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Carl Esteban oral history interview: transcript

Date

2022-12-02

Description

Oral history interview with Carl Esteban conducted by William Bailey on December 2, 2022 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Esteban recalls growing up in Salinas, California in a predominantly Asian community before relocating with family to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2002. As a first generation Filipino America, Esteban's mother sacrificed her life in the Philippines to become the sole person in her family to immigrate to America. Esteban received his degree in Special Education and is currently pursuing to a master's degree in the same field. Esteban is currently a special education educator at the Yvonne Atkinson-Gates Center in North Las Vegas. Throughout the interview, Esteban discusses a wide range of topics spanning from his family migration story, his early childhood, his Filipino identity, Asian stereotypes as the model minority, and how his mentors helped shape him into the person he is today.

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Nathalie Martinez oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-06-24

Description

Oral history interview with Nathalie Martinez conducted by Rodrigo Vazquez and Barbara Tabach on June 24, 2021 for Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Nathalie Martinez, one of the original members of the Latinx Voices project team, dicusses her personal history and the history of her parents who immigrated to the United States from Colombia and El Salvador. She shares her educational background and experiences working as an interviewer for the Latinx Voices project before its culmination and her graduation in 2021. Nathalie also talks about her work on the project's podcast and her work linguistically translating the interviews from Spanish to English.

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Interview being conducted near the U.S. Department of Energy Building: photographic slide

Date

1979-04

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). 

 

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Transcript of Interview with Marzette Lewis, 2012

Date

2012-10-30
2012-11-14

Description

Marzette Lewis is an outspoken community activist, especially in the area of local education. She is the founder of the WAAK-UP group. The interview took place over two sessions, session 1 was recorded October 30, 2012 and session 2 was recorded November 14, 2012.

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Transcript of interview with Joseph Delaney by Carol Hunter, October 24, 1979

Date

1979-10-24

Description

Carol Hunter interviewed columnist and former music consultant Joseph “Joe” Delaney (b. 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) on October 24, 1979 about his experiences in the entertainment industry of Las Vegas, Nevada. The interview begins with Delaney’s recollection of how Las Vegas looked when he first moved to the city in 1961. Delaney mentions some of the businesses and hotels that were popular at the time, including the entertainers that performed at many of those hotels. He then describes the evolution of piano bars to lounge acts to showroom performances in the hotels, as well as the types of changes made for admission to those performances as corporations took control over Strip properties. Delaney also provides insight into the intricacies of the agreements between the properties and various entertainers for their residencies, and he mentions many of the particular entertainers of the time throughout the interview. Delaney additionally discusses his original experiences in talk

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Transcript of interview with Danel Boone by Daniel Pope, February 22, 1977

Date

1977-02-22

Description

Daniel Pope interviews barber Danel Boone, at his home in Nevada. Boone, born in 1932 in Illinois, first moved to Nevada in 1953 before relocating to California in 1956, only to return to Nevada in 1964. During this interview Boone discusses why he came to Las Vegas, the Helldorado parade, church activity, the weather, city parks, Boy Scouts, schools, above ground atomic tests, local history of Southern Nevada, and the ways in which Las Vegas has changed over the years.

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Transcript of interview with Mildred Bardy by Deborah Grant, March 11, 1981

Date

1981-03-11

Description

Deborah Grant interviews Mildred Bardy (b. 1907) at their place of employment, Joseph Magnin, a specialty clothing department store located on the Strip. Bardy discusses the famous celebrities who would come to purchase clothing there, as well as the costumes that were made for the Helldorado Parade. The two also discuss some of the changes in Las Vegas over time, particularly the changes in fashion styles.

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Transcript of interview with Dorothy Engel Andre by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick, October 17, 1980

Date

1980-10-17

Description

Dorothy Engel Andre (b. 1898), was born in New York City. She relocated to Nevada in 1922. The interview takes place within the Andres’ home and Dorothy interviewed by Elizabeth Patrick Nelson. During this interview Mrs. Andre, a homemaker, discusses her life experiences with emphasis on her life in Nevada. Her husband is also present during the interview.

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Transcript of interview with Andrea Chrestensen by Margaret Louis, July 11, 1995

Date

1995-07-11

Description

On Tuesday, July 11th, 1995, Margaret Louis interviewed distance learning student, Andrea Chrestensen (born March, 23rd, 1948, in Carson City, Nevada) at Northern Nevada Community College. During the interview Chrestensen discusses nursing education and her job as a school nurse to kindergarten and grade one students. She expresses her aspirations of becoming a nurse practitioner working in emergency rooms in hospitals. She is a fifth generation Nevadan. Her family was one of the founding families of Nevada.

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Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) Corporate Records

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