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On March 5, 1981, collector Kathy Ricks interviewed Mary Carol Melton (b. April 4th, 1900 in Rockville, Missouri) about her life in Nevada and the development of the United Methodist Church in Las Vegas. Melton speaks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada because of her husband’s health, her time working with attorney offices and in the Las Vegas Courthouse, and the different homes in which her family lived. Moreover, Melton talks extensively about starting the first Sunday school in North Las Vegas in a garage as well as the church she and her husband built. Melton discusses the programs and minstrels performed in the church, the crafts sold to make money for the church and the organ they purchased. Lastly, Melton talks about going to the Hoover Dam nearly every week to see new developments, her participation in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and watching the above ground atomic tests.
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From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Appear to be gathered in a church building.
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Newspaper article featuring information about the Negro National History Week events taking place in schools and churches in February 1965.
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Photographer's notations: April 70, victory Baptist Choir, Love's Cocktail Lounge, Easter Program at Upper Room Church of God in Christ, Basketball tournament at Doolittle. Some photos from this set were previously online with the digital ID pho022104.
Doolittle Community Center (Las Vegas, Nev.); Victory Baptist Church (Las Vegas, Nevada); Upper Room Church of God in Christ (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Color photograph of Debbie Conway with First Lady Edwina Richardson at the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church Food Bank discussing supplementary items needed.
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