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Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Cruze, Charlene Cox | 08/09/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .C78 2007 Charlene Cox Cruze was born in Las Vegas. Her early ancestors traveled through the area in the 1850s, and her grandparents settled in Las Vegas in 1905, the year it was founded. She is a registered Cherokee, Daughter of the American Revolution, and Daughter of the Utah Pioneers. She is a Las Vegas tour guide and talks of her memories of the evolution of Las Vegas from a small town to a city with casinos owned by corporations | yes | 0 |
| Culver, Mary Ann | 03/22/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas Sands, Culinary Union - Sands Silverbird, 1950's Union, Entertainers, Showrooms, Strikes, Organized Crime, Elvis, shows at T-Bird 1960 's, Frank Sinatra, Joe Wells, Zigfield Follies", Smog in Las Vegas, "Ice Follies", , Weather, Bus System, traffic, Howard Hughes, Sands Entertainers 1950 's (Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin), Filming "Ocean's 11", Al Bramlett, Casinos Uptown and on "The Strip", Cash Registers in early 1950 's, | no | 1 |
| Cummings, Laverne & Midnight | 08/29/2000 | Oral History Interview-Dennis McBride | yes | 2 | |
| Cunningham, Eldon W. | 11/30/1975 and 03/14/1981 | Mining, Gambling in Searchlight | Tape 1: History of Las Vegas 1943 - 1975, Henderson, Las Vegas in the 1950 's, Prospecting and Gambling, World War II (WWII) Tape 2: Testing and Nevada Test Site, Atomic Testing, travel, Air Fields, the MX in Nevada, Testing Rockets, U-2, Hunting, Fishing at Twin Lakes, Prospecting in Nevada, Setting up Bylaws | no | 2 |
| Cunningham, Erma | 07/04/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Curley, Elmer | 11/1/2011 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OPH - Library | Elmer Curley came to work in public services at UNLV Library in 1967 and worked in the libraries for a number of years under a long list of library directors. | yes | 0 |
| Current, Ron | 3/16/2012 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OPH - African American Experience | Tells of the Las Vegas Black Panther Party. | yes | 0 |
| Curtis, Archie | 03/07/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Las Vegas History, Atomic Testing, Discrimination, Politics, UNR (University of Reno, Nevada), Sports in High School, Boxing in the Olympics, Children in the Casinos, Hotels in 1959 and 1979, Bob Rose campaign, Atomic Testing, Weather Changes | no | 1 |
| Curtis, Elmore B. | 03/01/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | 1942 Las Vegas, Early Test Site Manager, Atomic Testing, Tourist Industry, Life in Nevada since 1942 | no | 1 |
| Curtis, Hal G. | 02/24/1977 and 03/09/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Tape 02/24/1977: Early Las Vegas, Agriculture, property values, Lombard Plane Crash, construction of El Rancho Hotel, Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Spring Mountain Ranch, prostitution, Mormons (Religion), early Downtown Las Vegas, Cashman Field. Tape 03/09/1978: Early recreation in Las Vegas, Lake Mead, work in Henderson, pay rates and money value, Goldrange Mountains, Old Ranch, Indian Grave sites, Downtown in the 1930 's, "Block 16" "Cat Houses" (prostitution), Blacks in Las Vegas, Native American Indians in Las Vegas area, the first Unions in Las Vegas, Construction Work, Union Violence, Races in Unions, Los Angeles Times Building Destroyed, Magnesium Plant (BMI), Las Vegas during the Depression. | no | 2 |
| Curtis, Isabella | 02/15/1979 and 07/15/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Waitess Sandy Valley, Emma Curtis, Atomic Testing, Telephones in Las Vegas, Helldorado, The Roundup, The Showboat, The Tropicana, Sandy Valley, Energy Crisis 1973 - 1974, | no | 1 |
| Cuti, Frank | 02/25/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming 40's and 50's, Early Gaming, Casino Dealer, wages and salary in the 1940 's, Boulder Club, Frontier Club, Apache, Westerner, Magnesium Plant, WWII, Tommy Hull - El Rancho Las Vegas, Development of "The Strip", Benny Siegel and The Flamingo, Downtown VS "The Strip" - 1940 's and 1950 's, Development of Gambling houses, Organized Crime and The Mafia, Desert Inn, Sam Boyd, Unions (AFL - CIO), Riviera Casino, Caesars Palace, Liberace, Elvis Presley, Howard Hughes, Teamsters Union | no | 1 |
| Cutright, Ray M. | 04/22/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Colorado River, Boating on the Colorado River at Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) | no | 1 |
| D'hondt, Ruth Eppenger | 8/25/2011 | AfAm Collaborative - Black Experience in LV | Family business on Jackson Street - restaurant. One of first families with house in Berkley Square. President of Berkley Square Neighborhood Association. | yes | 0 |
| Daffner, Max | 10/27/2003 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 3 |
