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Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Anderson, Bob | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Anderson, Bob | 11/23/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Lounges Past, Pre,Fut | no | 1 |
| Anderson, Bob | 02/24/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Anderson, Bob | 06/26/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Anderson, Brian | 05/07/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Work in the show, Jubliee | yes | 0 |
| Anderson, Dale | 07/12/2002 | Principalship Oral History Project | Interview conducted by Pat Carlton and Bob Ackerman about career in field of education. | no | 1 |
| Anderson, Donald G. Dr. | May 1, 2005 | Principalship Oral History Project | Education in Clark County; interview online - The oral History of the Public School Principalship | yes | 1 |
| Anderson, Eddie H. | 10/11/2000 | Gay Las Vegas OHP | An overview of Gay Rights in Nevada | no | 10 |
| Anderson, Fred E. | 04/22/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mines and Mining, Railroad through Cherry Creek. Owns mines in Ely, Nevada. | no | 1 |
| Anderson, Gilda Maiken | 07/08/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Anderson, Maceo (Dam.) | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Blacks in performing arts, tap dance, schools Tape is damaged beyond repair; no transcript. | no | 1 |
| Andre, Dorothy Engel | 10/17/1980 | Local History - Elizabeth Partrick Nelson | General Nevada history, Tonapah, prostitution, general early life beginning in 1920 | no | 1 |
| Andre, Joe | 08/28/1980; 09/13/1980; 10/17/1980 | Local History - Elizabeth Parrick Nelson | General Nevada and Las Vegas history, life experience with emphasis on musical career. Life in Nevada starting in 1922. Owner of Andre's Restaurant, a Las Vegas institution | yes | 5 |
| Andress, Donna & Gail | 11/26/2008 | Boyer Early LV OPH - Junior League | Memories of early city and info about the Service League and Junior League Folder at Junior League | yes | 0 |
| Anka Paul | Arnold Shaw | entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Anka, Paul | September 25 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Anka, Paul | 08/20/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Anka, Paul | 11/10/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Anka, Paul | 01/20/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 |
| Anka, Paul | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Ann-Margret | 09/21/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 |
| Anthony, Peter | 03/03/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Anthony, Peter | 07/29/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Anthony, Peter | 08/13/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 |
| Appledorn, Jackie King | January 30, 2007 | Blue Diamond Oral History Project | This is the history of Blue Diamond Village. Blue Diamond is located 26 miles southwest of Las Vegas. The village, originally known as Cottonwood Springs, changed its name when the Blue Diamond Company took ownership of the Gypsum mine and built corporate housing for the workers in the early '20s. Near the base of the Red Rock canyon, Blue Diamond Village was originally a stop on the Old Spanish Trail for traders from Santa Fe, N.M., to California between 1830 and 1848, according to the history committee's findings. road for the The Blue Diamond School opened in 1929. The company built bunk housing and homes for the workers that it started selling to the public in 1965. | yes | 2 |
| Appuglise, Marge | Principalship OHP | Educator No folder | no | 1 | |
| Arkell, Donald R. | 02/11/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview; Health Department, Henderson development and growth, Air Force plane crash of 1947, World War 2 in Henderson / Las Vegas, atomic testing, Mt Charleston fire of 1953, Snow storm 1948, Blacks in Las Vegas, Victory Theater, First TV station KLAS 8, school with Harry Reid | yes | 0 |
| Armstrong, Bill | 02/28/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Howard Hughes, Bootlegger, LV Dealers, smog problem, growth of gaming, entertainment in local hotels, trends in medical field, atomic testing, Hoover Dam Construction, life on "the Strip", effects of Miami gaming on Las Vegas. | no | 1 |
| Armstrong, Bren | 10/19/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Newspaper business; political reporter for Las Vegas Sun newspaper - No paperwork | no | 1 |
