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Simon Lamsal oral history interview: transcript

Date

2022-12-16

Description

Oral history interview with Simon Lamsal conducted by Jerwin Tiu, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans on December 16, 2022 for Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Lamsal describes growing up in Kathmandu, Nepal, and growing up with his grandparents. After graduating in Nepal, Lamsal applied to college in the United States and started in Arkansas studying computer science but later relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada and continuted at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Lamsal describes joining CSUN, the National Millenial Community, and investing in his community. Currently, he is in graduate school and an information technology intern at MGM. Thoroughout the interview, Lamsal touches on a number of other topics regarding finding community, cultural foods, and family life.

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Mabel Hoggard: recipes

Date

1930 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

Folder of materials from the Mabel Hoggard Papers (MS-00565) -- Personal papers file. This folder contains a book with cooking recipes (not digitized in its entirety), a memo, and other documents containing recipes.

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Mailgram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Mr. Frank Strong, August 16, 1939

Date

1939-08-16

Archival Collection

Description

The spring used at the ranch had slowed to the point where stock could not be supported. Bracken recommended drilling a well.

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Letter from Tiza and Mina Stewart and Evaline Stewart Stay (Las Vegas) to Leo McNamee (Las Vegas), December 6, 1939

Date

1939-12-06

Archival Collection

Description

Copy of the letter from the Stewart family demanding reparations for damages caused by the lack of water which should have been delivered to them by the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

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Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), July 9, 1941

Date

1941-07-09

Archival Collection

Description

Smith explaining to Bracken exactly how the state measures water, and that a miner's inch is a very imprecise measurement.

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