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Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Walsh, Matty | 08/28/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| War, Kathy | 02/26/2009 | UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty | Kathy War came to Las Vegas with her husband in 1968. She worked in the UNLV Libraries in the Curriculum Materials Library, in the Circulation Department, and in Special Collections where she was in charge of the photograph collections | yes | 0 |
| Ward, George | 03/11/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black Experience | no | 1 |
| Wardle, Austin | 10/05/1981 | Early Las Vegas-Roske Project | no | 1 | |
| Wardle, Luella | 08/04/1981 or 08/05/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history Tonopah | no | 3 |
| Ware, Sherill L. or Sherill C. | 03/18/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Warfel, John | 03/11/1998 | Gay Archive-Dennis McBride | no | 2 | |
| Warner, Bojo | 09/15/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Warner, Howard | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Warner, Paul | Early Las Vegas-Roske Project | no | 1 | ||
| Warren, Claude | 03/01/2007 | UNLV | no | 2 | |
| Warren, Juanita | 03/02/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Warren, Rusty | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | |
| Warwick, Dionne | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | |
| Warwick, Dionne | 04/04/1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Wasden, Howard | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Southern Nevada history | no | 1 | |
| Washington, Albert | 02/25/1979 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Southern Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Washington, David L. | 03/18/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | David Washington was the first Arican-American to serve as Fire Chief for the City of Las Vegas Fire Department. He also served in the Army, and although he is retired from the Fire Department, he is still active in the Las Vegas community Notes Includes additional accomplishements of the Fire Department under Chief Washington and letters to the Chief published in the Las Vegas firenews in December 2001 | yes | 0 |
| Washington, Grover Jr. | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | |
| Watkins, John P. Dr | 03/04/1979 | Medical Doctors in Las Vegas | Medical history | no | 1 |
| Watkins, Ralph | 02/03/1971 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Watson, Nancie B. | Educator | no | 1 | ||
| Watts, Frank | 04/01/1981 | UNLV | Hotel School: UNLV, Hotel College | no | 1 |
| Watts, James W. | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming | no | 1 |
| Weasa, Melvin Albert | 10/01/1971 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Weaver, Charles | 1974 or 10/25/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Weaver, Ruth Moore | 11/25/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | City of Henderson | no | 1 |
| Weddington, Sarah | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Weeks, Gwen | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Weeteling, John J. | 04/07/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Weide, David L. | 05/31/2007 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 0 | |
| Weil, Aubrey Bud | 12/09/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .W45 2007 Bud Weil worked as a disc jockey and radio broadcaster at the KENO radio station in Las Vegas. He interviewed stars that came to town on his show. Later he got out of broadcasting and sold Musak, which allowed him to meet many people in Las Vegas. Bud also seved in the Army during World War II | yes | 3 |
| Weiner, Stanley | 03/02/1978 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Weiss, Sam | 05/26/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Weiss, Walter | 11/02/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Project | Walter Weiss was a boxer who came to Las Vegas to escape his personal troubles and find work with a local bookmaker. He worked at various positions in casinos including executive positions and also worked as a Wall Street broker. His writings regarding the passing of his Rabbi Ephraim Wolf are included | yes | 0 |
| Welch, Don | 03/15/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1932's - | no | 1 |
| Welch, Raquel | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Welles, David | 02/27/2002 | Educator | no | 2 | |
| Wellman, Henry | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City Alcohol | no | 1 |
| Wells, Herb | February 24, 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 | 5 |
| Wells, Herbert C. | 03/08/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.W44 2007 Herbert C. Wells is currently professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering at UNLV, and is considered the father of engineering at the university | yes | 0 |
| Wells, Herbet | 03/08/2006 | UNLV | yes | 3 | |
| Wells, Herbet C. | 02/24/2005 | Educator | no | 2 | |
| Wells, William A. | UNLV | no | 1 | ||
| Wells, William R. | 05/22/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.W442 2007 Dr. William R. Wells was the first dean of engineering at UNLV. He is an aerospace enginner and also taught in Ohio and Illinois. He saw the enginnering college throught several rounds of accreditation with the ABET | yes | 0 |
| Welsh, Anna Jennings | 07/05/1975 or 06/18/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Wengert, Ree | 02/28/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Wengert, Ward | 03/01/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Nevada history, personal history/newspaper clippings | no | 2 |
| Wesley, Mary | History of the 1970's | no | 6 | ||
| West Side Community | 07/19/1977 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 2 |