Oral history interview with Xiaoyin Zhang conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on April 17, 2024 for the Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Xiaoyin Zhang discusses her childhood in post-war China, learning to work as a blacksmith, and discovering table tennis as a recreational sport. Zhang graduated from Hangzhou University in 1982 and in 1987 came to the United States to pursue a degree in Library Science at University of Wisconsin, Madison. She discusses table tennis as a lifelong sport for the mind and body, for entertainment, and for social connections. She recalls the Huntsman World Senior Games, serving as captain of the UNLV Table Tennis Corporate Challenge team, and her wall full of bronze, silver, and gold medals. She also describes her work with the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Williams College, and UNLV. Digital audio available.

B-roll and news segments reporting on the Stratosphere Tower on fire, firefighters attempting to put out the fire, interviews with witnesses the night (morning) of, and the next day as crews work to stabilize the building. Original media U-matic, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

B-roll of Hard Rock Hotel sign; Exterior of Pink Taco restaurant sign, workers in the back of house and kitchen areas; Signs of businesses near UNLV campus on Maryland Parkway including Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Chipotle, Carl's Jr., Einstein Bros. Bagels, Moose's Beach House Bar and Grill, Freakin' Frog, and In-N-Out. Original media BetacamSP, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Aerial and street-level B-roll of the MGM Grand at night and during the daytime. Original media BetacamSP, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.

Interviews about the UNLV Downtown Center at located at the former 5th Street School, also known as the Las Vegas Grammar School. B-roll of 5th Street School building exterior, an instructor teaching a class, and City of Las Vegas Office of Business Development. Aerial footage from the Foley Federal building of the 5th Street School building, downtown Las Vegas, and a view looking south toward the Stratosphere and the Las Vegas strip. Original media BetacamSP, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.