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Christy McGirl oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Christy McGirl conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 21, 2018 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. In this interview, Christy McGirl discusses attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada with a few friends and leaving shortly before the mass shooting had occurred. She talks about how she found out about the tragedy and how her friends who were there during the shooting have been affected. McGirl also discusses the reaction of people to the traumatic event on social media and how it was used to offer support.
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Rachel Coleman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Rachel Coleman conducted by Claytee White on July 24, 1996 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Rachel Coleman discusses her move to Las Vegas, Nevada and her first job in town, washing glasses at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino. She continues speaking about her work experience including how she was promoted to executive housekeeper at the Hacienda Resort Hotel and Casino in 1969. She then talks about how she became a representative for the Culinary Union Local 226 in 1973, how she became department head of the Union in 1981, and her experience running for Union president in 1987. Finally, Coleman recalls the atmosphere of Las Vegas from the 1960s through the 1980s.
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Jackie Appledorn oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Jackie Appledorn conducted by Patricia van Betten on January 30, 2007 and June 26, 2010 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. Appledorn discusses the history of Blue Diamond Village, from it being a stop on the Old Spanish Trail to its expansion to a family town.
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Cars on East Sahara Avenue at the Club at Sunrise Golf Course, Clark County, Nevada: digital photograph
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Stonecutter Court in the Ascaya development without homes, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph
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Ascaya looking northeast from Cloudrock Court, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph
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Ascaya looking northeast from Cloudrock Court, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph
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Ascaya looking northeast from Cloudrock Court, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph
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Ruins of a stone house: photographic print
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Boulder Canyon Project - NV. Region 3. Lack of water has driven a farmer from his home in Detrital Wash, located in Arizona about 50 miles from Boulder Dam. (3-18-47) (Bureau of Reclamation Photo by Wm. S. Russell.)
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Transcript of interview with Beverly J. Britton by Jeff Neher, February 26, 1979
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