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Cora Coleman Senior Center: exterior rendering for building addition, approximately 2000 to 2010

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File

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Domingo Cambeiro Corporation Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00864
Collection Name: Domingo Cambeiro Corporation Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Flat File 18

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Evelyn Stuckey Elementary School: exterior building rendering, 2010 June 04

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File

Archival Collection

Domingo Cambeiro Corporation Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00864
Collection Name: Domingo Cambeiro Corporation Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Box 05

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Film strip of Boulder City or Hoover Dam construction, image 012: photographic print

Date

1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Description

This photograph has three images. The first one (0272_0056) reads, "See the river behind the dam. A heavy flow storming upriver, slot in middle of dam has gauges installed along to register heat generated by this pile of cement. Pipe strung along bottom of each pour on each level of the dam, ends in the slot. Each pipe at each level will be pumped with refrigerated water until each level has been cooled. Then the pipes will be pumped full of cement. They will then fill that 5 ft. height. If not cooled, would generate enough heat to explode." The second one (0272_0057) is upside-down, and it reads, "#8 hi-line with doors open; line is slack on doors. This line is called, by bell boy to operator, the load line. When full of mud this line carries the load. No.8 is now using single line, makes it faster and quieter." The third image (0272_0058) reads "No.8 and No.7 working off hi-trussel." The top arrow: hook tender, bottom arrow: donkey operator and his donkey - run by electricity." It also says, "No.8 using 4 yd. bucket to pour small forms on the face of the dam. Some forms become quite small as the slant of the dam shortens them at each height."

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Stavan Corbett oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03509

Abstract

Oral history interview with Stavan Corbett conducted by Nathalie Martinez on November 5, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Barbara Tabach and Rodrigo Vazquez also participate in the questioning. Stavan Corbett is a member of the Latino community who has served as an educator and politician in Las Vegas. Growing up in Las Vegas, Stavan was exposed to various environments that all helped him shape his Latino identity. Stavan was able to appreciate the Catholic and Jewish cultures as well. During the 1970s and '80s his experiences with first and second generation Latinos played a large role in his identity formation, especially as a student. He was the first in his family to graduate from high school and college. Stavan worked in the hotel industry and moved on to work with troubled youth and eventually become a member of the Nevada State Board and the Clark County School Board. His continued work with the Latin Chamber of Commerce has also allowed him to be involved with the Latino Youth Leadership Conference. Subjects discussed include: Identity Struggle, Interracial Relationships, Working in the Hotel Industry, Clark County School District, and Cultural Assimilation.

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Penelope Ruchman Collection of Las Vegas, Nevada Casino Professionals Oral Histories

Identifier

MS-00907

Abstract

The Penelope Ruchman Collection of Las Vegas, Nevada Casino Professionals Oral Histories includes interviews conducted by Ruchman from approximately 1999 to 2001 of casino industry workers who worked in Las Vegas, Nevada. The majority of interviews were conducted by Ruchman in their office at Gambler's Book Shop (GBS), but some where conducted in interviewee's homes and offices, or over the phone. The collection represents Ruchman's efforts to interview and document a generation of early casino industry workers that were quickly aging. The project was intended to be compiled as a definitive history of Las Vegas and American gambling, entitled "After the Gold Rush." The project was permanently postponed in the fall of 2001 when Ruchman left GBS to work for Park Place Entertainment as a corporate business and operations analyst, and later as casino operations director for Caesars Palace. Not all interviews have digital transcripts available.

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Jack W. Zunino oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02816

Abstract

Oral history interview with Jack W. Zunino conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on August 20, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Zunino tells of his employment with G.C. Wallace Engineering and JMA architects before founding his own landscape architecture firm in 1989. Additionally, Zunino discusses the evolution of landscape architecture in casino design.

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Wayne Tanaka oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-03-12

Description

Oral history interview with Wayne Tanaka conducted by Ayrton Yamaguchi, Vanessa Concepcion, Kristel Peralta, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans on March 12, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Wayne shares his family's heritage and history as Japanese Hawaiians and discusses his father's internment during World War II. He shares his background growing up in Lahaina, Maui, Hawai'i and how he came to live in Las Vegas. Wayne discusses his career as an educator for the Clark County School District and talks about his life in Las Vegas with his wife and daughters. Subjects discussed include: Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha; Executive Order 9066; Sunset High School; Boulder Dam Area Council.

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Christian Chan oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03851

Abstract

Oral history interview with Christian Chan conducted by Cecilia Winchell, Jerwin Tiu, and Stefani Evans on May 06, 2022 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Chan begins by describing her childhood in Hong Kong and later moving to San Francisco, California with her family, then to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965. She recalls attending Sunrise Acres and Roy Martin Middle School before graduating from Valley High School as valedictorian. In college, Chan attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and graduated with a degree in engineering. After college, she found work in the Las Vegas Valley Water District and became the first woman engineer. During her five years there, she excountered subtle sexism for the first time. Chan continues the interview by describing her work while she lived in California, as well as her years internationally living in the Philippines as well as Ecuador. Throughout the interview, Chan touches on topics ranging from identity, to her impressions of the different generations, discrimination, and the growth of Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Clark County of Southern Nevada: Life Transition Center for Accessible Space, Inc. presentation board, 2003 March 17

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Domingo Cambeiro Corporation Architectural Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00864
Collection Name: Domingo Cambeiro Corporation Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Box 02

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