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Oral history interview with Eugenia Ohrenschall Daykin conducted by Claytee D. White on August 8 and 15, 2023 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Daykin describes her early childhood, moving from Greece to New York, then later to Washington, D.C. with her mother. Daykin attended George Washington University and Georgetown University Law Center. After learning about potential jobs in northern Nevada, she moved to the McCarran Ranch near Reno and worked for Robert Ziemer Hawkins at Hawkins Rhodes Hawkins Law. Later relocating to Las Vegas, she married her husband, John Ohrenschall, and together started a family practice. Dayton ran for the Nevada State Assembly and served 12 years, intrducing bills on domestic violence protection, used car sales, and allowing judges in Juvenile Court more freedom in sentencing during her time. Digital audio available; no transcript available.
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Oral history interview with Eugenia Ohrenschall Daykin conducted by Claytee D. White on August 8 and 15, 2023 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Daykin describes her early childhood, moving from Greece to New York, then later to Washington, D.C. with her mother. Daykin attended George Washington University and Georgetown University Law Center. After learning about potential jobs in northern Nevada, she moved to the McCarran Ranch near Reno and worked for Robert Ziemer Hawkins at Hawkins Rhodes Hawkins Law. Later relocating to Las Vegas, she married her husband, John Ohrenschall, and together started a family practice. Dayton ran for the Nevada State Assembly and served 12 years, intrducing bills on domestic violence protection, used car sales, and allowing judges in Juvenile Court more freedom in sentencing during her time. Digital audio available; no transcript available.
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Eugenia Ohrenschall Daykin oral history interview, 2023 August 08 and 15. OH-03964. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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This interview was conducted and transcribed by the Oral History Research Center (OHRC) which is part of the UNLV University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Division.
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Interview materials were processed by UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2025. Sarah Jones wrote the collection description. Access copies were created for born-digital audio files. The audio has been minimally reviewed and all readily available information has been included in the description.