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Sachiko Young oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-12-05

Description

Oral history interview with Sachiko Young conducted by Mikaela Nettlow on December 5, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Sachiko shares her upbringing in Fukoka, Japan and how she and her family moved frequently as a child. She talks about meeting her husband, an American military man, while visiting family in Tokyo. Sachiko discusses their marriage and birth of their child, their move to San Jose, California, and their travels back and forth from Japan before settling in Las Vegas, Nevada. She shares stories of visiting casinos with friends, working in hotel coffee shops, and what life was like for her and her family. Sachiko also talks of how she and her husband both faced racial prejudice from their families and the difficulties of learning English as a second language.

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Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records

Identifier

MS-00292

Abstract

The Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records primarily document the activities of three Southern Nevada chapters of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution from 1950 to 2024. The materials center around the records of three chapters from Southern Nevada: Old Spanish Trail, Francisco Garces, and Valley of Fire. Materials include administrative records, scrapbooks, photographs, news clippings, and correspondence about the activities of the Daughters of the American Revolution chapters. Mateirals also include some records and scrapbooks from the Nevada State Society of DAR.

Archival Collection

Dorothy Dorothy Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00131

Abstract

The Dorothy Dorothy Photograph Collection (approximately 1910-1985) consists of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives as well as colored transparencies of Dorothy Dorothy. Included are photographs of campaigns, meetings, and banquets with various local and federal politicians. Also included are photographs of her husband, Dale Dorothy, and their ranch in Pahrump, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Savoy Hotel, lunch menu, October 29, 1898

Date

1898-10-29

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Handwritten menu Restaurant: Savoy Hotel & Restaurant Location: London, England

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Menu for the Black Watch Regimental dinner, Friday, June 11, 1897, The Monico Louis XV saloon

Date

1897-06-11

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Menu states, H.R.M. the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the Chair Menu insert: Wine lists Restaurant: The Monico Location: London, England

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Christmas menu, December 25, 1883, Lindell Hotel

Date

1883-12-25

Archival Collection

Description

Note: Illustration engraved by John A. Lowell & Co., Boston Restaurant: Lindell Hotel Location: United States

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Audio recording clip of Interview with Simeon Holloway by Claytee D. White, April 19 and April 20, 2013

Date

2013-04-19

Description

Part of an interview with Simeon Holloway by Claytee D. White, April 19, 2013. Holloway tells of receiving honorary music degree from the School of Music in Norfolk, Virginia, 40 years after World War II in 1981.

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