| Dalton, Marian | 02/11/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Daltry, Roger (The Who) | 1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 |
| Daly, Ralph | 02/25/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Prostitution, Block 16, Arizona Club - Last Frontier Hotel, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) Construction, Gambling - Boulder Club, Las Vegas Club, Cal Hauser, Miss Thurman, Miss Allen, Mrs. Roosevelt, US Army and Prostitution, Black and Spanish People in Southern Nevada, Golden Nugget, Guy MacAfee, Railroad division, Ice Plant, Air Conditioning, Hotels on Fremont Street | no | 1 |
| Daly, Sandy | 06/20/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | |
| Dane, Walter | 03/11/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Indian Springs and Las Vegas history, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), World War Two (WWII), Railroad, Will Rogers, Mayo Brothers, Scotty 's Castle, Death Valley, Corn Creek Ranch, Tule Springs, Gill Crease Ranch, Lorenzi Park, Prohibition and Moonshiners, Native American Indians and Piautes, Nuclear Testing, Boulder City and Henderson, Mining | no | 1 |
| Dangerfield, Rodney | 06/17/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Dangerfield, Rodney | 01/28/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Daniels, Billy | December 1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Daniels, Billy | 02/06/1971 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Daniels, Faye | 10/18/1998 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | Faye Duncan Danials worked in mid-level management positions in the LV Hotel industryvas one of the first black women to do so. Talks of training, mentors, and the black experience in LV. | yes | 2 |
| Danzinger, Edwina E. | 02/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Plane Crash UNLV, Bishop Creek deer Hunting, working at University of Las Vegas, Mercury Nuclear Test site (Atomic testing), Baker Creek, Snake Creek, Weaver Creek, Mount Wheeler, Buckley Amendment | no | 1 |
| Dark, Johnny | 03/31/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Dark, Johnny | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Darren, Bobby | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Darren, James | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 4 | |
| Darro, Joe | 01/10/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Darro, Joe | 10/09/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 |
| Daseler, Helen | 10/19/2007 | Boyer Early Las vegas Oral History Project | Helen and her husband Jack are both certified teachers, and they founded the Las Vegas Day School. Helen taught in the school and her husband assumed the administrative and management duties. They also played a role in school integration in Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Daseler, Helen | 10/9/2007 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | The Daseler family founded one of the early private schools in Las Vegas - The Las Vegas Day School. Contains copy of photos and early documents. | no | 2 |
| Datke, Albert | 10/02/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | First IRS Agent in Southern Nevada | no | 1 |
| Davis, Billy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Davis, Bonnie | 02/25/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Davis, Henry Clay | 03/15/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Railroads, Casinos Union Membership, Helldorado, Davis Dam, Lake Mead, Mining Towns, Roads and Highways, Hunting. | no | 1 |
| Davis, Kenny | 04/09/2004 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 |
| Davis, Mac | 03/13/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Davis, Marva Bunker | 04/16/1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Davis, Sammy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Dawson, Marshall Mack | 11/01/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history up to 1960 | no | 1 |
| Daybell, Kenneth M. | April 5, 2010 | 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 | 1 |
| Daybell, Randy | 04/01/2010 | 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 | 1 |
| de Becker, Hal | 06/23/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .D43 2007 Hal de Becker was part of a theatrical family and acted as a child in Hollywood. He trained as a ballet dancer and danced in shows in Europe, Lake Tahoe, and Las Vegas. He also wrote about dance, produced shows, and owns a detective agency and a dance studio | yes | 0 |
| de Haven, Rene | 08/02/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .D45 2007 René De Haven was a dancer in shows in Las Vegas starting in 1959 and in Los Angeles and also was in some movies. He has also been a choreographer | yes | 0 |
| De Leon, Fermin | 03/15/1981 | Filipinos' in Las Vegas | Filipinos' in Las Vegas, Personal History, History of Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| De Long, Angie | 12/01/2003 | Las Vegas History | Las Vegas History | no | 2 |
| Deacon, James | 08/24/2006 | UNLV | yes | 2 |