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Meeting minutes and memoranda for the Nevada Development Authority Washington Congressional Committee, 1985

Date

1985

Archival Collection

Description

Mark Fine served as the chairman of the Nevada Development Authority Washington Congressional Committee.

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By-Laws for Las Vegas Chapter of Hadassah and Tikvah Group, 1993

Date

1993

Description

The By-Laws of the Las Vegas Chapter of Haddassah and Tikvah Group document the composition of the chapter, including member quotas and board leadership, the duties of the board members and terms of office, finance matters, meeting procedures, and committees of the chapter.

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Prayer supplement for High Holy Days at Temple Beth Sholom, 1974

Date

1974

Archival Collection

Description

The booklet includes meditations on faith, prayer, forgiveness and remembrance.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 26, 1974

Date

1974-02-26

Description

Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate. CSUN Session 2 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 10, 1979

Date

1979-09-10

Description

Agenda and meeting minutes for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Senate. CSUN Session 8 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Audio clip from interview with Henry and Anita Schuster by Claytee White, March 1, 2011

Date

2011-03-01

Description

Part of an interview with Henry and Anita Schuster on March-April 2011. In this clip, the Schuster's discuss childhood, family, and life during the rise of Nazi power.

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Astrid Silva oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-04-22

Description

Oral history interview with Astrid Silva conducted by Monserrath Hernández and Barbara Tabach on April 22, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Astrid Silva was born in Gomez Palacio, Durango in 1988. She immigrated with her mother to the United States in 1992, where they were met by her father before flying to Los Angeles. She recounts her first impression of the United States and her families eventual move to Las Vegas, where she describes her time living in Las Vegas' west side and struggles she faced being an undocumented student living in Las Vegas. She describes her first meeting with Senator Harry Reid and the friendship that developed afterwards. She has spoken at the Democratic National Convention and has been vocal about her status as a Dreamer. She is currently the Executive Director for DREAM Big Nevada which was established in 2017 in order to provide aid to Nevada's immigrant families. She writes about her hopes for Dreamers and her continued work in expanding the ways that immigrant families can be helped in an always changing political climate. Subjects discussed include: DACA, Dreamers, Immigrant Rights, and Higher Education.

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Cynthia Mun oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-03-31

Description

Oral history interview with Cynthia Mun conducted by Vanessa Concepcion and Stefani Evans on March 31, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Cynthia Mun discusses her upbringing near Seoul, South Korea and her family's immigration to Los Angeles in 1974. She talks about her parents' employment as a seamstress and a janitor, as well as the educational mentors she encountered who helped her to succeed at Westridge School for Girls in Pasadena and later at Yale University. Mun shares her corporate employment history, including helping to launch the Pandora streaming service and creating an accessible platform for E-book use before the creation of Amazon Kindle. Mun talks about her career working at MGM International and how this opened the door for her mother to become an MGM employee and access better working conditions with union employment.

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