The Rebel Yell, Vol. 51, No. 18 (2005-10-13), page 18
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Transcript of interview with Sonja Saltman by Barbara Tabach, August 18, 2015
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2015-08-18
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Included in this oral history are reminiscences of Sonja Saltman's personal non-Jewish heritage in Austria, the importance of her grandmother in her life, and how she recalls becoming part of the Jewish community.
Sonja Saltman is a psychologist and philanthropist in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is executive director and co-founder of the Existential Humanistic Institute, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California that offers training in existential-humanistic therapy and theory. In 2003 Sonja and her husband Michael Saltman founded the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) William S. Boyd School of Law. The Saltman Center is focused on research, teaching, and public service related to "the advanced study of the nature of conflict and how to resolve it." A native of Austria, Sonja Saltman also serves as the Honorary Consul for Austria in Las Vegas. The Saltmans are involved with multiple charitable organizations and initiatives, both locally and abroad. Sonja Saltman has served on the boards of the Anti-Defamation League, Nevada Women's Philanthropy, and the Black Mountain Institute. Projects that the couple has supported include the rebuilding of homes and bridges is Bosnia, and Streetball Hafla, a basketball program to improve relations between Jewish and Arab teenagers in Israel. In 2014 Sonja and Michael Saltman were recognized as Distinguished Nevadans by the Nevada System of Higher Education. Included in this oral history are reminiscences of her personal non-Jewish heritage in Austrian, the importance of her grandmother in her life, and how she recalls becoming part of the Jewish community.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Roadrunners Internationale A-12 Session by Mary Palevsky, October 5, 2005
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2005-10-05
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Narrator affiliation: Panel discussion of Area 51 work
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Audio recording clip of interview with Harold Melvin Agnew by Mary Palevsky, October 10, 2005
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2005-10-10
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Narrator affiliation: Physicist; Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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#64995: Women's Basketball - UNLV vs Texas AandM, 2005 December 18
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2000s)
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#64535: Braunstein, Mannetta, (Donor) Pre-Columbian Art, 2005 February 18
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2000s)
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#64887: Alcohol Awareness Week - Fatal Vision Event, 2005 October 18
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2000s)
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#64956: Allen, D. J. (Alumni) Owner Imagine Marketing (Alumni), 2005 November 18
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (2000s)
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Audio clip from interview with Sonja Saltman, August 18, 2015
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2015-08-18
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In this audio clip, Sonja Saltman describes coming to the United States, and to Las Vegas, in the 1970s.
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Frank Bell (Lander County) oral history interview, 2013 July 18
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Bell, a native of Amargosa Valley, Nevada, first took an EMS course at Battle Mountain in 1987. He completed paramedic training in Winnemucca and Carson City in 1995. He became commander of the Battle Mountain ambulance service in 2012.
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History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada Oral History Interviews
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