The Las Vegas Monorail Records (1971-1980) consist of articles, newspaper clippings, agency reports, and correspondence concerning the 1970s effort to construct a Las Vegas, Nevada mass-transit monorail system. Materials document the project conception, development, and ultimate failureroughout the 1970s.
Oral history interview with Thomas Rodriguez conducted by Maribel Estrada Calderón on September 10, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Rodriguez discusses how his grandparents migrated from Mexico to Topeka, Kansas. Rodriguez later discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada to work for the Las Vegas Clark County Consortium. He mentions the Latino Youth Leadership Program and his college experience. He goes on to discuss his involvement in the Chicano Movement and Hispanics in Politics and describes the lawsuit he filed against the Clark County School District for employment discrimination. Rodriguez then talks about the Rafael Rivera Community Center and describes the growth of Las Vegas.
The group view of Las Vegas Men's Group the Charter Member Rotary Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Rotarians are standing in front of the Union Pacific Stages bus. Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "To Members Las Vegas Rotary Club. Compliments of V. J. Hunter, Union Pacific Rail Road Company, News Bureau." From left to right, the men seen in the photo include: First Row: 1) Doug Cragin 2) ? 3) ? 4) ? 5) ? 6) ? 7) ? 8) Dr. Forrest Mildren 9) ? 10) Dr. Ray Martin 11) ? 12) ? 13) Pop Squires 14) Walter Bracken 15) Bill Pike 16) ? 17) Harry Blunding 19) ? 20) ? 21) ? 22) ? 23) Ernie Cragin; Second Row: 4) Cyril Wengot 6) Bryan Bunker.