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Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Bunker, Vernon Earl | 10/19/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, LDS Church in Las Vegas, religion, First State Bank, Moapa Valley, flood of 1910. | no | 1 |
| Bunker, Wendell | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mormonism, religion. | no | 1 | |
| Burer, Suzanne | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Burgwardt, Lestor | 02/09/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education, Navy 1943 - 1946, teacher in Henderson, Henderson, floods of 1954, Lake Mead, Downtown Las Vegas and early entertainment, Atomic Testing, National Science Institute, Las Vegas Convention Center. | no | 1 |
| Burke, Carey J. | 02/23/1980 and 03/12/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, Henderson 1945 - 1950 's, Lake Mead in the late 1940 's, Camp Bonanza, overcrowding in schools, growth and expansion, Atomic Testing, Fremont Street, Helldorado, Las Vegas changes and growth. | no | 2 |
| Burkey, Elizabeth | 01/27/2006 | Tap Dancing | Tap Dancing | no | 2 |
| Burkholder, Lyal W. | March 1st (Year - Unknown) | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview; Clark County School District, President Kennedy and Senator Johnson visits, Lombard's plane crash, atomic testing, Basic Magnesium Plant | yes | 0 |
| Burns, George | 04/03/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Las Vegas in the 1940 's and 1950 's. | no | 1 |
| Burns, George | 06/01/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Burns, George | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 3 | |
| Burns, George | 10/20/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Burt, Leroy | 07/01/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Burton, Dave | 01/11/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 |
| Burton, Joe | 03/11/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Organized Crime in Las Vegas, Las Vegas Mafia, Downtown Las Vegas, changes and growth in Las Vegas. | no | 1 |
| Busch, Pearl | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Las Vegas history, the first Hotels in Las Vegas, Clubs and organizations, Junior League, Desert Inn Country Club, Rotary, Dental Auxiliary, Atomic Testing, Hoover Dam, Nellis Air Force Base, Levi Stouse, "the Strip", Downtown Las Vegas, Solar Energy. | no | 1 |
| Busch, William John | 03/01/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview; atomic testing, growth and development of Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Bush, Q.B. | 05/15/2007 | History of the 1970s | Q.B. was one of the first black dealers on the LV Strip. Talks of the Economic Opportunity Board, the LV black experience and shared photo collection. | yes | 3 |
| Bushell, Garvin | 05/10/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Butera, Sam | 10/16/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment, played for President Kennedy's Inauguration, growth of Las Vegas. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Butera, Sam | 03/02/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape – Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Butner, Joseph | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Buttons, Red | 06/15/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Interviewer: Entertainment LV | no | 1 |
| Buttons, Red | 06/17/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Buxton, Eddie Ernest | 03/30/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Law enforcement, personal life history. | no | 1 |
| Caesar, Jimmy | 06/23/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Cahill, Robbins E. | 06/02/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, recollections of work in state politics, government, taxation, gaming control, Clark County administration, and The Nevada Resort Addociation. | no | 3 |
| Cahill, Robins | 01/31/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Cahlan, Florence Lee Jones | 02/10/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview. General history of Southern Nevada between 1933 and 1973. Migration to Las Vegas. Journalism in Las Vegas, female writer, Las Vegas Review Journal. Activism in local politics. Reminisces of Boulder (Hoover) Dam including the dam’s construction and dedication by President Roosevelt. Brief remarks concerning living in Las Vegas during the Second World War, the atomic testing era, the city’s economic development, and the city’s evolving demographics, notably the influx of “Negroes” during the 1940s. Social and interest groups. | yes | 0 |
