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Fernando Romero oral history interview: transcript

Date

2018-10-02

Description

Oral history interview with Fernando Romero conducted by Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez on October 2, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Barbara Tabach also participates in the questioning. Fernando Romero was born in El Paso, Texas in a musical home. His father and brother were avid music players, and his brother left El Paso to play in orchestra in Las Vegas. Despite not being as passionate about music as the rest of his family, music was Romero's ticket to higher education. Romero attended University of Nevada South before it was renamed University of Nevada Las Vegas. Romero has gone on to be deeply involved in the Las Vegas community. He is the current president of Hispanics in Politics. Subjects discussed in this interview include: Hispanics in Politics, Nevada Association of Latin Americans, and education.

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Transcript of interview with Carol Forsythe by Sam Copeland, March 2, 1977

Date

1977-03-02

Description

On March 2, 1977, Sam Copeland interviewed Carol Forsythe about her experience living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carol first describes the details with which she was familiar about her husband’s career as a firefighter, specifically facts about the growth of the Clark County Fire Department. Forsythe later talks about the development of the town when she first arrived in Las Vegas, and she later describes the different residences at which she and her family lived. She also describes the different changes in building and development over time in Las Vegas, and she mentions the early use of swamp coolers before air conditioning. The narration concludes with Forsythe’s description of the Helldorado tradition and its changes as well as her family’s Episcopalian faith and the churches they attended.

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Saharan Magazine from the Sahara Hotel and Casino, February 1966

Date

1966-02

Description

The February 1966 edition of The Saharan Magazine, a magazine created by the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlines in the magazine include: "Sahara Winder Lineup: Kinds and DeCastros", "Canadian Tops Winners in Sahara Anniversary", "Sahara Airlines Attendance Soars Over 6,000 Mark", "Sahara Becomes "Shooting Headquarters" in 1966", and "Thunderbird Cash Binge!"

Mixed Content

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 05, 1978

Date

1978-12-05

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes with additional information about the organization meeting and the organizations board operating policy. CSUN Session 7 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter scrapbook: "Every soror participating"

Date

2008

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014).

Mixed Content

University of Nevada, Las Vegas law school establishment: correspondence and reports

Date

1973

Archival Collection

Description

Folder from the Thomas Hickey Political Papers (MS-00260) -- Topical files and correspondence, Assembly and Senate.

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Mabel Hoggard: recipes

Date

1930 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

Folder of materials from the Mabel Hoggard Papers (MS-00565) -- Personal papers file. This folder contains a book with cooking recipes (not digitized in its entirety), a memo, and other documents containing recipes.

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Transcript of interview with Bess Rosenberg by Jerry Masini, November 12, 1975

Date

1975-11-12

Description

Interview with Bess Rosenberg by Jerry Masini on November 12, 1975. In this interview, Rosenberg describes coming to Las Vegas in 1942, and the desert landscape. She gives an in-depth recollection of the first atomic test, and talks about different weather and the seasons in Las Vegas. Rosenberg describes several clubs and hotels around downtown and the recreation at Lake Mead and Mount Charleston.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter ON TRACK program reports, photographs, and records

Date

1999-09 to 2002-11

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter meeting minutes (redacted)

Date

2005-04-02
2005-06-04
2005-09-10
2005-10-08

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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