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Roberta Kane oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03238

Abstract

Oral history interview with Roberta Kane conducted by Barbara Tabach on September 6, 2017 and May 22, 2018 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Kane explains how she was the first born Jewish baby in Las Vegas, Nevada and her parents’ deep involvement with the Jewish community of the 1930s. She then talks about the formalization that occurred in the Jewish community with the building of Temple Beth Sholom. In a second session, Kane recalls the Wildcat Lair, a gathering spot of students from Las Vegas High School in the 1950s.

Archival Collection

Nancy Mallette oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02556

Archival Collection

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 22, 1996

Date

1996-04-22

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about requests, bylaws, and resolutions.

Text

Aquiles Garcia oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02250

Abstract

Oral history interview with Aquiles Garcia conducted by Claytee D. White on January 10 and February 20, 2015 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Garcia discusses the political atmosphere and risks of being gay in Juan Perón’s Argentina in the 1940s, Las Vegas, Nevada life in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and his dual Las Vegas careers as a dancer and a casino dealer throughout the second half of the twentieth century.

Archival Collection

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 22, 1975

Date

1975-07-22

Description

Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate. CSUN Session 4 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

Text

James A. Gay III interview, 1973: transcript

Date

1973

Description

Interview with James A. Gay III conducted by Joyce M. Wright in 1973. Edited by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick, and transcribed for the project "Black Experience in Southern Nevada, Donated Tapes Collection," James R. Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 1978. Arriving in 1946 from Fordyce, Arkansas, Gay became the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He later worked as Assistant Manager of the Sands Hotel and Casino and Union Plaza while serving as an executive board member of the Culinary Union. Instrumental in the Las Vegas community, Gay worked to improved race relations, addressing social, economic, and civic issues. Gay was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1988.

Text

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 20th commencement program, 1983 May 22

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists
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Collection Number: UA-00115
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 25th commencement program, 1988 May 22

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: UA-00115
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists
Box/Folder: Box 03

Archival Component

Else Lappoehn, Sylvia Brunn, Art Ruckle and George Brunn oral history interview, 2007 April 22

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

Carole Terry's "Germans in Las Vegas" Oral History Project
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Collection Number: OH-00143
Collection Name: Carole Terry's "Germans in Las Vegas" Oral History Project
Box/Folder: Box 02, Box 04

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#69863: UNLV Presidents barbecue and other Welcome Day activities help kick off the Fall 2014 semester August 22, 2014 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2014 August 22

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
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Collection Number: PH-00388-05
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2010s)
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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