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Nympha Comacchio oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03852

Abstract

Oral history with Nympha Comacchio conducted by Cecilia Winchell and Stefani Evans on May 09, 2022 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Comacchio recalls her childhood in the Philippines and growing up in a large family. After attending elementary school, Comacchio immediately went to work on her father's lumber farm, performing manual labor until she was seventeen. Later, she recalls finding employment as a seamstress in Manila, where she met her first husband when she left to work in Saudi Arabia for better pay. Comacchio describes how she was able to receive a student visa to finally immigrate to the United States, where she first arrived in California. Eventually, after meeting her second husband and hearing about housing prices in Las Vegas, Nevada, they purchased a house in the city in 2000. After briefly working for the New Frontier, Comacchio began working for the Wynn and Encore, where she found out about the Culinary Workers Union and became more active in that organization. Throughout the rest of the interview, Comacchio touches on the responsibilities of being a housekeeper, the current challenges they face, and how she feels about the growing AAPI population in southern Nevada.

Archival Collection

Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Menus

Identifier

MS-01093

Abstract

The Bob Stoldal Collection of Nevada Menus (1930-2000) contains the personal menu collection of Bob Stoldal. The materials include menus and placemats from various hotels, casinos, and restaurants throughout Nevada. This collection also contains digital scans of the menu covers.

Archival Collection

Photograph of souvenir image, 002

Date

1947-03-05

Description

Dorothy and Dale Dorothy together. Image taken at the Last Frontier Hotel.

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Arce, Phil

Phil Arce was once the general manager of the Last Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Person

Photographs of Desert Solidarity march, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1992 December 05 (folder 1 of 15)

Date

1992-12-05

Description

Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike

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