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Sachiko Young oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Sachiko Young conducted by Mikaela Nettlow on December 5, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Sachiko shares her upbringing in Fukoka, Japan and how she and her family moved frequently as a child. She talks about meeting her husband, an American military man, while visiting family in Tokyo. Sachiko discusses their marriage and birth of their child, their move to San Jose, California, and their travels back and forth from Japan before settling in Las Vegas, Nevada. She shares stories of visiting casinos with friends, working in hotel coffee shops, and what life was like for her and her family. Sachiko also talks of how she and her husband both faced racial prejudice from their families and the difficulties of learning English as a second language.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 11, 1989
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Archival Collection
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Architectural drawing of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), south elevation, 1985
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Archival Collection
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South elevation for the construction of the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic city. Includes revision dates. Parchment copy.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Architectural drawing of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), typical bathroom layout for guest rooms, 1985
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Archival Collection
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Plans for the construction of the Showboat Hotel Casino in Atlantic City from 1985. Parchment copy. Drawn by Tony G.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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master plans (orthographic projections)
overall plans, usually graphic and drawn on a small scale, into which the details of other specific plans are fitted. A master plan is frequently supplemented by written material. For plans having to do with land use control law, zoning, and urban redevelopment used to describe the omnibus plans of cities or towns for housing, industry, commercial, and recreational facilities and their impact on environmental factors, use "comprehensive plans"
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Charlotte Pittman oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interview with Charlotte Pittman conducted by Vanessa Concepcion, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans on November 29, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Charlotte discuses her heritage and family's histories as well as her childhood growing up in Manila, Philippines with her cousins and Lola (paternal grandmother). She talks about immigrating to the United States and growing up in Pueblo, Colorado before attending the Air Force Academy to become a pilot and moving to Las Vegas with her husband. Charlotte also shares memories from her time serving in the Air Force, her plans to retire in the near future, and her current activities with her family.
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