Oral History Interviews


Total records in this collection: 2578

Narrator Date Project Content Transcript Tapes
AAlberts, Robert 11/16/2006 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project Robert Aalberts was first a corporatate lawyer for Gulf Oil, then he taught at Louisiana State University, and he came to UNLV to teach real estate law in 1991. He became editor-in-chief of the Real estate law journal in 1992. LD3745 .A82 2007 yes 1
Abell, Jacqueline 04/03/1976 Early life on ranch near Virginia City, Las Vegas 1946-1950, Ranch life at Cane Springs. no 1
Adams, Berle 02/17/1974 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Adams, Beula Jane 05/11/1977 Education - Connor Las Vegas 1960 - 1970, Nevada history, teaching and education in Las Vegas, prominant citizens in Las Vegas no 1
Adams, Charles L. Dr. 02/28/1979 and 02/28/1980 Education Atomic Testing, Las Vegas in the 1960 - 1970, UNLV Hotel school, prostitution, Education, UNLV English department through 1960 and 1970. Evolution of UNLV no 2
Adams, Harold Rexford 04/28/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Nevada history - Fire Department 1920 's and 1930 's no 1
Adams, Janet 10/13/1972 Nevada Test Site United States Atomic Energy Commission, Nevada Test Site no 1
Adams, Kaweeda G. Local Oral History Project-Roske Principal in Clark County Sshool District (CCSD) Importance of education, today's moral code among students, value of self-respect, duties of a principal, what effective teaching means, role of a dean, and today's educational trends especially in Special Education. no 1
Adams, Lester 03/15/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Bomb Tests, Gambling, Pioche and Nevada history, Bunkerville, Moapa Reservation, Moapa Nevada. no 1
Adams, Robert W. 03/11/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Nevada history. Moved to LV in 1954. Early housing, father worked at Last Frontier, swimming pool at Mormon Fort, married in 1964 - became Mormon. (Great potential, ends abruptly while narrator is still speaking.) no 1
Adams, Ruth & Sara May, 1974 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Adams, Stanley 09/22/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Adams, Wesley T. 03/01/1977 Early Las Vegas-Roske L.D.S. Church, religion, early Southern Nevada history, Celebrations in Caliente, Pioche and Panaca in the 1930's and 1940's, Atomic Tests, Cashman Field, Education in Southern Nevada no 1
Addrisi Brothers Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Adler, Henry 04/30/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Adotta, Kip Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Adras, Georgia 03/02/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Eastern Orthodox Church, religion, Howard Hughes, Greek Orthodox Church, prostitutes "Block 16", Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Politics and Voting, Education, volunteer Fire Department, no 1
Aiken, Donald L. 04/09/2007 Educator Rotarian Oral History Project - Pat Carlton, interviewer. GM at Circus Circus and Aladdin. CPA that later did accounting for sereral hotels. yes 1
Aiken, Thelma C. 04/05/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Ground Atomic Testing, helped in making the Atomic bomb, gambling, life in Henderson from 1942 - 1944, schools, BMI plant closing, opening of Nellis Air Force Base. no 1
Aikin, Don April 9, 2007 Rotary Project - Pat Carlton CD - Among first staff of Gaming Control Board- July 1, 1955, auditor. Audited all casinos, GM of Circus Circus ans Aladdin. yes 0
Air Supply 08/18./1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Aladdin Press Conference 08/17/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment:Smothers Brothers no 1
Albertson, Tim 06/20/2007 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood Tim Albertson moved into the John S. Park Neighborhood in 2005,his mother located her CPA business in the John S. Park area, they shopped and went to doctor appointments there, and he painted houses in that neighborhood when he was in middle school. F849.L35 A47 2010 yes 0
Albright, George February 16, 1980 Local Las Vegas Oral History - Roske Need for convention center, how financed, position os executive director, effect on eceonomy. no 1
Albright, George "Bud" 1975 Perry Kaufman Las Vegas Convention Center, Clark County Recreation Board, Executive Director for Convention Center. No paperwork no 2
Alden, Howard 02/16/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Alexander, Priscilla (Pris) 1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gambling California and Nevada, gambling ship S.S. Caliente no 1
Alexander, Van 05/22/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Alfaro, Robert 04/21/2006 Educational Leadership Educator, UNLV Educational Leadeership Oral History Project no 2
Alger, Earl and Gloria 10/29/2007 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP CT247.A44 2007 - Earl and Gloria Alger were born in LV in the early 1930s, met at the Mormon Chruch, and lived in LV their entire lives. Gloria's grandmother was one of the original pioneers from Salt Lake City. This interview covered the pioneer days, and history of the LV ranch. Pictures. yes 2
Alger, Richard Earl 10/29/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Earl and Gloria Alger were born in the ealry 1930s in Las Vegas, met at the Mormon church, and have lived in Las Vegas their entire lives. Gloria's great-grandfather Torrel Lewis was one of the original pioneers from Salt Lake City, so they talk of pioneer days in Las Vegas as well as the history of Las Vegas they have known Notes Includes index and appendix of copies of historic photos with captions and an article with a map about the Las Vegas Ranch yes 0
Alires, Lucy 03/06/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Discrimination in Las Vegas, Business in Las Vegas, life in Henderson, Spanish Organizations in Las vegas, Hoover Dam, downtown LV, Railroad, "the strip" no 1
Allaire, Judith Ann 03/10/1980 Local Las Vegas History - Roske Education, Politics in Nevada, Dissatisfaction with public schools in the 1950 's and 1980 's. no 1
Allan, Edith 02/26/1977 Nevada History Moapa, St. Thomas, Bunkerville, Railroad, Agriculture, dairy farming, first Helldorado, and personal history from 1919 - 1934. no 1
Allen & Rossi 01/29/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Allen, Bernie 08/12/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Allen, George Mr. & Mrs. 09/27/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Nevada and Las Vegas History - Chief of Police, atomic testing damage no 1
Allen, Janice April 8, 2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - Junior League Work of the Las Vegas Junior League, her presidency. yes 0
Allen, Marion 04/14/1986 Boulder Dam Oral History Project - Dennis McBride Detailed account of dam construction with many names and 1935 strike. no 1
Allen, Peter 10/22/1983 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Allen, Rex, Jr 03/27/1997 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard/Loreta Kay no 1
Allen, Robert III 03/20/1978 Local Las Vegas History - Roske "The Strip", Lake Mead & Dam, Mountain, Red Rock Canyon, changes in The Stardust and other casinos/hotels, General Las Vegas and Nevada history, clothing history. no 1
Allen, Robert Jr. "Sarge" 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Las Vegas culture, Ghost Towns and Silver Mining, progress of Governer Mike O'Callahan, Occupational history in Las Vegas. no 2
Allen, Russell H. 03/10/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske College Education, School Principal in Alamo, Nevada. Atomic Testing. Roy Martin School, racial statistics, modern mathmatics, special education, Clark County Classroom Teacher's Assn., life in Las Vegas. no 1
Allen, Skip 02/27/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Family history, moving to Nevada, Las Vegas Genealogical Library, Religious beliefs, Armed Forces, Family Resturant in Las Vegas, Las Vegas social life, Night Clubs, Mt. Charleston, Transition from food and Beverage to Hotel Front Desk. no 1
Allen, Steve 11/04/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Allen, Ted 04/08/1982 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 2
Allen-Godorov, Harvey 12/05/2005 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral Historic Project Harvey Allen sang at the Sands Hotel and Casino, acted, performed with the Ziegfeld Follies, hosted a talk show on KDON radio, and taught broadcasting and radio at UNLV for thirty-one years yes 0
Allison, Zoe 02/21/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske LVH School, Central Tele Co., Sahara Hotel PBX operator, owned Dress Shop, Fremont Street. War Bonds. LV growth, race relations, Mermaid swimming pool, Stewart Ranch, Helldorado, Cashman Field, Craig Road Speedway, Silver Slipper Race Track, Nellis Air Base and Mt. Charleston, Union Pacific, Block 16 (prostitution). Politics, Oran Gragson. Tomiyasu Ranch, Lake Mead, unions, the Lamb family. no 1
Amante, Pete 10/19/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape – Hand Written Interview; Army, Dealer, slots, and gambling, Nevada growth, crime, building the dam, yes 0
Amazing Kreskin Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Anderson, Alonzo Dr. 2/21/1972 Local Las Vegas History - Roske Veterinary medicine around the state and his observations - prostitution, mining and farming - excellent memory; great stories. no 1
Anderson, Bob Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Anderson, Bob 11/23/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Lounges Past, Pre,Fut no 1
Anderson, Bob 02/24/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Anderson, Bob 06/26/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Anderson, Brian 05/07/2004 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Work in the show, Jubliee yes 0
Anderson, Dale 07/12/2002 Principalship Oral History Project Interview conducted by Pat Carlton and Bob Ackerman about career in field of education. no 1
Anderson, Donald G. Dr. May 1, 2005 Principalship Oral History Project Education in Clark County; interview online - The oral History of the Public School Principalship yes 1
Anderson, Eddie H. 10/11/2000 Gay Las Vegas OHP An overview of Gay Rights in Nevada no 10
Anderson, Fred E. 04/22/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mines and Mining, Railroad through Cherry Creek. Owns mines in Ely, Nevada. no 1
Anderson, Gilda Maiken 07/08/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Anderson, Maceo (Dam.) 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Blacks in performing arts, tap dance, schools Tape is damaged beyond repair; no transcript. no 1
Andre, Dorothy Engel 10/17/1980 Local History - Elizabeth Partrick Nelson General Nevada history, Tonapah, prostitution, general early life beginning in 1920 no 1
Andre, Joe 08/28/1980; 09/13/1980; 10/17/1980 Local History - Elizabeth Parrick Nelson General Nevada and Las Vegas history, life experience with emphasis on musical career. Life in Nevada starting in 1922. Owner of Andre's Restaurant, a Las Vegas institution yes 5
Andress, Donna & Gail 11/26/2008 Boyer Early LV OPH - Junior League Memories of early city and info about the Service League and Junior League yes 0
Anka Paul Arnold Shaw entertainment no 1
Anka, Paul September 25 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Anka, Paul 08/20/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Anka, Paul 11/10/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Anka, Paul 01/20/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Anka, Paul Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Ann-Margret 09/21/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 2
Anthony, Peter 03/03/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Anthony, Peter 07/29/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Anthony, Peter 08/13/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Appledorn, Jackie King January 30, 2007 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
Appuglise, Marge Educator Educator no 1
Arkell, Donald R. 02/11/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview; Health Department, Henderson development and growth, Air Force plane crash of 1947, World War 2 in Henderson / Las Vegas, atomic testing, Mt Charleston fire of 1953, Snow storm 1948, Blacks in Las Vegas, Victory Theater, First TV station KLAS 8, school with Harry Reid yes 0
Armstrong, Bill 02/28/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Howard Hughes, Bootlegger, LV Dealers, smog problem, growth of gaming, entertainment in local hotels, trends in medical field, atomic testing, Hoover Dam Construction, life on "the Strip", effects of Miami gaming on Las Vegas. no 1
Armstrong, Bren 10/19/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Newspaper business; political reporter for Las Vegas Sun newspaper no 1
Armstrong, Bryne 1975 Local Las Vegas History - Perry Kaufman General Nevada history; tape 1 is damaged. no 2
Arnaz, Desi Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Arnold, Brenda 02/28/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Librarian, religion, Gideon, Cat club, viewing above ground Atomic Testing, Churches in Las Vegas, Railroad, Lake Mead activities, Harris Springs Mt. Charleston. no 1
Arnold, Eddy 08/07/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Arnold, Eddy 02/17/1989 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Atkins, Cholly 03/10/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Atti, Daniel 03/19/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Growth of Las Vegas, cheating in Casinos, Casino security, gamblers, dealing cards, Dealers attitudes, hotel opperations, high rollers. Las Vegas: entertainment, vacationing, legal age limit, etc. no 1
Ault, James W. 11/06/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske History of Las Vegas 1940 to 1975 - builder, railroad engineer no 1
Auslander, Joe 11/03/1972 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Avants, Beecher 02/04/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview; police force and growth since 1956, Nevada Test Site, Camp Mercury, increase in crime; Presidential visits: Kennedy and Johnson, growth of Las Vegas yes 0
Ayers, Harold M. III 03/05/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Black-Jack dealer, religion, gaming, pollution, Atomic testing, police and crime, gold mining. no 1
Azevedo, Carol 03/04/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Schools, Political feelings, Downtown, Old Court House, Henderson, Sunrise Mountain West LV, Telephones, Hospitals, College Blvd (Lake Mead Blvd), Water supply, Bonnie Springs area, Tule Springs area. The Strip from 1951 and its growth. no 1
Bach, George L. 02/27/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada Test Site, El Rancho, Last Frontier, Old Boulder, Frontier, Apache, Gracey Hay's "Red Rooster", Morris Knudson Construction, Fong Gardens, Lake Mead, Twin Lakes, Carpenter's Union 1980, Blacks in Las Vegas, Atomic testing, Alamo Airport, Knights of Columbus, Helldorado Village, Old Stewart Ranch, Lee Canyon, Mt. Charleston, Davis Dam. no 1
Badgley, Bob 11/11/1984 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Baepler, Don 04/23/2007 UNLV@50 LD3745.B33 History of the UNLV campus; Dr. Donald Baepler was a biology professor and administrator at Central Washington University. In 1968 he was appointed Academic Vice President at UNLV. He was also acting president until 1969, then was appointed president in 1973. In 1978 he was appointed chancellor of the university system. In 1981 he resigned that position and became director of the Musuem of Natural History (now the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History) and a professor of biology yes 2
Baepler, Donald 4/23/2007 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project Dr. Donald Baepler was a biology professor and administrator at Central Washington University. In 1968 he was appointed Academic Vice President at UNLV. He was also acting president until 1969, then was appointed president in 1973. In 1978 he was appointed chancellor of the university system. yes 0
Bailey, Anna 03/03/1997 Women in Gaming & Entertainment F850.N4 B35 One of first dancers at Moulin Rouge, first black dancer in a house line at the Flamingo, owned several gaming establishments. yes 2
Bailey, Steve 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education, Rebel Yell and Yell, UNLV, personal history, general Nevada and Las Vegas history no 1
Bailey, William (Bob) 03/16/78 Local Oral History Project - Roske Transcribed for Black experience in Southern Nevada: donated tapes collection, James R. Dickinson Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas yes 0
Bailey, William H. (Bob) 03/16/1978; Summer 1999; 11/19/1997 3 interviews: Local Oral History - Roske (Rosenthal Transcribed), Local History - White (transcribed), and First 100 Interview F849.L35.B35 Moulin Rouge, Blacks in performing arts, entertainment business, equal rights commission, 1960s yes 7
Baird, Xniea L. 04/05/1976 Goldfield History History of Goldfield Nevada, mining, flood, fire no 1
Baker, Alfred Frank 04/04/1975 Local Las Vegas History - Roske Hoover Dam no 1
Baker, Anne Victoria 04/31/1975 Hoover Dam Hoover Dam, Personal history no 1
Baker, Carol 05/29/2003 Las Vegas Oral History Project - Hardy CT247 B33 Carol Baker came from England and was a dancer who danced with the Lido de Paris before coming to Las Vegas and dancing in the Folies bergere and Casino de Paris. She talks about the life of an entertainer on the Strip, including backstage life, parties, and relationships among dancers yes 2
Baker, Helen Jamison 03/12/1981 Hoover Dam Boulder City History - Roske Boulder City during Hoover Dam construction, 1932 - 1937, Henderson vs. Boulder City, Rev. T. Stephenson, moving and convention business in Las Vegas. no 1
Baker, Lynn V. 04/01/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Downtown Fremont, expansion, housing conditions, police and fire services, military and commercial plane disasters, water supply, local labor force. no 1
Baldus, Joseph Rev. 10/08/1982 Local Oral History Project-Roske Catholic Church, personal history, Church history in Nevada, religion. (personal photo) no 1
Ball, Renee 02/28/2007 Blue Diamond Oral History Project Committee 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
Ballance, Robert (Bob) G. Jr. 03/10/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal history, changes and growth in Nevada, cheating in casinos, key people in Holiday Casino, crimes in Las Vegas, religion, schools in Nevada, sports in school, business in Nevada, building "the strip", Police department, military base, gas prices, environment. no 1
Ballard, Kaye 03/29/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Banks, Maria S. 09/23/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming, Gambling, Nevada history no 1
Banks, Myrtle 03/15/1981 Local LV History - Roske Las Vegas Black history, Beginning Elks Club, Operation Independence, Politics, Health Care, Welfare Rights, Memorable phase: Why Not Have A Place in the Sun? no 1
Banner, James J. 03/01/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview; state assemblyman, World War 2, Nevada Test Site, Construction of the Boulder Dam, development and growth of Las Vegas, Blacks in Las Vegas, Presidential visits: Kennedy, Nixon, Roosevelt yes 0
Baratz, Adele 03/04/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Nevada history, early Las Vegas, 1950 's to 1979, WWII life in Las Vegas, nursing, medicine, medical advancements, taxes, highways, politics and organized, hospitals in Las Vegas. no 1
Baratz, Adele 03/19/2007 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Early Jewish community, education, shopping, restaurants, Al's Bar, medical care, Helldorado, early hotels no 2
Barbarite, Thomas 03/03/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early gaming and gambling in Las Vegas, 1955 - 1981 no 1
Barber, Shirley A. 4/11/2003 Principalship OHP - Carlton CCSD employment, School Board tenure yes 1
Barbutti, Pete 01/27/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Barbutti, Pete 08/28/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Barbutti, Pete 11/21/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Barcus, Edith Giles 03/17/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mining, Goldfield History, fire of 1923, Miss Giles Lid Shop, Scotty's Castle, Gans-Nelson fight, water shortage, gold mines, mining for purple glass, Episcopal Church in Goldfield, religion. no 1
Bardy, Mildred 03/11/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Golden Nugget, Hacienda, Tropicana Hotels, Jerry's Nugget restaurant, Churches and religion, Mormon women, Fanny's clothing store, Mint Hotel, Bardy's Bar, fire at El Rancho, Flamingo Hotel, Judaism / Jewish history, Temple Beth Sholom, Totie Fields, Little Chapel of the West, New Frontier, Helldorado, clothing and fashion, Horse Club, Mesquite Club, Junior League, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), apartments in Henderson, Nevada Palace, Showboat, Sam's Town Hotels, Boulder Club and Silver Nugget, Florence Richards' Dress Shop. no 1
Baritz, Adele 3/1979 and March 19, 2007 Roske (1tape) Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP (2) Stories of early Las Vegas including father's work on the Hoover Dam. Roske - not transcribed; Boyer series is transcribed (not bound) no 3
Barler, Virgil 11/19/2003 Blue Diamond OHP Worked in the shop at the mine, dozer, oiler. Talks about general store. yes 2
Barneby, Ethlyn 10/16/2003 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Boulder City in the 1940s. no 1
Barnett, Barbara Ann 03/08/1981 Local LV OHP - Roske Nursing, accounting, Mint Casino early 1960 's, Hacienda Hotel, Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, Sunrise Hospital, changes and growth in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas Hospital, air-conditioning, Atomic testing, health and medical care changes, dust storms, "the Strip", fire at El Rancho Hotel, Downtown Las Vegas, Fremont Street, Casino employees, unwed mother experience. no 1
Barnett, Mark 09/04/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Barney, L. (Lendon) Kay 03/07/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Teaching in Bunkerville, Mesquite, and Las Vegas. Population growth, politics, property values. Growth of Mormon Church in Las Vegas, Mormonism in Nevada, religion. Photo at family reunion. no 1
Barnum, Odean April 7, 2007 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
Barr, Larry & Juanita; Gibson, Steven 03/27/1976 Local LV OHP - Roske Blacks in Las Vegas, work on the dam, living in tents, early entertainters, early development in Las Vegas. yes 1
Barret, Robert H. 02/22/1975 Local LV OHP - Roske Prostitution, Education, Lombard's plane crash, Atomic Testing at Yucca Flats, water company. no 1
Barrick, Marjorie 03/13/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske UNLV, Las Vegas history, founding Child Haven, Owning Flamingo and the Freemont, "the hotel people" no 1
Barry, Dave 04/01/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Bass, Ralph 05/30/1974 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Baucum, Helen M. 01/28/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Nevada history, Boulder City history, Las Vegas and Henderson history, casinos in Southern Nevada, Cat Houses and Prostitution, Atomic Testing, Carole Lombard's plane crash, law enforcement, railroad. no 1
Baumert, Charles A. "Chic" 10/31/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Hoover Dam work, Boulder City history, closing companies for operations at Hoover Dam. no 1
Bavington, Kim 7/15/2010 Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35.B358 Kim Bavington moved to Las Vegas with her parents in 1964. She has been an aerobics teacher, an art teacher, and a graphic designer. She and her husband live in a Mid-Century Modern ranch house in the John S. Park Neighborhood yes 0
Beach, Paul A. 02/17/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Las Vegas history, city housing, airport, transportation, tourist recreation, economy, Nellis AFB, "the Strip", Korean War, Atomic testing, education. no 1
Beagle, Donald 1976 Helldorado General Nevada History, Helldorado no 1
Beals, Alversa 10/23/2007 History of the 1970s - UNLV & UNR History of the Welfare Rights Movement - 1970's yes 2
Bearce, Pat 09/29/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Helldorado, Las Vegas history, Stock Car Races at Last Frontier. no 1
Beatles Twist and Shout 10/21/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Becker, Hal de 06/23/2003 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 2
Bedrosian, Kenneth 4/29/2004 Principalship OHP Education and work in CCSD yes 1
Beeman, Dinny K. Unknown Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview; history of Las Vegas, St. James Catholic Church, Las Vegas High School, first school band yes 0
Belfer, Hal 11/11/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Belknap, Bill 02/12/1979 Local LV OHP - Roske Colorado River, Nevada State Advisory Commission, WWII, Henderson Power Plant during WWII, El Rancho 1940 's, Tule Springs Archaeological Project 1966 - 1967, Atomic Testing, Lake Mead, Boulder City, music and Jazz in Southern Nevada, teaching at UNLV, photography, Grand Canyon. no 2
Bell, Barbara 02/04/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Bell, Freddie 03/12/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Bell, Freddie 10/03/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Bell, LLoyd 04/13/1972 and 09/18/1973 Local LV OHP - Roske Law Enforcement, Clark County Assistant Sheriff. Inter-office memo from 1973 in response to F.B.I. saying Nevada was second in the nation in total crimes, memo included statistics such as violent and property crimes, number of officers on the force, and top ten city and state statistics for various crimes. yes 2
Bell, Lois *DAM 1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Wilbur Clark, Desert Inn, cocktail waitress roles, Howard Hughes, Sands no 1
Bell, Rex A. 03/01/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas expansion, Rex Bell Western Store, Tule Springs Ranch, Helldorado, Last Frontier Hotel, Lombard Plane Crash, Bugsy Siegel, El Rancho, Atomic Testing, expansion and growth, Black Community, animals and butchering, crime and police, Chiefs of Police. no 3
Bell, Rex Jr. 3/3/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP Growing up on the Walking Box Ranch as the son of movie stars Rex Bell and Clara Bow, attending law school, work in Las Vegas, race relations, and having a law practice. yes 7
Bellamy Brothers 12/02/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Bellis, Bob 06/19/2007 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35 B375 2010 Bob Bellis was raised in Pahrump and moved to Las Vegas around 1984. A few yesrs later he moved to the John S. Park Neighborhood and has headed up the creation of the John S. Park Neighborhood Association starting in 2000 yes 0
Bellson, Lou 09/10/1999 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Belmont, Miriam 03/08/1975 Local Las Vegas OHP - Roske Hoover Dam, Atomic Testing, church and religion, President Roosevelt, post WWII, Carole Lombard Plane Crash, Fremont Street, Stewart Ranch, Mormon Fort. no 1
Benedict, Carmen P. 4/20/2006 Principalship OHP - Carlton The work of a principal in CCSD yes 2
Bennett, Charles A. 03/05/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Rail Roaders, Gaming clientele, Mr. Macafee, Magnesium Plant in Henderson, USAF Base, El Rancho and Tommy Hull, E.R. Griffith hotel anf Frontier Hotel, The 91 Club, Bugsy Siegel, The Flamingo, Prostitution, Las Vegas Crime and Police Department, Milton Perrel, Club Bingo, Joe Smoot, Walter Melrose, Tooter Sheer, Eddie Clipingers, Howard Hughes, Penn Central Group, Lombard Plane crash, Atomic testing. no 1
Bennett, Dan 10/03/1972 Local LV OHP - Roske Interview on Side "B" of tape with Mrs. Pat Bearce. SEE "Bearce, Pat"; rail road, west side / old town no 1
Bennett, Marion Reverend 01/12/2004 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Marion D. Bennett, Sr. came to Las Vegas in 1960 to be the pastor of the Zion United Methodist Church. He also served in the Nevada State Assembly and fought for civil rights and school desegregation yes 2
Bennett, Toney 05/26/1989 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Bennett, Tony Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Bennett, Tony 01/03/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Bennett, Tony 06/11/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Benson, George 04/29/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford no 1
Benson, Ray 08/12/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Bergin, Robert Francis 03/05/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Desert Inn Casino History, "the Strip", MGM Grand, Wilbur Clark and Howard Hughes, women in gambling. no 1
Berle, Milton Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Berle, Milton 12/29/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Bernstein, Jay 04/04/1983 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Berry, Jack Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Berry, Lydia 02/22/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Labor, Nellis Air Force Base, Desert National Wildlife Range, Corn Creek Field, Atomic Testing, Growth and changes in Las Vegas, flooding. no 2
Beville, John M. 03/11/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Banks and Banking Industry, Boulder Canyon Project, growth of Las Vegas. Effects of Gambling and Gaming on the Banking industry. no 1
Bigelow, Jane A. Lt. Col. 11/05/1985 Local Oral History Project-Roske Historical perspectives in Nursing, Nellis Air Force Base, Personal history and biography. no 1
Bihari, Joe 07/25/1973 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Bilbray, James H. 09/06/2006 UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty Jim Bilbray attended UNLV right after it was founded. He helped found the alumni association, was a member of the Board of Regents, and is a lawyer. Second interview with the John S. Park OHP - growing up in a middle class neighborhood - 1 CD Transcribed and bound and 3rd interview with Jeff Vann Ee for the environmental project - transcribed; not edited. yes 1
