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| Narrator | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Brewer, Teddie Mrs. | 6/24/2006 | Principalship OHP | yes | 1 | |
| Breyfogle, Raymond O. | 03/15/1976 | Local Oral History - Roske | Personal history, and Nevada history and Nevada Ghost Towns | no | 1 |
| Brickley, Theresa | 01/27/2006 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Tap Dancing | no | 2 |
| Brimacombe, Alfred J. | 07/02/1975 and 02/23/1981 | Printing business, newspapers in Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal, Gas Stations, Tourism in the 1930 's, Depression, WWII, BMI (Basic Magnesium Plant), Hoover Dam, Archie Grant, Rail Road, Golden Nugget, Baseball and sports. | yes | 2 | |
| Brinker, Charles Homer | 03/19/1978 | Homesteading in Las Vegas | Personal history and background, Homesteading in Las Vegas, Church affiliation and religion, housing and building homes, grocery shopping and roads, Construction industry and working as a carpenter. | no | 1 |
| Britton, Beverly J. | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, schools and education in Las Vegas, Gambling, economic changes, social change. | no | 1 |
| Britton, Sherry | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Broadbent, Robert N. | 09/23/1972 and 03/01/1978 | Local Oral History - Roske | Boulder City, 1950 's, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Boulder City Charter, Mayor of Boulder City, Zoning in Boulder City, Lake Mead, Clark County 1950 's and 1960 's, Pharmaceuticals and politics. Clark County Construction. | no | 2 |
| Brockett, Marilyn B. | 04/25/1975 | Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) | Growth of Boulder City 1937 - 1975 | no | 1 |
| Brooks, Bob | 10/28/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Brooks, Foster | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 5 | |
| Brooks, Foster | 01/14/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Brooks, Foster | 06/02/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Brooks, Foster | 10/15/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Brooks, John | 02/28/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Side 1: Personal History, Gaming and Gambling, Church and religion, the end of the first World War (WWI), Atomic Testing and WWII, changes and growth of Nevada, fires, sports - Las Vegas Rangles, Cashman Field, Helldorado, Fremont Street, Railroads. Side 2: Old Ranch, Stewart Ranch, Mormon Fort. Mormon Settlement, local Police, El Rancho, nudest camps, Lake Mead. | no | 1 |
| Brooks, Marion C. | 02/24/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mining, Old mines, education, personal history, Blue Diamond, Lombard Plane Crash, Lorenzi Park, Atomic Testing, WWII, economic and social changes and growth, Hoover Dam, Lost Mines - Blue Diamond 1940 's. | no | 2 |
| Brown, Alice | 10/19/2005 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.B74 2007 Alice Brown worked as a librarian in the UNLV library from 1962 to 1984 | yes | 4 |
| Brown, Alice Cowles | 03/31/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | 1. UNLV, UNLV Library, growth and expansion of Las Vegas and Henderson, Gambling and Gaming, Downtown area, renaming streets after hotels, Maryland Parkway, Catholic Hospital (religion), Schools, segregation, Heavy population from Nellis, popularity of Football and Baseball, Women in Sports, Public Library, Law Enforcement, Start of Mass Construction and Tourism, Boulevard Mall, Snow, Major tragedies. | no | 1 |
| Brown, Bernard Lee | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, WWII, Atomic Testing, radiation monitor at Test Site, casino control of Las Vegas in 1950 's, horse racing in Las Vegas, housing in Las Vegas in 1950 's, discrimination against Blacks in Las Vegas 1950 's, church influence in Las Vegas during 1950 's (religion), union controversy at Test Site, Howard Hughes influence in Las Vegas, crime, family life. | no | 1 |
| Brown, Gregory & Jessica | 03/01/2009 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park | Gregory Brown came to Las Vegas in 1998 to take a postion teaching history at UNLV. His future wife Jessica, who is the Web Portal Content Coordinator at UNLV, had lived here off and on as a child and moved back to Las Vegas in 2000. They bought a home in the John S. Park Neighborhood in 2002 | yes | 0 |
| Brown, Hannah | 9/27/2012 | AfAm Collaborative | Growing up in the Westside community, worked in the Sight N Sound Record Store. Brown spoke of entertainers in the neighborhood and their influence on community children. Second portion of interview filmed at PBS. | yes | 0 |
| Brown, Harry A. | 03/13/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), family, labor, recreation, Sheriff’s Posse, Helldorado. | no | 1 |
| Brown, Lori Lipman | 03/17/1998 | Dennis McBride - LV Gay Archives | Las Vegas History, Involvement in Nevada's repeal of the Sodomy Law in 1993. | yes | 1 |
| Brown, Mahlon | 12/16/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Mahlon Brown was a policeman in Washington, D.C., during the 1960s. He is an attorney in Las Vegas, has been a justice of the peace, and has been a U.S. Attorney. Attorney along with Jack Anderson with the Las Vegas Welfare Rights Movement. | yes | 9 |
| Brown, Robert | 02/24/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history since 1955, crime, early city planning, Reno, climate changes, tourism, water problems, Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, Henderson, "the Strip". | no | 1 |
| Brown, Roy | 05/21/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Haircutting, local history. | no | 1 |
| Brown, Roy | 3/5/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | Brown told stories about uions, strikes, working with gangsters at the Stardust | yes | 0 |
| Brown, Ruth | 02/06/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Brown, Ruth | 03/31/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Brownlee, Virgil Leon | 05/12/2012 | 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 |
