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Transcript of bus tour of "Jewish Las Vegas" by Temple Beth Sholom, May 17, 2015
Date
2015-05-17
Archival Collection
Description
Temple Beth Sholom organized and led a bus tour of parts of Las Vegas that are significant in local Jewish history. Stops on the tour included Woodlawn Cemetery and the former Temple Beth Sholom campus on Oakey Boulevard. Narrator Arlene Blut gives the overview of the Jewish community, and Rabbi Felipe Goodman talks to tour participants at the cemetery. Former Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman speaks at the old synagogue along with Josh Abbey, whose mother created the stained glass windows at the temple.
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Interview with John Shannon Coogan, September 15, 2006
Date
2006-09-15
Archival Collection
Description
Narrator affiliation: Health Physicist, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo), Public Health Service (USPHS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Interview with Gracian Uhalde, December 1, 2006
Date
2006-12-01
Archival Collection
Description
Narrator affiliation: Rancher
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter executive committee meeting minutes (redacted)
Date
1991-01-16
1991-03-21
1991-04-17
1991-05-15
1991-09
1991-12-18
1992-02-19
1992-03-18
1992-04-15
1992-05-27
1992-06-27
1992-07-13
1992-08-19
Unknown year in the century of the 1900s-10-15
Archival Collection
Description
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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Rodríguez-Martinez, Rocio
Rocio Rodríguez-Martinez’s oral history is one that comes with the glimmer of emeralds, soft aroma of orchids, and the powerful scent of coffee—100% Colombian coffee, that is. Born in Bogotá, Colombia to Eustacio Rodríguez and Tulia de Rodríguez, Rocio’s story is one that takes her from pretending to be a teacher at her family store in Santa Isabel to teaching English to mothers of students in the Clark County School District [CCSD] of Las Vegas.
Person
Martinez, Jose Leonardo, 1971-
For Leonardo Martinez, the United States was never meant to be a destination—it was merely a short stop along the way as he awaited the day he could safely return to his family in El Salvador. Now a man who embraces the occasional Big Mac from McDonalds but never turns away a Salvadoran pupusa, Leonardo has embraced both places as home with memories that took him from his humble upbringings in Santa Lucía to the bright lights of the city of Las Vegas.
Person
Newspaper article, Aunt Donnie a Resident Here Since Early '30s, Las Vegas Sun, February 12, 1965
Date
1965-02-12
Archival Collection
Description
Newspaper article featuring Donnie Ensley. "Aunt Donnie" Ensley was 84 at the time the article was written and came to Las Vegas in 1931. She and her husband, Jake, operated a cafe on First St.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Alma Whitney by Claytee D. White, March 3, 1996
Date
1996-03-03
Archival Collection
Description
Alma talks about the 2-3 day long car ride from Tallulah, LA to Las Vegas in 1952.
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Las Vegas Art League Scrapbooks
Identifier
MS-00185
Abstract
The Las Vegas Art League Scrapbooks are comprised of two scrapbooks, housed in a binder and a pressbook, that were presented as an annual report to the American Artists Professional League in 1967 by the Las Vegas Art League in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection includes newspaper clippings, photographs, and information about the activities of the Las Vegas Art League during 1966.
Archival Collection