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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 12, 1991
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 18, 1996
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 16, 1998
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 12, 1998
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Progress Report for J. H. Wittwer, 1940-41 program
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List of activities and projects worked on by John Wittwer in 1940-41. Report has penciled comments in several places.
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Memo from Edward C. Renwick to E. E. Bennett about the Las Vegas Land and Water Company being required to augment its water supply, 1952
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Discussion of the relevant legal issues and court decisions relating to the question of whether the railroad could be forced to increase water production
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Morgan H. Mills interview, March 26, 1981: transcript
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On March 26, 1981, Matthew A. Carr interviewed Morgan Mills (b. July 27, 1914 in Grand Junction, Colorado) about his life in Boulder City, Nevada and his work at the Boulder (Hoover) Dam site. Mills speaks primarily about his time working on the dam as a mechanic with the United States Bureau of Reclamation, as a tourist guide with the Boulder City Tourist Bureau and as a musician in local bands. Moreover, Mills speaks about attending the University of Nevada, Reno and playing music there. Lastly, he talks about the Great Depression, how it affected Las Vegas and Boulder City, the development of different infrastructure and the speakeasies in Boulder City during the Prohibition era.
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Transcript of interview with Eugene Brandise by Mark Mangiaracina, March 3, 1980
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Sanje Sedera oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Sanje Sedera conducted by Kristel Peralta, Cecilia Winchell, Ayrton Yamaguchi, and Stefani Evans on April 16, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Sanje Sedera discusses growing up in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, with his family. He shares his educational history, moving from Sri Lanka to Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia as a high schooler to learn English before immigrating to the United States to attend Idaho State University. Sedera discusses the political unrest and civil war that took place in Sri Lanka between the Tamil and Sinhalese people, and how he grew to appreciate political activism instilled in him by his paternal grandparents. Sedera shares his employment history working as a manager for K-Mart, an opportunity that brought him to Las Vegas, as well as his entrepreneurial pursuits of owning a mortgage business and becoming a realtor. He talks about the financial crisis of 2008 that led to losing his business, his attempts to run for public office, and how he helped to form Nevada's Asian American Democratic Caucus. Sedera concludes with a discussion of his Buddhist practice and how these philosophies have shaped his life.
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Eric Mendoza oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Eric Mendoza conducted by Holly O'Donnell on November 29, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Eric Mendoza shares his family's chain migration history from Manila, Philippines to the United States and his difficult immigration and naturalization process once arriving in America in 1996. He talks about what brought him to live in Las Vegas, Nevada, his education and professional pursuits, what his life is like in the United States compared to that of the Philippines, and the lives of his eight siblings. Eric Mendoza discusses the historical past of the Philippines, the infrastructure in place there, and government corruption. He also speaks to Filipino traditions and festivals, food and customs, his cultural identity, and assimilating to American culture.
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