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Audio clip from interview with Phyllis Friedman, March 2, 2015
Phyllis Friedman discusses the local productions of "The Laramie Project" play performed at area high schools. She talks about the different reactions from the community to the production, and the involvement of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
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Westside School alumni oral history interviews
Oral history interviews of Westside School alumni conducted by Claytee D. White on March 20, March 29, April 27, and June 22, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.
Alumni of the Historic Westside School of Las Vegas, also known as the Las Vegas Grammar School, gathered in 2010 to celebrate the official registration of the school as a historic site in the city. These alumni discussed their education, what they remember of the school, their teachers, and what life was like in Las Vegas at that time.
The individuals interviewed are: Jackie Y. Brantley, Eugene Buford, Margaret (Addison) Coleman, Regina Cone, Shirley Edmond, Frank Harris, Otis Harris, Tisha Harris, Willie B. (Jones) Jackson, Jerry Neal, Sadie Marie Prentiss, Calvin Wallace Jr., Nathaniel Whaley, and Cleophis Williams.
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Debra Nutton oral history interview
Oral history interview with Debra Nutton conducted by David Schwartz on June 15, 2015 for the Table Games Management Oral History Project. In this interview, Nutton discusses her career in gaming. She talks about working at the MGM Grand in 1976, going to dealing school, and becoming one of the first female craps dealers in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nutton remembers auditioning for various casino floors, her teachers, and becoming a floor manager. She then recalls the opening of the MGM Mirage, applying for a pit manager position there, and being hired as the only female pit manager in 1989. Later, Nutton describes the role of casino shift manager, handling issues with customers, and begin a casino manager for twelve years. Lastly, Nutton discusses her move to meeting Steve Wynn and becoming a casino manager for the Wynn.
Archival Collection
"Watching and Waiting for the Law": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Black family values and changes.
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Hicks, Pamela Calos, 1946-
On February 16, 1979, collector Elaine Broniecki, interviewed local Clark County School District teacher, Pamela Calos Hicks, (born in Dayton, Ohio, on November 23rd, 1946) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hicks moved from Ohio to Southern Nevada in 1947. This interview covers Hicks’ recollections of Las Vegas from 1955 to 1979. Hicks’ also lists the addresses of where she has lived within Las Vegas.
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Dillingham, Mabel W., 1910-1991
Mabel Dillingham was born in 1901. She married her husband, John, on September 22, 1931 and moved with him to Los Angeles, California before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1937. Dillingham became a secretary for the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) at Fifth Street Grammar School. She was also very active in her son’s Boy Scouts troop. Dillingham passed away November 21, 1991.
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James, Audrey, 1914-
Audrey James was born July 13, 1914 in Columbia, Mississippi. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1952 and over the course of her decades in Las Vegas, she has worked as an elementary school teacher. James has always been an active church member and continues to be involved in food bank operations to feed the poor. She has traveled the world and spearheaded a book drive to benefit children in the African countries she has visited.
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Eaton, Mary, 1908-2009
Mary Eaton was born April 14, 1908 in Kansas. She was born Protestant and became involved with the Grace Community Church. Mary married her husband, Bruce, in June of 1931. They moved to Boulder City, Nevada in 1932 and raised their two children there. Eatn was a teacher and civic leader in Boulder City. She passed away January 31, 2009.
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Lockette, Agnes Louise, 1927-2011
Agnes P. Lockette was born April 27, 1927 in Albany, Georgia. Lockette worked for the Clark County School District as a teacher and for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as an associate early childhood education professor. Lockette passed away on June 5, 2011.
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