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Irene Cepeda (Clark County School District Trustee) oral history interview conducted by Magdalena Martinez: transcript

Date

2022-07-11

Description

From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Elected official interviews file.

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Depictions of Black people in various media and advertisements (including offensive caricatures, racist slogans and names, and non-Black people in Blackface)

Date

1890 to 1940

Description

Folder from the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Personal and professional papers file.

Mixed Content

Mabel Hoggard: greeting cards (folder 3 of 3)

Date

1949 to 1990

Archival Collection

Description

Folder of materials from the Mabel Hoggard Papers (MS-00565) -- Personal papers file. This folder contains greeting cards, postcards, letters, and invitations from friends, family, and some organizations.

Mixed Content

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Spring 2021 commencement program

Date

2021-05-13 to 2021-05-15

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

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James Dean Leavitt oral history interviews: transcript

Date

2022-09-27
2022-10-04

Description

Oral history interviews with James Dean Leavitt conducted by Claytee D. White on September 27 and October 4, 2022 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Leavitt recalls his role in establishing a medical school at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), now known as Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. Leavitt was elected to the Board of Regents in 2004 while Jim Rogers was interim Chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), and he suggested the creation of an ad hoc committee Health Science Center Committee. In 2009, Leavitt became Chairman of the Board of Regents, Dan Klaich became Chancellor, and in the following year, Dr. Mark Doubrava joined the board. In May 2014, the planning dean was hired, Dr. Barbara Atkinson, and the UNLV School of Medicine was officially established on August 22, 2014.

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Biographical essay by Perry Oehlbaum, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Perry Oehlbaum describes her time in concentration camps in Germany and her liberation in 1945.

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Nevada Women’s Conference Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00069

Abstract

The Nevada Women’s Conference Photograph Collection depicts the statewide women’s conference held in June 1977 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The photographs include keynote speaker Gloria Steinem, event organizers, workshops, volunteers, and musical performances.

Archival Collection

Grace Hayes Papers

Identifier

MS-00271

Abstract

The Grace Hayes Papers (1900-1989) include personal papers and financial papers pertaining to the Grace Hayes Lodge (formerly the Red Rooster), a nightclub on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes financial documents, newspaper clippings about Hayes and her family, personal correspondence, career mementos, legal documents, and photograph albums.

Archival Collection