Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal
Search Results
Interview with Robert Elmer Friedrichs, February 25, 2004
Text
Interview with Raymond Chester Harbert, February 18, 2005
Text
Interview with David Alan Buer, August 9, 2006
Text
Interview with Harrie Fox Hess, March 5, 2005
Text
Luis F. Valera interview, January 23, 2019: transcript
Interviewed by Nathalie Martinez. Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez also participates in the questioning. Luis F. Valera serves as the Vice President of Government Affairs at UNLV. His heritage is from Venezuela and Cuba. He has served as the Chairman of the Latin Chamber of Commerce and has been an active member of the Latino community since his pursuing his undergraduate degree at UNLV in Political Science and his Juris Doctorate degree from the William S. Boyd School of Law. His various achievements in the community and nation led him to become recognized and awarded the Arturo Cambeiro Hispanic of the Year Award in 2011.
Text
Compilation of writings from the Holocaust Survivors' Group, circa 1998
Bound compilation of four issues of the Holocaust Survivors' Group essays and poems.
Text
Minutes from Temple Beth Sholom Board of Directors meetings, 1995-1996
Meeting minutes include reports from committees of the board, correspondence, and balance sheets.
Text
Transcript of interview with Sigrid Capel by Michael McKenna, February 10, 1980
Text
Transcript of interview with Eldon Cunningham by Randall L. Williams, March 14, 1981
On March 14, 1981, Randall Williams interviewed Eldon Cunningham (born 1920 in Granby, Missouri) about his life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cunningham first talks about his family background, his reason for moving to Las Vegas, and his service in the military during World War II. He also mentions the Twin Lakes area of Las Vegas, his hobby of prospecting, and his work with Clark County Electric as an electrician. Cunningham also talks in detail about some of his experiences while working at the Nevada Test Site in electrical work. As the interview concludes, Cunningham talks more about family illnesses, experiments at the Test Site, and his former hunting practices.
Text
Transcript of interview with Elbert Edwards by Layne Covington, October 16, 1986
On October 16, 1986, Layne Covington interviewed Elbert Edwards (born 1907 in Panaca, Nevada) about his life in Southern Nevada. Edwards first talks about his family background before talking about what it was like to live in Panaca. He then talks about changes in Southern Nevada, particularly those in Boulder City that have taken place over time. Edwards later talks about the work of his wife and both of their political involvement and his involvement and career in education. The latter part of the interview includes discussion of the building of Boulder Dam, Edwards’ job as a registrar in the Selective Service, and the effects that the war years had on Las Vegas.
Text