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Photographs of Frontier Strike: first arrest, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1991 September 22 (Folder 1 of 2)
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Culinary Union workers strike at the Frontier Hotel and Casino on September 22, 1991. Amongst strikers is Jim Arnold, secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union. During the rally, strikers are seen holding an American flag while marching and police officers made the first arrest since beginning of strike.Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino
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Hamed Ahmady oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Hamed Ahmady conducted by Stefani Evans on March 22, 2023 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Interviewed by Stefani Evans. Culinary Union Local 226 organizer Hamed Ahmady recalls his childhood as the oldest of six children in Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan. As an child, he remembers hearing about the September 11, 2001 attack in New York while living in a Taliban-controlled city on a television connected to a concealed antenna that received signals from Uzbekistan. He recalls how, one month after he graduated high school, he became an translator for the U.S. Army, which he did for more than four years. He talks about securing his Special Immigrant Visa (SIV); landing in Los Angeles, California in 2013 and moving his family to the United States; and supporting his siblings and parents in Afghanistan. He also discusses relocating his family from California to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2018, finding a mosque community, and working with Culinary Union Local 226.
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Elaine Galatz oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Elaine Galatz conducted by Barbara Tabach on April 22, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Galatz discusses her work as a past Jewish Federation president, her marriage to renowned attorney Neil Galatz, and her career as an accomplished horsewoman.
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Nevada Women's History Project pamphlet, event invitation, and blanket design photocopy, 1998, undated
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Phyllis Martin Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
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Valerie Wiener's oral history for UNLV Libraries Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project, 2015
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Valerie Wiener Papers
Box/Folder: Box 08
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Maxine and Jack Cason oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Maxine and Jack Cason conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on September 22, 1016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Jack discusses his early life in Oklahoma and arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950. He recalls the formation of Saveway Super Service, Philips 66 service stations, the competition in the fuel industry, and the opening of the first Rebel service station. Jack talks about fuel terminals, fuel bulk plants, and becoming one of the largest fuel providers in southern Nevada. Later, Maxine and Jack talk about supporting local sports organizations. Lastly, Jack discusses his involvement in the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Athletics Department, and being inducted into the UNLV Sports Hall of Fame.
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Film transparency of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra on opening night of their show at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, January 22, 1964
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Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra on opening night of their show at the Sands Hotel on January 22, 1964.
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Film transparency of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin on opening night of their show at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, January 22, 1964
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Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra on opening night of their show at the Sands Hotel on January 22, 1964.
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