The Kendall Stagg Collection (1998-2000) consists of material documenting Kendall Stagg’s political races in northern Nevada and also details gay activism in Reno. The collection consists of Stagg campaign materials, a t-shirt from one of his campaigns, and documents pertaining to the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Student Union at the University of Nevada, Reno and Gay Pride parade organizing in Reno.
The Las Vegas Porcelain Artists Records span from 1975 to 1993 and document the history of the Las Vegas, Nevada, non-profit organization that was a division of the World Organization of China Painters (WOCP). The collection includes club by-laws, membership lists, convention pamphlets, promotional materials, correspondence, membership applications, meeting minutes, and financial information. It also includes photo albums, slides, negatives, a cookbook, and other documents.
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.
Narrator affiliation: Physicist, First director, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; Arms control negotiator; Director, Defense Dept. Research adn Engineering
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.