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Slide of Donald Moyer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1967

Date
1967
Description
A profile view of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) President Donald C. Moyer.

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Slide of Darlene Unrue and Blanche Zucker, June 1985

Date
1985-06
Description
University of Nevada, Las Vegas English professor Darlene Unrue and Blanche Zucker at an unknown event.

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Photograph of Bill Wood, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, circa 1970s

Date
1970 to 1979
Description
Bill Wood, the Dean, Statewide Development Academic Vice President, and Acting President, at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

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Photograph of Nevada Southern University commencement, Las Vegas, May 09, 1973

Date
1973-05-09
Description
Description provided with image: "UNLV President Roman J. Zorn; Governor O'Callaghan; Vice President Donald Baepler."

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Photograph of Nevada Southern University commencement, Las Vegas, May 09, 1973

Date
1973-05-09
Description
Description provided with image: "Harold Jacobsen addresses 1973 commencement as Gov. O'Callaghan observes."

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Amy Bush-Herzer oral history interview, 2025 December 01

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Oral history interview with Amy Bush-Herzer conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on December 1, 2025 for the Game On! An Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Bush-Herzer tells of her early life growing up in Tempe, Arizona where sports were a big part of her life, especially golf. She attended New Mexico State University with the help of athletic scholarships, and after graduation, Bush-Herzer worked for Tournament Players Club (TPC) Summerlin and was able to work during the PGA Tour. She later worked as an assistant coach out in Lake Las Vegas, and received a master's degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). In 2007, she joined UNLV as an assistant coach and later became head coach. Bush-Herzer helped establish the UNLV Women's Golf Excellence Center. Mentoring is important to Bush-Herzer, and she concludes the interview by discussing how proud she is of her students. She is particularly excited for the 25th anniversary of the women's golf team in 2026. Digital audio available; no transcript available.

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Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports Interviews
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Collection Number: OH-03922
Collection Name: Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports Interviews
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Ernest Oon oral history interview: transcript

Date
2023-02-16
Archival Collection
Description

Oral history interview with Ernest Oon conducted by Cecilia Winchell, Stefani Evans, and Jerwin Tiu on February 16, 2023 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Oon recalls his childhood in Singapore, where his father worked on the Health and Sports Council for the Singaporean Government and his mother worked as a television assistant producer. Growing up, Oon recalls being very active, participating in everything from soccer to Tae Kwon Do. In an effort to continue his education without being being interrupted by Singapore's civil service program, Oon applied to college in the United States and ended up attending California State University. Although he was on the medicine track in Singapore, he switched to finance. After a series of jobs within credit banking, he is now a chief credit officer for Bank of Nevada. Throughout the interview, Oon reflects on the changes in his life living in different places, the street food from Singapore, and his unique tennis game.

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Transcript of interview with Peter Gratton by Clayee D. White, February 26, 2009

Date
2009-02-26
Description
Peter Gratton was born in 1944 in Staten Island, New York, where his father was in the Coast Guard. However, he spent his childhood in Minnesota. From 1965 to 1969, Peter was a member of the US Marine Corps, serving a tour in Vietnam. As his military duty was ending, he learned that his parents were relocating to Vegas, bringing with them all of Peter's belongings. So Peter caught up with them in Vegas where he transitioned to civilian life in a new city by "bumming around for a couple of months." He decided to stay and took a keno job at Golden Gate Casino. In 1981, he graduated from UNLV and was accredit to teach history and earth science. This proved to be a good background for an opening at the UNLV library and he helped organize the map collection. With that, his UNLV library career was successfully launched. At the time of this interview, Peter was Administrative Assistant III Lied Library Building Department. In the following pages Peter tells of his experiences that lead up to becoming a Las Vegas resident and longtime member of the UNLV library staff.

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Transcript of interview with Dr. Thomas Holder by Suzanne Becker, August 08, 2006

Date
2006-08-08
Description
Dr. Thomas Holder grew up in San Diego, completed graduate work at the University of Washington, and then spent a year in Europe painting. Upon returning to the States, he checked out job opportunities in Las Vegas and San Diego. The chance to build a program from scratch appealed to him and he settled at UNLV in 1971. Tom has seen many changes in the university, the art program, and the city itself. He has encouraged students to show their work in various venues around Las Vegas and is always searching out new places to exhibit. In addition to staying current with his own work, Tom supports First Friday and a visiting artist program. To ensure quality education for Nevada students and to encourage enrollment at UNLV, he oversees a new project called "August in the Schools". Faculty members go out into the area high schools to speak about the art program and invite the students to attend Today, Dr. Holder is chairing the art department, works on a self-study of the department for the purpose of accreditation with the Nat'l Association of Schools of Art and Design, and continues with his own artistic endeavors. He plans to travel with his family as well.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Women's Studies Department

The Women’s Studies Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) was established in 1979 with the goal of meeting the unique needs of women. The program was designed to give clarity and organization to existing data on women, increase research in neglected areas, create new research, and evaluate feminist theory. The program was initiated in 1978 when UNLV staff members formed a Women’s Studies Committee. The Women’s Studies program was originally housed under the College of Arts and Letters as an interdisciplinary degree.

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