Bingham, Marsha Lamb 03/02/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Nevada history, School in Alamo, Warm Springs, Nevada Legislature, Fremont, Gambling, UNLV, Las Vegas 1950 's and 1960's growth, The Beatles, Rock and Roll, President Kennedy visiting Las Vegas, Landmark Hotel, Howard Hughes, The Tropicana, The Hilton, Atomic Testing, Helldorado, McCarran Airport, Floyd Lamb. no 1
Binion, Benny around 1977 Gaming and Gambling, The Westerner, El Dorado, The "Horseshoe", Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, 1950 's, Boom Town, "The Strip", Downtown, "Livewire Fund", Tax Commission, The Flamingo, Convention Center. yes 3
Binion, Benny 02/08/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Bishop, Joey 06/02/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Bishop, Larry 02/14/1997 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Black, Clint 11/20/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford no 1
Black, Irene Sprague 03/16/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Nevada history, Early Las Vegas Schools, Downtown, Red Light district (prostitution), Hover Dam, Old Fort and Mormon Church, Religion, Pony Express, Bunkerville, Mesquite, Native American Indian Reservation. no 1
Black, Margaret J. 04/16/1985 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview; Clark County School District 1965-1982, creation of Sunset High first night school, changes in students, education theories, introduction of the computer in educational setting, murder of fellow teacher Mr, Piggott in 1982 yes 0
Blaine, G.C. "Buck" 02/11/1975, 03/10/1975 Social and economic growth of Southern Nevada, Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Lake Mead, Stewart Ranch, Mormon Fort, Religion, El Rancho, The Meadows, Floods and Epidemics in Southern Nevada, Organized Crime in Las Vegas, Law Enforcement, Mining in Henderson and Blue Diamond, Moapa Valley and Overton, Saint Thomas, Railroad, Gypsum Cave, Tule Springs, El Dorado Canyon, "the Strip", Henderson, Growth of Las Vegas during Dam Construction, Rodeos, Howard Cannon, Helldorado, Atomic Testing, Nells Air Force Base, Golden Nugget, Churches in Las Vegas. yes 2
Blair, Hobert D. 03/10/1975 and 04/20/1975 Boulder City history, Las Vegas 1930 's, Growth of Boulder City from 1931 to 1975. no 2
Blake, Donn I 04/17/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas and Nevada history, UNR (University of Nevada, Reno), Sandy Valley - Copper mining business, Dead Valley - Lead Mining, Virginia City documents from Comstock Loda 1860 's, historic preservation project for Nevada 1974, Diamond Jubilee project, Early Las Vegas Airports and Western - Air Express, 1931 start of gambling, 1946 tourism, 1905 Railroad , growth 1950 - 1960, Native American Indians of Southern Nevada and Cultural Center in Las Vegas. no 1
Blake, Lindell 01/12/2006 Living to Dance A dance instructor and entertainer who specializes in tap. Dances with various Las Vegas shows yes 2
Blanchard, Lucius Dr. 10/03/2003 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Lucius Blanchard is a surgeon who worked in a practice with Dr. Harold Boyer here in Las Vegas. He specialized in skin cancer surgery. Dr. Blanchard was very active in community and civic affairs, especially in Rotary Club. He also was in charge of a skin cancer education program yes 1
Blankinship, Jerome Reverend 11/24/2004 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Jerome Blankinship founded University Methodist Church in 1966. He has also taught nursing at UNLV and is the senior chaplain at Sunrise Hospital yes 2
Blevins, Betty 03/18/2008 Heart to Heart:: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.B625.A3 2009 Betty Blevins was an operating room nurse at Sunrise, Southern Nevada Memorial, and Valley Hospitals. She also talks about Las Vegas Hospital and about the first open-heart surgery, the first corneal tranplant, and the first kidney harvest for a transplant here yes 0
Block, Brian 02/27/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Construction Industry, Elk's Club, UNLV sports program, BB Development Company, Building Terrible Herbst Gas Station and shopping center, Mall on Spring Mountain Road, Social Changes in Las Vegas, "the Strip", Mass Transit System, Horse and Dog Track in Henderson, Atomic Testing, Legalization of Gambling. no 1
Block, Edith & Arthur 09/15/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Arthur and Edith Block talk about living in rural towns in northern Nevada, his career in law enforcement and her career in banking, and living in Las Vegas since the sixties yes 0
Block, Harry 02/24/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Nevada history, Railroad Pass, Water and Air Conditioning 1934. December 7th, 1941. WWII effort in Las Vegas, Clark County Court House, Golden Nugget During WWII, the Blue Room (city Jail), Fremont Street, Cornell 's Shoe Store, Huntridge 1947, Silver Dollar Market, Gilbert Brother 's Market, Union Pacific Tar Pits 1948, Busy Bee Restaurant, "the Strip", Swamp Cooler 1946, Atomic Testing, Nellis Air Force Base, North Las Vegas, Landmark Hotel, Helldorado 1950 's, "Queo the Indian", Mt. Charleston 1940 to 1970, Block 16 and Prostitution, Searchlight, Lake Mead 1930 's, Hospitals 1938 to 1944. no 2
Blues Brothers Tribute 11/15/1996 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Kaye, Willard no 1
Bluestone, Harry 02/04/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Blythin, Evan September 26, 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
Blythin, Evin 09/26/2006 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 2
Bodell, Bud Local Oral History Project-Roske General Nevada history no 3
Bogandovich, George September 8, 2009 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
Bogdanovich, Angie Delong September 23, 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 2
Bogdanovich, George, Sophie, Nina, Angie December 1, 2003 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
Bogdonovich, Angel 12/1/2003 Blue Diamond Blue Diamond yes 2
Bolden, Otha 07/05/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Las Vegas history, politics, gambling, Atomic Testing, floods, growth and changes in Nevada. no 1
Bolliq, Frank M. 03/23/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Industry, history of Southern Nevada from 1942 to 1976. no 1
Bonanto, Ronald 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Law enforcement, Pioche history, mining in Pioche during Korean War, changes in the Police Force, L.D.S. Church, religion, Metro Police. no 1
Bonaventure, Judge Joseph 03/12/1985 Judge in the Justice Court of Clark County, Nevada. (This Interview is a transcript only, there is no tape) yes 0
Bondi, Frank 06/20/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview; owner of American Photo Copy and Blueprint Company, St, Anne's Catholic Church, Lombard plane crash, President visit: Kennedy and Johnson, first televisions, atomic testing, history of the Review Journal, economic collapse of 1965, architects, general history of Las Vegas yes 0
Bonner, Frank Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 2
Bono, Rich 09/23/2004 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Bono, Sonny November 1971 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Boone, Danel 02/22/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske filming "Sabre Jet" at Nellis Air Force Base, recreation, Helldorado, Church Activity and Religion, Celebrities, Las Vegas weather, City Parks, Boy Scouts and Frank Godfrey, Las Vegas Schools, Atomic Testing. no 1
Boone, Debby February 1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Boothby, Lloyd 11/27/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Borders, Myram 02/09/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Myram Borders grew up in Las Vegas, graduated from UNR, worked as a journalist in Reno, Los Angeles, and in Las Vegas starting in 1965. She worked for UPI and then Gannett, and was the Commissioner of Consumer Affairs under Gov. Bob Miller. She also was the head of the Las Vegas News Bureau yes 1
Borsack, Donald Edward 03/02/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske El Portal Luggage Business, Union Pacific Railroad, William Morris and Myron Leavitt, Politicians, crime in Las Vegas 1940 's, WWII, Basic Magnesium, Las Vegas Gunnery School (Nellis Air Force Base), University of Nevada Reno (UNR), Fremont Street, Las Vegas Executive Association, Chamber of Commerce, Importance of UNLV and Southern Nevada University on Business in Nevada, Las Vegas Wranglers, Newspapers, Atomic Testing, Racial problems with Black personnel, Blacks in Nevada, Lake Mead, Boulder Beach. no 1
Bowerrman, Paul H. 03/05/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Nevada and Las Vegas history 1956 - 1976, water, heating and cooling, church and religion, politics, Las Vegas Executive Association, gambling, Mt Charleston, Lake Mead, Lake Mojave, Lee Canyon, Atomic testing, economic change in Las Vegas, Casinos: Flamingo, El Rancho Vegas, Sahara, Riviera, Sands, Stardust Gambling taxes, Downtown, pollution, floods, sandstorms, Rodents and pest control, ranches. no 1
Bowler, Grant M. 02/20/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Moapa Valley High Schools, Las Vegas 1920 's, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Mormon Church, religion, General Nevada history. no 1
Bowman (Kaye), Patricia 11/16/1978 - 01/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske America's first Prima Ballerina. yes 26
Bowman, L.J. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Bowser, Ida 08/30/2007 UNLV UNLV yes 2
Bowser, Ida M. 08/30/2007 UNLV Oral History Project @Fifty Ida Bowser worked in the UNLV libraries for 37 years yes 0
Bowsher, Francis and Wilson 02/26/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Testing, building atomic testing facilities, Las Vegas 1950 's, Howard Hughes, changes in Las Vegas, Mercury. yes 1
Boyd, Patty 10/24/2003 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Early Las Vegas yes 2
Boyd, Sam A. 05/09/1969 and 02/28/1977 Gaming and Gambling, Catholic Church, religion, Board of Trustees of the Rosa de Lima Hospital, Governor Sawyer, Carole Lombard Plane Crash, meeting President Johnson, blackout after Pearl Harbor, WWII, Atomic Testing, Industry and Corporate growth in Southern Nevada, flash flooding, racial changes, Monte Carlo, The Jackpot Casino, El Rancho, Flamingo, the Thunderbird, the El Cortez. Was an owner of the Sahara Hotel, owner of the Eldorado Club in Henderson, President of Union Plaza Hotel. Howard Hughes, Bugsy Siegel. Hoover Dam, General Patton, Korean War, Airplanes in Las Vegas, Schools and Education. yes 3
Boyd, William W. 03/16/1981 Gaming and Gambling, Golden Nugget, High Hat Club, Cheating at Poker, Howard Hughes, Winning the World Series of Poker, effects of Prohibition on gambling, Downtown, "Block 16" and Prostitution. no 1
Boyer, Brendan 10/30/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Boyer, Dr. Harold 11/15/2000 Initial sponsor of OHRC yes 3
Boyer, Harold L. Dr. 11/15/2000 Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Dr. Harold Boyer went into a medical practice in Las Vegas in 1952. He has also been active in many community organizations yes 3
Boyer, Judith 11/08/2005 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Judith Boyer moved to Las Vegas in 1948 and worked at Ronzoni's Department Store and as a stewardess for Bonanza Airlines. Her second husband was Dr. Harold Boyer, who was a dermatologist in Las Vegas for many years yes 2
Boyle, John M. 03/14/1981 Airlines, Airplanes, Airports, Howard Hughes, Senator Pat McCarran, Hawthorn, relations with FAA, Crime rate, politics, trains. no 1
Bradstreet, James Arthur 05/08/2003 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 2
Brand, Susan B. Nevada Change Growth no 1
Brandise, Eugene 03/03/1980 Construction Industry, Brandise Construction, Hearbst Oil, Nevada growth and changes. no 1
Branigan, Laura Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Brannon, Maureen Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Brantley, Jackie 10/27/1996 Women in Gaming & Entertainment One of the first black women to work in mid-level management at the Desert Inn; early 1970s. yes 2
Brascia, Charlotte 02/24/1977 Gambling and Airline Industry. Hospitals since the 1950 's, dealers in the 1950 's, growth of Las Vegas and Entertainment, prostitution, racial problems, social groups, organized crime in the 1950 's, Church groups, religion, local politics in the 1950 's and 1970 's, "the strip", Downtown gambling, housing, crime in Las Vegas, Police force. no 2
Brazelle, Wayne 03/17/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Construction Industry and early Las Vegas, Thunderbird Hotel (Silver Bird hotel), construction of Davis Dam, construction of MGM Grand hotel, Downtown, North Las Vegas, changes around UNLV. no 1
Breedlove, Mildred 02/18/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Ranch life, water problems, transportation. no 1
Brenner, David 01/28/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Brenner, David 9/17/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 4
Brenner, David 09/12/1984 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Brewer, Andrew 7/1/2006 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - NAACP Andy's tenure as NAACP President began in January 2008, details the fund raisers that allowed the NAAcP to benefit student with grants, support voter outreach and a prison ministry, and provide guidance for those suffering discrimination. yes 0
Brewer, Teddie Mrs. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Breyfogle, Raymond O. 03/15/1976 Nevada Ghost Town Personal history, and Nevada history. 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 Construction Clark County 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. 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, 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 yes 7
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, 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 0
Broxterman, David C. UNLV UNLV 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 no 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 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 no 2
Buettner, Mamie 02/21/1995 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 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. no 1
Bunker, Ferren W. 07/02/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Pioneer Heritage, Depression, WWII, Bunkerville and Lovelock, County Agricultural Agent, Youth Fairs, LDS Church, Religion, Patriarch in Las Vegas South Stake, Branch President, Bishop, Stake Missionary, rationing of food and gas during WWII, Atomic testing, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Nellis Air Force Base, McCarran Air Port, Flash Flooding and Forest Fires in mountains. no 1
Bunker, John Merlin 04/19/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview yes 0
Bunker, Lucile Whitehead 03/10/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mormonism, Religion, personal and family history, LDS Church, Railroad houses, first school in Clark County, family owned: Gas Co., Telephone Co., Copper Mine, Canning Plant, Mercantile Store, Depression of 1929, Deputy County Clerk, Political Life, Politics, building the Dam, Atomic Testing. no 1
Bunker, Robert K. 10/11/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Bunkerville, mining and copper mines, Carole Lombard Plane Crash, Salt Mine, Ran Welfare Farm for Mormons, Religion, 1950 's, Atomic testing, Las Vegas history 1955, Brigham Young, Native American Indians, United States Army. no 1
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
Carlson, Joe A. 10/11/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske History of Las Vegas, 1921 to 1960. Businesses on Freemont Street in the 1920s and 1930s. Recreation. North Las Vegas and Indian Reservation. Atomic testing. Gaming. Transportation. Demographic change. no 1
Carlson, William D. Dr. 03/19/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early history of UNLV (Nevada Southern University) libraries, 1957-1960s. Narrator was the first dean. Maude Frazier Hall. Grant Hall. Collecting of books. Jerry Dye (Head Librarian, 1958-1964). Budget and funding. no 1
Carpenter, Marianne 03/02/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal reminiscences of living on Las Vegas. Helen Jane Stewart. Development of Las Vegas. Nixon visit. Clarke Gable. Observations of atomic testing. Brief career history. no 1
Carpi, Elizabeth, Leonard & William 1/14/2009 Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Leonard was the premier contact lense fitter in LV. yes 0
Carr, Vicki 10/10/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Carratelli, Susan and Holly 06/24/1999 Las Vegas Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 10
Carrigan, Chet 02/17/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history. Working for the Sherrif. Population in Clark County. Lake Mead. Key roads. Effect of WWII on Las Vegas. The Depression. Floods. Tourism. Animal life. Mount Charleston. Hoover (Boulder Dam). Court House. McCarran Airport. Pioche. John Wayne. Fire and Police Department. El Rancho. Boulder City. Movie Theaters. Cashman Field. Underground lake. Railroad. no 1
Carroll, Diahann Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Carruth, Ella Earl 06/23/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Bunkerville history before 1942. Life in Las Vegas from 1942 - 1975. WWII. Atomic Testing. Travel. Crops and agriculture. Bees. Environment. Social progress. [Cassette tape currently in need of repair] no 1
Carter, Benny 03/07/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Carter, Billy Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 3
Carter, Channel Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Carter, Nell 05/21/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Carter, Nell 8/11/1986 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Carter, Nell 09/21/1989 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Carter/Chanel Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Casey, Margaret "Peggy" 1/13/2005 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Female workers during WWII. Las Vegas history from 1952. Mesquite Club. Family life in mid-century Las Vegas: grocery stores; restaurants. Leisure activities: entertainment; gardening; golf. Description of atomic testing. Howard Hughes. Transformation of Las Vegas: transportation; downtown. [Helpful index attached to the transcript]. yes 1
Casey, Walter 11/15/2004 and 1/13/2005 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project History of Las Vegas from 1951 with a business-related perspective. Paradise Valley before development. K-12 education before the creation of the Clark County School District. Chamber of Commerce: Las Vegas News Bureau; Live Wire Fund. The ‘Mob’ and the rise of corporate gaming. National Association of Manufacturers and lobbying. Leisure activities: Hualapai Club; Kiwananis. ‘Myths’ of the Atomic Test Site. Yucca Mountain. Moulin Rouge, discrimination and segregation. Howard Hughes. Water: Colorado River Commission; Southern Nevada Water Authority. Modern-day Las Vegas. yes 3
Cashman, James Jr. Las Vegas Review Journal First 100 Project Las Vegas Review Journal First 100 Project no 2
Casper, Elizabeth 03/05/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, 1946-1976. Education: growth of schools in Las Vegas; football rivalry between Ranch and Las Vegas High Schools. Career in teaching: teaching in the Westside (Kit Carson Elementary); discrimination/segregation and ‘busing’; drug use in schools. Growth of an art community. Art competition/shows. Churches/religion. Las Vegas High School “Rythmettes.” Value of a college education. no 1
Cathcart, Jack 03/01/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, 1957-1980 focusing on the transformations in the entertainment field. Hotels on the “Strip,” Fremont Street, and landscape of Las Vegas during the 1950s. Entertainment in hotel lounges. Dancing: change of styles. Reminiscences in connection with Betty Grable, Judy Garland, Liberace, the Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Dean Martin, and the Lennox Sisters. Entertainment at military post during WWII. Change in the way casinos took care of customers. Star performers. [Helpful tape summary on file] no 1
Caviglia, Caesar Rev. 03/14/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Religion, St Peter 's Church, Catholic Church, Saint Andrew 's in Boulder City, Divisions between Catholics and Mormons in Southern Nevada, Saint Joan 's, Saint Christopher 's, Saint James ', Parochial Schools, Federal Housing and Senior Citizen groups, the need for a community college in Henderson, financing private education. People discussed during the interview: Monsignor John Lambe, Msg. Peter V. Moran, Msg. John Ryan, Fr. John Kenny, Fr. Bill Kenny, Msg. Empey, Mrs. Williams of Pioche, Bishop Lawrence Scanlan (Salt Lake City), Bishop Robert Dwyer, Fr. Vansky (St. Peter's Henderson), Fr. Fisher, Fr. James Sheehy, Fr. Elwood Le Voy, Fr. Toomey (St. Viator 's), Jim Gibson, Bob Richard, George Girard, Steve Nicholson. no 1
Cavin, James S. 05/09/2003 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education in Las Vegas, 1972-2003. Narrator was and teacher and Principal in Las Vegas. Philosophy of education and reasons for choosing a career in education. Changing attitudes and views of students: rewarding students; student motivation Qualities of a Principle. Educational leadership. CCSD Leadership Program. Standardized tests. Cultural diversity and shifting demographics of CCSD students. Pressures on a Principal. Training. Teacher evaluation. [Interview abruptly finishes] no 1
Cecil, Helen Mott 03/16/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history. Schools during the 1920s and 1930s. Occupations. Experiences as a telephone switchboard operator. Fremont Street. El Rancho and Sahara Hotels. Pre-development Las Vegas: streets; ranches; fruit peddlers. Hover (Boulder) City. Old/Stewart Ranch. Helen Stewart. “Friday night” family nights at “Strip” hotels. Reasons to live in Las Vegas. Cultural activities. no 1
Cecil, Helen Mott 04/24/2007 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Las Vegas history. Growing up in Las Vegas. Westside. Helldorado parades. Hoover (Boulder Dam). Early Boulder City, NV.: dancing; prostitution and health cards. Las Vegas High School. Career history of the narrator. Farmers� Home Association. Medical care and entertainment in Las Vegas during the 1930s. Divorce. Utah during the 1930s. BMI and Henderson. Atomic bomb testing. Bus system. Downtown and Freemont Street. yes 2
Chadwick, Verna 02/24/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Descriptions of Las Vegas and Boulder City in 1947. Las Vegas utilities during the 1950s, particularly water. Las Vegas hospital. Growth of schools. Scouts. Mormon Church. Working in a voting booth. The city’s response to the death of JKF. Leisure activities. Changes and development: hotel-casinos on the “strip”; street names; increase in shop malls; young people; physical growth of the city; property taxes. [Abrupt end to the interview]. no 1
Chambers, Dwight 02/26/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, between 1960 and 1981. Working in Las Vegas hotel-casinos: high rollers; establishing credit line; memory of a high roller. Caesar's Palace: fountains known locally as the "$25 million car wash." Unions. Mafia and casinos. House odds for table games. Hotel administration: house-keeping; customer service; hotel room theft; price of rooms; fire regulations and hotel safety. Duties of management. Plans for expansion of the Landmark Hotel. Gasoline prices. Impact of Atlantic City. [Helpful tape summary on file] no 1
Chambers, Marilyn 07/02/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Chandler, Allin O. 12/09/2002 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Interview part of Dr. Carlton's (UNLV) Oral History of Public School Principalships. Education and career history. Teacher and educational administrator in Las Vegas, 1968-1990. Clark County Association of School Administrators (CCASA). Instructional philosophy: Madeline Hunter’s method of teaching. Dr. Brian Cram (Superintendent of CCSD, 1989-2000). Robert E. Wentz (Superintendent of CCSD, 1982-1989). Developments in education. Philosophy and duties of a school principal. Development of personal writing and public speaking skills. Instructional leadership. Developments in school administration. Parental responsibilities. Daily pressures of a principal. Role of the Executive Director of CCASA. Nevada State legislators and lobbying in Carson City. Mentors. no 2
Channing, Carol 02/28/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Chapter, Richard "Dick" T. 03/06/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, 1940s and 1950s. Original hotel-casinos. Changes in the form of hotel-casinos. Transport: roads. Climate and humidity. Crime rate and law enforcement. Recreational activities at Lake Mead and the Las Vegas Wash. Floods (1955) and snow. Expansion of school construction. Atomic testing: “circus blasts.” Expansion of McCarran airport. Reflections on operating a small business. Stewart Ranch. no 1
Charles, Ray 11/20/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Charo March 1984 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Chase, Linda 4/1/2008 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP Lived in Bonanza Village, talked of NV Test Site and its impact on her writing and research, recreation as a child, and the changing attitude about gaming. yes 0
Chase, Richard D. 10/17/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske History of Las Vegas, 1945-1972. Housing shortage during the 1940s. Location of housing. Bill Moore: Sliver Slipper; Last Frontier Village. Birdcage Theater. The Red Rooster: Grace Hayes. Bugsy Siegel. Downtown. Traffic lights. Banks. Sam Larson: owner of Vegas electrical and telephone companies. Decline of electrical and telephone service during the 1950s. Ira Goldring: Pioneer Construction Co. Atomic bomb testing: concrete bunkers. Labor Unions. Carol Lombard. Eisenhower and Nixon visits. Evaporated cooling. Social changes. Knife and Fork Club. Nevada Governors. Environment: dust; smog. Mormonism. no 1
Checker, Chubby Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Cheel, Mrs. Chester 02/20/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history. Church activism. Swamp cooler. Changes in Las Vegas: social; economic; environmental. Insight into 'white' approach towards minorities. Mormonism. no 1
Cherry, Don 7/1/2003 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. no 2
Cherry, Don 12/30/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Cherry, J.C., M.D. 06/17/1972 Local Oral History Project: Roske [Note: Transcript recounts only the second half of the interview] Recollection of an atomic bomb test. Environment: smog; water. Brief career history as a medical physician before arriving in Las Vegas. Goldfield. Scotty’s Castle. Arrived in Las Vegas in 1942. Career history as a medical doctor whilst in Vegas. yes 0
Cherry, J.C., MD 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history from the perspective of medical care. Senator Pat McCarran aiding patients. Water. Charleston Blvd underpass. Influx of specialists beginning in the 1950s. Expansion of valley hospitals beginning in the 1950s. Southern Nevada Memorial and Las Vegas hospitals. Working in the Clark County jail. Reflections on living in Reno, Goldfield, and Tonopah. Walker Scott and Scotty’s Castle. Sunday services during the construction of Scotty’s Castle. Comparison of medical care between Reno and Las Vegas. Local gaming. Bugsy Siegel’s mistress. Critic of ‘modern’ doctors. Reno medical school.[Interview summary on file] no 1
Childers, Buddy 11/16/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Chrétien, Jeanne P. 02/26/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, 1939-1979. Nightlife. Buildings. Schools. Change in teenage student attitudes. Career history. Narrator’s husband served as an assistant to Senator James C. Scrugham. Activism in social organizations. Highways. Tule Springs. Helldorado Days festival. Leisure. Attraction of Las Vegas. Block 16 and prostitution. Dating. Atomic testing. Family during WWII. BMI and the growth of Henderson. Weather in Las Vegas: snow and flash floods (Nelson Landing, 1974). Forest fires on Mount Charleston. Religious activism. Student at UNLV. Environmental and climatic changes. Department stores. Raising children in Las Vegas. [Interview summary on file] [Side 2 of tape 1 inaudible]. no 2
Christensen, Carrie (and "Buster" Stevens) 02/04/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske [Note: This entry comprises of two interviews conducted on the same day. Carre Christensen is present in both interviews. Her brother-in-law, Buster Stevens, contributes to the discussion in the first interview]. Both interviews provide observations of Las Vegas from an African American perspective. First Interview: Family history and migration to Las Vegas. Observations of living in Las Vegas before 1933. Segregation in Boulder city during the construction of the Hoover dam. No experience of segregation in Las Vegas until Hoover Dam was built. African America to a restaurant in Las Vegas. Grandfather was a scout for the US Calvery. Black Mormon heritage. Interaction with Native Americans. Life in the West during the early 20th century, focusing on cattle and horses. Religion and personal experiences of “finding” God. Westside and the Community. Union Pacific Railroad. Second Interview: Personal history and observations of life in Las Vegas. Religious beliefs. Influx of migrants during WWII changed the town. Drug activity in Las Vegas. Senior Citizen Action Group. Block 16. Changes in Las Vegas, 1933-74. Growth of the construction of churches, coinciding with WWII migration to the city. Condition of Westside before WWII. Grandmother born during slavery. Jim Crow and segregation. [Note: These interviews offer an insight as to where migrants to Las Vegas came from. There is a great deal of repetition during the first interview. Reading the transcript is recommended. The first interview has been transcribed on white paper and the second on yellow colored paper]. yes 6
