unlv.1976.123 Guide to the Elmer Rusco Collection Finding aid written by Caryll Batt Dziedziak. Special Collections, UNLV Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.January 4, 1996. Finding aid encoded by Tom Sommer.November 2006 Descriptive Summary Records of the Elmer Rusco Collection 1964-1972 (inclusive) T-123 Elmer Rusco 1 box [5 linear inches] University of Nevada, Las Vegas. UNLV Libraries. Special Collections. Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7010.The Elmer Rusco Collection covers the years of 1964-1972. The majority of the information concentrates on 1969 and 1970, seen in correspondence and court cases. The collection is divided into the following five series which were designated by Dr. Rusco: an Education Series, Fahey Series, Solutions Conference Series, Local 357 Series, and the Consent Decree Series. English Preferred Citation:

Elmer Rusco Collection, T-123, Special Collections, UNLV Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

 Acquisition Information:

Donated by Elmer Rusco in 1976.

 Processed by:

Caryll Batt Dziedziak, January 1996.

 Access:

This collection is open for research.

Publication Rights:

For permission to reproduce or publish from this collection, please contact the Director of Special Collections.

 Biographical Sketch/ Organizational History

Elmer R. Rusco received his academic training in Political Science. He attended the University of Kansas, receiving his B.A. in 1951, and his M.A. in 1952. He continued his schooling at the University of California, Berkeley, earning his Ph.D. in 1960.

Dr. Rusco taught Political Science as an Assistant Professor at Parsons College and at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1963. In 1965, he joined the Bureau of Governmental Research at the University of Nevada, Reno, serving as the Assistant Director. He became the Director of the Bureau in 1967.

Dr. Rusco’s areas of specialization were: Political Theory, American Politics, and Voting Behavior, writing numerous publications focusing on these topics. He held memberships in: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi, Pi Sigma Alpha, American Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association, and the American Association of University Professors.

His doctoral dissertation entitled, “Machine Politics, California Model: Arthur H. Samish and the Alcoholic Industry” won the annual award of Western Political Science Association for 1961. He received a Grant from the Eagleton Institute of Politics in 1961, and from the Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada in 1964 and 1965.

Other activities included Dr. Rusco’s Legislative Internship with the California Assembly, 1960-1961, membership on the University of Nevada Policy Committee on Academic Standards, 1964-1966, and membership on the Ad Hoc Executive Board of the Center for Western North American Studies.

 Scope and Content

The Elmer Rusco Collection covers the years of 1964-1972. The majority of the information concentrates on 1969 and 1970, seen in correspondence and court cases. The collection is divided into the following five series which were designated by Dr. Rusco: an Education Series, Fahey Series, Solutions Conference Series, Local 357 Series, and the Consent Decree Series.

The Education Series details Clark County School District programs, plans, and court cases concerned with integration from 1968 through 1972. The Fahey Series contains information on Welfare, Black Employment, Juvenile Delinquency, Race Relations, Poverty, and the Nevada Catholic Welfare Bureau. Robert Fahey was the director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau’s Policy Action Leadership (PAL) as well as the assistant director of Catholic Community Welfare. The Solutions Conference Series covers CCSD staff training which pertains to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This series was dated as 1967 by Dr. Rusco. The Local 357 Series consists of news articles, notes, and correspondence regarding the Electrical Union. Also included are five court cases dealing with discrimination against Blacks by the Union. This series covers 1969-1972. The Casino Consent Decree Series details the numbers of minorities working at the major hotels, the positions they occupy, and correspondence regarding race relations. Within this particular series, Dr. Rusco noted that he was writing a book about race relations in Nevada which necessitated the compilation of the stated race relations information.

The records in this collection were received in a single acquisition [76-56] from Dr. Rusco on April 30, 1976. Another Elmer Rusco Collection is housed at the Library of the University of Nevada, Reno, Special Collections Department.

 Arrangement of the Records

The collection is divided into five series series:

Series 1. Education Series 2. Fahey Series 3. Solutions Conference Series 4. Local 357 Series 5. Consent Decree

Two more Elmer Rusco Collections are housed at the Library of the University of Nevada, Reno, Special Collections Department. The first is entitled, "A Guide to the Records of the Elmer R. Rusco Papers on Ethnicity and Race Collection No. 88-28." The second is entitled, "A Guide to the Records of Elmer Rusco - "Ethnicity and Race in Nevada" Collection No. 90-85 ."

