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Interview with Jerome Alexander Zawada, August 9, 2006

Date

2006-08-09

Description

Narrator affiliation: Franciscan Priest, Nevada Desert Experience

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Interview with James Nobuo Yamazaki, October 14, 2005

Date

2005-10-14

Description

Narrator affiliation: Physician in Charge, Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Nagasaki

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Minutes from Temple Beth Sholom Board of Directors meetings, January 1993 - June 1993

Date

1993

Archival Collection

Description

Meeting minutes include reports from committees of the board, correspondence, and balance sheets.

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Interview with Bruce Walter Church, April 27, 2004

Date

2004-04-27

Description

Narrator affiliation: Assistant Manager for Environment, Safety, Security & Health, Department of Energy
Access note: May not quote in any form without written permission from interviewee

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Gene Noboru Nakanishi oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-04-02

Description

Oral history interview with Gene Noboru Nakanishi conducted by Ayrton Yamaguchi, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans on April 2, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Gene Nakanishi shares his detailed family history from both his father's and his mother's families. He discusses his paternal grandfather's work on the Union Pacific Railroad, the family's internment in Wyoming during World War II, and his father's release from the camp by joining the United States Army Signal Corps. Nakanishi also talks of his maternal grandfather who was of the Bushido ("warrior") class in Osaka, Japan, and his grandfather's work with Christian missionaries. He shares details of his mother's restaurant employment in Los Angeles and her opening of Osaka Japanese Bistro in Las Vegas in 1969. Nakanishi also talks about being born and raised in Las Vegas, his musical schooling at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and his graduate education at Harvard University. He discusses his work as a band teacher for the Clark County School District, his involvement in the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program band camp, and his interests in jazz music.

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Irene Bustamante Adams oral history interview: transcript

Date

2020-05-13

Description

Oral history interview with Irene Bustamante Adams conducted by Monserrath Hernández and Claytee D. White on May 13, 2020 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Irene discusses her personal history, her culture and family traditions, and her previous employment. She also talks about her time in Las Vegas and how she came to be a representative for District 42 in the Nevada Assembly. Subjects discussed include: Migrant Farmworkers; California; Mexican culture; Equal Opportunity Program.

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