| Armstrong, Bryne | 1975 | Local Las Vegas History - Perry Kaufman | General Nevada history; tape 1 is damaged. - No paperwork | no | 2 |
| Arnaz, Desi | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Arnold, Brenda | 02/28/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Librarian, religion, Gideon, Cat club, viewing above ground Atomic Testing, Churches in Las Vegas, Railroad, Lake Mead activities, Harris Springs Mt. Charleston. | no | 1 |
| Arnold, Eddy | 08/07/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Arnold, Eddy | 02/17/1989 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Atkins, Cholly | 03/10/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Atti, Daniel | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Growth of Las Vegas, cheating in Casinos, Casino security, gamblers, dealing cards, Dealers attitudes, hotel opperations, high rollers. Las Vegas: entertainment, vacationing, legal age limit, etc. | no | 1 |
| Ault, James W. | 11/06/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Las Vegas 1940 to 1975 - builder, railroad engineer - No Tape, handwritten notes | no | 0 |
| Auslander, Joe | 11/03/1972 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Avants, Beecher | 02/04/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview; police force and growth since 1956, Nevada Test Site, Camp Mercury, increase in crime; Presidential visits: Kennedy and Johnson, growth of Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Ayers, Harold M. III | 03/05/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black-Jack dealer, religion, gaming, pollution, Atomic testing, police and crime, gold mining. | no | 1 |
| Azevedo, Carol | 03/04/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Schools, Political feelings, Downtown, Old Court House, Henderson, Sunrise Mountain West LV, Telephones, Hospitals, College Blvd (Lake Mead Blvd), Water supply, Bonnie Springs area, Tule Springs area. The Strip from 1951 and its growth. | no | 1 |
| Bach, George L. | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada Test Site, El Rancho, Last Frontier, Old Boulder, Frontier, Apache, Gracey Hay's "Red Rooster", Morris Knudson Construction, Fong Gardens, Lake Mead, Twin Lakes, Carpenter's Union 1980, Blacks in Las Vegas, Atomic testing, Alamo Airport, Knights of Columbus, Helldorado Village, Old Stewart Ranch, Lee Canyon, Mt. Charleston, Davis Dam. | no | 1 |
| Badgley, Bob | 11/11/1984 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Baepler, Don | 04/23/2007 | UNLV@50 | LD3745.B33 History of the UNLV campus; Dr. Donald Baepler was a biology professor and administrator at Central Washington University. In 1968 he was appointed Academic Vice President at UNLV. He was also acting president until 1969, then was appointed president in 1973. In 1978 he was appointed chancellor of the university system. In 1981 he resigned that position and became director of the Musuem of Natural History (now the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History) and a professor of biology | yes | 2 |
| Baepler, Donald | 4/23/2007 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | Dr. Donald Baepler was a biology professor and administrator at Central Washington University. In 1968 he was appointed Academic Vice President at UNLV. He was also acting president until 1969, then was appointed president in 1973. In 1978 he was appointed chancellor of the university system. | yes | 0 |
| Bailey, Anna | 03/03/1997 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F850.N4 B35 One of first dancers at Moulin Rouge, first black dancer in a house line at the Flamingo, owned several gaming establishments. | yes | 2 |
| Bailey, Steve | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education, Rebel Yell and Yell, UNLV, personal history, general Nevada and Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Bailey, William (Bob) | 03/16/78 | Local Oral History Project - Roske | Transcribed for Black experience in Southern Nevada: donated tapes collection, James R. Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Bailey, William H. (Bob) | 03/16/1978; Summer 1999; 11/19/1997 | 3 interviews: Local Oral History - Roske (Rosenthal Transcribed), Local History - White (transcribed), and First 100 Interview | F849.L35.B35 Moulin Rouge, Blacks in performing arts, entertainment business, equal rights commission, 1960s | yes | 6 |
| Baird, Xniea L. | 04/05/1976 | Goldfield History | History of Goldfield Nevada, mining, flood, fire | no | 1 |