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Audio recording clip of interview with Jackie Brantley by Claytee D. White, October 27, 1996

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Brantley, Jackie White, Claytee D

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Part of an interview with Jackie Brantley by Claytee White on October 27, 1996. Brantley explains how she became a public relations specialist for Desert Inn.You were just telling me about your decision to make a change in careers. So where do you go at this point? At this point I went to work for the Desert Inn Hotel and it was really interesting. I went to Summa Corporation's Personnel Department and I put an application in as a secretary. I got a call the next week. The woman said that there was a position available at the Desert Inn Hotel and would I be interested in interviewing. I said, "Well, by all means." So I went in and I interviewed with two women. One was Bonnie Hayes and the other was Jenny McElvane. One handled entertainment for acts appearing at the hotel and then the other one handled the public relations or publicity for the hotel. At that time there were about thirty women that had flown in from around the country — from Los Angeles and various other places — who were interested in that position. It was considered a stepping-stone position. A glamorous type of position but at the same time you would have an opp
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