Christensen, Doris Mae 02/16/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Family and career history. Economic, environmental and social changes in Las Vegas. WWII and the USO. Mormon Fort (Old Ranch, formerly the Stewart Ranch). yes 0
Christensen, M.J. 10/23/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, 1941-1974. Career history: narrator established a jewelry store in Vegas that continues today (2012). Locations of the jewelry stores and abodes. Involvement within the LDS Church. Political activism: narrator was a state Assemblymen and Senator. Activity with social organizations. Leisure activities. Reflection of atomic testing. Economic change in Las Vegas. Gambling essential to Nevada. Mob influence in Vegas. Drawbacks of economic and population growth. Visit to Vegas of the President of Turkey. no 1
Christensen, Paul J. 02/19/2008 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Personal history of Las Vegas through the eyes of a public servant. Growing up in Las Vegas during the 1940s. Education history and childhood memories. Downtown. Experiences in the US Air Force: flying B-47s loaded with nuclear bombs; training. NV Test Site. Family jewelry business in Las Vegas. Election to the board of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. Election to the Las Vegas City Council and the beginning of a career in politics. “Jam auction.” Tussle with the Clark County Commission over wastewater in the valley: details of the dispute, extended to the state and Environmental Protection Agency. Move to the County Commission and why? The Mob during the 1950s and 60s. The Mormon community in Las Vegas. Howard Hughes. Experiences sitting on the County Commission. Chairman of the Convention Authority. Remarks on Las Vegas’ future water supply. Election defeat. Corruption on the County Commission (Erin Kenny). “Distinguished Nevadan” award. County Hospital. Quick Care Centers. Opinion on the growth of Las Vegas. Speedway Children’s Charities. Dina Titus. Experiences with African Americans. Lucy Stewart. Beaver, NV. yes 0
Christian, Ray 03/19/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, 1940s-1978, from an African American perspective. Education of narrator. Schools in Las Vegas. Sunday school. Leisure activities. Utilities. Boy scouts. Cleaning job at El Portal. Race relations and racial conflict in Las Vegas with a focus on schools—a couple of stories from narrator. Westside. Relations between white and black baseball teams. Depression during 1947-1948 depression. Narrator was the first black mail carrier in Las Vegas. Philosophy of a successful marriage. Segregated theatres. According to the narrator, white and black veterans were influential in improving of race relations in Las Vegas. [No file] no 1
Christiansen, Norman R. 11/28/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske Family history. Red Lodge, MT mining disaster in 1943. Philosophy of life. Transition from residing in Montana to living in Las Vegas. Changes in Las Vegas: highways; construction; schools; pollution. Teaching in Las Vegas. Change in the attitudes of students. Comparison between Montana and Las Vegas. Price of entertainment on the Strip. Comparison between the Las Vegas of the late 1950s and the city in the 1980s: teaching. Reminiscences of working at the Nevada Atomic Testing Site. Economic and environmental changes. Strengths of Las Vegas. no 1
Christie, Gordon 06/30/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, 1959-1975. Narrator moved to Las Vegas from Los Angeles in 1959—too many people in southern California. Narrator was a carpenter, specializing in the crafting of high end furniture. Worked on the construction of the several high rise casinos including the original MGM hotel, Desert Inn, Frontier, and the Landmark. In the 1950s Las Vegas became a ghost town during the week, once Californians returned to their state. Meeting with Governor O’Callaghan. Reflections on atomic testing. Influence of Howard Hughes. Standard of living in Las Vegas. Northern Nevada. Narrator’s salary in 1959 compared with 1975. Leisure activities: fishing in the Colorado River; hunting in northern Nevada, for example the area around the town of Midas. El Rancho fire.[Interview summary on file] no 1
Cichoski, George D. 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske History of the Cumorah Credit Union—served members of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Background to the Credit Union’s establishment in 1965. Notable charter members: Gerry Schneider (President), Edward Bunker, A. A. Stevenson, and Virgil Slade. Development of the Credit Union from 1966-1981. Financial Institutions Act (1980). Future of credit unions and Cumorah Credit Union itself. [Interview summary on file] no 1
Ciliax, Betty & Gus 03/02/1977 Local Oral History Project- Roske An interesting, detailed, and entertaining recollections at Las Vegas during the early 1930s encompassing many topics. Small population and close community. Softball teams. Swimming pool and local prostitutes. Prostitution and Block 16 and “Four Mile.” Local economy—Nellis AFB, Boulder Dam, and railroad. Mr. Tomiasu (?) a Japanese resident. Vineyards in Las Vegas. The Street Shop—a gathering place for the whole community. Flora in Las Vegas. Gambling. Keeping cool! Hellorado festival. Lorenzi Park dance. First radio station. St. Thomas (city, near Overton, evacuated and submerged under water as part of the Lake Mead project). Family relative travelling to Las Vegas in 1909. Tourism. Frank Williams. Clara Bow and Rex Bell. Carol Lombard airplane crash. Flight to LA in 1940. Medical facilities. House purchase in 1942. Japanese internment. El Rancho and shows. Racial segregation. [Helpful interview summary on file] no 1
Ciliax, Carl 03/08/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history, hunting, water, Spring Range Mountains, Goodsprings, Test Site Contamination (Atomic Testing), trail mapping - surveys, Lake Shore Road, Pollution, Conservation. no 1
Clark (Bearden), Betty Joyce 02/16/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, General Family history, Charleston Blvd., "the Strip", Las Vegas High School, Rancho High School, 1953 - 1954 Rancho High School, Jim Bilbray, Roy Parrish, Hyde Park, Twin Lakes, 1947 - 1953 life in Las Vegas, early Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, Rose De Lima Hospital and Woman ’s Hospital in 1959, El Rancho, Helldorado, growth from 1950 's and 1960 's, Railroad, Mormon Fort (Stewart Ranch), Mormon Church (religion), old McCarran field (Nellis Air Force Base) between 1940 's and 1950 's, Blacks in Las Vegas, Las Vegas Police Department, Clark County Law Enforcement, Crime in Las Vegas. no 1
Clark, Dick Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Clark, Dominic Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Clark, Georgie 03/02/1980 Glenn Canyon Dam "River Runner" Glenn Canyon Dam "River Runner", Colorado River and Lake Mead, changing water levels 1944 - 1980, Swimming in the Colorado River, Las Vegas in the late 1940 's, Phantom Ranch, Native American Indians in the Area, Rules and regulations of the River, Current Issues and Future of the River, Outlawing Motors on the river - Congressional Bill. no 2
Clark, Helen M. 03/05/1979 Gambling, Boulder Dam Prohibition Gambling, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam, Prohibition, Education, Women’s Occupations, Depression Years, early WWII, early casinos, Nellis Air Force Base, Red Light District (prostitution), Helldorado, Atomic Testing, development of hotels, growth of Real Estate. no 1
Clark, Phyllis Webb 10/23/1972 and 04/07/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Changes in Las Vegas. no 1
Clark, Roy 09/10/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Clark, Roy 01/13/1989 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Clark, Virginia 06/20/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview yes 0
Clarke, Angela Dr. 10/03/2008 Heart to Heart:: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.C344.A3 2009 Dr. Angela Clarke is a board-certified family practitioner who moved to Las Vegas in 1976; became head of the County Medical Association. yes 0
Clary, Ernest Henry 02/10/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Testing, President Johnson and Carole Lombard crash, economics and environment of Las Vegas, History of Illnesses, Surveying acreage, minerals in Nevada, Jim Henry (prospector), Mark twain, Comstock Lode, Geothermal in Southern Nevada, Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch), Geological Tests, Henderson Housing, "Strip" Hotels. no 1
Clary, Pat and Diane 5/20/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP Spoke of early city and state leaders and figures who owned early Strip hotel casinos. yes 0
Cleman (Conner), Rosemary C. 03/08/1981 Educator Teacher at Nellis, physical changes in Las Vegas, Blacks in Las Vegas, Employment of Blacks on "the Strip", Mormon influence, semi - Integration, entering the Coffee Bean business in Las Vegas, Parole counseling - contact with Judges - early days of the girls school in Caliente, teaching emotionally disturbed and handicapped children, work with the YMCA, Nevada as the Las Frontier, drug programs, Dr. Ravenholt influence, George Franklin 's help, Boulder Dam project (Hoover Dam), Boulder City resistance to growth, Elko, Mining industry, Tonopah - Mining - MX missile, Political Leaders (Grant Sawyer, Paul Laxalt, Mike O'Callaghan). no 1
Clement, Jonce T. 03/07/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview yes 0
Clemmens, Martin A. June 19 (Year - Unknown) Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview yes 0
Clinesmith, Kathie 10/30/2010 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
Cloe, Don 12/05/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Clooney, Rosemary Arnold Shaw no 1
Close, Hilda 11/26/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview yes 0
Cloud, Barbara 05/30/2006 UNLV yes 2
Coates, Della 03/18/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Public Services, Phone Company and its growth from 1952, Atomic testing, Nellis Air Force Base, Education, School System, people of Las Vegas, Military, difference in wages and wage changes. no 1
Cobeaga, Mitchell A. 03/14/1976 Retirement in Nevada Early life in Nevada, development and growth of Nevada State Bank in Las Vegas, Nevada ranch life, schools in the 1920 's and 1930 's, University of Reno (UNR) in the 1930 's. no 1
Coblentz, Thelma 02/17/1980 Early Las Vegas-Roske, Jewish, Indians, Basque, WWII Lovelock 1936, Lavant Lovelock, Ruth Ruddell, Alfalfa Crops, Basques for sheep herding, prostitute shakes owned by Ruth Ruddell, Medical Care to the Indians(Native Americans), Native American Indian childbirth, Sheriff Chapman, Dr. Ballinger (dentist), Mr. Gardner (Newspaper publisher), Jewish community and Nellis during WWII, Ladies Hebrew Society, El Cortez, CCC Organizations, Last Frontier, Twin Lakes Pool, Depression, John S. Park School, Training area for flyers during WWII, Basic Magnesium in Henderson, changes Downtown, Huntridge Home prices, Charleston home build by George Franklin 's father, Downtown Sears store, development of Maryland Parkway, Cloudbursts, Dust Storms, early entertainers on "the Strip", opening of the Flamingo Hotel, Elvis performance, Liberace 's first performance, early physicians, Doctor Woodbury, Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, El Rancho Hotel. no 1
Cochrell, Jinx 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Old Cowboy statue, first hotel, Navy, Airplanes, Airport, Airlines, Reservationist, Howard Hughes, entertainment, Mt. Charleston, weather, Underworld Figure, Equipment at airport, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Secretary at UNLV, ranches, Chuck wagon, Mob. yes 1
Coe, David Allan 09/23/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Coffin, Bob (James Robert Coffin IV) 01/29/2010 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35 C66 2010 Bob Coffin arrived in Las Vegas in 1951. His family moved to the John S. Park Nieghborhood in 1960. He and his wife Mary Hausch, who also has been interviewd as part of this porject, bought the Gubler home in that neighborhood in 1987. He worked as a janitor at the Nevada Test Site as as a journalist for Las Vegas Review Journal. Bob was elected to the Nevada State Assembly in 1982 and to the State Senate in 1986. He has a special interst in neighborhood preservation yes 0
Cohen, Burton 05/31/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Cohen, Burton 01/09/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .C63 2007 Burton Cohen served in management of some of Las Vegas's most famous casinos starting with his involvement in the transformation of the Frontier Hotel in the mid-1960s yes 0
Cohen, Myron 11/25/1975 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Cohen, Oscar 05/21/1974 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Cole, Natalie 08/12/1983 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Cole, Woody 11/22/1975 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Coleman, Rachel 07/24/1996 Women in Gaming and Entertainment Worked in the back-of-the-house for various gaming venues, moved up the ranks of the Culinary Union Local 226; management position at Union Plaza as the head of housekeeping. yes 2
Collins, Ed 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal background living in Las Vegas, how females came to be in Casinos, the first female jobs in Casinos, how the Culinary Union Came to help the workers in the Hotels, how showrooms became an important part in the casino business, helping Nick Kelly, dealer, gaming and gambling, hotel operations and incidents. no 1
Collins, Gene 08/31/2000 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Gene Collins worked as an operator's engineer at the Nevada Test Site and later trained as an engineer. He worked with youth groups in Las Vegas, was a state assemblyman, and was instrumental in getting the Martin Luther King holiday bill passed. He was president of the Las Vegas chapter of the NAACP yes 3
Collins, Will 05/04/1998 Dennis McBride Oral Interview yes 8
Colton, Annie Victoria 02/28/1973 *NO TAPE* TRANSCRIPT ONLY General Nevada History 1905 - 1973 yes 0
Colton, George Gordon 10/09/1973 *NO TAPE* TRANSCRIPT ONLY Searchlight Nevada, Original Gold Strike in Searchlight. Development of the Duplex Mine. History of Searchlight Nevada. yes 0
Colton, Gordon 10/03/1973 *NO TAPE* TRANSCRIPT ONLY The history of Searchlight Nevada yes 0
Colton, Rodney A. October 1973 *NO TAPE* TRANSCRIPT ONLY General History of Southern Nevada and Las Vegas 1918 - 1973 yes 0
Conner, Gerald L. 02/22/1977 Red Rock School/Nellis Air force Nevada growing from the 1950 's, Nellis Air Force, Lake Mead, changes in UNLV since the 1950 's, churches and religion in Nevada, social clubs in Nevada, problems in the school districts, progress of hotels and gambling in Nevada, Horse Racing in Las Vegas, El Rancho hotel fire, the first earth quake in Nevada, early Atomic testing and how it affected Las Vegas, active in politics and elections, the Rodeo in Nevada, changes in Nevada. no 1
Conover, Barbara 11/28/2003/2006 Blue Diamond yes 4
Conover, Barbara November 28, 2003 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 4
Conover, Willis 08/06/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 2
Constancio, Teresita 9/4/2012 Boyer Early LV OPH - Library Tessie came to work in public services at UNLV Library as a young woman from the Phillipines and worked in the libraries for 25 years under a long list of library directors. yes 0
Conti, Charlotte 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas in 1955, Atomic Testing, Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch), Downtown and Showboat area, Lake Tahoe, Helldorado, Mormon Church and Las Vegas history - Mormons Religion. no 1
Contino, Dick 03/19/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
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
Cruze, Charlene Cox 08/09/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .C78 2007 Charlene Cox Cruze was born in Las Vegas. Her early ancestors traveled through the area in the 1850s, and her grandparents settled in Las Vegas in 1905, the year it was founded. She is a registered Cherokee, Daughter of the American Revolution, and Daughter of the Utah Pioneers. She is a Las Vegas tour guide and talks of her memories of the evolution of Las Vegas from a small town to a city with casinos owned by corporations yes 0
Culver, Mary Ann 03/22/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas Sands, Culinary Union - Sands Silverbird, 1950's Union, Entertainers, Showrooms, Strikes, Organized Crime, Elvis, shows at T-Bird 1960 's, Frank Sinatra, Joe Wells, Zigfield Follies", Smog in Las Vegas, "Ice Follies", , Weather, Bus System, traffic, Howard Hughes, Sands Entertainers 1950 's (Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin), Filming "Ocean's 11", Al Bramlett, Casinos Uptown and on "The Strip", Cash Registers in early 1950 's, no 1
Cummings, Laverne & Midnight 08/29/2000 Oral History Interview-Dennis McBride yes 2
Cunningham, Eldon W. 11/30/1975 and 03/14/1981 Mining, Gambling in Searchlight Tape 1: History of Las Vegas 1943 - 1975, Henderson, Las Vegas in the 1950 's, Prospecting and Gambling, World War II (WWII) Tape 2: Testing and Nevada Test Site, Atomic Testing, travel, Air Fields, the MX in Nevada, Testing Rockets, U-2, Hunting, Fishing at Twin Lakes, Prospecting in Nevada, Setting up Bylaws no 2
Cunningham, Erma 07/04/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview yes 0
Curley, Elmer 11/1/2011 Boyer Early Las Vegas OPH - Library Elmer Curley came to work in public services at UNLV Library in 1967 and worked in the libraries for a number of years under a long list of library directors. yes 0
Current, Ron 3/16/2012 Boyer Early Las Vegas OPH - African American Experience Tells of the Las Vegas Black Panther Party. yes 0
Curtis, Archie 03/07/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske General Las Vegas History, Atomic Testing, Discrimination, Politics, UNR (University of Reno, Nevada), Sports in High School, Boxing in the Olympics, Children in the Casinos, Hotels in 1959 and 1979, Bob Rose campaign, Atomic Testing, Weather Changes no 1
Curtis, Elmore B. 03/01/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske 1942 Las Vegas, Early Test Site Manager, Atomic Testing, Tourist Industry, Life in Nevada since 1942 no 1
Curtis, Hal G. 02/24/1977 and 03/09/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Tape 02/24/1977: Early Las Vegas, Agriculture, property values, Lombard Plane Crash, construction of El Rancho Hotel, Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Spring Mountain Ranch, prostitution, Mormons (Religion), early Downtown Las Vegas, Cashman Field. Tape 03/09/1978: Early recreation in Las Vegas, Lake Mead, work in Henderson, pay rates and money value, Goldrange Mountains, Old Ranch, Indian Grave sites, Downtown in the 1930 's, "Block 16" "Cat Houses" (prostitution), Blacks in Las Vegas, Native American Indians in Las Vegas area, the first Unions in Las Vegas, Construction Work, Union Violence, Races in Unions, Los Angeles Times Building Destroyed, Magnesium Plant (BMI), Las Vegas during the Depression. no 2
Curtis, Isabella 02/15/1979 and 07/15/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Waitess Sandy Valley, Emma Curtis, Atomic Testing, Telephones in Las Vegas, Helldorado, The Roundup, The Showboat, The Tropicana, Sandy Valley, Energy Crisis 1973 - 1974, no 1
Cuti, Frank 02/25/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming 40's and 50's, Early Gaming, Casino Dealer, wages and salary in the 1940 's, Boulder Club, Frontier Club, Apache, Westerner, Magnesium Plant, WWII, Tommy Hull - El Rancho Las Vegas, Development of "The Strip", Benny Siegel and The Flamingo, Downtown VS "The Strip" - 1940 's and 1950 's, Development of Gambling houses, Organized Crime and The Mafia, Desert Inn, Sam Boyd, Unions (AFL - CIO), Riviera Casino, Caesars Palace, Liberace, Elvis Presley, Howard Hughes, Teamsters Union no 1
Cutright, Ray M. 04/22/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Colorado River, Boating on the Colorado River at Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) no 1
D'hondt, Ruth Eppenger 8/25/2011 AfAm Collaborative - Black Experience in LV Family business on Jackson Street - restaurant. One of first families with house in Berkley Square. President of Berkley Square Neighborhood Association. yes 0
Daffner, Max 10/27/2003 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 3
Dalton, Marian 02/11/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview yes 0
Daltry, Roger (The Who) 1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford no 1
Daly, Ralph 02/25/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Prostitution, Block 16, Arizona Club - Last Frontier Hotel, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) Construction, Gambling - Boulder Club, Las Vegas Club, Cal Hauser, Miss Thurman, Miss Allen, Mrs. Roosevelt, US Army and Prostitution, Black and Spanish People in Southern Nevada, Golden Nugget, Guy MacAfee, Railroad division, Ice Plant, Air Conditioning, Hotels on Fremont Street no 1
Daly, Sandy 06/20/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Dane, Walter 03/11/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Indian Springs and Las Vegas history, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), World War Two (WWII), Railroad, Will Rogers, Mayo Brothers, Scotty 's Castle, Death Valley, Corn Creek Ranch, Tule Springs, Gill Crease Ranch, Lorenzi Park, Prohibition and Moonshiners, Native American Indians and Piautes, Nuclear Testing, Boulder City and Henderson, Mining no 1
Dangerfield, Rodney 06/17/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Dangerfield, Rodney 01/28/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Daniels, Billy December 1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Daniels, Billy 02/06/1971 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Daniels, Faye 10/18/1998 Women in Gaming & Entertainment Faye Duncan Danials worked in mid-level management positions in the LV Hotel industryvas one of the first black women to do so. Talks of training, mentors, and the black experience in LV. yes 2
Danzinger, Edwina E. 02/26/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Plane Crash UNLV, Bishop Creek deer Hunting, working at University of Las Vegas, Mercury Nuclear Test site (Atomic testing), Baker Creek, Snake Creek, Weaver Creek, Mount Wheeler, Buckley Amendment no 1
Dark, Johnny 03/31/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Dark, Johnny Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Darren, Bobby Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Darren, James Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 4
Darro, Joe 01/10/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Darro, Joe 10/09/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Daseler, Helen 10/19/2007 Boyer Early Las vegas Oral History Project Helen and her husband Jack are both certified teachers, and they founded the Las Vegas Day School. Helen taught in the school and her husband assumed the administrative and management duties. They also played a role in school integration in Las Vegas yes 0
Daseler, Helen 10/9/2007 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP The Daseler family founded one of the early private schools in Las Vegas - The Las Vegas Day School. Contains copy of photos and early documents. no 2
Datke, Albert 10/02/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske First IRS Agent in Southern Nevada no 1
Davis, Billy Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Davis, Bonnie 02/25/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview yes 0
Davis, Henry Clay 03/15/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Railroads, Casinos Union Membership, Helldorado, Davis Dam, Lake Mead, Mining Towns, Roads and Highways, Hunting. no 1
Davis, Kenny 04/09/2004 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Davis, Mac 03/13/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Davis, Marva Bunker 04/16/1985 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview yes 0
Davis, Sammy Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Dawson, Marshall Mack 11/01/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history up to 1960 no 1
Daybell, Kenneth M. April 5, 2010 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
Daybell, Randy 04/01/2010 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
de Becker, Hal 06/23/2003 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .D43 2007 Hal de Becker was part of a theatrical family and acted as a child in Hollywood. He trained as a ballet dancer and danced in shows in Europe, Lake Tahoe, and Las Vegas. He also wrote about dance, produced shows, and owns a detective agency and a dance studio yes 0
de Haven, Rene 08/02/2003 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .D45 2007 René De Haven was a dancer in shows in Las Vegas starting in 1959 and in Los Angeles and also was in some movies. He has also been a choreographer yes 0
De Leon, Fermin 03/15/1981 Filipinos' in Las Vegas Filipinos' in Las Vegas, Personal History, History of Las Vegas no 1
De Long, Angie 12/01/2003 Las Vegas History Las Vegas History no 2
Deacon, James 08/24/2006 UNLV yes 2
Deacon, Mary Dale 06/21/2006 UNLV yes 1
Dearing, Jo Ann Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Deaton, Gloria 03/01/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, Gaming and Tourism Industry, Women in the Gaming Industry, job as a "Lady Pit Boss" Pony Express, Gold Strike Inn no 1
Deaver, Jim Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
DeBecker, Hal 06/23/2003 Dancer yes 2
Decaro, Marian Beltran 02/27/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Southern Nevada History, Las Vegas history Mexican Restaurants, "Mexican Kitchen" "El Tampico", Sal Sagev, Clark Gable, Bugsy Siegel, Downtown Las Vegas, Nellis Air Force Base, Blacks in Las Vegas, El Dorado Days, Atomic Bomb - WWII no 1
DeCastro, Cheri 02/28/2005 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
DeCastro, Cheri 02/29/2005 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Decker, Retta 11/01/1985 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal History, Historical Perspectives in Nursing, working as a Nurse no 1
Deering, Tommy 09/10/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
DeHeart, Rosemary (Tall) 05/03/2005 International Dancer yes 1
Deiro, Guido R. 01/30/2002 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 3
Del Monte, Haydele 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history and Tahoe, Howard Hughes, Frank Sinatra, school in Las Vegas no 1
Delaney, Joe 08/06/1974 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Delaney, Joe, Bill Willard 07/22/1994 Arnold Shaw Interviewer: History of LV Entertainment no 1
Delaney, Joe, Louie Bellson 12/14/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: All That Jazz no 3
Delaney, Joseph P. 10/24/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Entertainment in Las Vegas from 1946 to 1979, costs of rooms, price of shows, Sahara, Frontier, Entertainers yes 1
Delibos, John 10/2/2012 Boyer Early Las vegas Oral History Project Work in Las Vegas, Liberace, entertainers, movers and shakers of the city. yes 0
Dell'Olio, Franca Educator no 3
Dell, Gloria Freeman 4/5/2011 Boyer Early LV OHP Dancer, photographs. Worked at the Dune, Flamingo, Sands. Story about Sinatra and Morelli, the bandleader. yes 0
Deluise, Dom Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 6
Delvin, Gary L. Educator no 1
Denning, Teresa Jones 02/26/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Overton, Las Vegas, Boulder City, Moapa Valley, 1918 Flu epidemic, Cantalope Crops in Moapa, Silent Movies, 1931 signing of the bill for the building of Boulder (Hoover) Dam, first Atomic Bomb, Boulder Highway, heating and cooling systems, Entertainment, Purchase of Boulder City from government, member of Charter Committee, City Government no 1
Dennison, Merna 03/01/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Sloan, WWII, Atomic testing, small business, Utah, personal and family history, growth of Las Vegas, Public Officals of Nevada, Landmarks of Las Vegas no 1
Denton, Ralph 02/24/1980 RJ Series & Book First 100 no 4
Devere, Mike 09/24/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education UNLV, Washo County, "Gambling Racket", Politics on UNLV campus, Elections, no 1
Deverell, George A. 04/26/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming Industry, working in the Gaming Industry, General Nevada History, WWII, Mormon Religion no 2
Dewhurst, Sally 10/23/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Dickerson, Douglas L. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Dickerson, George Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Dickerson, Perry D. 02/21/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Telephone Company Improvements, City and Airport Growth, Boat Races at Lake Mead, Water Table and its effects on building, Golden Nugget, Boulder Club, Greyhound Depot/ Union Plaza Site, Mint 400, Caliente, Plane Crash near Sloan Highway, Nellis, Lorenzi Park, Old Salt Lake Highway, Downtown Las Vegas, Fremont Hotel Foundation, Stardust Raceway no 1
Diederich, Harvey RJ Series & Book First 100 no 1
Dielman, Ruth & Jake 11/15/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early days in Searchlight and Boulder City. General Las Vegas History no 1
Diglis, Joseph 03/01/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske UNLV Newspaper, Sports Editor of the Las Vegas Sun Newspaper, City Editor, Joined the Las Vegas Review Journal (LVRJ) in 1957, Editor in Chief of LVRJ 1964 - 1966, Dickenson Library, Nevada Resort Association, two sessions with state legislature, May Advertising creative coordinator in 1971, Riviera and Fremont Hotels, Del Webb, Perry Thomas, Paul Laxalt, Howard Hughes, early years of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Grant Hall building and Archie Grant, Maude Frasier, Bill Carlson, World Congress of Flight in April of 1959, Joe W. Brown, Dr. Donald Ramsey and Archpishop of Canterburry, Danny Thomas, Hank Greenspun, Al Kalin, Airplane crash near Blue Diamond, Las Vegas Sun, assasination of President John F. Kennedy, Valley Times no 1
Dill, David Bruce Dr. 01/20/1974 and 12/27/2004 and 03/13/1975 and 05/04/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Desert Environment and human adaptation. Boulder Dam Bureau of Mines no 4
