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Al Pehlke oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Al Pehlke conducted by Pete Domphase on April 02, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Pehlke gives a recollection of his life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pehlke also gives a detailed description of the above ground atomic bomb testing.
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Alvin Einberger oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Alvin Einberger conducted by David G. Schwartz on February 08, 2007 for the Remembering Jay Sarno Oral History Interviews. In this interview, Einberger discusses the life of Jay Sarno. He recalls his experiences with Sarno and tells stories about Sarnos’ career in the gaming industry. Lastly, Einberger discusses the opening of Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1966.
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W.E. Butch Leypoldt oral history interview
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Oral history interview with W.E. Butch Leypoldt conducted by Bruce Davidson on April 01, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Leypoldt describes life in early Las Vegas, Nevada after arriving in 1938. Leypoldt also briefly discusses being drafted in World War II and the city's reaction to the war.
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Ruby Amie-Pilot Papers
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The Ruby Amie-Pilot Papers (approximately 1930s-2002) contains newspaper clippings about events in West Las Vegas, Nevada, family photographs, and a memorial program from Robbie Tyler's memorial service. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings containing a portion of the cartoon series her son Ronald Terry Amie published in the
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Cherina Kleven oral history interview: transcript
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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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Interview with Donald R. Owen, June 23, 2004
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Audio clip from interview with Milton I. Schwartz by Claytee White, May 4, 2004
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Part of an interview with Milton I. Schwartz on May 4, 2004. In this clip, Schwartz discusses his life after the military and working in Las Vegas.
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"Rosa Parks: Who Started It All": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement.
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Casiano Corpus Jr. oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Casiano Corpus Jr. conducted by Cecilia Winchell and Stefani Evans on February 14, 2023 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Corpus Jr. details a difficult childhood in the Philippines, where society is highly socioeconomically stratified. He recalls his parents working a number of jobs to support their large family, and as soon as he finished his primary schooling, he also started working in construction. When his father was finally petitioned by his uncle to move to the United States, Corpus was at first reluctant to go, since he had a familiar life in the Philippines, but has come to love the United States and the life he created for himself. Immediately after moving to the United States, their family landed in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Corpus began working a number of jobs. He started out as a busboy at a Chinese restaurant before deciding that he wanted to work in a casino and moved to Union Plaza. His current job is as a porter at Palace Station, where he has been for the past 31 years. He has also been working to unionize Palace Station and Station casinos with the Culinary Union for the past twelve years. He talks about the hunger strike he organized, why he organizes with no fear, and what he hopes to see out of his efforts throughout the interview.
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