, PBS, BBC, Current TV, Al Jazeera English and Kenya Television Nation.
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March, Debra, 1953-
Debra March was born November 25, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan. She is one of eight siblings, all of whom attended Catholic school as children and eventually went on to professional careers. March’s father worked for the city of Detroit, then moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and was hired by the Clark County School District. March came to Las Vegas for the first time in 1973. Though she left for a couple of years, she eventually settled there and attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), earning an undergraduate degree in anthropology and biology.
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Projects submitted to the Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County: documents
From the Clark County Economic Opportunity Board Records -- Series II: Projects. This folder contains documents about the projects submitted to the Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County agendas, documents about Work Experience Programs in Nevada, documents about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and neighborhood services center.
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Photograph of waterwheel on the Muddy River near Logandale, Nevada, January 21, 1947
38 foot waterwheel on the Muddy River near Logandale, Nevada.
Transcribed Notes: Bureau of Reclamation typed notes appended to back of photo: Boulder Canyon Project, Nevada Region 3 A 38-foot water wheel lifts water 30 feet from the Muddy River to irrigate a farm near Glendale, Nevada.
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Photograph looking southeast through the remains of Saint Thomas, March 25, 1964
Looking southeast through the remains of Saint Thomas with Lake Mead in the background.
Transcribed Notes: Bureau of Reclamation typed notes appended to back of photo: Townsite of St. Thomas, Nevada--Moapa Valley Project--Nevada A view of a portion of the townsite of St. Thomas, Nevada, settled by the Mormons in 1865, during a period of low water elevation in Lake Mead, above Hoover Dam. The town was first covered by Lake Mead in June 1938.
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