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Edwina Danzinger oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00330

Abstract

Oral history interview with Edwina Danzinger conducted by Leanne Terry on February 26, 1980 and February 29, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Danzinger first talks about her family’s early upbringing in Nevada, her involvement in Boy Scouts and her various positions of employment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Danzinger also discusses the changes in the crime rate, air pollution, and the changes made to the university by the Buckley Amendment.

Archival Collection

Nellis Estate Phase III

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes: site plans and preliminary sketches.

Archival Collection

Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00439
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 300

Archival Component

Interview with Robert Rex Brownlee, August 6, 2007

Date

2007-08-06

Description

Narrator affiliation: Astrophysicist, Alt, Test Division Leader, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Text

Reverend Fouston Jordon Sr. oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02212

Abstract

Oral history interview with Reverend Fouston Jordan Sr. conducted by Rachel Mack on November 24, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Jordan discusses his early life in Louisiana and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1960. He talks about the lack of skilled jobs for minorities and his experience working at the Nevada Test Site. Jordan then describes the protests and strikes held by Culinary Workers Union members in response to casinos not employing certain minority groups. Later, Jordan discusses the significance that churches had on the African American community and their role to help push for certain civil rights.

Archival Collection

Photographic slide of people at Tule Springs, Nevada, October 2, 1962

Date

1962-10-02

Description

John Mawby, Dick Shutter, Jr., Walt Stein, J.D. Clark, and Roger Morrison after the discovery of the first flake with charcoal. Site #1 (Flake Site) at Tule Springs.

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Construction of the Hoover Dam in Arizona: photgraphic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171)

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Construction of the Hoover Dam in Arizona: photgraphic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Nearing completion of dam construction.

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Construction of the Hoover Dam in Arizona: photgraphic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Nearing completion of dam construction.

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