Abstract
The Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project contains 81 transcribed interviews with Nevada leaders, interviewed for their perspective and experiences leading during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. These individuals include policymakers and elected officials, as well as leaders of government agencies, community organizations, businesses, and K-12 and higher education institutions.
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The Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project contains 81 transcribed interviews with Nevada leaders, interviewed for their perspective and experiences leading during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. These individuals include policymakers and elected officials, as well as leaders of government agencies, community organizations, businesses, and K-12 and higher education institutions. Interviewees share invaluable knowledge and experiences that can contribute to better governance, improve coordination, and strengthen support networks to enhance the well-being of all Nevadans. Many individuals share insights into how Nevadans continue to be transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic and offer lessons in leadership and collaboration in times of crisis.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
This material is protected by copyright. Personal, including educational and academic, use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgment of The Lincy Institute and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries is requested. Copyright is owned by The Lincy Institute. Contact the copyright owner for permissions to publish, and more information see https://www.unlv.edu/lincyinstitute.
Arrangement
Materials are in chronological order.
Biographical / Historical Note
The COVID-19 pandemic decimated the Nevada economy, taxed limited state government infrastructure, and overwhelmed public health and safety services. Nevada endured a nation-leading peak unemployment rate of 28.2 percent in April 2020, and the Las Vegas, Henderson, Paradise, Nevada metropolitan statistical area (MSA), home to more than 75 percent of the state population, struggled with a 33.5 percent unemployment rate. In addition to
the public health crisis that took the lives of over 12,000 Nevadans, severe social and economic dislocations hindered the ability of businesses, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations to address the many needs of families and individuals. Moreover, the unprecedented influx of nearly $19 billion in federal relief funding in Nevada required the real-time, coordinated response of state and local government agencies to respond to the crisis. To document the perspectives and experiences of Nevada leaders as they navigated the unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic better understand the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and to enhance the ability of officials to respond and collaborate when faced with future crises, a team of researchers at The Lincy Institute conducted 81 interviews with Nevada leaders from 2021-2024.
Source:
The Lincy Institute "Beyond Crisis: The Covid-19 Pandemic in Nevada" research brief.
Preferred Citation
Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project, 2021-2024. MS-01178. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1nz11
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2024 by David Damore, Executive Director of The Lincy Institute; accession number 2024-030.
Processing Note
In 2024, Sarah Jones created the collection-level finding aid. This collection is minimally processed. Additional information about interviews will be available as the collection is processed.