Subject Headings Individuals:Rusco, Elmer Fahey, Robert Organizations:Clark County School District (Nev.) -- Records and correspondence Nevada Catholic Welfare Bureau -- Records and correspondence International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 357 (Las Vegas, Nev.) -- Records and correspondence Clark County (Nev.) -- Race relations Subjects:School integration -- Nevada -- Clark County Minority women -- Employment -- Nevada -- Las Vegas Public welfare -- Nevada -- Clark County African Americans -- Employment -- Nevada -- Clark CountyJuvenile delinquency -- Nevada -- Clark County Poverty -- Nevada -- Clark County African Americans -- Civil rights -- Nevada -- Clark County Places:Clark County (Nev.) -- Race relations Inventory: Series 1: Education, 1968-1972 (2 folders) BoxFolderContents 11Correspondence regarding Clark County School District Integration, 1972.Booklet: Integration Program (CCSD),1971-1972.Booklet: CCSD Integration Plan,1970/1971.Court Case: Kelly v Brown,June 23, 1969.2An Action Plan for Integration of Six Westside Elementary Schools - submitted to Judge Bruce Thompson by the Clark County Board of School Trustees,October 16, 1968.Court Case: Herbert Kelly v James Mason, August 14, 1970. Series 2: Fahey, 1965-1970(1 folder)BoxFolderContents13Miscellaneous News Articles regarding: Welfare, Black Employment, Catholic Welfare Bureau, Juvenile Delinquency, Race Relations, Poverty, etc., 1965-1969.Policy Action Leadership (PAL) Information, Undated.Nevada Social Welfare Association: Resolutions and Statements.Agenda for Catholic Conference of Social Welfare in California, Robert Fahey - guest speaker, April 26, 1965.Correspondence from Clark County Council of Social Agencies to Governor Paul Laxalt. Booklet: An Exploratory Study of Alienated Student Behavior. Correspondence from Elmer Rusco to Louis Vitale,October 1 & 15, 1970.Notes regarding the Catholic Welfare System.Correspondence from Elmer Rusco to Robert Fahey,August 23 & October 23, 1970.Series 3: Solutions Conference, 1964(1 folder)BoxFolderContents 14Booklet: CCSD Civil Rights Act of 1964, Staff Training Program, 1964.Notes concerning school officials and their duties. Series 4: Local 357,1967-1972(1 folder)BoxFolderContents 15Correspondence from Elmer Rusco to Stuart Herman, August 25, 1970 & reply: August 31, 1970.Presentation to the State Apprenticeship Council, by J. Neal regarding discrimination against Blacks in the various apprenticeship programs. Notes regarding the Electrical Union and the leaders.News Articles regarding the Electrical Union, 1967, 1969Labor Department Regulations on Equal Opportunity in Apprenticeship and Training. Court Case: U.S.A. v Local No. 357 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.Court Case: Joe Neal v Las Vegas Joint Apprenticeship Trust for the Pipe Trader Industry.Court Case: Roy Chandler v International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 357.Court Case: Roy Chandler v International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 357.Court Case: U.S.A. v Local No. 357, 1970.Court Case [2 copies]: U.S.A. v Local No. 357, 1972.Correspondence from J. Neal to:

Mr. Hugh C. Murphy, April 30, 1969Stanley P. Jones, May 6, 1969Stanley P. Jones, May 16, 1969Stanley P. Jones, June 3, 1969Stanley P. Jones, August 11, 1969Stanley P. Jones, August 13, 1969Morris Skinner, April 29, 1969

Correspondence from S.P. Jones to J. Neal,August 18, 1969Correspondence from Elmer Rusco to:

John Lee, January 25, 1972Robert T. Moore, January 25, 1972Stuart Herman, January 25, 1972

Address for John W. Davis, Department of Justice.Series 5: Casino Consent Decree,1970-1972(1 folder)BoxFolderContents16Consent Decree.Reports from major hotels on the numbers of minorities working.Titles of positions in the hotels.Report of the total Black employment in major hotels,1971.Report of total Black employment for all major hotels in Las Vegas:

DunesHiltonFrontierHaciendaLandmarkRivieraSandsThunderbirdTropicana

Correspondence from Stuart Herman to Elmer Rusco, February 25, 1972.Correspondence from Elmer Rusco to The Nevada Resort Association,August 25, 1970.Payment receipt from the U.S. District Court.Notation regarding Stuart Herman.Notes regarding the Union Quarterly Report.

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