Search Results
Las Vegas Israelite newspaper, Section B, June 22, 2001
Date
Description
Issue of the Las Vegas Israelite newspaper.
Text
Mach and Arlene Manuel oral history interview: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Oral history interview with Mach and Arlene Manuel conducted by Kristel Peralta and Stefani Evans on June 28, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Mach and Arlene Manuel share the story of their overseas courtship and how they came to be together in the United States. Arlene was raised in the Philippines while Mach was born and raised in San Diego, California. Mach describes his visit to the Philippines as an adult when he began to connect more to his Filipino heritage. The couple shares how they dated for 13 years before Arlene moved to San Diego, and how the Manuel family came to live in Las Vegas in 2017 to pursue Arlene's nursing career. Arlene and Mach talk about cultural differences and discrimination, emigration and diversity, religion and identity, and Filipino food, among other topics. Subjects discussed include: Manila, Philippines; discrimination of class; and anti-Asian hate.
Text
Rotary Club of Las Vegas meeting, 1979 February 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 48
Archival Component
"History of CCSD" oral history interviews, 2005
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Patrick W. Carlton Papers on the Oral History of the Public School Principalship Project
Box/Folder: Box 10
Archival Component
Oral history interviews with Nevada principals, 2006
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Patrick W. Carlton Papers on the Oral History of the Public School Principalship Project
Box/Folder: Box 13
Archival Component
Gene Noboru Nakanishi oral history interview: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Oral history interview with Gene Noboru Nakanishi conducted by Ayrton Yamaguchi, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans on April 2, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Gene Nakanishi shares his detailed family history from both his father's and his mother's families. He discusses his paternal grandfather's work on the Union Pacific Railroad, the family's internment in Wyoming during World War II, and his father's release from the camp by joining the United States Army Signal Corps. Nakanishi also talks of his maternal grandfather who was of the Bushido ("warrior") class in Osaka, Japan, and his grandfather's work with Christian missionaries. He shares details of his mother's restaurant employment in Los Angeles and her opening of Osaka Japanese Bistro in Las Vegas in 1969. Nakanishi also talks about being born and raised in Las Vegas, his musical schooling at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and his graduate education at Harvard University. He discusses his work as a band teacher for the Clark County School District, his involvement in the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program band camp, and his interests in jazz music.
Text
Margaret Ostler Stout-Hall oral history interview
Identifier
Abstract
Oral history interview with Margaret Ostler Stout-Hall conducted by Claytee D. White on August 11, 2014 for the West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1. Stout-Hall discusses growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada’s Rancho Circle neighborhood, attending Las Vegas High School, and becoming a Rhythmette. She also talks about working at the El Portal Theatre, dancing at the Wildcat Lair, and working for Harry Reid later in life.
Archival Collection
Oscar and Carolyn Goodman oral history interview: transcript
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Oral history interview with Carolyn G. and Oscar B. Goodman conducted by Claytee D. White on October 18, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Carolyn G. and Oscar B. Goodman discuss their early childhoods and education. They tell the story of their marriage, family life, and careers. The Goodmans go into further detail on the growth of Las Vegas, Nevada as a community as well as a tourist destination.
Text
Sherry Tuliwa McKnight and Tony Terrell oral history interviews
Identifier
Abstract
Oral history interviews with Sherry Tuliwa McKnight and Tony Terrell conducted by Claytee D. White on October 20, 2016 and December 01, 2016 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In the first interview, McKnight and her son Terrell discuss their upbringing and the significance of sports in their lives. Terrell talks about playing football at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), becoming the football team captain, and the role that sports play in the lives of minority youth. In the second interview, Terrell remembers the end of his football career, and becoming an academic advisor at UNLV. Lastly, McKnight talks about obtaining a master’s degree later in her life, and the importance of scholarships for minority students.
Archival Collection
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Library, 1967 June 22
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 41
Archival Component