Diller, Phyllis 06/19/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Diller, Phyllis 07/08/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Diller, Phyllis 02/13/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Dillingham, John & Mabel 03/19/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske History of Early Las Vegas, Henderson, Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch), Building of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Girl Scouts - Brownies - Campfire Girls, Higher Education in Las Vegas, Transportation, Religion and the size of Churches, Water problems, Hunting and Fishing, Air Travel, Red Light District - Block Sixteen (prostitution) no 1
DiStephano, Sam Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
DiStephano, Sam 03/08/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Dobro, Marko 08/08/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske WWI (First World War), Goldfield, Tonopah, Personal history yes 2
Dokter, Betty 02/27/1977 Las Vegas in the 1930's Early Las Vegas history 1930 's, Church (religion), Gambling, early Clubs, construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Saint Thomas, Union Pacific Rail Road (UPRR), Native American Indians, Adult Entertainment, Mount Charleston. no 1
Domineck, Kathryn 02/29/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic testing, Politics, Pony Express, James Smith Abbott - Pony Express Rider, Bunkerville, Economic "Slump" in Las Vegas, Real estate Market in Las Vegas, Political Climate in Las Vegas (Politics), Changes in Population yes 1
Donaldson, Ellen Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Dondero, Harvey N. 03/02/1973 and 02/26/1981 and 08/09/1984 Local Oral History Project-Roske *Hand Written Interview - Transcript* 03/02/1973: World War Two (WWII), Economic Changes in Nevada, BMI (Basic Magnesium), Chinese People in Northern Nevada, Piaute Native American Indian... Tape 02/26/1981: Las Vegas (1950 - 1980), Growth, Howard Hughes, Education, Gaming, Vietnam War, Henderson during WWII (World War Two), Sierra Nevada Ranch, public transportation, "Block 16" (Prostitution)... Tape 08/09/1984: Growth of the School System in Las Vegas. yes 2
Dondero, Thalia 03/13/1976 and 03/18/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Tape 03/13/1976: Family History and life in Henderson and Las Vegas, P.T.A., Fantasy Park, Girl Scouts, State Park Commission, Petrogliphs at Valley of Fire, start in Politics, work as County Commissioner... Tape 03/18/1978: Life of a Woman County Commissioner, Nevada State Park Commission, Crippled Childrens Society, Mental Health Group, Service League, County Commission, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association), "The Strip" - Liscensing Corporations for Gaming etc., Downtown area, Lobbying, Legislature of Nevada, Buildings around the town, United Way, Water District, Sanitation District, Airport Authority, Gaming Board, Lake Mead water clean up. no 2
Donegan, D. Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Donerly, Ralph 06/30/2006 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 3
Donerly, Ralph 06/02/2004 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Donnerly, Ralph E. June 30, 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 3
Donoho, Ron 02/28/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Sheriff, First woman Deputy United States Marshall, the Earp Family, Don Baray, Showdowns in the Street, terms of being a Sheriff, Law Officers in Searchlight, Information on Keats, Glenn Jones, Sheriff Leopold, Ralph Lamb, Bill Thomas, Peace Officers killed, Union Pacific Railroad Police, Chalice Dales - First United States Deputy Marshall. no 1
Donovan, Lisa 12/09/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Doolittle, Alice M. 03/21/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Work as Dental Assistant for Doctor Parks, living at "Old Ranch" (Stewart Ranch), Helen Stewart, Harley Harmon, Vontobel, Keats no 1
Doris, Chester Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Doty, Irene 03/20/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Goodsprings (employment, populace, living conditions), Las Vegas history, Fremont Street, North Las Vegas and Nellis Gunnery School, The Silver Cafe, Pop 's Oasis, White Spot, Mines and Rock Quarries (Mining), Searchlight, farming in Sandy Valley, WWII (World War Two), Wartime in Las Vegas, grocery stores, building roads and buildings, clothing and apparel, blacks in Las Vegas, Rose garden on Stewart Ranch, El Rancho and Last Frontier, Japanese family raising vegetables, roads in Boulder City, Pop Simon, Theaters and Entertainment, Medical Facilities, Churches (religion), Railroads, "Judge McNamee" and Judge Henderson, Molly Kay, "Big" John Eubanks, Barbecued Burro, housing construction in Las Vegas, gaming, Red Light District (prostitution) no 1
Douglas, Mark 05/16/1999 Oral History Project-Dennis McBride yes 3
Douglas, Mike Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Down, James Jr. 04/07/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas History, work at Las Vegas Review Journal 1938 - 1941, work as Justice of the Peace 1951 - 1953 no 1
Down, Lucille 02/21/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history 1930 's, Las Vegas history 1919 - 1972, Las Vegas High School (graduated 1929), 3-8 Las Vegas Grammar School, Southern Nevada Telephone Company 1929 - 1931, Childhood recreational activities, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), environment, rapid growth and social changes. no 1
Downing, Mrs. Neil Unknown Local Oral History Project-Roske Henderson, gambling no 2
Drake, Allan 10/08/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Drakulich, Michael (Mike) 10/02/1972 and 05/08/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Tape 10/02/1972: 1955 - 1972, Rancho High School basketball coach... Tape 05/08/1979: Athletics UNLV (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), personal background and family history, changes at UNLV, Land Bank, history of coaches, Basketball Coach, Baseball Coach, Athletic Director, Academic Changes, Athletic programs, casinos built, presidents visits, memorable stories of UNLV campus, first Basketball game no 2
Dreesden, Tom 01/11/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Drohobyczar, Martha 03/24/2009 Heart to Heart : A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.D76.A3 2009 Martha Drohobyczar was a nurse midwife and a nursing professor at UNLV yes 0
Dubac, Bob Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
DuBarton, Hazel F. 11/13/1979 Nuclear Testing Las Vegas Las Vegas History Local Politics, Atomic testing, Helldorado no 1
Dudley, Roger H. 03/07/1981 Growing up in Las Vegas Recollections: Growing Up in Las Vegas, WWII (World War Two), Atomic testing, Mesquite Club, Rodeos, Howard Hughes, changes in Las Vegas, development of Paradise Valley, Korean War, "The Strip", changes in gambling - expansion of games and new games no 1
Duke, Forrest 03/02/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Burning of El Rancho Vegas, early acts in Las Vegas, first topless show in Vegas, building of Flamingo Hotel, early Fremont Street, entertainment Act's salaries, Howard Hughes, Union problems with hotels, Elvis Presley, Land Values, Nat King Cole, Mobs - Mafia, Grace Hayes / Hoot Gibson, environmental changes, Atomic Testing in Southern Nevada no 1
Dula, Gladys Inez Keate 02/21/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape – Hand Written Interview yes 0
Dunbar, Leo 02/24/1975 and 03/24/1975 and 05/05/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske-Dennis McBride Tape 02/24/1978: Construction of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam)... Tape 05/05/1975: Growth of Boulder city, Early Days of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam)construction and Boulder City... WWI (World War One) no 3
Duncan, Katherine 11/30/02004 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Katherine Duncan moved to Las Vegas in 1977, she worked with the Nevada Motion Picture Services, she owned a travel agency, and she worked at the Riviera as a paymaster. Sarann Preddy and Sam Armstrong teamed up with her to create an African American cultural/history tour of Las Vegas. yes 2
Duncan, Margaret 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas History, Blacks in Las Vegas, "The Strip", Flamingo and Sahara Hotels, Fremont Street, the First Black entertainers on the Strip, Sammy Davis, the opening of the Sands Hotel, Racial experiences in the 1960 's, Gold and Silver Mines, Building of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Howard Hughes, Atomic Testing, Gambling, Discrimination in the hotels no 1
Duncan, Ruby 02/13/2007 History of the 1970's Ruby was the leader of the Las Vegas Welfare Rights Movement; this interviews tells of her early life, work in Las Vegas, disability because of an accident in the kitchen of a Strip property, and protest to the meager way Nevada cared for the poor family. Instituted the first library on the Westside, lobbied the legislature, and traveled the world on behalf of women's rights. yes 4
Duncan, Sandy Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Duncombe, Beth Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Dunlap, Renila 03/09/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal and family history, occupational history in Las Vegas, Church Membership (religion), Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch), Education no 1
Dupalo, Dean M. 10/24/2005 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Martin Dean Dupalo lived in Las Vegas starting in the 70s. He attended UNLV, served as an intelligence officer in the Air Force, and now teaches at UNLV yes 2
Dwyer, Kay 08/16/2000 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Kay Dwyer moved to Henderson in 1942 when her father got a job with Basic Magnesium, Incorporated. She went to UNLV when it was Nevada Southern University, and she was a high school teacher in Las Vegas yes 2
Earl, H. Wayne 03/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history, 1940 through the end of WWII (World War Two), North Las Vegas Politics, Chamber of Commerce, Lake Mead road, Mormon Church (religion) - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Old Fort/ Stewart Ranch, White Spot Rest, Fremont Street, Prostitution and Block 16, Scott and Martin Hardy, Las Vegas Hospital, Hoover (Boulder) Dam, High School Entertainment - "Thrill Hill", George Crockett - founder of Alamo Airlines and other airlines, Charleston Blvd, San Francisco Avenue, Horace Tucker - North Las Vegas Mayor, Jaycees, North Las Vegas Police Department, Junior Chamber of Commerce, growth of town - old Nudist Camp no 1
Earl, Marion 04/14/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Earl, Marion B. 03/13/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas, Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, Justice of the Peace, appointed member of Selective Service Board in Clark County, appointed member of State Appeal Board in Clark County, Gambling, Mining Industry in Southern Nevada - Searchlight and Lincoln County, power of Unions in Southern Nevada, Crime in Clark County, Mormon Church (religion), Edward Bunker Senior, Utah Militia, State Government and Las Vegas (taxes and money interests), early railroad in Las Vegas, Boulder (Hoover) Dam no 1
Earl, Sam S. 03/09/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske First Helldorado Days, Las Vegas history, work on Boulder (Hoover) Dam, Gambling and Casinos, Crime, Telephone company, "The Strip", Airport, Fire Department, Railroad and Streets, Truck driving and weather conditions, living conditions no 2
Early, Charles Alvin (Todd) Jr. 03/25/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history, School Systems and Education, Native American Indians, Agriculture, Politics and the Roosevelt election, The Depression in Nevada - the Plants that brought Nevada out of the Depression, 1951 - 1953, Mapps Hotel, Central Credit, organized crime in gambling (Northern Nevada Lincoln Fitzgerald), "Herold "Pappy" Smith", Reno, Lake Tahoe - South Tahoe Country Club, expansion of Reno and Las Vegas - rivalry between North and South, Tourism, Divorce Capitol, Transportation to Las Vegas - trains and airplanes, Gambling During Wartime, Boulder City, Europeans in Nevada, Chinese in Nevada no 1
Early, Helen R. 02/26/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal History of Las Vegas, Fremont Street, Landmarks, Federal Building and Downtown Schools, High Schools, Howard Cannon and Cultural Activities, Service Leagues, Old Shops in Fremont and Four Queen, Main Post Office, Old University (Southern Nevada University), Maude Frazier, Union Pacific Railroad, Boulder Highway, Red Panther Club, Green Shark Restaurant, Sahara and Bingo Club, Last Frontier, Howard Hughes, El Rancho Vegas, McCarran Airport, Old Stewart Ranch, Indian reservation and Southern Nevada Paiutes (Native American Indians), Bugsy Siegel and Flamingo, Churches and religion - 1st Baptist Church and Southern Methodist Church and 1st Christian Church, Billy Graham Crusade, Helldorado Parades no 1
Eaton, Bruce 04/24/1975 and 03/06/1985 Local Oral History Project-Roske 04/24/1975: Growth of Boulder City... 03/06/1985: Dennis McBride Interview no 3
Eaton, Bruce & Mary 1977 Living in Boulder City Early Boulder City history, Hoover (Boulder Dam) Construction. no 2
Eaton, Mary 11/15/1986 Dennis McBride Interview yes 1
Ebarb, Jaunice Rankin April 25, 2007 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
Eckert, Donald (Don) L. 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Moapa Valley History, Gaming, recreation, schools, size of Las Vegas, Railroad. no 1
Eckstine, Billy 08/07/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Edmond, Shirley R. 06/24/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Shirley Edmond talks about growing up in the Westside neighborhood of Las Vegas. She was the first African American woman in southern Nevada promoted in mail processing in the post office as a supervisor yes 0
Edwards, Elbert B. 06/30/1975 and 10/16/1986 and 1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske 06/30/1975: Life in Panaca Nevada, Lincoln County, Native American Indians, Mormon Life, Mormon Religion, Meadow Valley, 1849 - Bennett - Arcane: Death Valley Party, George Washington Bean, William H. Dame, Edward Bunker, Dudley Leavitt, Samuel Knight, Francis Lee, George Washington Edwards, "William Henery Edwards", Jane Bale Johnson Lee, Walter E. Clark... 10/16/1986: Education and Early Nevada History. no 4
Edwards, Leslie W. 03/19/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Edwards, Marcy Theede Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Eglash, Jach 8/2/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Eglash, Jack 02/02/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Eglington, Earle Frost 10/30/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske On the tape/interview with Olive Lake Eglington no 1
Eglington, Olive Lake 10/30/1975 and 07/1984 Local Oral History Project-Roske Transcripts available for both interview dates...10/30/1975: Stewarts Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch) and Early Las Vegas History... 07/1984: Stewart Ranch, Robert Lake, Wilson Ranch yes 6
Einberger, Alvin 02/08/2007 Jay Sarno Project yes 0
Eisinger, Don 02/13/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Labor - Nevada, Teamsters no 1
Eisinger, Marilyn 1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Ellis, Diane 11/04/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Ellsworth, Charlotte 03/22/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske 03/22/1977: Elmo Ellsworth, family background, mission, marriage, Henderson, Carl Hyde, 1942, BMI Plant (Basic Magnesium), WWII (World War Two), OPA Al Colan, War Assets Administration, War bond drives, Red Cross Drives, War surplus, Oakey Theaters, Chamber of Commerce, Convention director, sales, Riviera, Reno, Trade Shows, "Western" Clothes, illness, death, Flamingo Hotel no 1
Ellsworth, Emma 03/04/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Life in Utah, movement to Nevada, Life in Las Vegas, Children and Grandchildren, Insurance of work. no 1
Emerson, David W. 12/21/2005 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project] LD3745.E442007 Dr. Dave Emerson taught chemistry at UNLV, was the dean of the College of Science, Math, and Engineering, and worked on earning accreditation for civil, mechanical, electrical, and other areas of engineering yes 2
Emery, Horace 03/02/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nelson, Nelson local events, corn cob pipes, boats on the Colorado River, price of silver and gold, cost of mining gold ore, Roosevelts National Recovery Plan, building the Davis Dam tunnels, Lake Mohave, Lake Mead, early Transportation, mines and mining, local mines (gold and silver), roads in 1935 no 1
Emery, Murl 04/02/1976 and 10/18/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske 10/18/1974: Early Las Vegas history, Early days of Nelson Nevada, personal history... 04/02/1976: Personal Life history no 3
Endlein, A.C. Unknown - 1974 or 1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape – Hand Written Interview yes 0
Engler, Art 12/24/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
English, Donald 03/12/1997 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Enzo, Stuarti 01/22/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Eppenger, Jerry 9/14/2011 AfAm Collaborative - LV Black Experience Life in 1960s for progressive young blacks. Worked on Strip as a dealer. yes 0
Erb, John E. 02/23/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Work in Geology and Construction in Colorado, Arizona, and Las Vegas. Navajo reservation in Arizona, Union Plaza Train Station, Mercury Test Site roads, Saddle Island Project and waterways, Union Plaza Hotel, University Building, Fremont Hotel, Downtown, underground water, water on Mount Charleston, waterline from Alaska to Gulf of Mexico, Hughes site property water problem, International Hotel - Hilton Hotel water problem, Thunderbird Hotel - Silverbird Hotel racetrack, Stardust Hotel racetrack flood, flood at Caesars Palace, Native American Indians, “Mahilia Jackson”, Valley of Fire, Clark County Gem society, Elks Club, “Sertoma Organization”, air races in 1965, Boulder Beach Pavilion, Flood Control. no 1
Erbe, Richard 03/19/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education in Las Vegas, Education as an occupation, changes in Nevada no 1
Erickson, Hal 04/01/1998 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Ertegun, Ahmet 03/01/1969 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Ertegun, Ahmet 01/29/1978 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Eshelman, June 03/13/2003 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 2
Euchner, Muriel 12/26/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Tonopah Lost Generation, Tonopah Life as child in early 1900's no 4
Evans, Casner 08/05/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Evans, Doris D. 03/12/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City and Las Vegas after 1937, Hotels, Politics, Real Estate, Atomic/ Nuclear Tests, early Transportation, Marriage, Environmental changes, social and recreational life, crime no 1
Evans, Dorothy M. 08/05/1981 Nevada Humanities Committee Project Pioneer Tapes No Tape – Transcript Only: Dorothy Pellissier Casner Evans Life as a House Mover yes 0
Evans, Earl A. Jr 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas and Nevada history, Transit system in Las Vegas, "Hobo's" in Las Vegas, L.D.S. Church (Religion), Las Vegas Dump, growth of Gaming, jobs for students, Real Estate, Railroad Express, work at Sears, Weather, Fremont, drugs in High School, youth problems, economic changes, School Board, Racial employment no 1
Evans, Jacqueline Dwyer 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas History, Indian Affairs, Politics, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War, Building and Roads, Entertainment and Lifestyle, Wild Horse Round-up, Wind and Floods, cultural growth, Ruby Duncan, Hospital Care, Family Life, Landscape, Business in Nevada, Lake Mead, Mount Charleston, Environment no 1
Evans, Jessie (Mrs. Willis Sr) 01/18/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Native American Indian, Shoshone, Owyhee Reservation (Nevada), Saint Thomas (Nevada), Minnemucca (Nevada. 5 tapes 4 missing. no 5
Evans, Louis F. 02/17/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal History of Nevada no 1
Evans, Steve 6/15/2010 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood Steve Evans was born in Henderson, Nevada, and lived in the Carver Park community. He owns a home in the John S. Park Neighborhood formerly owned by Flora Dungan, who founded Focus, a youth counseling program where he worked. He has also had a career in social justice and activism and now is involved in community service yes 0
Evans, William L. 09/02/2004 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 1
Evans, Willis 12/02/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske Hand Written Transcript yes 2
Everett, Dale Duane 03/07/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Prostitution, Drugs, Labor Problems (strikes, pickets, etc.), Cab companies, expansion in the 1960's, wildlife in Las Vegas, racial problems, Blacks in Las Vegas, Bussing, recreation. no 1
Fabre, Ronnie 10/22/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Falana, Lola Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 7
Falana, Lola 01/05/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Falana, Lola 01/16/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Falcone, Vincent 01/22/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Farei, Mae 02/26/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Marriage, Las Vegas history, work experience and leisure description of Las Vegas 1955 - 1980, life at Lake Tahoe, Twin lakes Lodge (Lorenzi Park), work in hotels on "Strip", the "Strip" in 1960, recreational areas, marriages and homelife, Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) no 1
Farmer, Orville 09/24/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Lost City, work at Test Site as welder no 1
Farnsworth, Frances 05/27/1982 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mesquite Club, one of the three founding members no 1
Favor, Bob E. 1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske light plane crash into Convention Center 1968, El Rancho fire, Casino Changes - lounge shows no 1
Fayle, Leonard 03/06/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Family history, life in Gene, education, early Gene and Goodsprings, Sandy Valley, involvement in organizations, early mines and mining, religion, prostitution in Goodsprings no 1
Fehner, Vivian 06/20/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Feinberg, Mirta Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Feldman, Don 03/05/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske History of Las Vegas, Family History, Changes in economy, employment, education system, population, tourism and gambling industries. no 1
Felix, Ben 10/02/2000 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride no 0
Felt, Gaelen Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Fender, Freddy 07/09/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Feour, Nellie 03/25/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas History no 1
Ferguson, Edna M. (Edna Jackson-Ferguson) 04/21/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Pioneering on the Hoover Dam Project no 1
Ferrell, Lee 06/10/2003 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Ferris, Edward 03/16/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske History of Las Vegas, Recession 1952-1953, The Last Frontier, Victory Village, growth of businesses and community, Sheriff Glenn Jones and City Police, effects of gambling on businesses, Old Time Politics no 1
Feuer, Rusty 11/2/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP Dancer when the girls dressed the casino at the end of shows. "I would often see a guest speak to the maitre'd and look in my direction and the maitre'd would nod his head 'no' because I wasn't a player." yes 0
Fields, Totie 04/07/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Fields, Totie 11/06/1975 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Figler, Dayvid 7/28/2010 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35 F524 2010 Dayvid moved to Las Vegas with his family when he was three years old. After he got his law degree, he moved back to Las Vegas in 1991. In 2000 he purchased a home built in 1951in the John S. Park Neighborhood yes 0
Fikes, Mildred Michele 05/14/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history from 1942 - 1975 no 2
Fine, Susan 02/18/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Politics and Gaming, family background, education system, ethnic discrimination, public service - Post Office, church activity, religion, Mormon Fort, Mercury test site, City Council, transportation-highway system, entertainment, hospital quality, Sun Newspaper editor, Boulder (Hoover) Dam, Howard Hughes. no 1
Finks, Charles H. 03/04/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Life in Westside Las Vegas, employment at The Last Frontier Hotel, Treatment on the Job, Accommodationsfor African Americans Housing, Police on the Westside, Crime, Shopping Centers, the Strip, Hospital services. no 1
Fisher, James Earl 04/23/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske History of Indian Springs (town), Indian Springs Ranch, Atomic Testing site, Air Force Base, Family Background, Paiutes yes 1
Fisher, Louis 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske History of Las Vegas 1953 - 1978, boom of early 1960's, local schools, local industry, traffic conditions in 1953, early "Strip", fire at El Rancho, cottages, Fremont Street, growth of Gaming and Gambling, Howard Hughes' hotels, Downtown passenger trains, Nellis Air Force Base (A.F.B.), Nevada Test Site, gun range, political figures, job opportunities in gambling industry, changes in entertainment, Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Lake Mead, mines around Lake Mead, shopping malls and growing businesses. no 1
Fisher, Robert M. 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder (Hoover) Dam, family and personal history, Test Site, El Rancho Vegas, recreation and amusement areas. no 1
Fitzgerald, H.P. 03/09/1975 and 03/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Black experiences in Las Vegas, Las Vegas history, Black history in Las Vegas, schools, Life as one of the first Black Administrators for Clark County School District yes 2
Fitzgerald, Jim 09/16/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Flangas, Bill 09/27/2006 UNLV LD3745.F53 2007 See Cassette Tape for more information. yes 1
Flangas, William C. 09/27/2006 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.F53 2007 William Flangas is a mining engineer who worked at the Nevada Test Site for forty years. He was a member of what is now the Public Works Board and worked on the project to build a building for the new College of Engineering at UNLV yes 0
Fleegle, John M. Jr. 03/19/1998 Local Oral History Project-Roske Small business, early town occupations and development, service station business, linen business, family background, housing development, economic development. no 1
Fleishman, Michael Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information. no 2
Fleming, Edmund 02/08/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Politics, education, culture, social separation between Las Vegas and Reno arts no 1
Fleming, Stella 02/24/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history, WPA Bureaucracy, depression and the county welfare, welfare objectives, case work, Life in Las Vegas, Boulder (Hoover) Dam, Welfare Dept. and Native Americans. no 2
Fletcher, Dorothy 06/26/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Family life, Entertainment, and social changes no 1
Flint, Harold 02/15/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Unions in the casino, prostitution, environment of corporations, minority population, Atomic Test Site, Education, Residences no 1
Floor, Sherry Conover April 30, 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
Flowers, Wayland Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Foley, John 5/10/2011 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project 5 brothers in family - all attorneys. John served in the state senate when Mike O'Callaghan was governor. yes 0
Fong, Lilly 02/29/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Fong's Garden, UNLV, AAUW, travel, religion no 2
Fong, Wing 03/01/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske UNLV, small business, minorities, Chinese philosophy on education, growth in Las Vegas no 1
Fontaine, Jacqueline 09/09/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Fontana, Carl 10/23/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Forbes, Jane 04/17/2007 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
Forbuss, Robert 02/12/2009 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood Robert Forbuss's mother bought a home in 1944 in the Huntridge development, adjacent to the John S. Park Neighborhood. She lived there for the rest of her life. She owned a dry cleaning business. Robert was a U.S. history and government teacher at Bishop Gorman High School.and was an ambulance driver for Mercy Ambulance and Medical Supply, which he later owned. yes 0
Ford & Hines 05/05/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Ford, Katie Barlow Pauline 1941 and 04/02/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early History of Beaty '30s, Las Vegas history no 2
Ford, Lyla Joy 03/12/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Old Ranch, Las Vegas history no 1
Ford, Phil Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Foreman, Irving J. 03/16/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Stewart Ranch, Sahara Hotel, Economics of Industry/History, Housing Constuction no 1
Foremaster, Emma 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Pahranaght Valley, Richard Hotel, Highlights of John William Richard no 1
Foremaster, Lamar 02/14/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history, Boulder Dam, Union Pacific Railroad, Anderson Dairy, Effects of World War II on Las Vegas, Effects of Gaming industry no 1
