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| Narrator | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Silvestri, Phyllis M. | 01/11/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | Phyllis Silvestri moved to the United States from Canada when she was in her early 20s. By 1953 she had moved to Las Vegas and was married. A few years later she and her husband built a new home in the John S. Park area | yes | 0 |
| Simmons, Eva G. | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Simmons, Lester & Gladys | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Union Pacific Railroad | no | 1 |
| Simonson, Arlen J. | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Sinatra, Frank Jr. | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Dick Maurice | no | 3 | |
| Sinatra, Frank Jr. | 09/04/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Sinatra, Frank Jr. | 08/31/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 |
| Sippell, Johnny | 08/08/1973 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Sitton, Pamela | 02/27/2009 | UNLV Oral History Project @Fifty | Pamela Sitton moved to Las Vegas in 1963 where her father worked at the Nevada Test Site. She graduated from UNLV. Pamela was hired by UNLV Libraries in 1974 and worked there until March 2009. She worked in Circulation and in various positions that dealt with serials | yes | 0 |
| Skaggs, Robert L. | 05/06/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .S53 2007 Robert Skaggs began teaching engineering at UNLV in 1969. He was involved in getting accreditation with ABET for the engineering college, establishing a chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, and building a master's and a PhD program | yes | 2 |
| Skaggs, Yolanda | 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Skanowsky, Dan | 04/02/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Casinos | no | 0 |
| Skea, Dan | 08/19/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Skylar, Sunny | 05/26/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Slack, Ron | 02/19/1980 or 1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Slot Management at the Holiday | no | 1 |
| Sloate, Maynard | 02/12/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Smalley, Rae | September 12, 2005 | 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 |
| Smalley, Rae | 09/12/2005 | 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 |
| Smith, Arlene Matthews | 03/26/1981 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 5 | |
| Smith, Barr | 02/27/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Panaca Pioche and Fanny's Dress Shop | no | 1 |
| Smith, Florence | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history '20 - | no | 1 |
| Smith, Harold | 07/08/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Smith, Helen | 03/04/2008 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | Helen Smith worked as a nurse at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, which is now the University Medical Center, and for the Nevada State Industrial Insurance System. | yes | 2 |
| Smith, J.D. | 10/31/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Smith, Judy | 11/22/2008 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 S5884 2010 Judy Smith was a teenager when her family moved from Barstow, California, to Las Vegas in 1958. She worked as the assistant society editor for the Las Vegas sun and graduated from UNR. by 1967 she moved back to Las Vegas with her husband and children and lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood. | yes | 0 |
| Smith, Lynn | 03/04/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal History | no | 1 |
| Smith, Melville | 02/23/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Smith, Robert Bruce | 06/03/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .S65 2007 Dr. Robert Bruce Smith taught chemistry at UNLV, was chair of the Department of Physical Sciences, and was the dean of the College of Science and Mathematics. He also served as Academic Vice President and later Provost at Weber State College in Ogden, Utah, from 1980 until his retirement in 1998 | yes | 4 |
| Smith, Robert M. | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Cosmetology | no | 1 |
| Smith, Roy | 03/13/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Smith, Theresa M. | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 2 | ||
| Smothers Brothers | 08/05/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Smothers Brothers | 09/22/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Snow, Grant | 11/16/1982 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education | no | 1 |
| Snyder, Joy | 12/17/2008 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | Joy Snyder was a nurse first at Desert Springs and then at Sunrise Hospital in the newborn nursery | yes | 0 |
| Snyder, Tom | 12/01/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Snyder, William | 11/21/2008 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | CT247.S68 2007 Snyder is an architect who works for Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects. He has a school named after him and works with the children who attend that school. Designed McCaw School of Mines for McCaw Elementary School in Henderson. | yes | 0 |
| Sorenson, Bud | 03/03/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Sorenson, Carole | 11/11/2002 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 2 | |
| Sorenson, Cleona | 03/04/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Sorenson, Paul | 03/04/1977 or 02/27/1979 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Personal history, education | no | 1 |
| Sorom, Earl | 03/06/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | REECO | no | 1 |
| Soss, Maury | 02/20/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Cultural events | no | 1 |
| Spargo, Harry F. | 10/14/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mining | no | 1 |
| Sparrow, James | 03/09/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sparrow, Mary | 03/20/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Spencer, Alice W. | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Spencer, Prince | 01/09/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 1 | |
| Spicer, Goldie (Vaughn) | 02/12/1977 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history 40's - | no | 1 |
| Spiess, Erick | 06/25/1975 and 03/18/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada test site, Las Vegas history | no | 2 |