| Cahlan, John Francis | 02/18/1975; 07/02/1975; 03/30/1977; 04/10/1978; 02/27/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Journalism in Nevada and Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal, 1940 's, rapid expansion of the 1960 's, Las Vegas history, Organized Crime and Criminals in Las Vegas, Bugsy Siegel; Howard Hughes, United States Department of Air Force, Nellis Air Force Base, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Atomic testing, Prohibition, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Carol Lombard plane crash; Early Las Vegas Entertainment, 1905 - 1930 's Entertainment, Meadows Night Club, "the Strip", Players Club, Bonanza, El Rancho Las Vegas, Last Frontier, Flamingo, Desert Inn, Thunderbird, Apache Hotel, War Memorial Building; Las Vegas Valley Water District, Aviation History, Airlines; Prostitution and Block 16, How Las Vegas was founded, Railroads, Basic Magnesium Plants, Depression and Recession, Oil in Nevada, Chamber of Commerce. | yes | 8 |
| Calas, Charlie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | |
| Caldwell, Richard | 03/06/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1953-1980. Migration to Las Vegas from Louisiana. Personal history: family, occupation(s), and education. Westside. Development of race relations in Las Vegas. Residential segregation. Discrimination of blacks: “no better than the South.” Inequality of employment opportunities. Development of the “Strip.” Black entertainers. | no | 1 |
| Caldwell, Richard F. Sr. | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General history of Las Vegas between 1931 and 1980, particularly in relation to the city’s development. Comparisons between pre- and post-casino Las Vegas. Migration from the South (Louisiana). Labor at and construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam [interviewee worked on the dam project]. Atomic test site [interviewee worked at the test site between 1952 and 1978]. Women’s contribution to the test site and Boulder Dam. Las Vegas Casinos. Opinion on prostitution in Las Vegas. Hunting in Las Vegas. Wild horses and other wildlife in southern Nevada. Mining. Westside. Black entertainers. | no | 1 |
| Calhoon, Dinah | 10/27/1971 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history of Las Vegas, 1945-1971. Highlighting: reason for relocating to Las Vegas; K-12 education; UNLV in 1959; recreational activities; Helldorado festival; family life; television in the 1950s; occupations; swamp coolers; changes in Las Vegas; El Rancho; penny stores; growth of UNLV. | no | 1 |
| Callas, Charlie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Callas, Charlie | 12/23/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Cameron, Judy K. | 04/19/2004 | Principleship Education OHP | Interviewee was a Clark County School District teacher, administrator, and principal. Reminiscences and personal opinions concerning education in Clark County between 1963 and 2000. Topics discussed: motivations; typical workday; principal effectiveness; teacher evaluation; number of students in schools; special needs students. [The transcript is virtually a verbatim record of the oral interview stored on cassette]. | no | 1 |
| Campagna, Bob (Bobby) | 03/18/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Las Vegas history, Sahara and Charleston, when UNLV was first built, personal awards, Lorenzi Park, Newspapers. City Sanitation, power, and telephone. Church and religion, personal and family history.(Interview on tape inaudible). | no | 1 |
| Campbell, Felicia | 6/28/12 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Career in the educational arena including UNLV | yes | 0 |
| Campbell, Glen | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Campbell, Jesse (J.W.) | 02/19/1979 | Local Oral History-Roske | Pioche history-including: historical data; personal and family history; benefit of Hoover Dam; decline of mining post-1945; migration to Las Vegas. Las Vegas history- growth of universities in Nevada; Atomic Testing site- personal experience of the first test and fears of residents; Howard Hughes and Las Vegas; air crash involving Carol Lombard; Democratic Party in Nevada; Key Pittman, Pat McCarran, Ed Clark anf federal projects; impact of on Las Vegas; development of Nellis Air Force Base; construction of Hoover Dam; Old Mormon Fort; Basic Magnesium plant; Comstock Lode; old west folktales of life in mining camps/towns; Mormon migrants and settlements; Native Americans. [A helpful "tape summary" of the interview is held on file]. | no | 1 |
| Campbell, Mary Ellen | 03/06/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Interviewee b. 1886. History of Pioche (Lincoln County) during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Family history. Migration to the West. Life in Pioche. Transportation (horse and mule). Housing. Mining. Description of undeveloped Las Vegas. Recreational activities. Northern Nevada and the 1918 global flu epidemic. [A helpful summary of the oral interview is held on file]. | no | 1 |
