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Olivia Meneses oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-09-18

Description

Oral history interview with Olivia Meneses conducted by Elsa Lopez and Barbara Tabach on September 18, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Olivia Meneses describes growing up in Mexico City and attending la Universidad Iberoamericana during the 1968 student movement that culminated in the Tlatelolco massacre. She discusses migrating to the United States in 1983 and moving to Las Vegas in 1985, where she began teaching Spanish to kindergarten students.

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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Calvin M. Cory, March 17, 1947

Date

1947-03-17

Archival Collection

Description

The city asked the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. to either fence or place Las Vegas Creek in a culvert, and Bennett was asking if they were obliged to do so.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Comstock (Los Angeles), February 4, 1923

Date

1923-02-07

Archival Collection

Description

Since the water company was experiencing many consumer complaints, Mr. Bracken suggested pumping the sand from at least one of the springs in an attempt to increase flow.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), March 7, 1929

Date

1929-03-09

Archival Collection

Description

Walter Bracken reporting to Fred Knickerbocker on the water situation on properties recently purchased by T. J. Lawrence.

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