Forrest, Michael 03/19/1929 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Forsythe, Carol 03/27/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Clark County Fire Department, Religion no 1
Forsythe, Norman 03/19/1981 and 03/04/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Fire Department, El Rancho Fire Clark County no 3
Foster, Josephine Johnson 02/28/1980 Life in Millers, NV, education, childhood freedom no 0
Foster, Kathy Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information. no 1
Foster, Robert Dr. 03/02/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Special Education, Handicapped, Helen J. Stewart School Comparison, no 1
Fountain, Edgar 02/26/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske CCC Nevada history no 3
Fountain, Louise Lorenzi 03/30/2004 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Louise Lorenzi Fountain's father developed and managed Lorenzi Park. Her husband worked on the construction of Hoover Dam. She and her husband owned several businesses, and she was a charter member of the Valley of Fire Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution yes 2
Four Freshmen 01/06/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Four Freshmen 12/19/1986 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Gwen Castaldi no 1
Four Lads Legend 11/08/1996 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Four Preps 06/30/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Foutz, Pauleen 02/03/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Southern Nevada history, Mormons, The Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, Pioche, NV, L.D.S. Genealogical Library's Bicentennial Project no 1
Fox, Brian Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information. no 1
Fox, Eddie (memorial) 07/12/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Fox, Edna Gray 02/03/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Last Fronteir Hotel, Thunderbird Motel, Warm Springs Ranch, Wallace Canyon Fire Life in Las Vegas no 1
Foxx, Red 12/29/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
France, Penny 02/20/1997 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Kaye, Willard no 1
Franchi, Sergio Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Francis, Elizabeth A. 07/21/2008 Heart to Heart:: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.F82 .A3 2009 Elizabeth Frances was a LPN at southern Nevada Memorial Hospital and also worked for Dr. Fink. She also taught nursing there and at Sunrise Hospital and worked fpr Workmen's Compensation yes 0
Francis, Richard 03/04/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Construction of Hoover Dam no 1
Franklin, George E. 03/08/1975 and 03/09/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history, Atomic Testing, Howard Hughes, Law Experience no 7
Frassman, Dorothy 09/21/1997 Gay Archives - Dennis McBride See Cassestte Tape for more information yes 10
Freelove, William 03/02/1973 Atomic Testing, Boulder (Hoover) Dam, Old Las Vegas, Population growth, The Effects of Wold War II yes 0
Freeman, Bud 01/27/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Freeman, Carolyn 01/30/2006 Tap Dancing Tap Dancing yes 2
Freeman, Dewey E. 03/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Old Las Vegas, Paradise Valley, Blue Diamond no 1
Freemyer, Wilma 02/22/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas, 30's, Review Journal no 2
Frehner, Mary L. 11/28/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske Life in Bunkerville, Mesquite no 1
Frehner, Merle 07/05/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Testing, Freighting, "Arrowhead Trail", The Great Depression, Hoover Dam no 5
Frehner, Vivian "Viv" 06/20/1972 Life in Las Vegas no 0
French, Brenda 03/16/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Geology, Railroad no 1
French, Edna 11/18/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
French, William 11/18/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Hoover Dam no 1
Frey, James 02/14/2006 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Dean of Sociology yes 2
Frey, James Dr. 02/14/2007 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.F74 2007 James Frey taught sociology at UNLV starting in 1974, established a survey center, served as chair of the Sociology Department, and served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He is now retired yes 0
Frias, Charles 03/02/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Cab Business, Las Vegas history, Texas National Guard, Nellis Airforce bas, Tourism no 1
Friel, John 02/29/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal history, Life in Nevada, Tonopah, 40s, Railroads, Population no 1
Frisk, Marvin 04/21/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske United Airlines, McCarren Airport, 747 and DC-10 services no 1
Fritzsche, Allen 2/12/2008 Boyer Early LV OHP Nevada Test Site yes 0
Frogley, Kenneth Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 2
Fry, Joseph A. 10/09/2007 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.F78 2007 Dr. Joseph "Andy" Fry is a professor of history at UNLV. He has also been a department chair and served for three years as executive assistant to UNLV president Dr. Carol Harter yes 0
Fuhr, Howie 03/08/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Fulner, John E. 03/28/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Southern Nevada no 1
Fulson, Lowell 03/19/1974 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Funkhouser, Cindy 01/14/2010 Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35 F85 2010 Cindy Funkhauser moved to Las Vegas in 1980. She worked as a cocktail waitress and a bartender at the Four Queens. She owns an antique shop and is a motivator for First Friday and the Las Vegas art mocment that is rooted in the John S. Park Neighborhood's sense of community yes 0
Fusco, Ed 09/21/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Fuson, Barbara 03/20/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Medical Care, 60's, Education system, Las Vegas Culture, Drug Culture, Gambling, Politics, Religion no 1
Fuson, Kathleen 03/04/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Life in Las Vegas, Employment, Hoover Dam, Desert Flora and Fauna, Education system no 1
Futch, Eva 11/2/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Married to Eddie Futch, famed boxing trainer; talks about the sport in various parts of the country and especially Las Vegas. Has mini museum of boxing. yes 0
Gabler, Milt 02/19/1969 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Gagliardi, Frank 07/18/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Gaines, Lovell 7/1/2009 AfAm Collaborative - LV Black Experience History of his term as NAACP president. yes 0
Gaines, Lovell 7/1/2009 boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - NAACP Originally got involved in the NAACP in Reno. Moved to LV in 1975 and ran for the LV NAACP presidency in 1908. In describing his 2-year term, he gives a detailed history of the branch;s work with the consent decree, integration, Freedom fund banquet, police brutality, and housing issues. yes 0
Gaines, Rawdy Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Gallagher, John Dr. 05/31/2002 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Gallagher, Mr. & Mrs. R. Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Gamble-Aires, Feeney 10/24/1997 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Kaye, Willard no 1
Ganger,Randal 05/17/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Garbiso, Paul R. 02/15/2005 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Garcia, Hank June 1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Garis, Bill Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Garland, Ruby 09/01/2000 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Headed Nevada State Board of Cosmetology yes 2
Garner, Erroll 01/29/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Garner, Tony George 03/25/1987 Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Garrett, Elton 12/05/1980 Gay Archives-Elizabeth Patrick Boulder City, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas history, UNLV no 3
Garrett, Elton 11/10/1986 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 3
Garrett, Perle 03/02/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Garrett,Theodore 03/02/1975 Boulder City Boulder City, Personal History no 1
Garrison, Elizabeth 02/26/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Prostitution, Atomic Testing, Girl Scouts, Japanese Ranch, Family History, Gambling Influence no 1
Garry, Janet 02/24/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas History, City Development, Crime, Family History, Entertainment no 1
Garside, Sherwin 03/25/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history, 30's no 1
Garvin, Laura & Don 03/03/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Languages, Changes in Education, Politics, Atomic Testing, Railroads, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas History no 1
Gaston, Kathleen Bryan 03/17/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Growth of Las Vegas, Politics, Family History no 1
Gates, Lee (Judge) 12/05/1996 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Judge Gates moved to Las Vegas around 1960. He attended UNLV, participated in the civil rights movement, and worked as a lawyer and a judge yes 1
Gatlin, Larry 03/12/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Gauger, Agnes 02/24/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Testing, Gambling, Howard Hughes, Cultural Events, Las Vegas History no 1
Gay, Hazel 12/21/1995 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Hazel Gay's husband Jimmy was the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He also was the assistant manager at the Sands and an executive at the Union Plaza. Hazel ran dress shops and also worked as a display artist and retail clerk in other shops yes 3
Gay, James A. III 12/1978 Black experience in Southern Nevada Jimmy was the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. Jimmy was the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He also was the assistant manager at the Sands and an executive at the Union Plaza. yes 0
Gay, James III 01/11/1979 Las Vegas History (Wright) Las Vegas history, politics yes 1
Gay, Jimmy 04/12/1972, 03/05/1977 Early Las Vegas (Kaufman) African Americans, Las Vegas History no 1
Gayle, Crystal 01/28/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Geddins, Bob Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Geerstema, Mrs, Richard H. 02/23/1972 Local Oral HIstory Project-Roske Personal History, Fish Lake Valley, World War II, Social Changes, Population Growth no 0
Gemma, Joseph 03/11/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske History of Las Vegas, Social Changes, Population, Strikes, Atomic Testing no 1
Gentry, Laura Local Oral History Project-Roske Family History, Mining, Construction, Politics, Social Changes, Religion, Tax Structure, Gold Butte History no 2
George, Donna 5/14/2012 Boyer Early LV OHP - Shake Rattle & Roll Stories from a spouse of a NV Test Site worker during active testing. yes 0
George, Dorothy O'Donnell 10/13/2005 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .G56 2007 Dorothy George served as a nurse during World War II in Hawaii, Okinawa, and Japan. She moved to Las Vegas and worked as a nurse. Dorothy also discusses Las Vegas, Helldorado Parades, atomic bomb testing, and family picnics at Mount Charleston yes 2
George, Joseph Dr. 04/08/2008 Heart to Heart:: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.G46.A3 2006 Dr. Joseph George, Jr., is a physician who came to Las Vegas in 1945 and established a private practice yes 0
George, Lloyd (Judge) 01/15/2005 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Judge Lloyd D. George was a lawyer in Las Vegas and was Chief Judge of the Nevada District. The Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse in Las Vegas is named for him Notes Includes a copy of the article Administrative structure of the federal courts in the United States by Lloyd George published in the Bulletin of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, v. 2, no. 3, fall 1994, p. 1-10 yes 4
Geran, Hazel 08/30/2000 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Insights into the black experience in Las Vegas yes 1
Geuder, Pat 04/15/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Overview of the history of early UNLV-Professor no 1
Gibb, Andy 08/16/1983 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Gibson, Fred 02/13/2008 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.G52 2007 Fred Gibson is a mining engineer who organized Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada with his father in 1955. As a trustee director of the Nevada Development Authority, he was one of the main promoters of an engineering school for UNLV yes 0
Gibson, Fred D. 03/09/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske LD3745 .G52 2007 Family history, Nevada history, Military Service, Counter Intelligence Corp., Mining, World War II no 2
Gibson, James 02/22/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske JK8566 .P43 Came to Las Vegas in 1927 at 11 years of age, worked for the RR, mining. wife early school teacher, Military (Navy 1943), Engineering degree, Father owned property behind Lake Mead worked at Lake Mead, Active LDS member, Democratic party, State Senator for Clark County District 1, no 1
Gidel, Darwin 10/21/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .G57 2007 (CD) Darwin Gidel was a flight engineer in the Air Force during World War II. He was shot down over Belgium in 1944 and was held as a POW in Belgium and Germany for eleven months. He was also an accountant and an administrator who moved here from California in the late seventies yes 0
Gieck, John D. 01/08/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Gilbert, George 02/10/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early newspaper, Helldorado, 30's, 40's no 1
Gilbert, Robert F. 02/01/1972, 02/04/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Atomic Testing, Politics, effects of World War II, Union Pacific Railroad, American Legion, Tourism, Gambling, Environmental Changes, Social Changes yes 1
Gilday, Donald 02/21/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske Airlines Industry, Social Changes, Politics, Elk's Club, Atomic Testing, Environmental Changes- ( NO CASSETTE TAPE) no 0
Giles, Kenneth R. Sr. 10/17/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas History, Social changes, Economic changes-(NO CASSETTE TAPE) no 0
Giles, Reva 07/17/2006 UNLV LD3745 .G54 2007 Ms. Giles moved to Las Vegas, NV in 1958. She recalls living on Decatur, unpaved roads, military housing at Nellis Airforce Base. Moving from Las Vegas, NV to Okinawa, Japan for 4 years with her husband. Retiring from the military and moving back to Las Vegas, NV in 1964. She worked in the sports ticket office, admissions, student services, and career services at UNLV. She is now retired and volunteers as an office aide to the UNLV athletic director no 1
Gillespie, Dizzy 04/28/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Gilley, Mickey 10/18/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Giovanni 02/13/1997 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Kaye, Willard no 1
Giunchigliani, Chris 7/20/2007 John S. Park OHP Running for office in a small village setting within an urban setting. Building community. yes 0
Givens, Barbara 10/15/2005 [The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745 .G58 2007 Barbara Givens moved to Las Vegas from Reno in 1952. She studied to be a teacher at what is now UNLV and has taught in two Las Vegas high schools. She also taught a class for new teachers at UNLV yes 2
Givens, Barbera 10/05/2005 and 02/15/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske BLD3745 .G58 2007 Barbara Givens moved to Las Vegas from Reno in 1952. She studied to be a teacher at what is now UNLV and has taught in two Las Vegas high schools. She also taught a class for new teachers at UNLV yes 2
Givens, Victor 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Victor Givens was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV in 1938. Educated in Las Vegas.He attended school in Las Vegas, including 2 years in Dealers school. Some of Mr. Givens occupations include Juvenile Court Services,Clark County Parks and Recreation, maintenance worker, and casino dealer. He talks about which customer skills are needed in order to keep the patrons coming back to the tables. How you have to love the environment you work in, in order to excel at your job. Mr. Givens states that "family is the most important to thing to him". no 1
Glick, Delores P. 11/29/2003 Local Oral History Project-Roske Ms. Glick was born and raised in New York. She attended Hunter high school, eventually returning to become the assist. principle. She taught as a teacher for 5 years became a guidance counselor. Later after becoming a mother, she became a principle. no 1
Gobel, George 10/21/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Godbey, Erme O. 11/07/1986 Boulder City Oral History Program Emma O. Godbey and husband Tom moved from Oatman, Az to Needles, NV on June 21, 1931. She talks about housekeeping in Needles, NV in 1931, with unpaved roads, terrible hot dusty weather. Military dances held in Boulder City. Railroad Pass Casino was being built. Gambling became legal. Tent City called Rag Town-officialy called Williamsville. no 1
Godbey, Tom 09/27/1984, 09/18/1974 Boulder City Oral History Program Tom & Emma Godbey moved from Oatman, AZ to Needles,NV on June 21, 1931. Due to a law in Arizona titled: criminal syndicalism law,Mr. Godbey was terminated and they moved to Needles, NV. The first couple to build a home in Boulder City. Tom worked for Sterns,Rogers Construction out of Denver, building a mill in Silverton. Tom Godbey was a City Marshall and Water Commisision of Silverton. Mining Nevada Assembly, Boulder City no 1
Goddard, Clarence Clarence Goddard is a native of Las Vegas. He attended 5th street school, began working for the railroad when he was 16 years old. Active LDS member.Clarence recalls using swamp coolers, excelsior fans, wet sheets. Las Vegas History no 0
Goldstein, Marguerite 02/25/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history, Social Changes, Gambling, Boulder Club, Crime, Airport no 1
Goldstein, Stanley 10/25/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Mormon culture, Marriage, Family History no 1
Golub, Rita 03/14/1981, 05/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, 50's-60's, Hotels, Casinos no 1
Gonalez, Charles 5/12/2007 Blue Diamond Oral History Project History of Blue Diamond no 2
Gonzales, Charles May 5, 2007 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. no 2
Gonzalez, Rowena 02/24/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic testing, Las Vegas history, Industry in Las Vegas, Hoover Dam no 1
Goodall, Leonard E. 03/28/2006 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.G65 2007 Dr. Leonard Goodall became president of UNLV in 1979. Before that he was a professor in several states. At UNLV he oversaw the creation of the enginnering college and helped create the UNLV foundation. After his term was over, he worked as a professor in public administration and still serves on campus comittees yes 3
Goodman, Ted Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Goodwin, Rosina 03/15/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Boulder (Hoover) Dam, Bugsy Siegal, Helldorado, Entertainment no 1
Goot, Max 03/22/1976 Local Oral History-Collins Max Goot moved from New York to Las Vegas, NV in 1945. He served in the U.S. Army. He recalls the population of Las Vegas in 1945 was 12,000. Mr. Goot worked for Stoney Jewelry, Hollywood furniture and a public relations firm together with Casino Foods, Inc. and discusses the growth of Las Vegas. He recalls winning the Man of the Year Award by his temple. no 1
Gordon, Mike 03/02/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history, Economics, Politics, Atomic Testing, Environment, Social Changes no 1
Gore, Robert 01/31/2008 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745 .G67 2007 Robet Gore was a public relations officer for the Air Force, Summa Corporation, and UNLV. He was one of the main promoters of an engineering school for UNLV yes 2
Gorme, Eydie Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Gorshin, Frank Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Goto, George 02/26/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Japanese American Club no 1
Gotschall, Loretta Scott November 21, 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 0
Gould, Martha and Kerschner, Joan 10/27/2005 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Martha Gould and Joan Kerschner are librarians who both worked at the Nevada State Library. Both Martha and Joan were directors of the State Library, and Martha has also been a lobbyist for libraries. Joan was also director of the Henderson Public Library yes 3
Gould, Sid 10/21/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Goulet, Robert Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Goulet, Robert 01/20/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Goulet, Robert 04/04/1989 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Goulet, Robert December 1986 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Gout, Max 03/22/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Business Las Vegas no 1
Goynes, Theron & Naomi 6/28/2012 AfAm Collaborative - LV Black Experience Early educators. North Las Vegas City Councilman. School integration. Special reading programs. yes 0
Gragson, Oran 12/25/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Graham, Bill 07/13/2005 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP See Cassette Tapes for more information no 2
Graham, Bill 09/22/1969 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Graham, Bonnie 12/03/2003 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Graham, Elinor E. 10/01/1971 Local Oral History PRoject-Roske Seceretary work, Small Business, Population growth, Cultural Leadership, Travel, Personal History no 0
Granger, Robert 02/10/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Grant, Alan 04/28/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Grant, Karen Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Grasso, Tony Charles & Doug 02/29/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming industry, Aladdin Hotel, Real Estate no 1
Grater, Russell 02/10/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Hoover Dam, Southern Nevada History, Tourism, Mining, Effects of World War II, Ecology changes, St. Thomas, Boulder City no 1
Grater, Russell K 11/25/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Tourism U.S. Government Services (Park Services), Boulder City History no 1
Gratton, Peter 2/26/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - Library Long career on UNLV campus. Changes on the campus and in the city. yes 0
Graves, John 03/11/1987 Local Oral History Project-Roske Women in Gambling Industry, Entertainment, Casino Games, Tourism, Resorts, Food Industry no 1
Graves, Madison B. 02/20/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske Politics, Law Profession, Growth in Tourism, Taxes on Businesses, El Rancho, African Americans in Las Vegas no 0
Gray, Dr. Guild R. 03/05/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada School History, Teaching Background, Peabody Study yes 1
Gray, Joan M. Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information. no 1
Gray, Lee 11/20/2006 UNLV UNLV - Facilities, See Cassette Tape for more information yes 1
Grayson, Alexander 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske History High School Race Riots, Personal History, Art, Economy, African Americans in Las Vegas no 1
Grayson, Elmer 03/09/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Testing, Government, Education, Old Frontier, African American Entertainers, Hotels no 1
Grayson, John 05/23/1983 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mayme Nelson, Railroad Pass, Gaming Industry in Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada yes 1
Greb, Mel 03/11/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boxing in Las Vegas, See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Grecco, Buddy 7/16/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Greco, Buddy 07/16/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Green, David 08/20/1999 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride See Cassette Tapes for more information no 5
Green, John 09/19/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Green, Leon 5/15/2012 African American Collaborative - LV Black Experience Spirituality in black community, Bishop C. C. Cox yes 0
Green, Shecky 12/29/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Greenberg, Alan 02/08/2007 Jay Sarno Project yes 0
Greenberg, Corey 01/09/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Greenblatt, Gertrude 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Resort Manager, Food Industry no 1
Greene, Shecky 12/29/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Greene, Shecky 03/10/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Greene, Shecky 07/07/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Greene, Shecky 10/01/1975 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Greene, Shecky 06/08/1978 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Greene, Shecky 04/06/2004 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Greenfield, Howard 04/16/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Greenspun, Hank Local Oral History Project-Roske Newspaper, Race Riots in High Schools, Politics, Veterans Organizations, Economic Expansion, Atomic Testing, Culinary Union yes 5
Greenwood, Lee 10/02/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Greenwood, Lee 11/19/1983 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Gregory, Colleen 04/07/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Gregory, Edward 03/02/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nellis Airforce Base, Las Vegas history, 50's no 1
Gregory, Matt 05/08/1996 Talent Agent no 3
Gregory, Matt 06/19/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Gregory, Matt 02/24/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Gregory, Philip T. Jr, 03/10/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske Innovations in Aviation, World War II, Military Service (Air Force), Nevada Wildlife Federation, Open Spaces Council, Atomic Testing, Tourism, African Americans in Las Vegas no 0
Grenfell, Celia 03/31/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Frank's Cafe, Mexican-American History (mexican independence), Economic Changes, Helldorado no 2
Gresh, Bertha 11/30/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tapes for more information no 2
Griffin, Joanna 07/2005 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Griffith, Joanne Olsen April 12, 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 1
Griffith, Robert B. 03/06/1974 Las Vegas Old Timers, Clark County no 1
Grijalla, German Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more Information no 1
Grinnell, Theda 02/28/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske African American history, Housing/Union, Schools, Social Classes, Nuclear Testing Site, Industries during World War II, Drugs in Las Vegas no 1
Grubbs, Dee 12/05/1985 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nursing Education, Personal History yes 1
Guarnieri, Johnny 10/13/1969 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Gubler, John G. 12/29/2008 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35 G78 2010 John Gubler's parents moved to Las Vegas in 1936, and he grew up in the John S. Park Neighborhood. He became a lawyer and moved back to Las Vegas, although not to the same neighborhood yes 0
Guercio, Joe 10/04/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Guidry, Laura Gentry 10/12/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske Family History, Lincoln County, Democratic Women's Club, Travel, Politics, Earliest Gambling Houses (Las Vegas Club, Boulder Club, Sal Sagev) no 0
Guinchigliani, Chris 07/20/2007 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35 G84 2010 Chris Guinchigliani moved to Las Vegas in the 1980s and taught at a middle school. She involved herself in the teachers'union and served as president of the Nevada State Education Association from 1987 to 1991, served in the Nevada State Assembly for sixteen years, and then became a Clark County Commissioner. She and her husband Gary Gray are longtime residents of the John S. Park Neighborhood. yes 0
Gunderson, Barry L. 10/18/2002 High School Football See Cassette Tape for more information no 2
Gunderson, June Z. Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tapes for more information no 2
Gunning, Laura 08/05/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Rancho Hotel, Personal History, Environment, State Activities no 1
Gunty, Morty Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Gusewelle, Juanita 03/06/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske WWI and WWII, Effects of Great Depression, Nellis Air Force Base, USO, Helldorado, Banking, Politics yes 1
Gust, Ruth 03/10/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Culinary Union, Hoover Dam, African Americans in Las Vegas no 1
Gutzman, Sharon 03/20/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history: Helldorado, Sahara Hotel, School System, UNLV, Real Estate, Sands Hotel, Airport/Hughes Terminal no 1
Guzman, Alfred 03/01/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Public relations, Entertainment goals, Philosophy on Public Relations and Hotels, Contrast of Reno and Las Vegas, Changes in Gambling Industry, Effects of Accountants no 1
Habbart, Mary E. 02/28/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske US Marshals, Celebrities (Clark Gable), Howard Hughes, First Casinos, Politics, Mormons, Myron Leavitt, Contrast of Economic climate of Nevada, Personal History, Environment no 1
Habber, Mary 03/09/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Testing, Politics, Family History no 1
