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Stella Champo Iaconis oral history interviews
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Oral history interview with Stella Champo Iaconis conducted by Kay Long on May 14, 1997, May 21, 1997, May 26, 1997, and September 22, 1997 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Iaconis opens her interviews discussing her difficult upbringing and life on a ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada with her dad in the 1910s and 1920s. Iaconis then describes her experiences as a waitress in Las Vegas. As the interviews continue, Iaconis discusses Block 16 and sex work, the Helldorado Days, and life in 1930s Las Vegas. Iaconis ends the interview talking about her father and his career as a miner; her many husbands; and her personal history in Las Vegas.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 12, 1994
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 9, 1985
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 16, 1985
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 28, 2005
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 05, 2005
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Transcript of interview with Sherwin "Scoop" Garside by David Anderson, March 25, 1976
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On March 25, 1976, David Anderson interviewed Sherwin “Scoop” Garside (born May 26, 1915 in Tonopah, Nevada) about his life in Southern Nevada. Garside first talks about his father’s business in running an early Nevada newspaper and his personal knowledge of the early mining that took place in different parts of Nevada. He also talks about living in the town of Tonopah, the American Indians who lived in the area, and his experiences from living in Las Vegas. Garside also mentions the beginnings of gambling in Las Vegas, the population boom periods of Las Vegas, and his experiences in witnessing the aboveground atomic testing.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 3, 1997
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 9, 1998
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Interview with Jerome Alexander Zawada, August 9, 2006
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