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Christian Chan oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03851

Abstract

Oral history interview with Christian Chan conducted by Cecilia Winchell, Jerwin Tiu, and Stefani Evans on May 06, 2022 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Chan begins by describing her childhood in Hong Kong and later moving to San Francisco, California with her family, then to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965. She recalls attending Sunrise Acres and Roy Martin Middle School before graduating from Valley High School as valedictorian. In college, Chan attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and graduated with a degree in engineering. After college, she found work in the Las Vegas Valley Water District and became the first woman engineer. During her five years there, she excountered subtle sexism for the first time. Chan continues the interview by describing her work while she lived in California, as well as her years internationally living in the Philippines as well as Ecuador. Throughout the interview, Chan touches on topics ranging from identity, to her impressions of the different generations, discrimination, and the growth of Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

"We the People": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1989 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On what the Fourth of July holiday means to the Black community.

Text

Margarito "Shorty" Diaz at his home, Ash Meadows: photographic print

Date

1980 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series II. Ash Meadows, Nevada -- Subseries II.D. Miscellaneous. Margarito “Shorty” Diaz at his home, Ash Meadows, Nye County, Nevada, in his later years, circa 1980.

Image

Report on the water supply in Las Vegas, March 25, 1942

Date

1942-03-25

Archival Collection

Description

Brief history of water in Las Vegas and overview of the water situation

Text

Ron Lurie campaign materials and resume, item 02

Description

Re-elect Ron Lurie City Commissioner pamphlet