Alice Key
From performance and journalism to public service
A performer, journalist and civic leader whose career crossed media, civil rights and Nevada government.
A voice in several media
UNLV’s catalog traces Key’s work as a dancer and Los Angeles newspaper writer before her Las Vegas journalism and television work with Bob Bailey. It also describes leadership in the NAACP and Economic Opportunity Board. [1]
Labor and preservation
Richard Bryan appointed her deputy labor commissioner in 1983. She retired from that role in 1993 and also worked on preserving the Moulin Rouge. Her photograph collection supplies a visual record alongside the biographical account. [1]
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In the archive
4 matching entries in the saved collection.
Photograph of a group of men and women at an NAACP event, no date
Photograph · Alice Key Papers. Catalog date: 1900–1909.
Photograph of D.D. Cotton with friends at a Westside Club, 1950s
Photograph · Alice Key Papers. Catalog date: 1950–1959.
Photograph of a group at an NAACP event including Eleanor Walker, no date
Photograph · Alice Key Papers. Catalog date: Circa 1960–1970.
MS 95-47 Alice Key Collection. Box 1, Folder 05: Newspaper clipping, Nevadan section, Las Vegas Review Journal, September 17, 1989
Newspaper clipping · Alice Key Papers. Catalog date: 1989.
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Alice Key Photograph Collection
The catalog’s newspaper chronology conflicts with UNLV’s newspaper history. This brief omits that disputed date.