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Oral history interview with Eugenia Ohrenschall Daykin conducted by Claytee D. White on August 8 and 15, 2023 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Daykin describes her early childhood, moving from Greece to New York, then later to Washington, D.C. with her mother. Daykin attended George Washington University and Georgetown University Law Center. After learning about potential jobs in northern Nevada, she moved to the McCarran Ranch near Reno and worked for Robert Ziemer Hawkins at Hawkins Rhodes Hawkins Law. Later relocating to Las Vegas, she married her husband, John Ohrenschall, and together started a family practice. Dayton ran for the Nevada State Assembly and served 12 years, intrducing bills on domestic violence protection, used car sales, and allowing judges in Juvenile Court more freedom in sentencing during her time. Digital audio available; no transcript available.

Oral history interview with Cleather Manning conducted by Claytee D. White on March 23, 2022 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Manning recalls working sa a maid at the Tally Ho and later the Rivera. After leaving back-of-the-house employment, she moved to a position with the Economic Opportunity Board (EOB) eventually becoming a supervisor for supportive services. She describes becoming a community leader, and serving as president of the PTA at Jo Mackey Elementary School and confronting racist attitudes in rural Nevada. Manning's final job before retiring was as an environmental specialist at Valley Hospital which also allowed her to become the Culinary Union's chaplain. Digital transcript available; no audio available.

Oral history interview with Ada Glover conducted by Claytee D. White on March 23, 2022 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: A Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Glover recalls living in the Berkley Square neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada. She shares her parents' history, starting with her father working at the Nevada Test Site and later for the Las Vegas Sun newspaper; her mother, a Culinary Union member and hospitality worker. Glover graduated from Rancho High School in 1962, and has vivid memories of the Westside community that includes Shaw's Apartment located on Van Buren and F Street, the Cotton Club owned by Jodie Cannon, The El Morocco Nightclub owned by James Calvin, and Bruno's Liquor owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bruno. She shares during the interview how she was impacted by school desegregation. Digital audio available; no transcript available.

Oral history interview with Rebecca Gipson and Bennie Trotter conducted by Claytee D. White on November 11, 2021 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: A Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Gipson shares memories of the Westside in the 1960. She recalls walking to the Westside School, going to the bowling alley on Jackson Street, and dancing at the Jefferson Center. Trotter, who worked for Clark County School District, also recalls living in Berkley Square and describes the Westside community with fondness. Digital audio available; no transcript available.

The Thomas A. Turner Structural Engineering Papers (approximately 1952-1990) consist of structural engineering plans, calculations, and correspondence for a variety of construction projects Turner worked on as a founding partner of the firm Jack Miller and Associates (JMA). The projects include hotels and casinos, municipal buildings, commercial businesses, and private residences throughout Clark and Nye counties, with the majority located in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada.

The William M. Moore Papers (approximately 1970-2025) contain correspondence, property reports, agreements, and survey maps and plans related to the Valley View Acres development near Pahrump, Nevada. Other materials included in the collection are Moore's tax returns, Spanish Trails Country Club newsletters and directories, Utah Shakespeare Festival brochures, and three unlabeled 8mm films.

Photographs of the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Las Vegas, Nevada (2020) are comprised of digital images captured by Aaron Mayes, UNLV Special Collections and Archives Curator for Visual Materials, to document what quarantine measures and restrictions to tourism, business, and everyday life in the Las Vegas Valley looked like in the spring and summer of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Included are images of the Las Vegas Strip, Downtown Las Vegas, local businesses, parks and outdoor recreation spaces, celebrations and events, and Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.