Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 371 - 380 of 2417

Biographical essay by Lily Tokarski, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essay by Lily Tokarski describes her family surviving concentration camps and being reunited with her parents. She explored her roots after seeing the film "Schindler's List."

Text

Videos, Interview with Gary Rosenthal, by Esther Finder, 2013

Date

2013

Description

Two versions of an interview with Gary Rosenthal with Esther Finder. Mr. Rosenthal discusses his family's journey to the United States, and his career as an electrical engineer.

Moving Image

Biographical essay by Tom Figueras, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essays by Tom Figueras give details about his brother, Ladizlav or "Laci," who was a prodigy violin player in Germany during the Holocaust, and eventually ended up in a sub-camp of Buchenwald and then in Bergen-Belsen where he perished. Figueras survived the Holocaust, but his parents did not. He came to the United States in 1960 and became a marketing manager for a telecommunications company.

Text

Videos, Interview with Joseph Frank, by Esther Finder, 2013

Date

2013

Description

Two versions of an interview with Holocaust survivor Joseph Frank with Esther Finder. Mr. Frank is asked about his arrival in the United States and his experiences after World War II, and finding out what happened to members of his family. He also discusses how he came to Las Vegas to be near his children.

Moving Image

Film transparency of the interior of Hoover Dam, circa late 1930s

Date

1937 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

A view of the interior of Boulder Dam, as seen from a visitor viewpoint platform; a man leans against the railing, looking down at power generators below. Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Photograph of visitors inside power house at Hoover Dam, circa 1935-1940

Date

1935 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

An image from the power generator floor of visitors standing on a viewpoint platform inside the Hoover Dam powerhouse. Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image

Photograph of visitors inside powerhouse at Hoover Dam, circa 1935-1940

Date

1935 to 1940

Archival Collection

Description

An image from the power generator floor of visitors standing on a viewpoint platform inside the Hoover Dam powerhouse. Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.

Image