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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 6, 1983
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Archival Collection
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Maria Benítez oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Maria Benítez conducted by Monserrath Hernández and Maribel Estrada Calderón on June 21, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Maria Benítez is the image of a hardworking and determined Salvadoran woman. After facing adversity amidst the Salvadorian Civil War she talks about her journey as a nurse in El Salvador and migrating to the United States. Here in Las Vegas, she has worked as a cook on the Strip, been an active member of her church, and supported the education of her children selling pupusas. Subjects discussed include: El Salvador, Salvadorian Civil War, Migration, US Citizenship Documentation, and Judaism.
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"Some comments on the question of a law school for Nevada" by Leonard E. Goodall
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Archival Collection
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Folder contains a paper titled "Some Comments on the Question of A Law School for Nevada" by Leonard E. Goodall, President, University of Nevada, Las Vegas for the use of the consulting firm of Cresap, McCormick and Paget, and the Law School Advisory Committee, Judge William Beko, Chairman, and the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada System, Robert Cashell, Chairman. From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Records (UA-00048).
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Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
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The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs document various activities of the Culinary Union, from the 1950s to 2006, with the bulk of the material documenting the 1990s. Prominently featured in the collection are various strikes, pickets, marches, parades, rallies, and demonstrations from the late 1980s to early 2000s. A large portion of these photographs documents the Frontier Strike of the 1990s. Also included are photographs of press conferences, political rallies, internal committee meetings, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (H.E.R.E.) conventions, and various social events. Materials contain photographic prints, photographic negatives, and a small number of slides.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Bess Rosenberg by Jerry Masini, November 12, 1975
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Bess Rosenberg by Jerry Masini on November 12, 1975. In this interview, Rosenberg describes coming to Las Vegas in 1942, and the desert landscape. She gives an in-depth recollection of the first atomic test, and talks about different weather and the seasons in Las Vegas. Rosenberg describes several clubs and hotels around downtown and the recreation at Lake Mead and Mount Charleston.
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