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Lorraine Longhi oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03892

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lorraine Longhi conducted by Stefani Evans on March 31, 2023 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Longhi recalls growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada through eigth grade until she moved to Arizona. After graduating from high school and Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Longhi worked for the Arizona Republic newspaper, where she covered education and city government. Longhi identifes as mixed race and speaks of a Las Vegas childhood punctuated with annual visits to her father's family in Yonkers, New York, and her mother's Taiwanese family in Taipei. In this interview, she discusses favorite Taiwanese and Italian foods she remembers from her childhood, and memories of cultural festivals at Chinatown Plaza. She also recalls first experiencing questions about her personal identity in Arizona, remarking in retrospect on the diversity of her childhood in Las Vegas. Longhi returned to Las Vegas in March 2022 to begin work as assistant city editor at the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Archival Collection

Letter from F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles) to Leo McNamee about surface and underground water rights, May 23 1924

Date

1924-06-11

Archival Collection

Description

Though the deed from Stewart makes no mention of water rights, it was McNamee's opinion that the water was part of the land and went with it.

Text

Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1971-08-03

Description

p.14 #1277 Steel forms for lining the arch sections of diversion tunnels were erected on muck-fill on Nevada side of river. Jun. 18, 1932. p.14 #1235 Section of arch jumbo form being transported across river by overhead cableway. Note workman on top of form. Jun. 10, 1932. p.14 #1278 Forms were constructed in 11-foot sections and transported to Arizona side by over head cableways. Jun. 18, 1932.

Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1973-08-23

Description

Pg.95 #3553 View from the crest of Boulder Dam, looking downstream toward the Power House and lower portals of Diversion tunnels. Nov. 26, 1935. Pg.95 #3527 Boulder Dam and Power House, looking upstream from Nevada side. Note reservoir and Fortification Hill in background. Nov. 23, 1935. Pg.95 #3545 View from reservoir, looking downstream at Boulder Dam and Intake Towers. Nov. 26, 1935.