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"A Half Century of Black Memorabilia: 1890-1940s": manuscript draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1970 (year approximate) to 1996 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file.

Text

The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, August 20, 1970

Date

1970-08-20

Archival Collection

Description

Newsletter issued by the Las Vegas Rotary Club

Text

Steven Hart Papers

Identifier

MS-00839

Abstract

Papers are comprised of photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence dating from the 1950s to the 1980s collected by Steven Hart, son of the Las Vegas, Nevada chef, Nat Hart. The papers include information about Steven Hart's childhood and his service in Vietnam. Also included in the collection are photos of Steven Hart's father, Nat Hart.

Archival Collection

Rochelle Nguyen oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03790

Abstract

Oral history interview with Rochelle Nguyen conducted by Stefani Evans on September 7, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project.

Rochelle Nguyen discusses her family and childhood growing up in Vancouver, Washington as well as her education and professional pursuit of law. Nguyen is Nevada's first Democratic Asian American Assemblywoman, and she shares her legislative experiences, the bills she has sponsored, and the causes she is dedicated to helping including mentoring students, increasing racial and ethnic representation in local offices, and decriminalizing traffic infractions. She also shares her thoughts on the Vietnamese culture, food, holidays, and the prevalence of anti-Asian violence in the country.

Subjects discussed include: female-majority legislature; institution building; anti-Asian violence; fetishization of Asian women; Vietnamese culture; Vietnamese foods; Vietnamese Catholic traditions; Tết Vietnamese Lunar New Year.

Archival Collection

Taylor, Laura, (Vocalist)

Laura Taylor was born in New Haven, Connecticut and spent her childhood bouncing between New York and Ohio to follow her father’s career. Robert Cox, her father, was a businessman who attended Syracuse University on the Government-Issued Bill. Her mother, Lillian Cox was a concert pianist and college music professor. At the age of seventeen, Taylor received a scholarship to attend the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio under the tutelage of Dr. Robert Powell. Unfortunately, Dr.

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