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Photograph of Christ Church Episcopal, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1910
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Archival Collection
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Junior Fonotisatele oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Junior Fonotisatele conducted by Cecilia Winchell and Stefani Evans on November 10, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Junior discusses his Samoan background and the importance of strong family values. He talks about his early years in Utah and California before moving to Las Vegas where he attended and graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Junior shares his employment history as a bodyguard for Floyd Mayweather, an entrepreneur of a clothing brand, and an investor into a range of ventures including security, solar energy, and mental health. He concludes with a discussion of Samoan cultural celebrations, his religion, and the significance of his tattoos.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Jerushia McDonald - Hylton & Suzilene McDonald by Claytee D. White, September 23, 2011
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with sisters Jerushia and Suzilene McDonald by Claytee White on September 23, 2011. Jerushia and Suzilene describe their early childhood on the Westside.
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Melvin Green oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Melvin Green conducted by Robin Fults on November 28 and December 1, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Green talks about growing up in Bonita, Louisiana and his education through college. He then talks about working for an architectural firm in Connecticut before being recruited to join a firm in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1986. He relates numerous stories about his childhood, discusses problems with discrimination and segregation in the South, and an example of discrimination from a Las Vegas furniture store in the late 1980s. He expands on his views of religion, spirituality, and politics, the importance of travel, of hard work, and commitment. He also gives examples of architectural projects that he has created.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Lendon Kaye Barney by Kelly Adams, March 3, 1978
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Archival Collection
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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 02
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Memo from Arne Rosencrantz to the Board of Directors for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada.
