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"Tommy" oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02056

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Oral history interview with "Tommy" conducted by Dennis McBride on April 28, 1998 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. Thompson discusses his life as a gay man, his parents’ acceptance despite being heavily religious, and writing poems for the Las Vegas Bugle for many years.

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D. Taylor oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02118

Abstract

Oral history interview with D. Taylor conducted by Claytee White on July 25, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Taylor recalls the 1984 Culinary Workers Union Local 226 citywide strike for improved health coverage for employees. He also talks about the history of the labor union, its leadership, and the union representative structure giving a larger voice to the racially diverse workforce in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Leah Chan Grinvald oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03920

Abstract

Oral history interview with Leah Chan Grinvald conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on January 22, 2024 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Grinvald discusses growing up with a large Chinese family on her father's side, and an Orthodox Jewish family on her mother's side. Grinvald talks about family, identity, traditions, and schooling. She discusses how she became interested in law, her legal career, and volunteer work with the affinity Bars in Nevada, the State Bar of Nevada Board of Bar Governors, and the Association of American Law Schools Deans Council Executive Committee. She also talks about meeting her Israeli husband, marrying him in Israel, and living there for a year.

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Women's Mikva at Chabad of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2016 September 22

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UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00389
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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Women's Mikva at Chabad of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2016 September 22

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UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00389
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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Women's Mikva at Chabad of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2016 September 22

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UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00389
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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Overnight suite at Chabad of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2016 September 22

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UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00389
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Overnight suite at Chabad of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2016 September 22

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Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00389
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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Chabad of Las Vegas community room, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph, 2016 September 22

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UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00389
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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