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Audio recording clip from an interview with James Jones Jr. by Barbara Tabach, February 28, 2013

Date

2013-02-28

Description

Part of an interview of James Jones, Jr. conducted by Barbara Tabach, February 28, 2013 . Jones Jr. highlights his work opportunities and racism in 1959 Las Vegas. In the clip, Jones Jr. discusses his first job in Las Vegas, where he became ill after four hours, and his subsequent job at a neighborhood grocery store.

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Audio recording clip of interview with Greg McCurdy by Claytee D. White, August 31, 2013

Date

2013-08-31

Description

Part of an interview with Greg McCurdy by Claytee White on August 31, 2013. McCurdy talks about one of his mentors, Herman Moody, the first African American police officer in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

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Audio recording clip of interview with Lucille Bryant by Claytee D. White, December 13, 1995

Date

1995-12-13

Description

Part of an interview with Lucille Bryant conducted by Claytee D. White on December 13, 1995. In the clip, Bryant compares economic opportunities in Tallulah and Las Vegas in the 1950s.

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Men stand at the Las Vegas Union Pacific station. Identified from left to right: Charles "Pop" Squires, Postmaster General Jim Farley, Lieutenant Governor Fred S. Alward, Mark Gordon, Sally Gordon, Senator Pat McCarran, Mr. Walter Bracken, Tommy Bellis, and Claude Mackey, 1937 October 22

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Robert Woodruff Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00340
Collection Name: Robert Woodruff Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 03

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Union Pacific Railroad: contains railroad track profiles and maps throughout Nevada including Las Vegas and Wann. Also includes railroad track profiles and maps throughout Utah, including Salt Lake City, and throughout California, including La Habra and Los Angeles, 1908 December 06-1962 August 22

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Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 212

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T-Shirt Color: Gray; Front: Connecticut Police Academy; Handwritten Text: God Bless My Thought And Prayers Are Always With You, God Bless All We Lost - All That Protect & The USA, Woodbridge Police Dept. July 22, 2002, Numerous Signatures, approximately 2001-2012

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Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 112

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T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: FDNY 9-11-01; Back: FDNY Engine 76, Ladder 22, Battalion 11, Monumental Pride; Handwritten Text: In Loving Memory Of Billy Johnston , FDNY 4312, Our Friend, Our Teammate, Our Hero, approximately 2001-2012

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Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 364

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Audio clip from interview with Courtney Hunt by Claytee D. White, October 2, 2013

Date

2013-10-02

Description

In this clip, Mr. Hunt, also known as "Nutt," explains how the CONVICTS motorcycle club was named, the acronymn meaning and overview of membership community activities.

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Transcript of interview with Raymonde Fiol by Barbara Tabach, August 12, 2015

Date

2015-08-12

Description

In this interview, Fiol discusses her experience as a a hidden child in the Holocaust and her family's history. She also talks about her involvement with the Las Vegas Holocaust survivors group.

Raymonde "Ray" Fiol is president of the Holocaust Survivors Group of Southern Nevada. A Jewish Holocaust survivor whose parents were killed in Auschwitz, Fiol was hidden by a Christian family of Resistance fighters during her childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris, France. She married American serviceman Phil Fiol and left Paris in 1957. The couple lived in New York City where she worked in inventory control. She retired to Las Vegas, Nevada around 2003 and became active in the local Holocaust Survivors Group. In 2007, she became president of the organization, which provides essential services to Holocaust survivors and helps them share their stories. Fiol is also a member of the Nevada Governor?s Advisory Council on Education Relating to the Holocaust and the coordinating council of Shoah International. Her dedication to preserving the memory of the Holocaust and caring for survivors earned her the Nevada Senior Citizen of the Year award from the Nevada Delegation of the National Silver Haired Congress and the Aging Services Directors Organization in 2014, and in 2013 she was named Mensch Volunteer of the Year by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas. In this interview, Ray reflects upon her traumatic childhood experiences, and shares how she learned details of her family?s history from a woman in France who had researched the destiny of the local Jewish community. She also discusses her involvement with the survivors group, and the positive impacts of its outreach activities, as well as goals to ensure future generations learn about, and from, the Holocaust.

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Audio clip of an inteview with Chris Ramirez by Wendy Starkweather on October 2, 2013.

Date

2013-10-02

Description

Chris talks about living in Las Vegas since he was 6 months old. He also talks about starting his own valet parking company while he was in college. Later Chris talks about Silver State Film Productions, a film company he founded. The schools Chris attended during his childhood were located in Las Vegas, Nevada at that time. Film producer Chris Ramirez moved from Colorado to the east side of Las Vegas in 1973, when he was six months old. Son of Greg Ramirez, owner and founder of Viva Zapatas restaurants, Chris and his family moved to Rancho Bel Air, where he completed his school years, in about 1980. Chris and other Clark County School District students of his age participated in a school desegregation program unique to Las Vegas. After completing fifth grade at Howard Wasden Elementary School, Chris and his classmates rode a bus for one year to Mabel Hoggard Sixth Grade Center in North Las Vegas. After sixth grade he attended Hyde Park Middle School and Bishop Gorman High School. Chris’s family and school connections combined with the barter culture in Las Vegas combined to create an emphasis on “who you know” rather than “what you know.” Chris formed his film companies on the basis of his Las Vegas knowledge and his contacts and credits Las Vegas for allowing him to be in the right place at the right time to meet and work with celebrities and become an entrepreneur. Chris enjoys the urban excitement of living, doing business, and participating in the revitalization of downtown Las Vegas.

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