Transcript of interview with Hattie Canty by Claytee D. White, February 27, 1998
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Interview with Hattie Canty conducted by Claytee D. White on February 27, 1998. Hattie Canty worked as a hotel maid and was elected president of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 during the 1990s.An Interview with Hattie Canty An Oral History Conducted by Claytee D. White The Boyer Las Vegas Early History Project Oral History Research Center at UNLV University Libraries University of Nevada Las Vegas ©The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2007 Produced by: The Oral History Research Center at UNLV - University Libraries Director and Editor: Claytee D. White Assistant Editors: Gloria Homol and Delores Brownlee Transcribers: Kristin Hicks and Laurie Boetcher Interviewers and Project Assistants: Suzanne Becker, Nancy Hardy, Joyce Moore, Andres Moses, Laura Plowman, Emily Powers, Dr. Dave Schwartz ii The recorded interview and transcript have been made possible through the generosity of Dr. Harold Boyer and the Library Advisory Committee. The Oral History Research Center enables students and staff to work together with community members to generate this selection of first-person narratives. The participants in this project thank thHattie Canty grew up in St. Stephens, Alabama. As a young woman, she moved to California to seek employment, married, and started a family. They moved to Las Vegas in the late 1960's and she found work as a maid for the Thunderbird Hotel and later at the Maxim Hotel and Casino. After the death of her spouse, Hattie discovered the importance of belonging to a union, which provided her...
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