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Dr. Javier A. Rodríguez oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03675

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dr. Javier A. Rodríguez conducted by Elsa Lopez and Barbara Tabach on December 19, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project.

Dr. Javier Rodríguez, Biology Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, talks of his personal and educational history that led him to UNLV. He discusses his migration from Puerto Rico to California where he received his PhD from the University of California Berkley and became a biological museum curator for various animal specimens. He later moved to Las Vegas to teach at UNLV where he has now been for nearly two decades; Dr. Rodríguez shares how UNLV has changed since he first started working here, including the university's increased interest in faculty research to become a Top Tier institution. Subjects discussed include: Puerto Rico; University of California Berkley; University funding; Tier 1 research institutions.

Archival Collection

Grand Hôtel du Louvre, menu, December 16, 1875

Date

1875-12-16

Archival Collection

Description

Restaurant: Grand Hotel du Louvre Location: France

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Galt House, menu, Tuesday, November 28, 1882

Date

1882-11-28

Archival Collection

Description

Restaurant: Galt House (Louisville, Ky.) Location: Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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Duy Ngyuen (Asian Community Development Council) oral history interview conducted by Magdalena Martinez: transcript

Date

2022-01-14

Description

From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Community organization interviews file.

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Su Kim oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-11-21

Archival Collection

Description

Oral history interview with Su Kim conducted by Ashley Brooke Fuentes on November 21, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Su Kim discusses her family and life in Seoul, Korea. She talks about immigrating alone to the United States to study in Provo, Utah and later transferring to the College of Southern Nevada. Su Kim talks about her immigration experience, the culture shock of coming to America, and the discrimination and racism she has seen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Su shares how she met her husband, details of her employment as an office manager, and her plans to pursue a degree in hospitality from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Transcript of interview with Randy Lavigne by Stefani Evans and Clatyee D. White, August 23, 2016

Date

2016-08-23

Description

Randy Lavigne, Honorary AIA, has every reason to smile. Since 1995 she has been the Executive Director for AIA (American Institute of Architects) Las Vegas professional organization; she works daily with her daughter in a beautifully restored historic building in the heart of downtown Las Vegas; and the architects with whom she works so value her contributions they compiled and submitted documentation in order to surprise her with honorary AIA membership. In this interview, Lavigne recalls growing up in segregated Emory Gap, Tennessee, where her grandfather bought all the schoolchildren new shoes every year. She details the cross-country trip that brought her to Las Vegas in 1994 and eventually to the AIA in 1995. The bulk of the interview focuses on the building where the AIA is housed and the history of the organization. In 2008 the AIA moved from its former home at UNLV’s School of Architecture to the historic Fifth Street School in downtown Las Vegas. Lavigne discusses the history of the building and its significance to the City of Las Vegas. She reveals plans to examine the architectural history Las Vegas to celebrate the AIA Chapter’s sixtieth anniversary. She also talks about diversity in the profession, the process of licensure, publications, continuing education, organizational records, and the now-defunct auxiliary organization, the Architects' Wives League.

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Transcript of interview with Edward "Eddie" Anderson by Dennis McBride, October 11-14, 2000

Date

2000-10-11 to 2000-10-14

Description

Dennis McBride interviews Eddie Anderson (born 1946) about his role in advocating for LGBT rights, specifically his participation in the various political and social movements during previous decades. The interview begins with a discussion of Anderson’s background, including his experiences growing up in children’s homes and living with his grandparents. Anderson mentions marching with his grandparents for both workers’ and women’s rights as some of his first political involvements. Anderson also discusses his original aspirations for becoming a priest as well as his memories of meeting President John F. Kennedy during a visit to his high school when Anderson was student body president. Anderson then discusses travelling to the South, specifically in Selma, Alabama, during one summer while in high school in order to help register Black voters. Anderson then discusses his friendship with Nevada Senator Bill Raggio and his wife, and his joining of the U.S. Navy, where he met President Ri

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Interview with William Gus Flangas, November 12, 2004

Date

2004-11-12

Description

Narrator affiliation: Operations Division Manager & Vice President, REECo

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Interview with David Browning Thomson, April 12, 2005

Date

2005-04-12

Description

Narrator affiliation: Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Interview with Peter Henry Zavattaro, May 31, 2005

Date

2005-05-31

Description

Narrator affiliation: General Manager, Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier Energy (EG&G)

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