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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George
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"Dumb": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On the lack of justice for Black individuals.
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José Luis Meléndrez oral history interview: transcript
Oral history interview with José Luis Meléndrez conducted by Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez on November 20, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Meléndrez discusses his family background and early life in Baja California. He talks about his father's decision to migrate to the United States, and attending Catholic schools in California, Nevada, and Texas as the family moved around the country. Meléndrez recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1990, enrolling at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and his involvement with the Boy Scouts of America affiliated program, Learning for Life. Later, Meléndrez describes attending the University of Michigan, earning a master's degree in social work, and becoming executive director for the office of Community Partnerships in the UNLV School of Public Health. Lastly, Meléndrez discusses the future of the Las Vegas Latinx community, and becoming a founding member and chair for the Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition.
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Photograph of a Paiute/Shoshone woman with a young child, Pahrump or Ash Meadows, Nevada, circa 1880s-1890s
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Photograph of baccarat players, Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, circa late 1950s-early 1960s
People playing baccarat at the Sands Hotel and Casino.
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Photograph of people playing slots, Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, circa late 1950s-early 1960s
People playing slots at the Sands Hotel and Casino.
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Photograph of gamblers inside the Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, circa late 1950s-early 1960s
Gamblers on the main floor inside the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
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Photograph of slots players at the Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, circa late 1950s-early 1960s
Customers playing slots at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
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Ferron, William Ewart
Born in Salt Lake City on February 23, 1887, William E. Ferron, graduated from
the College of Pharmacy at Philadelphia, and later went to South America where
he was involved in gold mining enterprises. Ferron arrived in Las Vegas in 1916,
and partnered with Dr. Roy Martin in establishing the Las Vegas Pharmacy at the
northwest corner of First and Fremont.
He married Ruth Cooper of Salt Lake City in 1917 and they lived for many years
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Shockley, May Bradford, 1879-1977
May Bradford was born May 11, 1879 in Missouri. Her parents named her Cora May, but she almost always went by the name May. Growing up, she lived in mining camps in New Mexico, Colorado, and Oregon, where her father worked. She graduated from high school in Carthage, Missouri. She attended Stanford and studied art and mathematics, earning her degree in 1902. She then taught high school for one year in Seattle, Washington to earn the money to go to Paris and study art and was able to spend the next year in Paris.
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