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History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada Oral History Interviews

Identifier

OH-00000

Abstract

The History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada Oral History Interviews (approximately 2012-2013) were conducted by Elwood L. Smith and John Kasinger and used for their published work, "Nevada EMS: A History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada." The interviews were gathered by individuals, groups, and sometimes generations of emergency medical personnel working in the state of Nevada. Every county in the state is represented in the interviews.

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Mary M. Gafford oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03796

Abstract

Oral history interview with Mary M. Gafford conducted by Claytee D. White on September 24, 2021 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.

Mary Gafford discusses her 30 year teaching career for the Clark County School District (CCSD) and her community service projects working with organizations such as the American Association of University Women (AAUW), the Mayflower Society, the Nevada Statehood Sesquicentennial, and the Nevada Women's History Project.

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Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 007

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Stamp on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 013

Description

Stamp on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 014

Description

Stamp on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 001

Description

Stamped on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 008

Description

Stamped on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 009

Description

Stamped on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints, image 014

Description

Stamped on verso: "Donna Michelle Porter Photography Las Vegas NV (702) 222-8306."

Hamed Ahmady oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03890

Abstract

Oral history interview with Hamed Ahmady conducted by Stefani Evans on March 22, 2023 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Interviewed by Stefani Evans. Culinary Union Local 226 organizer Hamed Ahmady recalls his childhood as the oldest of six children in Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan. As an child, he remembers hearing about the September 11, 2001 attack in New York while living in a Taliban-controlled city on a television connected to a concealed antenna that received signals from Uzbekistan. He recalls how, one month after he graduated high school, he became an translator for the U.S. Army, which he did for more than four years. He talks about securing his Special Immigrant Visa (SIV); landing in Los Angeles, California in 2013 and moving his family to the United States; and supporting his siblings and parents in Afghanistan. He also discusses relocating his family from California to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2018, finding a mosque community, and working with Culinary Union Local 226.

Archival Collection