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Fundraising Files, 1977 to 1999

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The Fundraising files contain material on the yearly Christmas coffee, annual benefit and gala, Repeat Boutique Shop, and the Ronald McDonald House Project.

Archival Collection

Junior League of Las Vegas Records
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Collection Number: MS-00179
Collection Name: Junior League of Las Vegas Records
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Mayra Salinas-Menjivar oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-09-20

Description

Oral history interview with Mayra Salinas-Menjivar conducted by Nathalie Martinez, Elsa Lopez, and Barbara Tabach on September 20, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Mayra Salinas-Menjivar is a lawyer in Southern Nevada and a graduate of William S. Boyd School of Law. She grew up in Las Vegas but describes her early years living with her maternal grandparents in El Salvador. She describes some of the aftermath she experienced regarding the Civil War in El Salvador, and recounts some testimony told to her by her mother about that particular time period. She details the differences in immigrating in the 1990s and speaks about being an undocumented student. While pursuing a business degree at UNLV she found herself working at a law firm which is where she first decided to pursue law as a career after graduation. She talks about her experiences during law school and her time helping with the law school's immigration clinic. Subjects discussed include: Salvadorian Civil War, Immigration Law, Education, DACA, William S. Boyd Law School.

Text

Photograph of a young girl named Erika, Las Vegas, circa March 1968

Date

1968

Archival Collection

Description

Erika (almost 4 years old) standing outside near a tree.

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Photograph of Helen J. Stewart, 1925

Date

1925

Description

A portrait of Helen J. Stewart. She was 71 years old in this photo.

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Photograph of Ward Wengert, circa 1940

Date

1939 to 1941

Archival Collection

Description

Ward Wengert posing in front of a house at thirteen years old.

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