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Kevin Chung oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-12-18

Description

Oral history interview with Kevin Chung conducted by Cecelia Winchell, Stefani Evans, and Jerwin Tiu on December 18, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Kevin Chung discusses his upbringing in Southern Vietnam and how he and his family were forced to leave the country during the Vietnam War. Chung talks about his family's migration to Minnesota and how they adapted to American culture. He shares his educational background, his professional pursuits as a teacher, and the reasons he and his wife decided to move to Las Vegas. Chung reflects on the importance of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) in education with an emphasis on the arts and shares his teaching philosophy. He also gives details of his family's lives and talks about the importance of bringing together his Vietnamese and American cultures to connect the different generations of his family.

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Gerry Rojas-Cantres oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-01-29

Description

Oral history interview with Gerry Rojas-Cantres conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 29, 2021 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Gerry talks of his arrival to Las Vegas after growing up in Puerto Rico. He also discusses his work as both a porter at McCarran Airport and a shop steward for the Culinary Workers Union Local 226.

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CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: Crescent Dunes Solar - Archive Description

Date

2019-05

Description

Description of CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: Crescent Dunes Solar digital archive, by photographer Jamey Stillings.

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Jacob D. "Jay" Bingham oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02936

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Oral history interview with Jacob D. "Jay" Bingham conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee White on January 11, 2017 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Bingham discusses growing up in the Mormon community in Nevada, serving on the North Las Vegas City Council, and his various developments of basketball and work-release programs for youth offenders.

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Photograph of Rabbi Shea Harlig, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016

Date

2016-09-22

Description

Rabbi Shea Harlig poses in the sanctuary of the Chabad of Las Vegas at 1261 Arville Street.

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Photograph of Rabbi Shea Harlig, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016

Date

2016-09-22

Description

Rabbi Shea Harlig poses in the sanctuary of the Chabad of Las Vegas at 1261 Arville Street.

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Photograph of Torah Tots preschool, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016

Date

2016-09-22

Description

Desert Torah Academy's Torah Tots preschool on the Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive.

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Photograph of Desert Torah Academy, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016

Date

2016-09-22

Description

Inside the Desert Torah Academy on the Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive.

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Photograph of Desert Torah Academy, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016

Date

2016-09-22

Description

Inside the Desert Torah Academy on the Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive.

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Photograph of Desert Torah Academy, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016

Date

2016-09-22

Description

Inside the Desert Torah Academy on the Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive.

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