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"Hark": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. The author's memories of Natchez, Mississippi Christmas decades past.
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Transcript of interview with Emory and Agnes Lockette by Claytee D. White, March 11, 2005
Interview with Emory and Agnes Lockette conducted by Claytee D. White on March 11, 2005. The Lockettes were the only African Americans to live in Boulder City during years of racial tension. Agnes taught kindergarten at Westside School, while Emory worked for the Bureau of Reclamation.
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"And Justice for All: Part IV": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On the mistreatment/discrimination of Chinese Americans.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Alma Whitney by Claytee D. White, March 3, 1996
Alma talks about the 2-3 day long car ride from Tallulah, LA to Las Vegas in 1952.
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Audio clip from interview with Hermina Washington, March 2, 2013
In this clip, Hermina describes her family roots and early schooling in Las Vegas.
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John Wittwer oral history interview
Oral history interview with John Wittwer conducted by Perry Kaufman on May 17, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Kaufman discusses living in Santa Clara, Utah and describes families from Switzerland migrating there as converts to the Latter-Day Saints Church.
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Carrie Neal oral history interview
Oral history interview with Carrie Neal conducted by Aireona Bradford on November 15, 2015 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Neal discusses her upbringing and migration from the South, her marriage and move to Las Vegas, Nevada, her work in the back-of-the-house at multiple casino-hotels, the Black church and the influence of the Culinary Union.
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Mirna Preciado oral history interview
Oral history interview with Mirna Preciado conducted by Claytee D. White on September 11, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Preciado discusses migrating from Mexico to Las Vegas, Nevada, being recruited into the Culinary Union Local 226, the Frontier Hotel Strike, and working 15 years as an organizer in Las Vegas.
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