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Correspondence, 1939-1968
Letter from Howard Keele, Nevada Federation of Labor; from Nevada Veterans of Foreign Wars; from Governor E.P. Carville appointing H. E. Hazard to the Council of Defense of Nevada; letter of recommendation from Wayne McLeod, Surveyor General of Nevada; letter of recommendation from J. G. Allard, Secretary, Nevada Tax Commisson; from E. P. Carville; letter of recommendation from E. P. Carville, governor of Nevada; letter of appointment as Inspector of the Nevada Tax Commission; letter of resignation to Governor Pittman as Inspector of Nevada Tax Commission; from the Legislative Counsel Bureau requesting a biography; letter from Governor Alan Bible; letter from Peyton Ford; letter from William Walker resigning as Director of Planning of the Regional Planning Commission of Clark County, Nevada; letter from Clark County Clerk about the dissolution of the Regional Planning Commission; letter from Judge David Zenoff; correspondence to Mrs. Hazard about book, The Newspapering Murrays; two letters from Senator Alan Bible.
Collection Name: H. E. and Ruth Hazard Political Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
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Denny, Henrietta, 1897-1972
Henrietta Mayes Denny was an active member of the Women’s Auxiliary World War One, the local Red Cross chapter, and the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born to John Henry and Katherine Mayes in Kentucky on January 15, 1897. She married Virgil Denny in 1942. Henrietta Denny died in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 29, 1972.
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Las Vegas Chapter 7-11 of the American Ex-Prisoners of War Oral Histories
The Las Vegas Chapter 7-11 of the American Ex-Prisoners of War Oral Histories (approximately 2004-2009) contain interviews of five ex-prisoners of war conducted by Claytee D. White from 2004 to 2009. Individuals share their experiences and recount their time serving in the military. Warning: content in these interviews may be upsetting and/or triggering to certain individuals.
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Jimmy Gay oral history interview: audio clip
Jimmy Gay discusses racism in Las Vegas before and after World War II. He says that prior to WWII, there wasn't a lot of prejudice, and there were only a few African American families. After WWII, he says that the influx of soldiers returning and the migration of Black families from the South led to Las Vegas becoming the "Mississippi of the West."
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Joanne Pattiani Molen oral history interview
Oral history interview with Joanne Pattiani Molen conducted by Irene Rostine on January 25, 1997 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Molen discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband. She then describes her first telecommunications job working for Citizen Utilities where she learned to operate telephone and faced gender discrimination and wage inequality. Molen explains how that job helped her career with the Southern Nevada Telephone Company. Finally, she discusses the transformation of the telecommunication industry and her community activism in veterans organizations.
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Molen, Joanne Pattiani
In July of 1955, Joanne Molen's husband was offered a job at Nellis Air Force Base, so they moved from Alturas, California, to Las Vegas. Joanne had worked for Citizens Utilities in Alturas as a Western Union teletype operator, so she got a job with the Southern Nevada Telephone Company. She was the only woman to hold some of the positions she held. She worked for the telephone company, which became Sprint, for more than forty years, ending up as a main engineer.
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