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Victor J. Zerga oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Victor J. Zerga conducted by David Jukich on April 03, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Zerga gives insight into the field of nursing and discusses the role that ranching had in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Archival Collection
Paul Sogan oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Paul Sogan conducted by Dennis McBride on May 16, 1995 for the Boulder City Library Oral History Project. Sogan opens the interview briefly discussing his childhood and then describes his involvement in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Nevada during the 1940s. Sogan provides details about the daily activities of CCC members, their living quarters, and his specific projects. He also tells anecdotes about interesting or dangerous projects the CCC members were assigned to work on. Sogan then talks about Boulder City, Nevada. He describes the features of the city including the mines and churches and the CCC members' opinions of the city.
Archival Collection
"Echoes from the Archives" newspaper column, 1967-1974
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Celesta Lowe Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 2
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"Echoes from the Archives" newspaper column, 1975-1979
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Celesta Lowe Papers
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 2
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California Mission Archives reel, approximately 1960 to 1989
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 103 (Restrictions apply)
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Reika Sun oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Reika Sun conducted by Kristel Peralta on June 21, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Reika Sun discusses her childhood in Shanghai, China during the "one-child policy" and her upbringing by nannies while her parents worked. She shares how her family immmigrated to Las Vegas in 2009 to reunite with Reika's aunt and how Reika moved to Kansas to attend an English as a Second Language (ESL) program at Kansas State University. Reika also talks about her restaurant employment history after returning to Las Vegas, her membership in the Culinary Workers Union, and Chinese traditions and superstitions she grew up learning.
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Georgia Adras oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Georgia Adras (b. 1916) conducted by Robin L. Hayes on March 02, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Adras relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada from Farmington, Utah in 1936. This interview covers education, religion, ad raising a family in Nevada. During the interview Adras also discusses the building of the Boulder Dam, road conditions, grocery shopping in the early days, and the Strip.
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Book assessment project, Phases I and II, 1997
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Nevada Women's History Project Records
Box/Folder: Box 01
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National Archives and Records. Contains letter, 1980 June
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 82 (96th Session)
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