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John Graves oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00718

Abstract

Oral history interview with John Graves conducted by Hank Baran on March 01, 1987 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Graves discusses the gaming industry, the women in gaming, hotels on the Las Vegas, Nevada Strip, McCarran Airfield, and golfing in Southern Nevada.

Archival Collection

Photograph of a tiki bar, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1930s-1940s

Date

1930 to 1949

Description

Men in suits and women in furs at a tiki themed bar, probably in Las Vegas. A bartender stands behind the bar and a band plays onstage.

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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

Audio clips from interview with Ruth Urban, August 24, 2015 and September 16, 2015

Date

2015-08-24
2015-09-16

Archival Collection

Description

In these clips Ruth Urban discusses how she came to live in Las Vegas, Nevada and her time as the Jewish Family Services President.

Sound

Photograph of Mayme Stocker and Lillie Clifton Newton, circa 1910s

Date

1910 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

Mayme Stocker with her sister Lillie Dale Clifton Newton, either in Las Vegas, Nevada or Los Angeles, California.

Image

Photograph of Mayme Stocker and friends, Mount Charleston, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Mayme Stocker (right), Helen Britian, and an unidentified woman probably on Mount Charleston north of Las Vegas, Nevada Ca. 1950's

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