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Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Contino, Dick | 11/05/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 |
| Convey, Bert | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | |
| Cook, Marcheta | 09/18/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 1 | |
| Cook, Phillip L. | 03/03/1977 | Family history, Las Vegas in the early 1940 's, hotels and gambling, the "Red Light Districts", prostitution, recreation in Las Vegas, television and radio in Las Vegas, early prices in Las Vegas, state and local politics, Ranch Life, the Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch), Education UNLV - Discrimination and culture, Convention Center and the Tourist Trade, energy crisis, local and state government and the Mafia, drugs and drinking in Las Vegas. | no | 1 | |
| Cooke, Augusta Jane Carter | Unknown | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Cooke, Mary B. | 03/18/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Radar - Site job, Nellis Air Force Base, growth and development of Las Vegas, change in people of Las Vegas, family background, housing, hospitals and health centers. 1978 "current" issues: Equal Rights Amendment, Prostitution, Homosexually. Job market and welfare, prejudices, youth of Las Vegas. | no | 1 |
| Cooper, Alice | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Cooper, Eldon G. | 03/03/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Las Vegas and Nevada history. | no | 1 |
| Cooper, Pat | 11/01/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Cooper, Pat | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 4 | |
| Cooper, Pat | 03/19/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Cooper, Pat | 07/02/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Cooper, Pat` | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Cooper, Wilma (Pease) | 02/27/1977 | Life in Boulder City and Henderson since 1936 to 1977 | no | 1 | |
| Cope, Cecil | 11/06/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 2 | |
| Cope, Cecil | March 30, 2007 | Dlue 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 |
| Cope, Frank | 03/15/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Blue Diamond Water Company, Boulder Dam being built (Hoover Dam), the Meadows Water Hole, hunting, fishing, gold, motorcycle racing, Elks Lodge, Gypsum Mines, teaching classes for the water company, the Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch). | no | 1 |
| Corderman, Margie Joanne | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Living in Boulder City, changes and growth in Boulder City, social life - recreation, Frank Crowe Statue - Historical Museum, pollution - Henderson, heating and cooling systems, Elton Garrett, MX Missile, Sagebrush rebellion, women in untraditional roles, controlled growth ordinance. | no | 1 |
| Cornell, Jack W. | 02/18/1979 | Boulder City | Historical happenings in Boulder City and Southern Nevada, structural change in schools, military, Depression, Civilian Conservation Corps, working in Tonopah, politics, Hoover Dam, gambling, recreation, Atomic Testing, changes. | no | 1 |
| Cosby, Bill | 11/01/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Cosby, Bill | 01/06/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Cotton, D.D. | 03/21/1997 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F850.N4 C68 1998 Dancer who became one of the first two black cocktail waitresses at Caesars Palace in 1966 and later worked at The Tropicana as a floor manager in the pit. | yes | 3 |
| Cougar, Douglas R. | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | ||
| Counts, Betty | 10/29/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early days activities for children in Las Vegas, Atomic testing, politics, small stores and companies in Las Vegas. | no | 1 |
| Cowan, Susie | 01/13/2006 | Living to Dance-Tapping in Las Vegas | Tap Dancing | no | 2 |
| Cox, Lew | 02/26/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Cox, Lois | 03/18/1978 | Life in Las Vegas | Family background, personal history, Clark County School District and education in Las Vegas, Politics in Nevada, Basques in Nevada, growth of Las Vegas, "the Strip" and gambling, industry, Las Vegas "Strip" entertainment and changes, Lake Mead and Mt Charleston. | no | 1 |
| Cox, Owen Earl | 03/06/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | St. George Utah, Las Vegas in 1928, homes in 1931, wages of Road Workers in 1932, Old Arrowhead Trail, LDS Church and Mormon Church in Las Vegas 1932 (Religion), Wells Nevada, mining company in Gold Hill Nevada, working at the Basic Magnesium Plant, WWII, housing shortage in 1942, hospitals in 1942, development of sponge ore, steam engines, Tent City, gambling, building hotels in the 1940 's in Las Vegas, Vegas Village, transportation of goods in the 1950 's, air conditioning and cooling in the 1950 's, LDS Church in the 1950 's, population growth, Nellis Air Force Base, tourist trade and growth, crime in the 1950 's, Cattle Ranch, school system in Las Vegas. | no | 1 |
| Cox, Suzette M. | 03/15/1981 and 03/01/1979 | Divorce in Las Vegas and NV History | Working for Las Vegas Sheriff department, secretary at UNLV Football department, JD Smith Elementary, Charleston Area, Baptist background and religion, John F. Kennedy, shows on "the Strip", gambling in Las Vegas, Atomic Testing, husband 's father died from Atomic radiation, El Rancho, Helldorado, Tule Springs, Spring Mountain Ranch, Howard Hughes, Buster Wilson, Native American Indian Burial Ground, Pony Express, Tuberculosis, UNLV Library. | no | 2 |
| Crabbe, John W. | May 5, 206 | 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 |
| Crabbe, Margaret | 01/19/2004 | Blue Diamond | no | 4 | |
| Crabbe, Margaret Eleanor Bain | January 19, 2004 | 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 | 3 |
| Craddock, John E. Dr. | 04/14/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Dentist at Nellis Air Force Base, homes of Las Vegas, economy, hotels, Mines in Twin Lakes, Twin Lakes Motel, Old Land Mark Golden Nugget, Red Rock, Atomic Bomb experience as a Navy Commander, hunting in Mt. Charleston, prohibition in Mt Charleston, Argentine mine, Wagon Train story and making a tooth brush, Airport in 1952 in Las Vegas. | no | 1 |
| Craddock, Nancy Lee | 03/16/1976 - 04/14/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas "Frontier" Dentists, opening night of Sands Hotel, Flooding, Twin Lakes Estates, Topography and drainage problems, early clubs and groups, Nellis, Girl Scouts, Sunrise Hospital, Sky Harbor Airport, Leona Mack, James R. Dickerson, Alpine Village, Community Swimming Hole, 1955 Las Vegas, Tule Springs Digs and Margaret Wheat, exploring the mines. | no | 1 |
| Craddock, Patricia Carmichael | 03/02/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education Las Vegas History, "Occupational Residence and Travel History", Home life community, Helldorado, city growth. | no | 1 |
| Craig, Junior | 1974 and 02/15/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Searchlight, Mining, Prostitution, Gold Mining, Casinos, Boulder (Hoover) Dam | no | 2 |
| Crawford, Ernest O. | 10/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Stewart Ranch, Las Vegas history, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), "The Strip", Fremont, Kyle Ranch, Stewart Ranch, Southern Nevada and Changes in and around the Dam | no | 1 |
| Credico, Randy | 11/05/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Creighton, Stella | 01/28/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Crickman, Oliver | 03/03/1979 | Prostitution | Prostitution, Cooking in Las Vegas (1955 - 1979), Restaurant Industry 1955 - 1979 | no | 1 |
| Crine, James D. | 02/08/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Crisp, Robert | 06/22/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Cristie, Lou | 12/12/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Gwen Castaldi | no | 1 |
| Crocker, Clark | 03/03/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson, Education, general Las Vegas History, Las Vegas 1932 - , Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), Pahrump, Religion and Organizations, Pilot and Navigator in Navy, School System | no | 1 |
| Crosby, Gary | 07/25/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Crosby, Kathryn | 12/05/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Crosby, Kim | 04/07/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Crosby, Norm | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Crowe, Cecile | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder Canyon, Boulder Canyon Project, Technical Data, | no | 1 | |
| Cruz, Belia C. | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 |