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Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad hotel and passenger station in Caliente, Nevada: architectural drawing

Date

1922-02-25

Archival Collection

Description

From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). Scales are noted on drawing. The bottom corner says "Union Pacific System. L.A. & S.L.R.R. Hotel & Passenger Station At Caliente, Nevada. John Parkinson & Donald B. Parkinson Architects. 420 Title Insurance Bldg., Los Angeles. Cal. Date 2-25-22. Job 162. Sheet 4."

Image

Beverly Rogers Collection of Armed Services Editions

Identifier

MS-00913

Abstract

The Beverly Rogers Collection of Armed Services Editions includes one thousand two hundred and seventy-nine of the original paperback Armed Services Edition titles published between 1943 and 1947 used by World War II service members in the United States Army and Navy, as well as four editions from the Legacy Project published in 2003 and one from the Pocket Books Inc. series published in 1944. The original Armed Services Editions include works of fiction and non-fiction in their unabridged forms.

Archival Collection

Map of Las Vegas Valley area, 1969

Date

1969

Description

'Featuring Las Vegas ... North Las Vegas ... Paradise Valley.' '1969 edition - revised' -- top of map. Original publisher: Front-Boy Service Co. 1969 ed. Scale [ca. 1:79,200]. 'Copyright - Russell A. Meador, 1968.' Front panel title: 'Front Boy's official 1969 edition street map.' Indexes on map verso. 'Walt Choik, editor, Front Boy Maps' -- back panel.

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Marisa Rodriguez oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-07-26

Description

Oral history interview with Marisa Rodriguez conducted by Maribel Estrada Calderón, Monserrath Hernández and Claytee D. White for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Marisa Rodriguez discusses her childhood and living in North Las Vegas as a teenager; she was born in Chicago, Illinois, moved to Mexico with her family at a young age, and returned to the United States at age 12. She recounts what it was like acclimating to American life, learning English, and studying abroad in Spain before becoming a law student. Marisa attended the William S. Boyd School of Law and is currently a civil litigator in Las Vegas. Subjects discussed include: La Voz Hispanic/Latino Law Students Association at the William S. Boyd School of Law; Huellas mentorship program.

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Edith Fernandez oral history interview: transcript

Date

2018-09-27

Description

Oral history interview with Edith Fernandez conducted by Marcela Rodriguez-Campo and Claytee D. White on September 27, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Fernandez discusses her upbringing in Las Vegas, Nevada and growing up in the Charleston Heights neighborhood. She recalls living in a predominantly white community, and the growth of Latinx families in that area. Fernandez talks about her educational experience in the city, her father's involvement with Culinary Worker Union Local 226, and identifying as a Chicana American. Later, Fernandez remembers her involvement with opening the Cambridge Center, working with the Latino Youth Leadership Conference (LVLC), and becoming the District Director for Representative Steven Horsford. Lastly, Fernandez discusses her role as the Associate Vice President at Nevada State College (NSC).

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Campus Connections "Episode 2", 2005

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Claudine Williams Papers

Archival Component

"Socially Speaking", 1972 (incomplete) and undated

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Florence Lee Jones and John Cahlan Papers

Archival Component