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Selena Torres (Nevada Legislature, Assemblywoman) oral history interview conducted by Magdalena Martinez: transcript
Date
2022-07-05
Archival Collection
Description
From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Elected official interviews file.
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Transcript of interview with Nancy Houssels by Claytee D. White, March 19, 2014
Date
2014-03-19
Archival Collection
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Nancy Claire Houssels, co-founder of Nevada Ballet Theater and board member of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, the UNLV Foundation, International Women’s Forum, and the Women’s Leadership Council United Way, first arrived in Las Vegas in 1966 as a 31-year-old to dance in Frederic Apcar’s Casino de Paris show at the Dunes. After nearly two years in Las Vegas, she left and vowed to never return. However, Maynard Sloate, producer of the new Folies Bergère at the Tropicana came to New York to entice Nancy and her dance partner to return to Las Vegas in 1968 to open the show. Her relationship with Las Vegas took an unexpected turn after she had dinner with the man who signed her paycheck, hotel owner, J. Kell Houssels Jr., and his divorce lawyer. J. K. Houssels fired Nancy and they married in her home town of Piedmont, California, in 1970. Since that time the Houssels have lived in Ward 1’s Rancho Circle. Houssels shares the history of Rancho Circle, which began in the 1940s as a racially restricted area. Rancho Circle has its own security and homeowners draw water from the Rancho Circle Water Cooperative, but there are no CC&Rs because homeowners have not agreed on them. Formerly a volunteer at Childhaven Nancy co-founded the Nevada Dance Theater (now Nevada Ballet Theater) with Vassili Sulich in 1972. The group performed at the Judy Bayley Theatre and Artemus Ham Hall at UNLV but extensive community outreach and grants from Summa Corporation and the Don Reynolds Foundation earned the group a permanent home facility in Summerlin. See “Downtown Las Vegas Living: Tour Nancy and Kell Houssels estate!”
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Jimmy Lee oral history interview: transcript
Date
2021-05-25
Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Jimmy Lee conducted by Vanessa Concepcion, Kristel Peralta, and Stefani Evans on May 25, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Jimmy shares his family's history as entertainers and producers in Korea and their migration to the United States when Jimmy was six years old. He talks about their move to Durham, North Carolina and their relocation to Las Vegas, his education, and his current business, mentorship, and philanthropic pursuits. Subjects discussed include: Arirang Sisters; Jo Mackey Sixth Grade Center; Nevada's tax structure; Commercial Center.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 02, 1993
Date
1993-06-02
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with senate bill submissions, veto notice, and a newspaper article. CSUN Session 23 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 1, 1993
Date
1993-12-01
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 24 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 19, 1995
Date
1995-06-19
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 25 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 25, 2002
Date
2002-11-25
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about bylaws. CSUN Session 33 (Part 1) Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
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Jackson, Jerry
Born January 14, 1936 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jerry Reese Jackson has worked as a show producer, director, costume designer, choreographer, lyricist, and composer. In Las Vegas, Nevada, Jackson is best known for his work on the Folies-Bergère at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino where he served as artistic director, choreographer, and later as costume designer for nearly thirty-five years, beginning in 1975 and ending with the show's closure in 2009.
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