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Yeon-Kyung (Mar) Chung oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-11-10

Description

Oral history interview with Yeon-Kyung (Mar) Chung conducted by Emilee Caivin on November 10, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Yeon-Kyung (Mar) Chung talks about her upbringing in Korea and her educational history, studying Spanish abroad in Spain and Italy before earning her graduate degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas, Austin. Mar Chung talks about her move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1999 to enroll at the College of Southern Nevada and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to pursue pharmaceutical studies like her parents. She talks about her experience as a single mother, her path to citizenship in the United States, and the Las Vegas Asian American community. Mar Chung also reflects on differences between how she was raised compared to the upbringing of her two children.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 19, 1992

Date

1992-02-19

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 22 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Hattie Canty oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00334

Abstract

Oral history interview with Hattie Canty conducted by Claytee White on February 27 and June 17, 1998 for the Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. In this interview, Hattie Canty recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in the late 1960s and working as a maid for the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino and later the Maxim Hotel and Casino. Canty discusses her tenure as the Culinary Union Local 226 President during which she faced several labor challenges and went to jail at least six times while striking. Hattie also recalls how she influenced contract negotiations for the downtown hotels, improved race relations among workers, involved more members in union operations, and implemented the Culinary Training School.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 12, 1994

Date

1994-09-12

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 24 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 20, 1997

Date

1997-10-20

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about sentimental agendas, bylaws, and final draft reports.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 25, 2005

Date

2005-07-25

Description

Includes meeting minutes and agenda. CSUN Session 35 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 7, 1979

Date

1979-08-07

Description

Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate.

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