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Compilation of writings from the Holocaust Survivors' Group, circa 1998

Date
1988
Archival Collection
Description

Bound compilation of four issues of the Holocaust Survivors' Group essays and poems.

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Interview with Duane L. Lawrence, June 24, 2004

Date
2004-06-24
Description
Narrator affiliation: Quality Control Division, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo)

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James L. Hogan interview, March 11, 1978: transcript

Date
1978-03-11
Description

On March 11, 1978, collector Patty L. Baratti interviewed James Hogan (born April 6th, 1909 in Winton Place, Ohio) at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this interview, Hogan talks about his time working with the telephone company in Arizona and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. He discusses his time working on grazing rights and cattle ranching in Nevada and how planning went to ensure that farms were able to have land to graze their animals. He speaks about dealing with farmers, corporations, and the government and the frustrations he had to deal with before there were set laws about grazing. He also discusses the change from mainly family farms in Nevada to corporations owning much of the farmland.

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Transcript of interview with Irving Kirshbaum by Cheryl Rogers, February 23, 1979

Date
1979-02-23
Description

Interview with Irving Kirshbaum by Cheryl Rogers on February 23, 1979. In this interview, Kirshbaum discusses the Riviera Hotel where he began working in 1955. He also talks about the landscape of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1950s, and the state of gambling, comps, customer service, and dealer training. The interviewer asks about the treatment of minorities at the Riviera, and in Las Vegas generally, and the effect of corporate ownership on casinos.

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Interview with Charles McWilliam, July 9, 2004

Date
2004-07-09
Description
Narrator affiliation: Engineer; Administrator, U.S. Department of Energy

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Interview with Robert Campbell, March 9, 2004

Date
2004-03-09
Description
Narrator affiliation: Test Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Interview with Elmer Jesse Sowder, July 29, 2005

Date
2005-07-29
Description
Narrator affiliation: Test Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Access note: Audio temporarily sealed

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter committee chairs and members list

Date
2004-01-03
2004-03-04
Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Mirtha Rojas oral history interview: transcript

Date
2018-12-06
Description

Oral history interview with Mirtha Rojas conducted by Marcela Rodriguez-Campo on December 6, 2018 the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Mirtha talks about her artistic upbringing in Cuba and how she immigrated to the Florida with her brother. She talks about relocating to Las Vegas in 2000, her membership with the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, and her employment as a guest room attendant and shop steward at the Aria Hotel and Casino.

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Bet Knesset Bamidbar

Congregation Bet Knesset Bamidbar or ‘Congregation in the Desert” is the largest age 50-and-over Jewish congregation in the Las Vegas Valley. It was founded in 1990 and meets in Sun City, Summerlin.  BKB is a traditional reform temple.
 
With services in the heart of community, BKB grew under the leadership of Rabbi Hershel Brooks. Its membership peaked to over 1,100 members in 1999.