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St. Patrick's Day parade, 1990s

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Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00382
Collection Name: Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 19

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Days Inn Training Center, 1990s

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Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
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Collection Number: PH-00382
Collection Name: Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 25

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Founders Day press release, 2005

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records
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Collection Number: MS-01014
Collection Name: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records
Box/Folder: Box 05

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Justin Favela interview, May 16, 2019: transcript

Date

2019-05-16

Description

Interviewed by Monserrath Hernández. A native Las Vegan, Justin Favela reminisces about growing up on the east side of the Las Vegas Valley. Favela provides insights about what he refers to as the caste system he is part of, how skin color makes a difference in social hierarchies, and his personal evaluations of the litany of terms such as Latinx, Latino/a, Hispanic etc. He discusses values impressed upon him by his family, especially his grandmothers; one is Guatemalan and the other Mexican. Favela was born in 1986 and discusses his universe where pop culture, gender, ethnicity, history, and Latinidad mix. He talks about his personal artistic expressions and the two podcast series he has created and hosts.

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Irving Junior Foreman interview, March 16, 1978: transcript

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1978-03-16

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From the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas collection OH-00600. On March 16, 1978, collector John Russell Foreman interviewed Irving Junior Foreman (born June 25th, 1930 in Beaver, Utah) in North Las Vegas, Nevada. In this interview, Foreman speaks about his career in the construction industry in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also discusses the changes in the construction industry from the 1950s to the 1970s, including the machinery used.

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Interview with Stuart C. Black, February 21, 2006

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2006-02-21

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Narrator affiliation: Scientist, U.S. Public Health Service; U.S. Environental Protection Agency REECo/Bechtel

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Nancy Brune oral history interview: transcript

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2019-08-21

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Oral history interview with Nancy Brune conducted by Monserrath Hernandez and Rodrigo Vazquez on August 21, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Brune recalls her childhood and her experiences growing up in Austin and San Antonio, Texas to a Mexican-American father and British mother. She often identifies herself as tejana. Brune has lived in Las Vegas, Nevada since 2007 and is the Executive Director of the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities. Brune is a graduate of Harvard and has a doctoral degree from Yale University. She and her husband, Richard Boulware, who is a born and raised Las Vegan, have three children.

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Interview with Edward Bonfoy Giller, April 5, 2005

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2005-04-05

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Narrator affiliation: U.S. Air Force General; Director Military Application, Atomic Energy Commission

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Five Days From Home, 2004

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Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
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Collection Number: MS-00615
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2005-029

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The Day Which Rocks The World, 2005

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Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
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Collection Number: MS-00615
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2005-028

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