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Barbara and John Kizziar Photograph Collection
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The Barbara and John Kizziar Photograph Collection primarily contains black-and-white photographic prints and negatives of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) construction during John Kizziar’s time working for Six Companies Inc. between approximately 1986 and 1992. These images are reproductions of originals taken from between approximately 1930 and 1945. They detail John Kizziar’s work life during the dam’s construction, as well as events and scenes associated with the dam. Other images portray billboards and streets in Boulder City, Nevada. The collection also depicts other locations in Nevada, including Las Vegas, Mount Charleston, Black Canyon, the northern Mojave Desert, and the Colorado River ferry crossing between Nevada and Arizona.
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Correspondence, Thomas Toland to Levi Syphus
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 21, 1999
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Herman Jimerson, Ruth Jimerson-Carter, and Leon Carter Jr. oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Herman Jimerson and his younger sister Ruth Jimerson-Carter, along with her husband Leon Carter Jr., gathered on March 3, 2021, to talk about their memories and experiences growing up in West Las Vegas—the Westside.
OH-03746 contains additional interviews with the Carter family that are not transcribed in this document. Contact special.collections@unlv.edu for more information.
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Interview with Donald R. Owen, June 23, 2004
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Cherina Kleven oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Cherina Kleven conducted by Cecilia Winchell on June 9, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Cherina Kleven talks about her family and childhood growing up in Taiwan amongst six siblings. She shares her family's history and how they immigrated to Las Vegas while she was a teen, as well as her employment history and how she met her husband. Cherina talks about racial and gender discrimination and the obstacles she has overcome to be the only working female in her family, the only woman firefighter at her station house, and the first female Asian American Assistant Fire Chief in the United States.
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Transcript of interview with Harold R. Hunter by Philip John Mile, March 19, 1978
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Archival Collection
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On March 19, 1978, Philip John Mile interviewed former chef, Harold R. Hunter (born 1901 in Norwich, Kansas) about his life in Southern Nevada. Hunter discusses his different experiences working in early Las Vegas restaurants during the thirties and forties. Hunter also discusses the rapid growth of the Mormon community during this time.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter hospitality committee reports
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From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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Audio clip from interview with Milton I. Schwartz by Claytee White, May 4, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Milton I. Schwartz on May 4, 2004. In this clip, Schwartz discusses his life after the military and working in Las Vegas.
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"Rosa Parks: Who Started It All": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement.
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