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Olivia Díaz oral history interview: transcripts
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Oral history interviews with Olivia Díaz conducted by Nathalie Martinez and Barbara Tabach on August 31 and September 14, 2020 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In the first interview, Díaz gives her family and personal history, growing up in Las Vegas but often visiting her family in Durango, Mexico for extended stays. She recalls her matriarchal upbringing, particularly while living in Mexico, and what life was like growing up and going to school in East Las Vegas and at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). Subjects discussed include: Mexico; Latina identity. In the second interview, Díaz talks about her English language education career for the Clark County School District (CCSD) and the events that led her to run for Nevada Assembly and Las Vegas City Council. She is presently Nevada's Assemblywoman for District 11 and Las Vegas' Councilwoman for Ward 3. Olivia concludes her interview with insights into her political and educational goals for the community and the initiatives she has focused on in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Map of Bureau of Reclamation Region III, August 1, 1945
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Regional map showing main air, highway, bus and railroad transportation, October 30, 1945
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James M. Lancaster oral history interview
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Oral history interview with James M. Lancaster conducted by Linda Voorvart on March 04, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Lancaster explains how he first came to Southern Nevada from Mexico and Cuba. Lancaster then goes on to explain his occupational history as a senior safety engineer and power plant operator, and the different jobs that he held in Southern Nevada, specifically at the Nevada Test Site.
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Elodia Muñiz oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Elodia Muñiz conducted by Maribel Estrada Calderón on February 15, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project.
Elodia Muñiz discusses her early life in Mexico and her immigration to Las Vegas in 1989. She shares her employment history as a guest room attendant at the Frontier Hotel and her strike against the hotel in 1991 when she joined the Culinary Workers Union. Elodia currently works as a Culinary Workers Union Representative.
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Nightlife 1994: "Opening" set design notes, costume notes, costume design drawings, photographic prints
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Archival Collection
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Series IV. Professional work outside the United States: show production materials -- Europe, Mexico, and the Bahamas shows: production materials -- Princess Hotel Grand Bahama Island
Princess Hotel (Grand Bahamas)
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Nightlife Bahamian number revision: correspondence, contract, budget, choreography notes, costume design drawings, photographic prints
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Archival Collection
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Series IV. Professional work outside the United States: show production materials -- Europe, Mexico, and the Bahamas shows: production materials -- Princess Hotel Grand Bahama Island
Princess Hotel (Grand Bahamas)
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State of Arizona vs. State of California Proceedings Concerning the Colorado River Usage Dispute
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The State of Arizona vs. State of California Proceedings Concerning the Colorado River Usage Dispute collection (1957-1961) contains supplemental documents from the
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