| Canfield, Ralph L. | 03/20/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Las Vegas, 1940-1960. Housing: Carver Park, Victory Village, Townsite, Fisher Addition, Four Mile. Tents houses on the eastside. Mining. Development of Las Vegas from 1950s: hotel-casinos on the “Strip” and Downtown. Blue Diamond Company. BMI plant and water. Railroad. Class stratification. McCarran Airport. Nellis Air Force Base. Air quality. Water. Lake Mead: water supply and recreation. Prostitution: Roxy’s Motel. Atomic testing: radiation. [Summary of oral interview held on file].[Low quality recording]. | no | 1 |
| Cannon, Beverlee & Ivan | 4/12/2011 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Work at the Nevada Test Site | yes | 0 |
| Cannon, Bob | 04/07/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, 1941-1960. Promotion of Las Vegas. Early development of the Chamber of Commerce. The North West Tour of 1949 by Las Vegas boosters: the "Tour" included stops at Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, and San Francisco. Gambling and the community. | no | 1 |
| Cannon, Howard | 08/28/1998 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Interviewee was a former Senator for Nevada. Family history. Pre-Senatorial career. John Milner. Military career during WWII. Normandy landings. Senate career. Deregulation of the airline industry. Lockheed Martin and the F-117 stealth fighter. Foundation of Nellis Air Force Base. General Zach Taylor. Defense projects: MX missile and nuclear rocket engine. Vietnam War. Lyndon Johnson. Civil Rights. Alan Bible. Walter Baring. Appointment of President Ford and V-P Rockefeller. Southern Nevada Water project. James Santini. 1982 Senatorial Election. (No file) | no | 2 |
| Cannon, Robert O. | 03/11/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history from 1941 until the 1960s. El Rancho Hotel and Casino. Thomas Hull. Nick the Greek. Carol Lombard accident. Las Vegas and Boulder Dam during World War II. Change in the business model of Las Vegas hotels. Segregation of African Americans (a white perspective). 1960s: shortage of qualified personnel to manage hotels; creation of a course in hotel administration at the University of Southern Nevada (UNLV): Dr. Johnson, Dr. Valen, Dr. Meek. | no | 1 |
| Canty, Hattie | 02/27/1998; 06/17/1998 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Las Vegas history, particularly in regard to labor relations, 1970-1998. Personal history of an African American woman in Las Vegas during the last three decades of the twentieth century. Local 226 Culinary Union: organization, recruitment, activism, relationship with the black community and NCAAP. Civil rights and race relations. Interviewee was president of Local 226 between 1990 and 1999 and oversaw the creation of the Culinary Training School. | yes | 3 |
| Capel, Sigrid Oas | 02/10/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family and personal history focusing on growing up in Ely, NV, including leisure activities. Living through the Depression: banks closing; unemployment. Agricultural Extension Service. Cattle and drought in northern Nevada during the 1930s. Witness to the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Description of journey from Ely to Norway. Employment history. Gaming Control Board and the ‘Black Book.’ Occupations whilst in Las Vegas. [File includes personal photographs and news clippings][A helpful summary of the oral interview is held on file]. | no | 1 |
| Caples, Vernon S. | 02/25/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Narrator b.1891. Las Vegas history from 1942 to 1979. Las Vegas airfield (Nellis). Prostitution. Hoover (Boulder) Dam: two anecdotes. Effect of WWII on Las Vegas. Hotel/casinos during the 1940s and 1950s. Leisure activities. Eldorado Festival. Lorenzi Park. BMI Plant. Retirement in Las Vegas. | no | 1 |
| Cardle, James | 04/25/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.C32 2007 James Cardle taught engineering at UNLV and worked on earning accreditation for the engineering program. He also did research on the Yucca Mountain Project and on the removal of arsenic from drinking water. He is now a patent attorney in Minneapolis and works part-time as intellectual property counsel to UNLV. Impressions of UNLV, students, engineering program. Preparing for accreditation of engineering program. Research projects whilst at UNLV. New career. Writing, reading, remedial classes at UNLV. Diversification of students in engineering. | yes | 2 |