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Judge Abbi Silver oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02935

Abstract

Oral history interview with Abbi Silver conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 10, 2017 and February 07, 2017 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Silver recalls being a law clerk for Honorable Earle White, Jr., joining the Clark County District Attorney’s Office, and being assigned as the Chief Deputy District Attorney for the Special Victims Unit where she tried more than one hundred jury trials. She mentions other attorneys who she encountered, from Stewart Bell to Oscar Goodman to her mentor, Judge Nancy Oesterle.

Archival Collection

Stella and Claude Parson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01437

Abstract

Oral history interview with Stella and Claude Parson conducted by Emily Powers on February 26, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Stella and Claude Parson both discuss black history, discrimination in Reno, Nevada and Las Vegas, Nevada, and opportunities for African Americans in Nevada. Stella Parson discusses being the first African American student to graduate from University of Nevada, Reno. Claude Parson discusses his involvement in United States Air Force, living on Nellis Air Force Base, and being a minister in his church.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Howard Hughes at a U.S. Coast Guard Station, January 15, 1938

Date

1938-01-15

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: Howard Hughes being carried ashore after arrival in amphibian airplane at U.S. Coast Guard Station, Jamaica Bay, B.W.I.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes at a U.S. Coast Guard Station, January 15, 1938

Date

1938-01-15

Description

Description printed on photograph's accompanying strip of paper: Howard Hughes being carried ashore after arrival in amphibian airplane at U.S. Coast Guard Station, Jamaica Bay, B.W.I.

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Photograph of Western Airlines plane, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1926

Date

1926

Description

Western Airlines (originally called Western Air Express Corporation) plane being refueled at Rockwell Field , Las Vegas, by Nevada Oil Co. truck. Note the landing strip.

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Photograph of a Sands Hotel employee receiving a certificate of merit, Las Vegas, October 3, 1968

Date

1968-10-03

Archival Collection

Description

An unidentified Sands Hotel employee being given a Certificate of Merit for his completion of the Fire Prevention Class at the Sands, October 3, 1968. Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

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