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Erica Mosca oral history interview: transcript

Date

2023-02-03

Description

Oral history interview with Erica Mosca conducted by Cecilia Winchell, Stefani Evans, and Jerwin Tiu on February 3, 2023 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Mosca reflects on her life journey from a low-income Asian American to a current serving Nevada State Assemblywoman. She recalls that most of her childhood was in Palm Springs, California where she enjoyed a diverse community of students within her education system. It was not until she moved to Navato, California where she first experienced the economic and resource gap between economically diverse areas. Mosca went on to be involved in a college readiness program and received a scholarship to Boston University. After college, Mosca went on to work for Teach for America where she was stationed on the east side of Las Vegas at Goldfarb Elementary School where she grew a passion for leadership. She eventually returned to school and graduated from Harvard University, returning to Las Vegas to start her nonprofit "Leaders in Training." Mosca hopes to inspire change in her communities by enacting legislation and initiatives targeted towards the communities she was and continutes to be a part of.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 16th commencement program

Date

1979-05-19

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

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Transcript of interview with Joseph Thiriot by Claytee White, August 10, 2000

Date

2000-08-10

Description

Joseph Thiriot is a longtime Las Vegas resident who served the community as an educator. He was born in 1906 in Provo, Utah; one of five sons bom to George W. and Elvira Thiriot. He has vivid memories of moving about, including living in Idaho where his father sold a typing machine , a forerunner to the typewriter. Eventually the family moved to a ranch in Pahranagat Valley, Nevada, where the limits of educational opportunities compelled his paients to send him back to Provo to finish his education while living with family there. Gaining a teaching certificate enabled Joseph to teach in rural Nevada. He completed his degree at the University of Utah and after meeting Las Vegas Superintendent Maude Frazier he relocated to Las Vegas to become a teacher. He reminisces about his life and the changes that have occurred over the years in Las Vegas.

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Interview with Robert W. Taft, August 5, 2004

Date

2004-08-05

Description

Narrator affiliation: Asst. Manager, Plans, Engineering and Budgets, Dept. of Energy

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Interview with Linda (Mack) Smith, October 6, 2006

Date

2006-10-06

Description

Narrator affiliation: Deputy Manager Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy; Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation

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Interview with Richard Lawrence Garwin, July 21, 2004

Date

2004-07-21

Description

Narrator affiliation: Physicist, IBM; Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory

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"Bashing Spring Bash Themes": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1988 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On the Allied Arts Masque Ball "Gone With the Wind" theme.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) 46th commencement program

Date

2009-05-09

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Spring 2020 commencement program

Date

2020-12-15

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

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