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Clayton Anderson (Elko County School District) oral history interview conducted by Magdalena Martinez and Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio: transcript

Date

2022-10-06

Description

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

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Joyce Helens and Sonja Sibert (Great Basin College) oral history interview conducted by Magdalena Martinez and Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio: transcript

Date

2022-10-12

Description

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

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Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County (Nev.): memos, agendas, and meeting minutes

Date

1965

Description

From the Clark County Economic Opportunity Board Records -- Series I. Administrative. This folder contains memos, agendas and minutes from meetings of the Clark County Economic Opportunity Board in 1965 talking about applications, programs, budgets, and more. 

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Nevada Southern University law program: reports and correspondence

Date

1966 to 1968

Description

Folder contains memorandums, correspondence related to the law program at Nevada Southern University (later UNLV). It includes a report on the NSU law program (fall term 1967-1968), a report of the Association of American Law Schools Committee on Guidelines for New Law Schools (1966), and a report of Dean Willard H. Pedrick, Arizona State University College of Law (1967). From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Records (UA-00048).

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Marvelys Lopez Omaña oral history interview: transcript

Date

2020-02-21

Description

Oral history interview with Marvelys Lopez Omaña conducted by Monserrath Hernandez and Barbara Tabach on February 21, 2020 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Marvelys Lopez discusses her childhood and growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, where her father owned a toy store. She attended an all-girls Catholic School and from a young age knew that she wanted to be a doctor. In 1993, at the age of seventeen, she was able to study abroad in the United States for one year and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. She returned to Venezuela to attend medical school and while attending medical school she met her husband, who was studying to be a registered nurse at the time. Lopez Omaña recalls volunteering as a firefighter in Venezuela, and discusses the political change that happened in Venezuela during her last years in medical school. She moved to back Las Vegas with her husband in 2003 and began working as a caregiver. She recounts Her first son's birth story, and describes how she became a Certified Professional Midwife.

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William O'Neill McCurdy Sr. oral history interview: transcript

Date

2022-01-26

Description

Oral history interview with William O'Neill McCurdy by Claytee D. White on January 26, 2022 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: A Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, McCurdy describes his childhood growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada, graduating from Valley High School, and attending Western Nevada College in Carson City, Nevada. He worked for many years for the Parks and Recreation department, and has served on numerous boards including the Citizens' Advisory for Regional Transportation (RTC), Habitat for Humanity Board of Director, Mineral County Economic Advisory Committee, City of Las Vegas Community Block Grant Advisory Board, and Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority Commission. Currently, McCurdy owns McCurdy & McCurdy Media Group, a political consulting and advertising firm which has assisted numerous political candidates in fulfilling their dreams of helping to govern Las Vegas, Clark County, the State of Nevada, and even in the United States Congress.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas law school planning: correspondence, meeting minutes, and clippings

Date

1973 to 1975

Description

Folder contains materials related to establishing a law school at UNLV, including: lists of members on the Law School Advisory Board and Citizens Committee for Law School; draft booklet by the UNLV Pre-Law Advisory Committee; The National Pre-Law Newsletter, December 1974; Law School Admission Bulletin, 1974-1975; LSAT/LSDAS blank registration form; Law School Advisory Board meeting minutes, 1973-1974; Consolidated Students of UNLV resolution supporting the establishment of a law school, 1974; correspondence; published articles; and informational documents. From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Records (UA-00048).

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Isaac Barrón oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-03-27

Description

Oral history interview with Isaac Barrón conducted by Maribel Estrada Calderón and Claytee D. White on March 27, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Isaac Barrón was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. His father entered the United States as a Bracero. Barrón attended Rancho High School and earned his bachelor's degree in secondary education from UNLV. He currently teaches history at Rancho High School and serves as North Las Vegas' Councilman. In this oral history, Barrón recalls his youth in North Las Vegas, navigating the presence of gangs, and his path to being a community activist and advocate for North Las Vegas youth. He has led volunteer efforts for community improvement projects, including the plans for a new public library. He holds the distinction of being the first Latinx member of the North Las Vegas City Council and Southern Nevada's first Hispanic Mayor Pro Tempore. In 2013, he was elected to represent Ward 1 and was reelected for a second term in April 2017. He discusses being Mexican American, the Coalition of Pan American Organizations, the Hispanic Student Union, the Bracero Program, and Rancho High School.

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Emmy Kasten oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-03-17

Description

Oral history interview with Emmy Kasten conducted by Kristel Peralta, Ayrton Yamaguchi, and Stefani Evans on March 17, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Emmy Kasten discusses her Filipino heritage, her family, and her previous employment working in various industries including acting and broadcasting, marketing, philanthropy, writing, and event production. Emmy shares how she and her husband and children moved to Las Vegas in 2016 after her parents moved to the city a decade earlier, and she discusses her current professional pursuits as a board member of the Miss Asian North America Organization (MANAO) and the Las Vegas Fashion Council. Subjects discussed include: University of California, Irvine (UCI); KTLA Morning News; Red Bull Music Academy; Rock Star Gaming; Filipino foods; Vegas Magazine; and anti-Asian discrimination.

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History of George Burton Whitney and Lovina Syphus, his wife and Luke Syphus and Christiana Long, Lovina's parents, undated Genealogical data sheet, John Mathieson Bunker and Mary Etta Syphus

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From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains documents about the history of George Burton Whitney and his wife, Lovina Syphus, and Luke Syphus and Christiana Long, Lovina's parents, and a genealogical data sheet for John Mathieson Bunker and Mary Etta Syphus.

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