| Brownlee, Walter Junior | 05/02/2012 | 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 |
| Broxterman, David | 10/24/2007 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.B763 2007 David Broxterman had a long career with the Air Force and was a member of an Air Force association that helped push for an engineering school at UNLV. He is the administrative manager for the Clark County School District. | yes | 1 |
| Bruner, Lucile Spire | 03/03/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Architecture. work as Architect and Appraiser in Las Vegas 1947 - 1973, Elmo C Bruner, Atomic Testing and damage appraisals, WWII, growth of Las Vegas, Unitarian Fellowship Church, religion, American Institute of Architects, Engineering Societies, Architectural Registration and Examining Boards, Lacy Worswick, Emil Coleman, Dean Breeze, Harold Montgomery, Dr. Martin Payne, Hank Greenspun. | yes | 1 |
| Bruns, Josephine C. | 03/12/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history, President Hoover, 1942 Carole Lombard Plane Crash, politics, Gambling, WWII and Atomic Testing, economic change (lumber, gambling), environmental change (apartments, hotels), social change (Hollywood actors and actress), Old Ranch and Stewart Ranch. Transportation in 1910, changes in Railway and Rail Road, Native American Indians in Las Vegas, Mormon religion, Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Henderson. | no | 1 |
| Brunson, Bernadine | 3/2/2006 | Principalship OHP - Carlton | yes | 1 | |
| Bryan, Patricia (Pat) | 02/20/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal History, El Dorado, El Rancho, Flamingo, Headliners and Shows, Blacks in Las Vegas and Black entertainers, Railroad, Elks Lodge and Cashman Field, Asian population, Henderson and Boulder City, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Swamp Coolers, Mormon Churches and Religion, gaming and gambling, Mobs and Crime, Las Vegas Convention Center, Old Fort (Mormon Fort), Nellis Air Force Base, UNLV. | no | 1 |
| Bryan, Richard Senator | 2/19/2009 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | Senator Richard Bryan's father graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1927, left to attend law school, and later returned with his young family. His parents bought a house in the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1943. Richard Bryan has been a lawyer, a member of the Nevada state senate, the Nevada attorney general, the governor of Nevada, and a U.S. Senator from Nevada. Among other subjects he talks about the impact of World War II on this community and about the Helldorado Parade (Second interview 11/10/2011 by Kristin Guthry) | yes | 0 |
| Bryan, Roger M. | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history, education in Las Vegas, Moapa Valley, J. Harold Brinley, Southern Nevada Education System, Principal of School, 1968 Teacher Strike, Racial Problems in the Education System, Politics and Issues of the 1950 's, Richard Bryan in High School, Mormon Church in Las Vegas, Religion, Teachers - Ed Knapp and Gwen Willey. | no | 1 |
| Bryant, Lucille | 12/13/1995 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | From Talullah, Louisiana, migrated to LV in 1954 and worked in back-of-the-house as a maid and then in the linen room. Active in the Culinary Union local 226. Tells of black community interaction, spiritual life, family, and advancement because of the benefits from the union. | yes | 2 |
| Brymer, Bill | 03/09/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming and Gambling, Dealer and Dealing in Las Vegas, early Las Vegas History, Gaming industry in the 1940 's 1950 's and 1960 's. Economic, Environmental, and Climatic changes in Southern Nevada, Swamp Coolers. | no | 1 |
| Bryne, William | 04/18/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Buchanan, Richard E. | 03/07/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, agricultural activities in Las Vegas, history of "the Strip", McCarran Airport, shopping in Las Vegas, Atomic Testing, El Rancho, Pioche, geography of Nevada, tourism, dust in Valley, Water Table. | no | 1 |
| Buckley, Joseph J. | 07/17/2002 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | (Folder missing) | no | 2 |
| Buettner, Mamie | 02/21/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, Searchlight, Anderson's Dairy, Rancho Grande Creamery, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), working on Fremont Street, Helldorado, Stewart Ranch, flooding, Mormons and religion, Hunt Family of Bunkerville, Atomic Testing, Carole Lombard plane crash, Pioche, Goodsprings, WWII, Ghost Towns, El Rancho. | no | 1 |
| Buford, Eugene | 09/12/2006 | Las Vegas Black Oral History Project | Eugene Buford worked for the post office in Las Vegas for thirty-six years. His great grandmother, Mary Nettles, was one of the founders of the NAACP Las Vegas Chapter | yes | 3 |
| Bugbee, Robert W. | 07/08/1975 and 03/18/1981 | Nevada Development Authority, Mayor Baker, Savings and Loan Commission, politics in Nevada, Atomic testing, hotel development in Las Vegas, gaming, mining, Grapevine Springs, 1955 Flood, Boys Club, Convention Center Bonds, Helldorado, Native American Indians, Spring Mountain Youth Camps, Charleston, UNLV, MGM Grand Fire. | no | 2 | |
| Bullock, Jack T. | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history, Entertainment in Las Vegas, Church activity and religion, Atomic testing, women and minorities in casinos, methods of cheating in casinos, Bugsy Siegel, The Flamingo, "the Strip" Las Vegas Boulevard. | no | 1 |
| Bunch, Betty | 02/13/2002 | Dancer (Folder missing) | yes | 3 | |
| Bunch, Nellie | 11/20/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, living conditions in unimproved desert area (Water, Electric, etc.), Schools and education, bootleggers, Churches and Religion, Roosevelt, life in Las Vegas since July 1931. | no | 1 |
| Bunker, Berkeley | 10/13/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, Roosevelt, Mt. Charleston, Hoover Dam, Pioche mines. (index card only) | no | 1 |