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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 23, 1995

Date

1995-01-23

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about the senate resolution. CSUN Session 25 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 11, 1996

Date

1996-03-11

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes and memos, letters and contracts. CSUN Session 26 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 31, 1989

Date

1989-08-31

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 19 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Transcript of interview with Lonnie G. Wright by Claytee D. White, October 23, 2009

Date

2009-10-23

Description

Interview with Lonnie G. Wright conducted by Claytee D. White on October 23, 2009. Wright played basketball at UNLV and became a successful local educator and businessman. His grandmother worked as a maid for prominent Las Vegans.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter economic committee reports

Date

2000-01-08
2000-10-07
2000-12-02

Description

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

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Photograph of University of Pennsylvania Varsity Crew Team, Philadelphia (Pa.), circa 1926

Date

1925 to 1927

Archival Collection

Description

University of Pennsylvania Varsity Crew Team. Posing from left to right, Don Irmiger, Fred C. Gentsch, Beau Veau Borie, John R. Sebastian, Herman J. Jordan, Charles K. Elliott, Leonard R. Fayle, Charles T. Hill.

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José Luis Meléndrez oral history interview: transcript

Date

2018-11-20

Description

Oral history interview with José Luis Meléndrez conducted by Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez on November 20, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Meléndrez discusses his family background and early life in Baja California. He talks about his father's decision to migrate to the United States, and attending Catholic schools in California, Nevada, and Texas as the family moved around the country. Meléndrez recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1990, enrolling at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and his involvement with the Boy Scouts of America affiliated program, Learning for Life. Later, Meléndrez describes attending the University of Michigan, earning a master's degree in social work, and becoming executive director for the office of Community Partnerships in the UNLV School of Public Health. Lastly, Meléndrez discusses the future of the Las Vegas Latinx community, and becoming a founding member and chair for the Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition.

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Transcript of interview with Dr. Joseph George Jr. by Emily Powers, April 8, 2008

Date

2008-04-08

Description

Dr. Joseph George, Jr., was born, raised, and educated through high school in Sudlersville, Maryland. He describes his college career at the University of Pennsylvania and earning his MD degree at University of Maryland in Baltimore. There were only 15 students in his high school class and 114 in his medical class. After graduation and two years of country medical practice, Dr. George joined the Army in 1942 and became a flight surgeon. His duty assignments took him to Africa, England, and St. Petersburg, Florida, doing physical exams for pilots and flight crews and treating soldiers with mental problems. He was discharged in 1945 and headed for California, but describes his change of mind when the train arrived in Las Vegas for a brief stopover. Dr. George liked what he saw, a typical small western city, and decided to stay. He mentions the original hotels and hospitals and names many of the doctors he knew in the forties and fifties. He opened his family practice in an office on Fourth and Carson and later moved to a location on East Sahara. Over the next forty or so years he delivered more than 6,000 babies at various hospitals in Henderson and Las Vegas. Dr. George shares several anecdotes and stories, names a few notable Las Vegas patients, and comments on historical incidents that occurred here. He gives his opinions on changes he has seen in medical practice and the need for improved psychiatric care in the valley. He also talks about keeping in touch with former patients, high school classmates, and the members of his medical class at University of Baltimore.

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Alex de Castroverde oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-04-17

Description

Oral history interview with Alex de Castroverde conducted by Monserrath Hernandez on April 17, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, De Castroverde discusses his family's background and his parent's emigration story from Cuba to the United States. He talks about growing up in Reno, Nevada, his father becoming a lawyer, and attending the University of Nevada, Reno. De Castroverde remembers the establishment of De Castroverde Law Group, the significance his father had on the Hispanic community in Las Vegas, Nevada, and taking over operations of the law firm with his brother. Lastly, De Castroverde talks about his involvement with Cristo Rey St. Viator College Preparatory High School, the Guinn Center, and the Las Vegas Business Academy.

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Audio clip from interview with Hermina Washington, March 2, 2013

Date

2013-03-02

Description

In this clip, Hermina describes her family roots and early schooling in Las Vegas.

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