https://mail.makersteachingmodules.sites.unlv.edu/files/original/45c2acdb2b967e9a237e21956f40ba39.jpeg 088b1d85029e3123dcf6c068e0c43fec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MAKERS Masterlist (Alphabetized) Subject The topic of the resource Makers Teaching Modules Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Women in Nevada History: A Legacy Digital Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Person An individual. Work/Contribution Housekeeping Birth Date October 12, 1921 Birthplace Fordyce, Arkansas Arrival in Las Vegas 1942 Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Claytee D. White Date of Interview March 12, 1996 Biographical Text Viola Johnson, along with her baby daughter, left Fordyce, Arkansas in 1942 to join her parents in Las Vegas. Before coming to Las Vegas, Viola worked chopping cotton in Arkansas. Her mother was then working at the El Rancho Hotel as a maid, and her father worked at the Basic Magnesium plant in Henderson. After moving to Las Vegas, the family all lived together in a tent on Jackson Street in the Westside. In 1943, Johnson married and she and her husband moved to a small house on Jackson Street. Soon after her marriage, she went to work at the Flamingo Hotel as a maid. She later left that position, and began working in the pantry at the Rivera. She eventually went to the International (now the Las Vegas Hilton) and worked in the pantry there, retiring after fourteen years. She was very active in her church, singing in the choir, and teaching Sunday school. She passed away in 2004. The interview provides information about labor conditions and the Culinary Union during the early years of the Las Vegas strip casino development. Bibliography <a href="https://cdm17304.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/ohr/id/185" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Viola Johnson, “An Interview with Viola Johnson, an Oral History Conducted by Claytee D. White” [transcript], Las Vegas Women in Gaming and Entertainment Oral History Project (1996), Special Collections and Archives, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.</a> insert audio clip somewhere Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Viola Johnson Subject The topic of the resource Makers Teaching Modules Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Women in Nevada History: A Legacy Digital Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This resource is available for education and research purposes. This collection is a collaboration and combination of various projects including, but not limited to; the Women in Nevada History: A Legacy Digital Project, the <a href="https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/collecting_strengths/nwa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nevada Women’s Archives</a>, the <a href="https://www.unlv.edu/wrin/research" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Las Vegas Women Oral History Project</a> and the <a href="http://makersteachingmodules.sites.unlv.edu/makerseries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Makers: Women in Nevada History Project</a>, a co-production of the <a href="https://www.unlv.edu/wrin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Women's Research Institute of Nevada</a> and <a href="https://video.vegaspbs.org/show/vegas-pbs-documentaries/collections/makers-women-nevada-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">VegasPBS</a>. The text, images, audio and video in this collection are under copyright by different repositories and may not be reproduced without express written consent of the appropriate entities. Relation A related resource <a href="https://d.library.unlv.edu/digital/collection/p17304coll6/search/searchterm/Las%20Vegas%20Women%20in%20Gaming%20and%20Entertainment%20Oral%20History%20Project/field/source/mode/exact/conn/and" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Las Vegas Women in Gaming and Entertainment Oral History Project</a> <a href="http://digital.library.unlv.edu/aae" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The African American Experience in Las Vegas</a> Hotel/Gaming Oral History