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Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Vanersnick, Ralph | 10/18/1997 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 6 | |
| Vann,Wilson Vera | September 24, 2006 | 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 |
| Vasquez, Linda | 02/28/2005 | Blue Diamond | yes | 2 | |
| Vasquez, Linda (Murphy | February 18, 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 |
| Velardo, Mike | 03/15/1976 or 03/08/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Construction | no | 1 |
| Velasquez, Max | 03/08/1981 or 03/15/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gambling Management | no | 1 |
| Vereen, Ben | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Vereen, Ben | 09/30/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Verzoni, William | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Victorson, Heather | 06/26/2003 | Dancer | yes | 2 | |
| Vidor, Brian | 01/24/1996 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Sig Zakowitz | no | 1 |
| Viera, William | 10/00/1971 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Vilt, Kim | 1/12/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | Kim Vilt has lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood for ten years and plans to stay there as long as she and her husband live in Las Vegas. Their house was built in 1946 | yes | 0 |
| Vinas, Jose Luis | 05/27/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 2 | |
| Vining, Alma G. | Educator | no | 1 | ||
| Vinton, Bobby | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | |
| Vinton, Bobby | 01/20/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Vito, G.L. | 03/01/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Vlaovich, Maria | 02/23/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Goldfield Southern Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Vogel, Jon | 03/29/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Von Dornum, Rae | 10/04/1973 or 10/01/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Von Tobel, Ed | 10/04/1972 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 3 | |
| Von Tobel, George | 10/14/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Von Tobel, Jacob | 1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Von Tobel, Jake | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Voss, Nadean H. | 03/03/1975 or 03/02/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Voss, Wilfred | 03/02/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Hoover Dam construction | no | 1 |
| Wagner, Robert | 11/16/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Wagner, Tim | 02/23/1980 or 02/23/1970 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black history | no | 1 |
| Wah, Gue Gin | 09/24/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 6 | |
| Wait, Loretta | 03/10/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Waite, Roy | Early Las Vegas-Roske Project | no | 1 | ||
| Waitman, Don R. & Suda | 03/03/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske Project | Las Vegas history 1942 - | no | 2 |
| Waldhausen, Darrel | May 5, 2008 | 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 |
| Waldman, Jerry | 02/23/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Waldman, Kit | 10/09/2000 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 2 | |
| Walker, Eleanor | 06/03/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 3 | |
| Walker, Eleanor | 6/3/2004 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - NAACP | Served as LV NAACP branch president from 1971 to 1975. Some of her noteworthy work was with Operation Indenpendence and the gaming industry. During her presidency, she engaged the community's youth. | yes | 2 |
| Walker, Janis | 07/03/2006 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 3 | |
| Walker, Jimmy | 04/02/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Walker, Rev. Prentiss | 04/10/1978 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Black history | no | 1 |
| Walker, T Bone | 07/25/1973 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Walkers | 10/26/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Wall, Breck | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Dick Maurice | no | 1 | |
| Wall, Breck | 07/03/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .W34 2007 Breck Wall is a producer of shows such as Bottoms up, Passion extreme, and Alias in Las Vegas, Texas, New York, and Lake Tahoe | yes | 0 |
| Wallace, Fran | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Wallace, Gayle | 02/13/1972 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Wallace, Marcia | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Wallace,Allison & Hugh | 03/17/2006 | Katrina | yes | 2 | |
| Walsh, Marty | 07/19/2007 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849 .L35 W35 2010 Marty Walsh and her husband bought a home in 2002 in the John S. Park Neighborhood that had been build in 1941. She is an artist and he is a carpenter | yes | 0 |