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Interview with Kenneth Giles, February 10, 2005

Date

2005-02-10

Description

Narrator affiliation: EPA Farm

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Interview with Patricia George, with Virginia Sanchez, September 11, 2004

Date

2004-09-11

Description

Narrator affiliation: Program Manager, Nuclear Risk Management for Native Communities
Access note: May not quote in any form without written permission from interviewee

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Interview with Virginia Sanchez, with Patricia George, September 11, 2004

Date

2004-09-11

Description

Narrator affiliation: Activist, Nuclear Risk Management for Native Communities
Access note: May not quote in any form without written permission from interviewee

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Interview with Corbin Harney, with Rosemary Lynch, August 4, 2005

Date

2005-08-04

Description

Narrator affiliation: Western Shoshone Spiritual Leader; Protester

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Book, The Marshall Plan, by Jack Sheehan, 2013

Date

2013

Description

Art Marshall is one of the founders of the Marshall-Rousso chain of women's dress shops that started in casinos in Las Vegas. He is also a banker, a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission, is active in the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, is an art collector, and is a philanthopist, especially for Jewish faith-based causes and for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Interview with John S. Coogan, May 1, 2008

Date

2008-05-01

Description

Narrator affiliation: Health Physicist, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo), Public Health Service (USPHS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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Interview with Norma Cox, March 25, 2004

Date

2004-03-25

Description

Narrator affiliation: Administrator, Atomic Energy Commission and Public Health Service

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Christina Gruber oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-03-02

Description

Oral history interview with Christina Gruber conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 2, 2019 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. In this interview, Gruber shares her experience living in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1997 and as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), mother of two, and physical fitness enthusiast. She recalls being shot during the Route 91 Harvest Festival and being rescued by strangers. She recalls the chaos of the evening, but also how strangers worked together to comfort each other amidst the terror. She discusses dedicated her athletic races to those who were murdered that evening, and how it has helped her recovery.

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Cherina Kleven oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-06-09

Description

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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Marisa Rodriguez oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-07-26

Description

Oral history interview with Marisa Rodriguez conducted by Maribel Estrada Calderón, Monserrath Hernández and Claytee D. White for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Marisa Rodriguez discusses her childhood and living in North Las Vegas as a teenager; she was born in Chicago, Illinois, moved to Mexico with her family at a young age, and returned to the United States at age 12. She recounts what it was like acclimating to American life, learning English, and studying abroad in Spain before becoming a law student. Marisa attended the William S. Boyd School of Law and is currently a civil litigator in Las Vegas. Subjects discussed include: La Voz Hispanic/Latino Law Students Association at the William S. Boyd School of Law; Huellas mentorship program.

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