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Corbin Harney and unidentified protestors: photographic print
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Gene Noboru Nakanishi oral history interview
Oral history interview with Gene Noboru Nakanishi conducted by Ayrton Yamaguchi, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans on April 2, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project.
Gene Nakanishi shares his detailed family history from both his father's and his mother's families. He discusses his paternal grandfather's work on the Union Pacific Railroad, the family's internment in Wyoming during World War II, and his father's release from the camp by joining the United States Army Signal Corps. Nakanishi also talks of his maternal grandfather who was of the Bushido ("warrior") class in Osaka, Japan, and his grandfather's work with Christian missionaries. He shares details of his mother's restaurant employment in Los Angeles and her opening of Osaka Japanese Bistro in Las Vegas in 1969. Nakanishi also talks about being born and raised in Las Vegas, his musical schooling at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and his graduate education at Harvard University. He discusses his work as a band teacher for the Clark County School District, his involvement in the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program band camp, and his interests in jazz music.
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Atomic bomb Hiroshima picture: photographic slide
From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). Picture has Japanese letters on it. The bottom of the picture says, "ATOMIC BOMB "HIROSHIMA".
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Gregory T. H. Lee oral history interview
Oral history interview with Gregory T. H. Lee conducted by Stefani Evans, Ayrton Yamaguchi, Cecilia Winchell, and Kristel Marie Peralta on December 1, 2020 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project.
Gregory discusses his birth in Honolulu, Hawai'i, his upbringing in San Francisco, California, his education from Harvard University, and his moving to Las Vegas in 1988 with his family. He shares how his parents, Doris Shoong Lee and Ted Lee, purchased a casino on East Sahara Avenue and renamed it the Eureka before Gregory left Las Vegas to earn his Juris Doctorate degree from USC Gould School of Law. He talks about his employment history related to law and the joint venture with his parents to open Eureka's sister property in Mesquite, Nevada. Gregory also discusses his Chinese and Japanese heritage, the Hawaiian culture, and his current affairs as well as his take on current events and discrimination in the United States, with particular regard to Black Lives Matter and COVID-19.
Subjects discussed include: Kyushu, Japan and "China virus."
Archival Collection
Yvonne Wade oral history interview, 2025 August 07
Oral history interview with Yvonne Wade conducted by Stefani Evans on August 7, 2025 for the Game On! An Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Wade talks about her athletic career, both as a competitor and coach. Born in Tokyo, Japan to a Jamaican father and Japanese mother, she and her younger sister traveled extensively and around age two, Wade and her family moved to California. Wade recalls joining the track team during her senior year of high school, and earning a scholarship for track to attended the University of Colorado, Boulder. After initially wanting to major in engineering, Wade realized she enjoyed learning about people and their thought processes and switched to sociology. After graduation, Wade decided to continue competing in track, but could not be on the United States Olympic team as a Japanese citizen. She decided to compete for Japan and made the 1996 and 2000 Olympic teams. While training for the 2004 Games, Wade was injured and had to retire.
Wade eventually combined her sociology experience and love of sports working as an assistance coach at California State University, Long Beach. For Wade, a focus on academics was crucial for success amongst her teams. She brought this mentality to UNLV in 2007, and succeeded in boosting the team's overall performance. Eventually she left UNLV, worked as assistant athletic director at the College of Southern Nevada, and eventually as Director of Athletics at Nevada State University. The university has introduced its first two sports, women's flag football and men's track and field. Wade has a passion for finding opportunities for young students, and is fully committed to the Las Vegas community and its growth. Digital audio and transcript available.
Collection Name: Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports Interviews
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Photograph of Robatayaki Restaurant, Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1974-1975
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Nanyu Tomiyasu oral history interview
Oral history interview with Nanyu Tomiyasu conducted by Sosuke Miyazawa on March 11, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Tomiyasu discusses his family's history in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tomiyasu also discusses the growth of Las Vegas, improvements in transportation, and farm life. Tomiyasu then describes the significance of the Old Mormon Fort and the Union Pacific Depot.
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