Hackett, Buddy 02/13/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Hackett, Buddy 09/24/1975 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Hackett, Buddy 08/11/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Hackett, Buddy Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Hadland, Lawrence 02/24/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Military, Airport, Bob Baskin, City Planning, Old Ranch, Transportation no 1
Haffen, Ken 03/14/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Pahrump, X-15 testing, Kellogg Ranch, Environmental conditions no 2
Hager twins 05/21/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Haggard, David and Mabel 02/23/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske NAACP, Military Service, African Americans in Military, World War II, West Side of Las Vegas yes 0
Haggard, Mary Lucile 06/22/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Union Pacific Railroad, Politics, Agriculture, Population growth, Changes in Economic climate, Hoover Dam, Cweol (Native American) no 0
Haggard, Merle 02/19/1969 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Haggart, Bob 09/05/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Haggerty, Susan & Kirk, Lance 02/10/2010 Voices of the Historic John S. Park Sarah Haggerty and Lance Kirk are a married couple who both are from Nevada. Sarah's paternal grandparents lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood. Sarah is a marriage and family therapist and Lance is an architectural consultant. They live in the Marycrest Neighborhood yes 0
Haines, John 03/25/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gambling Industry, Personal History, The Elks Social Club, Politics, Environmental changes, Old Frontier's "91 Club", Wilbur Clark yes 0
Hale, Blair Dr. 06/16/2008 Heart to Heart:: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.H236.A3 2009 Dr. Blair Hale has been practicing dentistry in Las Vegas for over thirty years. He also teaches at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas dental clinic one day a week. He also talks about the future of health care in Las Vegas yes 0
Haley, Bill 09/01/1972 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Halko, Sally 03/11/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Ancestry, Education, Las Vegas in the 40's, Personal History, Casino Construction, Red Rock Canyon, Mining Transportation no 1
Hall, Ashley 5/24/2010 Boyer Early LV OHP Information about the early city, Mormon church, Old Mormon Fort yes 0
Hall, Harry 06/20/1980 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride See Cassette Tapes for more information no 2
Halls, Lon 06/10/2003 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Entertainment. Radio City Music Hall, The Lido Show, The Stardust's role in city entertainment, Las Vegas pop culture yes 3
Halverson, 09/21/2004 Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Ham, Art Local Oral History Project-Roske Law, Philanthropy, State Bar Committee, Wills and Trusts no 3
Hamblin, Guy 02/22/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Railroads, Atomic Testing, Hoover Dam, Jim Cashman, Old Ranch, Blue Diamond, Politics no 1
Hamblin, Judith L. 03/30/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nellis Air Force Base, Atomic Testing, Old Fort, Henderson no 1
Hamiliton, Rose 02/20/2007 Class of 64 Rose Hamilton and friends gathered to talk about the black experience in high school, living in Berkley Square, community, and family yes 5
Hamilton, Alice 12/30/1986 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride See Cassette Tape for more information yes 1
Hamilton, Doris 10/07/2003 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 1
Hamilton, Sara T. 02/21/1972 Hotels (Tropicana), Las Vegas in the 30's no 0
Hammond, John 02/18/1969 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Hammond, Lena Falvey 07/09/1979 Gold field, Manhattan, NY, Social Life and Customs in NV no 0
Hampton, Lionel 06/11/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Hancock, Hunter 10/17/97 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Hancock, Myrtle 02/26/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Ranch Life. Personal History, Helldorado, Backstage Wardrobe Attendant no 1
Hanlon, Ken 06/06/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Trombone Wkshp no 1
Hanlon, Ken 11/29/2006 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project Ken Hanlon is a trombonist. He went on the road with Si Zentner's orchestra, then played in many of the Strip hotels. In 1970 he was hired as chair of the UNLV music department. Today he still teaches one course, is president of the Las Vegas chapter of the International Trombone Association, and runs the Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center yes 3
Hannah, Don 11/17/1997 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Hannifin, Phil Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Hanning-Kellar, Flora 03/27/1981 Schools in Mesquite Virgin River flood, Mesquite, Poetry, Family History no 1
Hansen, Lin 04/30/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske Effects of World War II, Family History, Environmental changes, Government yes 1
Hansley, C.E. Local Oral History Project-Roske Mining, Tonopah, See tape for more information no 1
Hanson, Mrs. Bess (Jack) 02/25/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Hanson, William 03/05/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Howard Hughes, African Americans in Las Vegas, Social Classes, Old Ranch, Hotel Entertainment no 1
Hardin, Gus Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Hardin, Gus June 1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Hardy, Jack H. 09/28/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mining in Good Springs, Union Pacific Railroads, Economic shifts, Gambling, Great Depression, Hoover Dam no 0
Harlan, Shirley 11/17/2006 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 8
Harmon, Harley 04/14/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Harmon, Harley E. 01/02/1974 LV Review Journal First 100 Military, Politics, Insurance Business, Nevada State Bank, Banking, Clark County Commissioners no 3
Harney, Kathleen 07/19/2010 Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood Kathleen and Tim Harney moved to the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1975, about ten years after moving to Las Vegas from Ohio. Kathleen was a high school teacher and taught English and journalism. Tim Harney and their eldest daughter, Kimberly Harney-Moore, have also participated in this oral history project yes 0
Harney, Timothy 06/04/2010 Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood Tim Harney moved to Las Vegas in 1965 to take a teaching position at Rancho High School. He and his family lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood from 1973 to around 1987 yes 0
Harris, Bunny 02/28/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Elks Club, Atomic Testing, Railroads, McCarren Airport, Hotels, Howard Hughes, Helldorado, Urban Planning, Las Vegas Emblem Club no 1
Harris, Ida 03/25/2004 , 05/05/1976 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Entertainment, Great Depression, Prohibition, Block 16, Ranches in Las Vegas area no 2
Harris, Otis R. Jr. 07/15/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project] Otis Harris grew up in Las Vegas during a time of racial change. He worked for the convention and visitors authority, worked on economic development for West Las Vegas, and served as an Assemblyman. His wife Sylvia "Tisha" Harris worked as a teacher in Las Vegas for 29 years. They remain active in the community and operate Unibex Global Corporation yes 0
Harrison, Bob 11/07/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Hart, Larry 11/29/1989 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Hart, Vince 02/21/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Background in Soccer and Coaching, Personal History, Youth Soccer in Nevada no 0
Harter, Carol 04/19/2007 UNLV-President Infrastructure of UNLV no 2
Harter, Carol 4/20/2007 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.H37 2007 Carol Harter had been president of SUNY Geneseo in New York, and in 1995 she accepted the presidency of UNLV. The new library, the law school, and the dental school were built during her presidency, and over 550 million dollars in gifts and pledges was raised. yes 0
Harteson, Leon 1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Hartley, Linda 03/10/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Environment, Social Unrest, Boulder (Hoover) Dam, Celebrities, Atomic Testing, Crime, Mafia, Population increase, Red Rock Theater no 1
Harvell, Beverly Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Harwell, Vivian 02/27/1979 Life in Las Vegas 1946-1979 Gaming, Atomic Testing, Politics, Education, Hotel Development, Indian Colony, Medical Industry no 1
Hasilef, Alex Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Hatch, Ethel S. 11/24/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske History of early Las Vegas no 1
Haughaboo, Joseph L. 04/01/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske History of Las Vegas, Gaming Industry no 1
Hausch, Mary 04/07/2009 Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood Mary Hausch moved to Las Vegas in 1971. She was a reporter at the Las Vegas review-journal and worked her way up to become the first woman city editor and managing editor of the paper but was passed over to become editor. She later taught journalist at UNLV. She married Bob Coffin. They bought the Gubler House in the John S. Park Neighborhood and Mary has worked on the effort to have that neigborhood designated a historic neighborhood yes 0
Hausebeck, Kate 2/03/2010 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood Kate Hausbeck Korgan came to Las Vegas to teach sociology at UNLV in 1995 and moved to the John S. Park Neighborhood a few years later. Her house was built by the Gambles in 1936, is the second house built in the neighborhood, and is the only inhabited adobe house in Las Vegas yes 0
Hawkins, Bonnie 11/2/2009 Boyer Early LV OHP NV Test Site, Education, General LV history yes 0
Hawkins, Mrs. Mary 06/22/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Hawkins, Pam Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Hawley, Lawrence 03/13/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming, Environment, Hoover Dam, Growth of Las Vegas, Housing, Military, Hotel Development, Education, Law Practice no 1
Hawley, Stephen 06/24/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske EG&G (Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc.) no 1
Hayden, Don E. 03/11/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education in Nevada no 1
Hayes, Grace 05/28/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Hayes, Grace 05/28/1986 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Hayes, Karen 03/03/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Federal Control of Gaming, Metro Police Dept, Family's Assembly Seat (District 13), Sagebrush Rebellion, Politics no 1
Hayes, Keith Casper 02/27/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Attended John S. Park School, Las Vegas High School Class of 1950, Lackland Air Base, Tonopah, Atomic Testing, Chairman Assembly Judiciary Committee, Ran for Assembly District 13, Nevada Legislature no 0
Hayes, Leander Fields 03/13/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Entertainment in Las Vegas, Hotel Industry, Famous Entertainers, Personal History and start up business, Influence of the microphone no 1
Hayes, Peter Lind 04/02/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Hayes, Peter Lind 05/29/1986 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Hays, Joan 02/13/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske See Cassette Tape for more informaton no 1
Hazard, Ruth 03/08/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Testing, Politics, Las Vegas history, Hoover Dam, Impact of the Gangsters, Ted Carvilleelected Gov., Baker and Hazard Inc, Great Depression no 3
Hazard, Ruth E. (Mrs.) 03/10/1981 Boulder City, Politics, Effects of World War II, Nellis Air Force Base, Radio Stations in Las Vegas no 2
Heard, Lomie 02/09/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education in Las Vegas, Nellis area, Atomic Testing, Effects of Gaming Industry no 1
Heatherton, Joey Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 4
Heberting, Sheila P. 8/1/2006 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP Dancer, early LV culture yes 2
Hecht, Chic. 04/02/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Testing, Military, Business and Politics, Taxes, Effect of Gambling, Involvement with the CIA, Role as Senator no 1
Hecht, Mayer Jacob "Chic" 04/02/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, 1945-1972. Activities within the local Jewish community. Narrator was a Nevada State Senator. Leisure activities. Memory of atomic bomb testing. Charles Pember “Pop” Squires (aka “the Father of Las Vegas”) and his wife, Delphine “Mom” Squires. Narrator owned and worked in a downtown clothing shop from 1954. Changes in the downtown area: opening in 1971 of the Union Plaza hotel-casino- “a turning for downtown.” Military career during the Korean War: intelligence agent. Nevada’s tax base. Types of customers: tourists. [No file] no 1
Heckethorn, Howard 03/02/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Education System in Las Vegas, Howard Hughes, Influence of the Mob, Politics, Helldorado no 2
Heers, Carol Dean 02/20/1972 Gangster Era of Las Vegas, Population Growth no 0
Heffti, Neal Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Heher, Marie 03/01/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City, Henderson, College in Reno, Helldorado, Personal History, Airport, Education System in Las Vegas no 1
Heibock, Joe Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Helmick, Shirley 05/12/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Personal History, Education, Property adn Wealth achievements, Church membership no 1
Helms, William 03/04/1980 Education in Las Vegas Development of Education system in Nevada, Classroom structure, Dropout rates, Social Groups, Teachers Union no 1
Henderson, Albert Scott 12/03/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early years and education, Eureka, NV, State Government, Law Practice, Politics, Kiwanni Club, Membership with Nevada State and American Bar Association no 0
Henderson, Essie (see Beal) 10/23/2007 History of the 1970's Welfare Rights Movement leader yes 1
Henderson, James 09/06/1995 Dancer See Cassette Tape for more information no 2
Hendrix, La Vaun 02/27/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal Family History, Activities at Helldorado, Changes at University of Nevada, Environmental changes, Travels throughout Nevada, Aerospace Convention, Entertainment, Changes in Nevada School System no 1
Hendrix, Robert Dr.(Holbert) 02/20/1979 Early Las Vegas Changes at UNLV, Old Ranch and Prostitution, Issues with State Government, Personal History and Teaching Background no 1
Henick, Steven 03/03/2006 Educator no 1
Henley, Larry 05/23/2007 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 2
Henry, Audrey June Taylor 02/26/2010 Boyer Las vegas Oral History Project CT247 .H45 2007 Audrey "June" Taylor Henry danced in a wide variety of countries for 30 years. She danced in Las Vegas sometimes and moved here in 1992. Audrey also did choreography and was a radio news broadcaster and has written a book with the title The sound of applause, that describes "how minorities used carnivals as a vehicle to find a better life". Her parents were members of the Brownskin Models, a touring carnival show in the mid-1930s yes 0
Henry, Pat 10/31/1975 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Frank Sinatra Show no 1
Henry, Ted 04/03/2011 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
Henshaw, Donna 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Old Elk's Parade, Cost of Living in Nevada, Personal History, Changes in Las Vegas, Religion no 1
Herman, Woody 01/27/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Herst, Jack 03/17/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gambling industry, Ceasars Hotel and Casino no 1
Hess, Harrie Fox 02/26/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal History-"Vegas Bill", Education (UNR, Las Vegas HS, Univ. of Colorado), Social Climate, Gambling Industry and Entertainment, Politics (Young Democrats), Baseball Teams (LV Wranglers), Atomic Testing, Old Ranch, Boulder (Hoover) Dam no 1
Hesse, Mrs. Fred 02/05/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, See Cassette Tape for more information no 1
Hexum, Jon Eric 10/08/1983 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Hexum, Jon Eric Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Hicks, Dee 05/04/2008 Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.H47A3 20009 Dee Hicks worked as a nurse and an administrator at Sunrise Hospital. She also does volunteer work and works on issues having to do with nursing yes 0
Hicks, Harriet 10/28/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Harriet Thornton Hicks was a child of a pioneer family in Parowan, Utah. She moved to Las Vegas in 1931 yes 0
Hicks, Pamela Carlos 02/16/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Envitonment, Beatles, Vegas history, Atomic Testing no 1
Higbee, Vaughn M. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Hilbrecht, N.T. 07/02/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Law Politics WWII no 1
Hilbrecht, Norman Ty 08/29/2000 State Assemblyman-BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Las Vegas history yes 2
Hill, Buddy (Schillinger) 05/01/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Hill, Charlotte 05/04/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .H54 2007 Charlotte Hill is a Las Vegas community volunteer who founded the Friends of Channel 10, Las Vegas Summer Camp Fund, and the Voluntary Action Center (now known as HELP of Southern Nevada). She has also worked with the Frontier Girl Scout Council, United Way, and the Home of the Good Shepherd Auxiliary. She also works as a fashion consultant with the Carlisle Collection Notes Includes index yes 0
Hill, Dan 03/11/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history, Atomic testing no 1
Hindon, Alan September 30 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Muriel Stevens no 1
Hines, Mike Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Hines, Mime Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Hinkley, Dan 10/15/1999 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 7
Hinson, Bill (William) 02/21/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Hinton, Milt 09/02/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Lamont Patterson no 1
Hirsch, Charles J. 10/09/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske No Tape - Hand Written Interview yes 0
Hltam, Herbert & Erma 02/07/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Hoban, Edyth Hess 03/11/2000 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 3
Hobbart, Mary E. 07/15/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Hobbs, Steve 02/17/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Sports Olympian Education no 1
Hocker, Mary 04/05/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nursing Las Vegas history no 1
Hodo, David 03/19/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Hodson, Chester A. Jr. 03/04/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske $.49 Breakfast, Politics, Las Vegas history no 1
Hoesly, Marlen J. 03/21/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Military gaming Habits no 1
Hoffman, Ben Frank Jr. 0900/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Hogan, James L. 03/11/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Grazing and the use of Public Lands; Col. TW Miller Stewart Ranch Boulder Dam no 2
Hoggard, J. David Summer 2000, 02/23/1977 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Las Vegas history, Blacks in Las Vegas no 12
Hoggard, Verlia Davis 3/15/2012 AfAm Collaborative - LV Balck Experience Education, work in Las Vegas - social work, Economic Opportunity Board info, social organizations yes 0
Holder, Thomas 08/08/2006 UNLV yes 1
Holder, Thomas Dr. 08/08/2006 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.H64 2007 Dr. Thomas Holder started teaching in the art department at UNLV in 1971. Today he chairs the art department, is working on a self-study for accreditation with the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, and works on his own artistic endeavors yes 0
Holland, Mrs. Fred (Velma) 04/16/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City BR Rangers no 1
Hollingsworth, Howard E. 02/23/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mormon Fort Gaming Ranches no 1
Holloway, Loretta 03/26/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Holloway, Loretta 02/17/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Holmes, Helen Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Holmes, Neil 02/12/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Holmes, Neil H. 01/14/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Holt, Barry 02/11/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Environment Education Politics no 2
Holt, Vaughan 02/22/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Railroads Pollution no 1
Hood, Albert M. 06/16/1998 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 4
Hopkins, A. D. 02/26/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Horden, Elinor 02/13/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Entertainment in the 50's no 1
Horden, Nancy 02/26/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, personal history no 1
Horne, Lena Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mark Curtis no 1
Horseley, Marie 06/13/2007 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35 H678 2010 Marie Horseley married her husband in 1944, and they moved to Las Vegas and settled in the John S. Park Neighborhood. Marie still lives in the same home yes 0
Horsford, Steven 8/19/2011 AfAm Collaborative - Black Experience in LV Early life in Las Vegas, Ecucation, high school interests, how he met his wife yes 0
Hotchkiss, Gene 06/27/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Law Enforcement no 1
Houck, John L. 01/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Law enforcement, Police no 1
Houghton, Fred B. 02/09/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Water Dept. no 1
Houldsworth, J. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Houser, Virginia 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Pop entertainment, Las Vegas history no 1
Houssels, J. K., Sr. 11/12/1975 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Houssels, J. R. Sr. 11/25/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Howard, Jack 02/27/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mining Las Vegas history no 2
Howard, Russell 10/01/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Howell, Kathryn 2003 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Howell, Robert 02/26/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mormon Fort Atomic Testing no 1
Hrushowy, Jillian 09/26/1995 Dancer yes 2
Huber, Peggy 03/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history Atomic Testing no 1
Huddy, John Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Huffey, Paul 02/02/2010 Voices of the Historic John S. Park Paul Heffey was born in Las Vegas in 1938. He and his family moved to the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1947. His father worked on the construction of Hoover Dam, and Paul worked at Ronzoni's Department Store when he was in high school. Paul graduated from University of Nevada, Reno and taught history at Basic High School in Henderson for nine years. Michael Mack lived near Paul, and they are about the same age yes 0
Huffman, Alma Athella 03/02/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Bunkerville no 1
Hughes, Francis 02/23/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mesquite no 1
Hughes, Howard 04/08/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: (Will) no 1
Hughes, Maggie 02/07/2005 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Hughes, Margaret Ellen February 7, 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
Hughes, Pearl 02/11/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas Entertainment Atomic Testing Kennedy no 1
Hull, Dorothy Haywood August 25, 2009 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
Humbly, Gail 02/25/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mormon Early Las Vegas history no 1
Humperdinck, Engelbert Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Humperdinck, Engelbert 02/19/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Hunt, Catherine 03/02/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Hunter, Harold R. 03/19/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal history no 1
Hunter, Tab 04/01/1985 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Hurtado, Al 12/02/2003 Blue Diamond yes 2
Hurtado, Alfred C. December 2, 2003 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
Hurtado, Mary 12/02/2003 Blue Diamond yes 2
Hurtado, Mary C. August 23, 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 3
Hurtado, Mary C. December 3, 2003 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
Hutton, Thomas S. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Hyman, Stanley 03/10/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas Down Race Track Howard Hughes no 1
Iaconis, Stella 07/22/1981, 02/26/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Spring Ranch, Ranch life, personal history no 4
Igert, Dick & Lee 02/26/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada State History no 1
Imprecia, Joanne 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Innis, Midge 05/08/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
INXS 08/26/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford no 1
Irwin, Stan 2003 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Ishman, W. Dean 7/2/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - NAACP Segment Activities during his term as NAACP president yes 0
Isola, Alfred, 03/15/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Iverson, Mervin R. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Jackson Family 02/18/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford no 1
Jackson, Ernest 03/01/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Jackson, Ivan Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Jackson, Sally 03/02/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Ca Okey Las Vegas history no 1
Jackson, Shirley 01/13/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Jacobs, Essie Shelton 02/11/1996 Women in Gaming & Entertainment yes 2
Jaffee, Eddie 09/19/1969 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
James, Bob Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford no 1
James, Dennis W. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
James, John Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
James, Maxine 03/02/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
James, Virginia 10/26/2004 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Texas Copa Girl at Sands Hotel yes 10
James,John Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 3
Jarlson, Alan 06/04/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 3
Jarwood, Artie Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Jasmin, DeeDee 03/19/1988 Local Oral History Project-Roske yes 3
Jauregui, Charles Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Jazz Panel Discussion Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Jeffers, Neil 02/26/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske UNLV no 1
Jeffrey, John E. 04/01/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal history no 1
Jeffries, Herb Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Jeffries, Herb 06/13/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Jeffries, Herb 05/05/2004 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Jenkins, Gordon 01/30/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Jenkins, Thelma 10/15/1985 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nursing no 1
Jenne, Floyd 03/16/1981 & 04/04/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City McGill Environment Nevada history, Boulder City McGill no 2
Jennings, Waylon 08/08/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Jimenez, Henry 05/23/2006 UNLV yes 2
Jimenez, Henry 05/23/2006 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.J54 2007 Henry Jimenez graduated from UNLV in 2006. While he was here, he joined the first Latino fraternity, served as a senator for two years, and served on many committees no 0
Jimenez, Richardo 09/18/2005 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 2
Johann, Kenneth 03/01/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history Small Business no 1
Johnson, Ann 03/13/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal history UNLV no 1
Johnson, Bernice 02/21/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Johnson, Frank 02/21/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming, Howard Hughes no 2
Johnson, Joan 03/25/1978, 03/28/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Entertainment, early Las Vegas history no 1
Johnson, Judy 02/22/2007 Texas Copa Girl yes 2
Johnson, Keith 06/03/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Johnson, Lubertha 02/10/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Black history, Blacks in Las Vegas no 4
Johnson, Michael 02/15/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Johnson, Ray 1974, 10/03/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Johnson, Steve 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Blacks in Las Vegas no 1
Johnson, Val Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Johnson, Viola 03/12/1996 Women in Gaming & Entertainment no 1
Johnston, Vennis 06/19/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Jones, Bill 10/17/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Jones, Cathy 03/12/1978, 05/08/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Air Force, Blacks in Las Vegas no 2
Jones, Clifford, Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Jones, Flora 07/19/2007 UNLV no 2
Jones, Herbert 04/03/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Prohibition, Protitution Nevada history no 2
