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Roosevelt Fitzgerald: correspondence regarding UNLV Faculty merit awards

Date
1988 to 1989
Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Personal and professional papers file.

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Congregation Ner Tamid

Congregation Ner Tamid is the second oldest Jewish synagogue in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, founded in 1974. It is the largest Reform synagogue in Nevada, and has been led by Rabbi Sanford Akselrad since 1988. Ner Tamid is home to the Gary and Lynn Kantor Early Childhood Education Center and the Mark L. Fine Judaica gift shop.  It offers youth and adult education, as well as a Men’s Club, Sisterhood, and other social groups. In 2015, more than 600 families were members of Ner Tamid, and the congregation offered over 200 programs and activities in the course of a year.

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 28, 1999

Date
1999-06-28
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about bylaws and bills. CSUN Session 29 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Transcript of interview with Susan Fine by Cecillia Boland, February 18, 1976

Date
1976-02-18
Description

Interview with Susan Greenspun Fine by Cecillia Boland on February 18, 1976. In this interview, Fine talks about growing up in Las Vegas and her schooling. The interview is geared towards the growth of Las Vegas from her childhood to her adulthood, including roads, air travel and medical facilities. She is the daughter of Hank and Barbara Greenspun, owners of the Las Vegas Sun newspaper, and discusses being involved in all the happenings around town because of that.

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Untitled unpublished manuscript by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date
1970 (year approximate) to 1996 (year approximate)
Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file. "Injustice Blacks Have Suffered…" ending with Naomi Long Madgett's poem "Midway."

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Stella Kalaoram oral history interview: transcript

Date
2021-08-02
Description

Oral history interview with Stella Kalaoram conducted by Kristel Peralta and Cecilia Winchell on August 2, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Stella Kalaoram discusses her childhood in Singapore, the occupations and ethnic diversity of her family, and the four languages she speaks: English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil. She shares her immigration journey to the United States with her husband, from Singapore to San Bernardino, California in 1990, and their move to Las Vegas in 2000. Stella also shares her employment experiences as a dental assistant, a housekeeper for the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino, and as a shop steward for the Culinary Workers Union. She also talks about contracting COVID-19 and her hospital experience, her family's differing religious faiths, and her translation work to empower the Asian-American community. Subjects discussed include: insurance benefits; Volunteer Organizer (VO); mask mandates; vaccine hesitancy; food traditions; language barriers; Baba and Nyonya cultures.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 09, 2000

Date
2000-10-09
Description
Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about senate resolutions. CSUN Session 30 (Part 2) Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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