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Rozita Lee oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-03773

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Rozita Lee conducted by Stefani Evans, Cecilia Winchell, Kristel Peralta, Vanessa Concepcion, Jerwin Tiu, and Su Kim Chung on June 1, 2021, April 12, 2022, and May 18, 2023 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Rozita shares her experiences growing up on a sugar plantation with her family in Hawaii. She talks about the benefits her family received and the "privileged" life she led with her father as the plantation boss, allowing her household to have electricity, plumbing, and a telephone. Rozita discusses her use of Pidgin English amongst her peers and "good English" in her household, and the roles and responsibilities her parents had working on the plantation. She shares what life was like day to day and what she remembers growing up during World War II including hearing air raid sirens and hanging blackout curtains in her home. Rozita also talks about meeting her husband, Clifford Lee, in high school, their marriage in 1979, and how the couple came to move to Las Vegas. In the second interview, Lee discusses pursuing a bachelor's degree at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), working with Governor Miller and Bob Bailey, and her involvement in a Polynesian show at Imperial Palace for eighteen years.

Archival Collection

Gay Days

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File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00802
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

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Earl and Gloria Alger oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00086

Abstract

Oral history interview with Earl and Gloria Alger conducted by Claytee White on October 29, 2009 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Earl and Gloria Alger discuss how they met at the Mormon Church and lived in Las Vegas, Nevada their entire lives. Gloria's great-grandfather Torrel Lewis was one of the original pioneers from Salt Lake City, so they talk of pioneer days in Las Vegas.

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Barbara Davis oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-03610

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Barbara Davis conducted by Joanne Goodwin on December 18, 1996 and March 25, 1997 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Davis opens her interviews by discussing her audition for the Folies Bergere as a dancer with limited experience. Davis describes working with the Folies Bergere as a touring showgirl in the 1940s. She discusses touring the United States in the Folies Bergere, touring South America for three years, and going to college at night while performing during the day. Davis then talks about the city of Reno, Nevada and working as a showgirl there. Davis addresses common rumors about showgirls, such as being involved in prostitution or being addicted to gambling. She then discusses her interest in education in her later years including earning various post graduate degrees. Davis ends her interview with a discussion on classic entertainment of the 1940s, including vaudeville and entertainment hotspots of the time.

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Marilyn Kirkpatrick (Clark County Commisioner) oral history interview conducted by Magdalena Martinez, 2022 August 18

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Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project
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Collection Number: MS-01178
Collection Name: Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Photographs of Israel Independence Day Celebrations, 2004

Date

2004

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs of celebrations of Israel Independence Day.

Image

The Days of Old, The Days of Gold, TV concept, undated

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File

Archival Collection

Bill Willard Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00435
Collection Name: Bill Willard Papers
Box/Folder: Box 47

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Equality Days

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File

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Stand OUT for Equality Records
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Collection Number: MS-00585
Collection Name: Stand OUT for Equality Records
Box/Folder: N/A

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Photographs of Israel Independence Day Celebrations, 2006

Date

2006

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs of celebrations of Israel Independence Day.

Image

Industrial Days

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00254
Collection Name: Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

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