Jones, Jack 03/17/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Jones, Jack January, 1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Jones, Jack 12/05/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Jones, Jack 10/18/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Jones, Jan 03/26/1998 Las Vegas Mayor no 1
Jones, Jim 10/28/2002 UNLV no 2
Jones, Jonah Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Jones, Judith Lee Johnson 02/22/2007 Boyer Early Las vegas Oral History Project The Houston Chronicle sponsored a contest that added the Texas Copa girls to the showgirls in the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel and Casino. In 1958 one of the winners was seventeen-year-old Judith Lee Johnson. She went to college and received an education degree and also became Miss Houston. Four years later she went back to being a showgirl at the Sands and performed in the Elvis movie Viva Las Vegas. She also had a twenty-nine-year career in education and now lives in Virginia yes 0
Jones, Mazie Martin 11/13/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Hospital no 1
Jones, Quincy 03/04/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Jones, Todd 1/07/2010 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood Todd Jones arrived in Las Vegas in 1991 to become a professor of philosophy at UNLV. He bought a home in the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1991 yes 0
Jones, Tom 1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Jones, Tom 09/18/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Jones, Willie 03/05/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Blacks in Las Vegas no 1
Jordan, Marie 03/20/1978, 02/27/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder Dam, Personal history, Las Vegas history no 2
Jordan, Odell C. 03/15/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Joseph, Katherine 10/25/2004 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Dancer who danced in Paris with Josephine Baker. Worked at the Moulin Rouge during its heyday. yes 2
Kabay, Gillian 06/28/1996 Dancer yes 1
Kadin, Madeline F. 03/08/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Testing, Ranch Life no 1
Kagafas, Yorgo 1/14/2010 Vocies of the Historic John S. Park neighborhood Yorgo Kagafas became an urban planner for the City of Las Vegas in 1999, and his job was to implement the neighborhood planning process. He moved into the John S. Park Neighborhood and led the homeowners in that neighborhood through the neighborhood planning process yes 0
Kahn, Donald 12/10/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Kahn, Sammy 11/14/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Kahn, Sammy 05/19/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Kaltenborn, Robert 04/07/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 3
Kaminski, Daniel 03/14/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming Dealers no 1
Kane, Kimo 06/23/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Kantner, Paul Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: (Jefferson Starship) no 1
Kaplan, Gabe 07/13/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Kasper, Julie Rae Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Katz, Edythe 03/01/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Jewish, Ralph Denton, Atomic Testing, Integration of movie theatres yes 1
Kaufman, Andy 04/22/1983 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Kaufman, Jim 06/18/1996 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 1
Kay, Leslie 08/24/1983 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Kay, Loreta Show Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Kay, Mary Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Kay, Monte 02/19/1969 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Kaye, Barbara 12/6/2011 Boyer Early LV OHP Life making music in Las Vegas, the life and times of Norman Kaye yes 0
Kaye, Loreta 02/27/1997 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 2
Kaye, Loreta Entertainment 05/04/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Kaye, Norman Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Kaysing, Bill Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Keefe, Mrs. Dorothy 02/22/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Keenan, Patrick 02/28/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Keith, Ray 03/03/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Kelch, Laura Belle 08/02/2000 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 2
Kelch, Laura Belle 08/02/2000 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Laura Belle Kelch was a water colorist, an art teacher, a patron of the arts, a scout leader, and a person who was very active in community organizations. She and her husband Maxwell Kelch founded the first radio station in Las Vegas, KENO yes 0
Kelepecz, Dolly 04/29/2010 Boyer Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .K44 2007 Dolly Kelepecz has been a ballet dancer, a performer in a circus, and a showgirl and dancer in Las Vegas, especially in the Lido at the Stardust. She has also been a model, a Pilates instructor, and she teaches a class at UNLV. Dolly also ran the Opus Dance ensemble yes 0
Kellar, Charles Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Kelley, Carl F. 05/02/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske CCC Camp Boulder City 1930's no 1
Kellog, Anne 7/25/2007 Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35K44 2010 Anne Kellogg's parents set up thier first home in the John S. Park Neighborhood and continued to live in the same neighborhood even though they moved to larger houses. She is a freelance journalist and owns a stationery store in the Holsum Lofts in downtown Las Vegas yes 0
Kellog, Charles M. 10/03/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Kelly, Allan M. 03/28/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Kelly, Charlotte 04/04/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Kelly, Darlene 03/16/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Stwart Ranch, Las Vegas history 40's and 50'5 no 1
Kelly, Fiona Dr. 03/21/2009 Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.K44.A3 2009 Dr. Fiona Kelley was a cover dancer in Hallelujah Hollywood! at the MGM in Las Vegas. She is licensed in massage and became an acupuncturist and a herbalist yes 0
Kelly, Kevin 11/10/2000 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 9
Kelly, Laura 02/27/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Kelsey, William 01/20/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mines Early March Shops no 1
Kelsy, Mrs. Dorothy 01/20/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Kemple, Clifford 04/04/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Goodsprings Las Vegas history no 1
Kennedy, Janet 9/7/2011 Boyer Early LV OHP - Shake Rattle & Roll Life in Las Vegas with husband working at NTS yes 0
Kerkorian, Kirk The First 100 Las Vegas Review no 2
Kerr, Kenny 05/29/2001 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 5
Kerr, Kenny Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Kerr, Kenny 06/17/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Kerschner, Joan see (Gould) 10/27/2005 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 3
Kershaw, Doug 3/9/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Kershaw, Doug 05/29/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Kessler, Danny March 20 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Kesterson, Lorna 10/18/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City Nevada 1843-44 no 1
Kesterson, Robert 10/24/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City, early Las Vegas history no 1
Kethen, Vincent 12/23/2009 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood Vincent Kethen was born in 1964 in Las Vegas, the year that desegregation of schools started here. He talks about his experiences as an African-American child being bused to a white school, John S. Park Elementary. He also talks about growing up in that era and now giving back to the community by being a youth basketball coach yes 0
Keuser, Kustin (Kaiser) 10/00/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Key, Alice 03/24/1997 Las Vegas women in gaming and entertainment F850.N4K49 1998 Las Vegas Women in Gaming and Entertainment Oral History Project, Department of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas yes 5
Key, Hugh 02/21/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Keyes, Autum 02/26/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Lost City Mormon no 1
Kieser, Mary B. 02/27/1979 Education in Las Vegas Education no 1
Kilburg, Juanita 03/07/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada History no 1
Kim, SooJa 02/12/1996 Women in Gaming & Entertainment no 3
Kincaid, Mary 02/29/1980 World Fair Ranch Life no 1
Kine, Joe 12/19/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early days Boulder City no 1
Kine, Joseph 04/29/1975 and 02/14/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City, Hoover Dam no 4
Kine, Mildred 04/07/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
King, Alan Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
King, Alan 06/12/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
King, Alan 11/07/1975 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
King, B. B. 01/29/1978 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
King, B.B. 01/12/1996 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
King, B.B. 12/01/1975 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
King, Elliot 10/20/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
King, Larry Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
King, Sonny 02/12/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Kingston Trio 01/07/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Gwen Castaldi no 1
Kirby, George 09/11/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Kirkland, Barbera 11/12/2004 AfAm Collaborative - LV Black Experience Early educator, worked at the Westside School with Mabel Hoggard, founder of La Femme Douze yes 2
Kirsh-Baum, Irvine 02/23/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming Board no 1
Kirwood, Louise 02/28/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Atomic Testing no 1
Klinken, Donald Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Knapp, Robert F. 03/10/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Politics Gambling no 1
Knausse, Herb (W/R/ ConNors) 04/29/1976 and 02/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Camp Wilson no 2
Kneeland, Diane 5/19/2010 Boyer Early LV OHP yes 0
Kneoki, Robert 03/18/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Knight, Gladys & Pips Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Knight, Gladys & Pips Novermber 1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Knight, Gladys & Pips 06/15/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Knighten, Madeline Taylor 09/17/1974 and 11/16/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada History 1932-42 no 2
Knowles, Darville Dr. 10/09/2008/ 11/05/2008 Heart to Heart:: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.K56.A3 2009 Dr. Darville Knowles is an African-American physician who settled in Las Vegas in 1982 and has a practice at Sunrise Hospital yes 0
Knowles, Margo 03/25/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Blacks in Nevada no 1
Knuckles, Luella 02/28/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Blacks in Nevada no 1
Knudson, K. Oscar Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal History Transportation no 3
Korgan, Kate Hausback John S. Park UNLV, walkable neighborhood, controversy, knowing neighbors yes 0
Kovell, Hank 09/06/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske Moulin Rouge no 1
Krantz, Kim 03/01/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history yes 2
Kreuzer, Mary F. 12/15/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Kunkel, Richard 11/06/2002 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 2
Kutash, Jeff Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 2
Kwon, Myoung-ja Lee 09/03/2004 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Myoung-ja Lee Kwon was born in Korea and moved to the United States after she graduated from Seoul National University and married. She earned a master's degree in library science at Brigham Young University and began her professional career as a cataloger at University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries. She was promoted to media librarian, systems librarian, and finally associate dean. Myoung-ja also served as interim dean. She retired in 2001 and took the position of dean of libraries at the Hayward campus of California State University, East Bay, retiring in 2008. She now serves as a lecturer and discussion leader with the Fullbright Senior Specialist Program yes 10
La Buda, James Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Lackey, Howard 07/27/2004 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Laine, Frankie Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 3
Laine, Frankie 01/31/1971 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Lake, Mrs. (R.E. & Tom Feb. 1951 Las Vegas History no 1
Lake, Robert E. 09/27/1975 Las Vegas History no 2
Lamas, Lorenzo 04/01/1985 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Lamb, Bill 06/29/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Lamb, Darwin 07/25/1972 and 10/25/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Lamb, Floyd 02/01/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Lamb, Marion Paris 06/21/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Lancaster, James 03/04/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Testing no 1
Lance, Kirk 2/2/2010 Voices of the Historic JASP Neighborhood History of community, discussion of long-time residents, political activism, campaigns to clean the community, what community means. yes 0
Lane, Burton 09/28/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Langston, Esther 02/22/2005 UNLV yes 2
Langston, Murray 03/19/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Langston, Murray 04/22/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Lanier, Virginia T. 03/16/1981 Oral History Project Nevada history no 1
Lano, Joe Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
LaPlante, Helen F. 10/08/2003 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 1
Lappin, Joe 03/04/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Lappin, Patricia 02/26/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history, Hoover Dam no 1
Larkin, Dan Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Larkin, Ivan S. 04/05/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history, Atomic testing no 1
LaRue, Florence 09/25/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Last night at Jimmy Ryan's 08/15/1962 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Laub, Bill 10/20/2004 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 3
Laughlin, Don Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
LaVoie, Joseph 02/26/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada History no 1
Lawrence, Clarence Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Lawrence, Mal Z. 08/27/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Lawrence, Ron 06/22/1997 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 12
Lawrence, Steve & Edyie 10/03/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Lawrence, Steve & Eydie 10/03/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Lawrence, Steve & Eydie 08/21/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Lawson, Rose 07/26/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Layne, Bruce 06/18/2004/07/13/2004/07/20/2004 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .L38 2007 Bruce Layne moved to Las Vegas in 1955 when he was 10. Two of his best friends were Governor Bob Miller and Tito Tiberti. He later went on to become president of Layne & Associates, the largest insurance agency in Nevada. Bruce discusses life in Las Vegas, his having Parkinson's disease, his advice for living a good life, his running for lieutenant governor, Basic Magnesium, and his insurance business yes 5
Layton, Anna June 12/04/2003 Blue Diamond no 2
Layton, Anna June December 4, 2003 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
Lazer, Rick 10/08/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Leavitt, Arden & Wilverna 10/30/2012 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 0
Leavitt, Calvin March 9, 2007 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
Leavitt, Carol L. Blue Diamond no 2
Leavitt, Edith 02/07/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Teaching Nevada history no 1
Leavitt, Gene 02/28/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Leavitt, Jack K. 02/28/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Leavitt, Joy Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Leavitt, Myron E. 03/14/1978 and 01/25/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Highway Department, Nevada history, Nevada history Law practice no 3
Leavitt, Patsy 04/07/2005 and 03/17/1976 Blue Diamond Las Vegas history, Downtown no 3
Leavitt, Patsy April 7, 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 0
Leavitt, Relda W. 03/18/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Demise of St. Thomas Boulder City no 1
Leavitt, Ruby C. 11/30/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Leavitt, Shirley 03/25/2004 Blue Diamond no 2
Leavitt, Shirley A. March 25, 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 0
Leavitt, Wendell 07/15/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
LeClair, Louise 03/21/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Flu Epidemic of 1918, Nevada history no 1
LeCoque, Fluff 05/05/1992 Dancer yes 2
LeCoque, Fluff 03/03/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Black Entertianers on the strip no 1
Lee, Doris Shoong 01/03/2004 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 2
Lee, Jackie 07/08/2004 Copa Dancer yes 2
Lee, Lester 09/04/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Lees, Rena 03/19/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
LeFevre, Ellis 03/01/1978 Boulder Dam-Prohibition no 2
Legere, LeMoyne 03/17/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Lehman, Jack 10/24/2007 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 4
Lempe, Ellen 03/23/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Lenz, Bernie 04/03/2000 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 7
Leo, Mary 02/27/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas History no 1
Leon, Michael 04/16/1984 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Lermusioux, Al 03/09/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada, Boulder City, Henderson History no 1
Leveque, Dr. Nancy 07/03/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Vetinarian no 1
Levine, Jack 06/28/2007 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood Jack LeVine talks about being a real estate agent and a gay man in Las Vegas since he moved here as a young adult in the 1980s. He and his partner have lived in a Mid-Centry Modern home since the mid-1990s, and he is knowledgeable about the history of the Las Vegas community and of the individual neighborhoods including John S. Park yes 0
Levinson, Bonnie 02/17/2004 Blue Diamond no 6
Levinson, Bonnie Gene February 11, 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
Levy, Al 02/23/1979 and 03/08/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history; Jewish Discrimination Las Vegas history no 2
Lewin, Henry Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Lewis, Daniel 02/27/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Lewis, Jerry Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Lewis, Jerry 07/09/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Lewis, Jerry 07/29/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Lewis, John F. 03/12/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Clark Dairy Moapa Valley no 1
Lewis, Leo 11/26/1984 Las Vegas History no 2
Lewis, Maureen 03/17/2006 Katrina no 2
Lewis, Maxine 02/20/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Leypoldt, W.E. Butch 04/01/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Lias, Robert H. 03/02/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Liberace Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Liberace, Dora 01/12/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Ligouri, Steven 1/20/2010 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood Steven Ligouri is a sculptor who worked making jewelery in his father's business. He made the statue High Scaler at Hoover Dam. He lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood and also on a family farm in North Las Vegas and in Boulder City. He has now moved back to the John S. Park Neighborhood yes 0
Lilly, Polly F. 03/28/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Sen. McCarthy no 1
Lindell, Blake 01/12/2006 Tap Dancing no 2
Lindell, Jack 02/24/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Lindenberg, Vivian 02/25/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nursing no 2
Lindesmith, Marian 03/17/1984 Local Oral History Project-Roske Henderson Housing no 2
Lindley, George (Guber) 05/30/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Lindley, Goober 05/30/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Lindquist, Ward 02/28/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Lionel, Fredrica 02/27/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Lipman-Brown-Lori 03/17/1978 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride no 2
Lippmann, Cynthia 12/30/2010 Blue Diamond History 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
Lipson, Benny 03/09/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada History no 1
Lisby, Lee H. 10/19/1975 - 07/10/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Lisle, Celestia A. 03/07/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Little, Rich Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 4
Little, Rich 09/13/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Little, Rich 05/18/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Little, Rich 09/25/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Little, Rich 03/03/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Little, Rich 07/22/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Little, Terry 03/30/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Locatelli, Joe 04/15/2003 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Lockette, Agnes 02/26/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education no 1
Lockette, Emery & Agnes 03/11/2005 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project] Emory Lockette is an African American engineer who moved to Boulder City, Nevada, in 1953 to work for the Bureau of Reclamation. He and his wife Agnes, who was an early childhood teacher in Las Vegas and Henderson and who also taught at UNLV, were the only African Americans in Boulder City during a time of tense race relations yes 0
Lockette, Emory 03/11/2005 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 3
Lockhart, June Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Locks, Jacqueline Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Lockwood, Chester C. 04/07/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history, Hotels no 1
Logan, Donald Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Logsdon, J.L. 03/08/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Lomprey, Ernie 07/11/1975 Oral History Project Nevada history no 1
Lomprey, Lorne 02/25/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Politics, Police, Henderson no 1
London, David 03/10/1998 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 6
Long, Daniel 02/28/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske South West Gas no 1
Long, Walter 1979 Las Vegas History - Henderson-Roske Las Vegas history no 2
Long, Walter V. 03/24/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education Las Vegas history no 1
Long, Woodrow 02/19/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education no 1
Lorenz, Clifford A. 03/11/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske-Henderson Road Traffic Gas Service Stations Owner of Hotel no 1
Loring, Gloria Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Lortz, Carms 02/26/1977 Early Las Vegas-Roske Nevada history no 1
Love, Vera 03/11/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Real Estate no 1
Lowe, Alice Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Lowe, Celesta 02/06/2002; 06/26/1980; 04/27/1996 Local Oral History Project-Roske Development of Special Collections UNLV Education no 2
Lowman, Zelvin D. 03/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada Power, Nevada Legislation no 1
Luce, Darrell 09/28/2003 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .L82 2007 Darrell Luce moved to Las Vegas with his family in 1932. He discusses the history of Las Vegas; the testing of nuclear weapons; Basic Magnesium, Incorporated; Carver Park;construction of Hoover Dam; and businesses in early downtown Las Vegas yes 3
Luciano, Mark Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP Gambling in communities yes 0
Luckman, John 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming Publishing Newspaper no 1
Ludwick, Patricia 03/30/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske High School Las Vegas Nevada no 1
Lund, Lanny R. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Lundy, Sister Marie Daniel 10/29/1985 Local Oral History Project-Roske Sister no 1
Lunsford, Eular 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Henderson Baker and Taxi Cabs no 1
Lupus, Peter 03/23/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Lurie, Arthur 04/25/1986 Oral History Project Nevada Athletic Commissioner no 1
Luzier, Cliff Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Lyden, Harry 11/30/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 2
Lyden, Harry 03/12/1999 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Schlinger lecture no 1
Lyden, Harry Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Lyles, Mary R. 03/18/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada History no 1
Lynch, Ann 05/27/2008 Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.L85 A3 2009 Ann Lynch worked with the Girl Scout program in Las Vegas in the early sixties, she worked as an administrator for Sunrise Hospital, was a community activist, and lobbied for medical issues yes 1
Lynch, Clay 06/28/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Lynn, Ester 08/24/2000 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride no 1
Lynn, Loretta Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Lytle, Larry K. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Lytle, Paul M. 12/19/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City Hoover Dam no 1
MacDonald, Herb Local Oral History Project-Roske no 3
MacDonald, Iva 03/04/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
MacEnchern, Sally 02/24/2002 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 6
MacFarlane, Jacqueline 02/04/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Jacqueline Tilman MacFarlane lived in Las Vegas in the 1930s. Her family moved and lived in rural Nevada because of the Great Depression and eventually came back to Las Vegas. She raised her children in the Fair Circle neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s and worked in various casinos. After she left the Sahara in 1977, she began selling Vanda cosmetics, which she still does yes 0
Mack, Michael John H Park Childhood memories of the area, yes 0
Mackay, Dana Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Mackey, Maureen 01/10/1998 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 6
Macpartland Marion 04/14/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Macpartland, Marion 04/14/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Madden, Louise 07/06/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history 52 no 1
Madrid, Manuel Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Maestas, Christopher Boyer Early LV OHP The Spanish, Mexican American cultures. Early Henderson development, Chicano culture in the area. yes 0
Mafalda 03/21/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Maheu, Robert Local Oral History Project-Roske no 3
Maichle, Robert W. 03/10/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Malo, Jose Alvarez Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Manchester, Melissa Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Manchester, Melissa 02/15/1996 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Mancusco, Gus 10/23/02 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Manetti, Larry Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Mangubat, Raul 02/28/1997 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 1
Manilow, Barry's father Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Manix, Helen 10/29/1974; 10/01/1972; 12/06/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Boulder City no 4
Mann, Truly McGee 03/11/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Mann, Wanda 02/03/1977 Oral History Project Nevada history 43's - no 1
Manne, Shellby 10/05/1969 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Manniz, Mrs. Helen 12/06/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Marber, Ester 07/16/1999 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Marc, Gloria 03/08/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
March, Debra 02/21/2007 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.M367 2007 Debra March attended UNLV in the 70s, then she was the deputy administrator for the Nevada Real Estate Division in Las Vegas. In 1996 she was hired by UNLV and directs the Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies. She is also a Henderson planning commissioner and vice chairman of the board of the Urban Land Institute yes 1
Marchese, Patricia & Lamar 01/06/2008 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Pat Marchese has worked as a budget analyst and as a chief lobbyist for the county, and she has created numerous art and cultural programs in Las Vegas. Lamar created many public library programs for southern Nevada and also established the first public broadcast radio station in Nevada yes 0
Marchese,Patricia 02/24/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Culture in Las Vegas no 3
