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Myra Berkovits oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02152

Abstract

Oral history interview with Myra Berkovits conducted by Barbara Tabach on August 21, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Berkovits discusses her upbringing, owning the Las Vegas, Nevada Menu Service, and working at the Holocaust Resource Center as an interviewer and education specialist.

Archival Collection

Woodrow Wilson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02001

Abstract

Oral history interview with Woodrow Wilson conducted by Gwendolyn Goodloe on February 28, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Woodrow Wilson discusses working at the Basic Magnesium plant and about becoming the first African American elected to the Nevada Assembly in 1966. He also discusses serving as president of the Las Vegas, Nevada chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples in 1951 and how he was a co-founder of the Westside Federal Credit Union.

Archival Collection

CityCenter transportation, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-08

Description

At the core of CityCenter is a transportation hub with pedestrians, autos, and tram traffic converging at one point as seen from the 32nd floor of the Monte Carlo hotel and casino. Design for the CityCenter project was a departure from contemporary casino resort property design popularized in Las Vegas.

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CityCenter transportation, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-08

Description

At the core of CityCenter is a transportation hub with pedestrians, autos, and tram traffic converging at one point as seen from the 32nd floor of the Monte Carlo hotel and casino. Design for the CityCenter project was a departure from contemporary casino resort property design popularized in Las Vegas.

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Photograph of a U.S. treating plant postcard, Las Vegas, circa early 1930s

Date

1930 to 1935

Description

A postcard of a U.S. treating plant, part of the Boulder Dam project in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the old fort after we had rebuilt it. Completed, probably, in the middle of the 1930. Larger picture shows addition which we built on to be used as a curing room for concrete samples.

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Nanyu Tomiyasu interview, March 11, 1978: transcript

Date

1978-03-11

Description

On March 11, 1978, Sosuke Miyazawa interviewed Nanyu Tomiyasu (b. May 28, 1918 in Las Vegas, Nevada) about his family’s farm and their legacy as one of the pioneering families of the city. Tomiyasu begins by talking about what brought his family to Las Vegas, the city’s abundant water reservoir and his father’s farm. In particular, Tomiyasu discusses his father’s experiments with farming as one of the city’s early farmers, the transition into nursery farming and Japanese gardens. Moreover, he discusses his siblings, the local schools, their great quality, the successful students the city produced and the growth of school populations. Tomiyasu describes the large Japanese population and the Union Pacific Railroad that many of them worked on. He ends by discussing the change in architecture within the city, such as where old buildings stood and what they are used for now, the first Episcopal Church and the old Mormon Fort.

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