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Stella Champo Iaconis oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Stella Champo Iaconis conducted by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick on July 22, 1981 and July 23, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Iaconis discusses her personal history and family background. Iaconis also recalls moving from Sparks, Nevada to Las Vegas, Nevada and provides a recollection of the city. Iaconis then discusses Block 16 and the increase of women working in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Oral history project files: correspondence, photographs, publicity, and transcript drafts, 1995-2015
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Collection Name: Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Oral History Records
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply), Box 02 (Restrictions apply), Box 03 (Restrictions apply)
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Photograph of Rabbi Appel at Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas (Nev.), January 22, 1978
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Portrait photograph of Rabbi Appel at Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas, Nevada. 120mm negative.
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Joel Coombs oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Joel Coombs conducted by Claytee White on February 22, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview Joel Coombs spoke about how his peers reacted to his interracial family. He recalls attending Valley High School amidst racial tensions, racism, and prejudice. He also spoke about the drug abuse happening at Valley High School and Bishop Gorman High School in Nevada. He recalled participating in protests as a child and landing on the front page of The Post.
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Dayvid Figler oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dayvid Figler conducted by Barbara Tabach on June 22, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Figler discusses his youth, his bar mitzvah at Temple Beth Sholom, and path to a career as a criminal defense attorney. He also talks about embracing Las Vegas, Nevada as his home, owning a home in the John S. Park neighborhood, and mentions a number of literary depictions of Las Vegas that he admires.
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Film transparency of Clark County, Nevada records of the marriage of Guy Edward Whataman Hudson and L. Margaret Newton, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 22, 1929
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Film transparency of Clark County, Nevada records of the marriage of Guy Edward Whataman Hudson and L. Margaret Newton, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 22, 1929
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Sidney Lowe oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Sidney Lowe conducted by Claytee D. White on January 22, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Lowe begins the interview by discussing her upbringing in Alabama and South Carolina and her experiences with racial segregation and discrimination. She continues, describing places she has lived, her relationship with the father of her children, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982. Lowe talks about life in Las Vegas during the 1980s, obtaining a position in the James R. Dickinson Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as a library assistant, and her education. Lowe concludes by discussing her career working for the UNLV library system and the library's function on campus.
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