Marciel, Jessica Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Margulies, Alan Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Marini, Pier 10/16/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Marino, Frank Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Mark, Stan 04/21/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Markoff, Daniel 9/11/2008 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP Trains; the industry, reburishing, and current usage yes 0
Markoff, Mike Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City Hunting no 1
Marks, Gerald 09/18/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Marks, Guy 05/06/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Marsalis, Branford September, 1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Loreta Kaye no 1
Marsh, Jim 6/5/2012 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Automobile business and statewide ownership of small casinos. yes 0
Marshall Garry Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Marshall, Agnes 9/12/2011 AfAm Collaborative - Berkley Square One of the first families to move into Berkley Square, the first middle class black housing development designed by Paul Williams. yes 0
Marshall, Peter Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 2
Marshall, Peter 09/23/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Martin, Dean 09/10/1975 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Martin, Donna 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas History 1950's - no 1
Martin, Hazel 04/06/2004 Blue Diamond no 2
Martin, Hazel April 6, 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 1
Martin, Jack Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Martin, Lenny 03/28/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Black Entertainers on the Strip no 1
Martin, Lydi Owens 10/17/1985 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Martinez, Ramon 04/24/2006 UNLV-Emerson yes 2
Martinez, Ray 04/24/2006 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.M368 2007 Ramon Martinez was hired as department chair in electronics technology at UNLV in 1968 and began teaching mechanical engineering courses. He was invovlved in the founding of the engineering college and of its accreditation with ABET yes 0
Marx, Groucho 06/17/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Mary Kaye Trio 1954 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mark Curtis no 1
Mas, Mike 03/06/1998 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 4
Mason, Beverly 12/21/2013 AfAm Collarobative - Documenting the LV Black Experience Growing up in Las Vegas, Education, higher education encouraged, career in school system - various programs to assist student achievement yes 0
Mason, Brenda UNLV-African American Regent yes 3
Mason, Brenda 12/20/2006/12/22/2006 UNLV@Fifty Oral History Project Brenda Mason attended UNLV in the 70s. She served two terms on the Board of Regents and was recognized for her efforts in affirmative action. She was also a paralegal in the U.S. Attorney's office in San Diego yes 0
Mason, Marcus 2/4/2013 AfAm in Las Vegas: A Collaborative Oral History Project To be continued no 0
Mason, Stuart 11/09/2006 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 2
Mason,Stuart 11/09/2006 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Stuart Mason managed Taylor International, a business that built casino/hotels in Las Vegas and properties in other places such as the Caribbean. He is now Vice President of Development for the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino yes 0
Massagli, Joan 08/19/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Joan Massagli was part of a singing act with her sisters called the Sawyer Sisters that often played Las Vegas. She met her husband, Mark Tully Massagli, who was a musician and who takes part in this oral history, here and they made their home here yes 0
Massagli, Marc Tully 05/12/2004 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Massagli, Mark 11/06/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Massey, Glenn G. 03/26/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history 1950's no 1
Master, Nancy 07/14/2006 UNLV yes 2
Master, Nancy 05/12/2010 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project] Nancy Master was a history teacher at the University of Wisconsin before being hired as a reference librarian at UNLV in 1981. She served on the Faculty Senate for twenty years and was chair of it. She also was very active in the UNLV chapter of the honorary Phi Kappa Phi. Nancy also did consulting for Las Vegas schools and served as a volunteer in schools. She retired from the library in 2010 yes 0
Mather, Robert 02/09/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Mathews, Frank 12/07/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Mathews, Lois 12/07/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 0
Matlock, James A. 11/13/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Re-opening of Nellis no 1
Matson, James 03/30/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Black history no 1
Matteucci, Ethel 03/18/1981 and 03/04/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 2
Matteucci, Thomas Dr. April 7, 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 3
Matteuci, Thomas 04/07/2005 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 1
Matthews, Mark 03/30/1987 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Mattingly, Joseph C. 02/23/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Matyas, Lucille 02/23/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 2
Maufus, Suzy (Juanita Barr) 01/27/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 2
Maveal, Thomas Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Maxon, Robert C. 05/17/2007 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.M39 2007 Dr. Robert C. Maxson was president of UNLV from 1984 to 1994. He secured funding for an engineering school, facilitated its accreditation, and also obtained funding for an honors program yes 0
Maxson, Robert C. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
May, Edward 7/22/2010 Boyer Early LV OHP - Black Golfers Joined the black golf club designed for black golfers to unite and fellowship in a meaningful competition that benefitted community youth. United men in the community in a powerful way of forming community. yes 0
May, Rick 12/29/2001 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 2
Mayer, Joe 03/07/2005 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Mayfield, Francine Dr. 2003 (Spring) Oral History Interview no 1
McAllister, Hugh 01/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history, Construction 1930's no 2
McArdle, Andrea Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
McCall, Marva 07/03/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
McCarthy, Jane 11/06/2006 UNLV yes 2
McColl, Evelyn 03/30/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nursing in Las Vegas no 3
McColl, Jean 03/01/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
McColl, Jeff Sr. 03/09/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
McCollum, Mike 07/02/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
McCormick, Elaine 03/11/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Green Shack Restaurant no 1
McCoy, Mary 02/26/2009 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project Mary McCoy moved to Las Vegas in 1959. She graduated from UNLV. Although she lived in other states while following her husband's career, she worked in the UNLV libraries for a total of 28 years. She worked in acquisitions, government documents, and Special Collections yes 0
McCracklin, Jimmy 03/01/1971 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
McCullough, Mary & Don 03/14/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Henderson no 1
McCullough, William 03/16/1979 Boulder Dam-Boulder City Building Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) no 1
McCullum, Lynda September 4, 2009 Blue Diamond Oral lHistory 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
McCurdy, Lovey M. 03/19/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history and personal history no 1
McDaniel, Al 03/08/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Coach, Black history no 1
McDaniel, Estes 03/13/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Henderson no 1
McDaniel, John Dr. 10/24/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Medical history no 1
McDonald, Clarence and Family Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
McDonald, Evelyn 02/27/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 2
McDonald, Jerushia & Suziliene 9/23/2011 AfAm Collaborative - Documenting the LV black Experience Sisters. Growing up on the Westside, modeling, black middle class structure. yes 0
McDonald, Julie 03/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Dealing, Gaming no 1
McDonald, Thomas 07/05/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
McDougal, Rosamond 02/15/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske UNLV, Howard Hughes no 1
McGarry, William 02/12/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada Democratic Party no 1
McGhie, Margaret 11/28/2008 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35 M25 2010 Margaret McGhie moved from western Nevada where she grew up to Las Vegas with her husband after World War II. She and her husband were one of the first couples to buy a home in the John S. Park development. yes 0
McGinley, Ann C. 08/01/2006 UNLV LD3745 .M34 2007 Ann McGinley worked as a lawyer and also taught at several law schools before coming to teach at the law school at UNLV in 1999 no 2
McGovern, Maureen 03/24/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
McGuire Sisters Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
McGuire Sisters 10/09/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
McGuire Sisters 03/22/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
McGuire, Louise 02/25/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada, Las Vegas history, Police no 1
McKay, Harold 03/13/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education, Hot Springs no 1
McKay, John 03/30/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
McKenzie, Dan 02/17/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske RN Nursing, Henderson no 1
McKenzie, Sarah J. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
McKillip, Elizabeth 05/09/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske Reno Nevada no 1
McKinley, Emily 03/01/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada Las Vegas history no 1
McKnight, Margaret A. (Peg) 03/12/2005 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 1
McLeod, William 03/16/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
McManus, Marjorie Mrs. 1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
McMillan, G.W. 03/10/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 3
McMillan, James B. First 100 no 4
McMillan,Marie 09/15/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Marie McMillan was born in California in 1926. She first married Duke Daly. He workded for Lawrence Livermore Labs. She worked for a contractor at the Test Site. Her first husband died, and she married James McMillan, who was the first African-American dentist in Las Vegas. yes 0
McMillan-Arnold, Jarmilla 10/7/2010 AfAm Collaborative - The Black Experience in LV Growing up in Berkley Square as the daughter of the first black dentist. Talks about integration, community activism, and entertainment. Interviewed by PBS. yes 0
McMillian, James Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
McMillian, Marie 9/15/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .M32 2007 Marie McMillan was born in California in 1926. She first married Duke Daly. He workded for Lawrence Livermore Labs. She worked for a contractor at the Test Site. Her first husband died, and she married James McMillan, who was the first African-American dentist in Las Vegas. He also was a leader in the civil rights movement, a NAACP president, and a teacher yes 0
McNair, Barbara 07/16/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
McVey, Phillip B. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Meade, Jenny 03/04/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Waitress in Las Vegas no 1
Meade, Mike 02/28/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history 1950's - no 1
Mecham, Phyllis 02/28/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education no 1
Medley, Bill 08/14/1989 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Meidell, Hildred 02/27/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history 1940's - no 2
Melton, Mary 03/05/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Henderson no 1
Melugin, Steven R. 04/08/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Politics no 1
Melvin, Jack 04/24/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Menard, Julie 03/17/2006 Dancer yes 1
Mendelssohn, Fred 05/24/1974 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Mendoza, John 1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Mendoza, Judge John 10/14/2005; 05/26/1972 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Westside; Latino community in the early years. Law school, became judge yes 8
Merl, Patricia 10/28/2008 Boyer Early LV OHP Patricia "Pat" Merl became a professional dancer for the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. She moved to Las Vegas and danced in chorus lines in many of the shows of the 1970s. Later she moved into management and also taught in the Hotel School at UNLV. She is now the Director of Gaming Outreach for the International Gaming Institute. Contains appendix with newspaper articles about Patricia Merl and about the Rockettes, Radio City Music hall correspondence with Patricia Merl, and inter-departmental correspondence from the Stardust to the cast of the Lido about Pat Merl Includes index yes 0
Merrill, Carl 06/24/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Merrill, Ray 03/14/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Merwin, Geneva Stark 08/24/1983 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education no 1
Mesware, Carmon 04/15/1996 and 03/15/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Musician Las Vegas no 1
Mikelich, Sebestian 07/17/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Miles, Butch 09/06/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Miles, Butch September 3. 1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Miller, Bruce E. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Miller, Denise 03/02/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Dancing in Las Vegas no 1
Miller, Donna Phelps February 28, 2007 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
Miller, Elissa 03/03/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Miller, Kenneth 01/28/2004 Rotary Club yes 1
Miller, Micheal 04/05/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Miller, Norma 10/28/1984 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Miller, Roger 06/14/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Miller, Roger Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Miller, Wes 03/08/1998 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 2
Miller-Newcomb, Terry 10/10/2005 UNLV yes 2
Millington, Barbera 03/02/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Mills, David 03/07/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Small Business, Slot Machines, Nevada history no 1
Mills, Hughie and Greta 4/7/2011 Boyer Early LV OHP Hughie and Greta Mills were originally from Charlestown, West Virginia. They married in 1954 in New York City. He was an educator at Columbia and she was a librarian. They retired and moved to Las Vegas in 1989 Notes Includes appendix with article from school newsletter about Greta, honors announcements, articles about Hughie, copies of newspaper clippings with stories about Hughie, and a copy of an employment letter yes 0
Mills, Morgan 03/26/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske The Dams no 1
Mills, Ruth Annette 11/20/2008 Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.M64.A3 2009 Ruth Annette Mills was an elementary school teacher in Las Vegas and is a community activist who was active in the League of Women Voters. She was the facilitator for the school integration program here and started the Nevada Health Care Reform Project yes 0
Milton, Billie 05/05/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history 1940 - no 1
Minhean, Beverly J. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Minsky, Harold 01/21/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Mirage Hotel Opening 11/22/1989 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Miranda, Tony 07/24/2006 UNLV yes 2
Miranda, Tony Dr. 07/24/2006 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project Dr. Miranda taught Chicano studies from the beginning of the ethnic studies program at UNLV and was the chair of the Anthropology and Ethnic Studies Department yes 0
Mississippi of the West 07/04/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Documentary no 1
Mlynarczyk, Flo 07/07/2005 Boyer Early Las vegas Oral History Project Flo Mlynarczyk lived in Tonopah in the 1940s. She worked in propane sales Las Vegas in the early 60s, she has been involved with the UNLV University Library Society, Mesquite Club, and other community groups. Flo worked for the Las Vegas Convention Center and is a water colorist. Her husband worked at the Nevada Test Site yes 2
Molasky, Irwin LV Review Journal-First 100 no 3
Monaco, Mario C. 03/12/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education no 1
Monahan, George 03/28/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Flood control no 1
Monica, Corbett 11/28/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Monroe, Jack L. Jr. 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Monson, Loretta Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Monteith, Kelly 10/28/1975 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Montgomery, Mont 03/10/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Moody, Bill August 19.1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Mooney, Courtney 07/30/2007 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849. L35 M655 2010 Courtney Mooney is the Urban Design Coordinator for the City of Las Vegas. She is an architect and has a graduate degree in historic preservation. She discusses the John S. Park Neighborhood and its designation as a historic district yes 0
Moore, Bill 04/28/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 2
Moore, Daniel A. 03/03/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Moore, Frances 03/01/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 3
Moore, W.M., Jr. 05/05/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 5
Moore-Harney, Kimberly 6/16/2010 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood Kimberly Harney-Moore and her three siblings were raised in the John S. Park Neighborhood in the 1960s and 70s. There are also oral histories of their parents, Tim and Kathleen Harney, in this series yes 0
Moore-Marshall, Joyce 03/25/2008 Heart to Heart : A Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.M297 M37 2009 Joyce Marshall-Moore talks about the career of her mother, Agnes Rasmussen Marshall, who worked as a nurse at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, Las Vegas Hospital, and Vegas Valley Convalescent Hospital yes 0
Morales-Jackson, Catherine 05/05/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .M67 2007 Catherine (Cathy) Morales-Jackson started working as a classified employee in the UNLV Library in 1981. She worked in periodicals, the microform area, and in binding. She retired in 2010 yes 0
Morales-Jackson, Catherine 5/5/2010 Boyer Early LV Oral History Project - Library Catherine (Cathy) Morales-Jackson started working as a classified employee in the UNLV Library in 1981. She worked in periodicals, the microform area, and in binding. She retired in 2010 Includes index yes 0
Moran, Monsignor Peter 02/21/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Moran, T.J. 03/20/1976 and 03/24/1985 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Morelli, Helen 03/06/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, music, husband popular band director yes 1
Morena, Rita Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 3
Moreo, Tony 09/13/2007 UNLV yes 1
Morgan, Jack & Shirley 12/27/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Morgan, Richard 11/07/2006 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.M67 2007 Richard Morgan practiced law, was the dean of the law schools at Arizona State University and at the University of Wyoming, and was the first dean of the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV yes 0
Morgan, Richard (Dean) 11/07/2006 UNLV yes 1
Morris, Bobby 09/07/2004 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 3
Morris, J.D. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Morris, Paulette 1/6/2009 Boyer Early LV OHP yes 0
Morris, William 02/22/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske UNLV Women Sports no 1
Morrow, Sue 02/12/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education no 2
Morrow, Sue 09/29/2000 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride no 2
Mortensen, Carl 03/03/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Moses, Billy Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Moses, Larry Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Moss, John Hardie Jr. 02/22/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Poker no 1
Mowry, Barbara 02/16/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Restaurant Business no 1
Moyer, Donald C. 04/17/2007 UNLV no 1
Mruialdo, Lee 02/26/1978 - 1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Mudra, Shirley Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - Shake Rattle & Roll Stories of husband who worked at the Test Site and could not share work with his family; secrecy not good for family understanding. yes 0
Mueller, Jo Ann Boyer Early LV OHP - Shake Rattle & Roll Family coping when husband cannot share work at the NV Test Site. yes 0
Mule Deer, Gary 1/23/80 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 3
Mulford, Davis Anne 06/07/2002 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 6
Mulroy, Thomas 02/22/1979 and 03/16/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 2
Munson, Ted Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Murcardo, Elva Local Oral History Project-Roske On Margie Grubb no 1
Murphy, Florence 09/08/1998 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Murphy, John Henry 09/22/2012 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
Murphy, Michael Martin 11/20/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford no 1
Murphy, William 02/20/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Old Las Vegas no 1
Murray, Jan Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Muscelli, Emillio 11/25/2008 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project] Emilio Muscelli was born in Italy, he came to America in 1948 and worked at the Copacabana in New York. His boss there was Jack Entratter, who brought him to Las Vegas when he opened the Sands in 1952. Emilio worked as a maitre d' for many years, mostly at the Sands. He was friends with Bobby Darren and Cary Grant and met many other celebrities yes 0
Musician's Strike 03/09/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Musician's Strike 03/17/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Musician's Strike 03/22/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Musician's Strike 03/27/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Musician's Strike 03/22/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 4
Myers, Harry 02/27/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Nabit, Mary 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Nabors, Jim 10/19/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Nadar, Richard Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Naegle, Gertrude 03/31/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas and Nevada history no 1
Nagley, Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Narkter, Thomas 11/13/2006 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.N37 2007 Dr. Thomas Nartker has been a professor of mathematics, a computer scientist for Shell Oil, and a director of the computer center at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He and Dr. Taghva started the UNLV Inofrmation Science Research Institute and did research on optical character recognition for the Department of Energy yes 0
Nartker, Thomas 11/13/2006 UNLV yes 2
Neal, Joe 06/01/2006 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Senator Joe Neal is from Mound, Louisiana, and came to Las Vegas in 1954. He served as a Nevada state senator for 32 years yes 7
Neal, Withania 08/09/2006 Katrina no 2
Nellie, Bunch 11/20/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Nelson, Jared 02/28/1979 and 03/19/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history; Law Enforcement no 2
Nelson, Laralee 04/20/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Laralee Nelson worked as a cataloger in UNLV Libraries from 1982 to 2010 yes 0
Nelson, Laralee 4/20/2010 Boyer Early LV Oral History Project - Library Laralee Nelson worked as a cataloger in UNLV Libraries from 1982 to 2010 yes 0
Nelson, Lawrence 02/22/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Nelson, Paulette 03/02/2009 UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty Paulette Nelson Moved to Las Vegas in 1981 and worked at the Nevada Test Site for two years. After that, she was offered a position in the cataloging department at UNLV Libraries. She eventually became the supervisor of the Architecture Studies Library and held that postion for nine years until her retirement in 2009 yes 0
Nelson, Tommy 11/28/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 4
Nelson, Willie 03/05/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Nevada Test Site 02/11/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Harley Harmon no 1
Newcomb-Terry Miller 10/10/2005 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project Terry Miller-Newcomb was born in Las Vegas and remembers how Las Vegas was in the 50s-70s. Her father Chub Drakulich started the physical education program and the basketball team at Southern Nevada University (now UNLV). Her grandmother worked as a secretary for the Bureau of Mines in Boulder City on the project to construct Hoover Dam. Terry attended UNR, was an advertising account executive, and now owns a private practice in marriage and family therapy yes 0
Newell, D.L. 02/26/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Henderson 1950's - no 1
Newhart, Bob Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Newhart, Bob 07/01/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Newman, Helen D. 03/11/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Newman, Mike 03/02/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gambling writer no 1
Newsom, Donna Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP Early nurse in Las Vegas. yes 0
Newton, Anthony 12/29/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Newton, Augusta 10/13/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Newton, Wayne Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 4
Newton, Wayne 01/19/1996 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Newton, Wayne 04/11/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Newton,Mabel 02/26/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Nicholas, Alexander 02/24/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Nickell, Clara Ann 03/05/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Nickell, William 01/07/1975 Hoover Dam Hoover Dam no 1
Nielson, Howard E. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Nighswonger, Elmer H. 02/02/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Fire Department WWII Depression Era no 3
Nightingale, Mark 09/21/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Ken Hanlon no 1
Nitz, William Owen 03/12/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Attorney in the 1960's no 1
Noblitt, Mary 03/13/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Nolen, Jewel 03/05/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Norman, Norma Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Norris, Nancy 03/11/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nursing, Casinos no 1
North, Ertis Mr. 03/13/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Norton, Paul 03/07/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Norton, Ruth 03/09/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education no 1
Novotny, Vincent 03/05/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history, Prohibition no 1
Noyles, Billie 04/11/2007 BOYER EARLY LAS VGAS OHP yes 2
Nugent, Ted Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Nunley, Tex & Dorothy 06/09/1996 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride no 1
Nyberg, Lucille & Richard 02/22/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education, Prostitution Overton Area no 1
O'Brien, Eve 03/06/1979 Early Las Vegas-Roske Life with Sam Boyd, Pichoe Nevada no 1
O'Callaghan, Michael First 100 Las Vegas Review Journal no 3
O'donnell, Alfred J. First 100 Las Vegas Review Journal no 1
Oakes, Marian 02/28/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Oakfield, Thelma 03/03/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Oakridge Boys 01/22/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 2
Ohrn, Elda 02/25/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 0
Olive, Witt C. 04/13/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Elks Lodge Entertainment no 2
Oneil, Ryan Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Orduno, Mary 03/17/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske- UNLV Clubs in Vegas no 1
Orlando, Jay April, 2009 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Orlando, Tony 12/29/79 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 3
Orlando, Tony 05/14/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Orlando, Tony 07/18/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Ortwein, Dennis 05/06/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .O77 2007 Dennis Ortwein moved to Las Vegas in 1956. He was both an elementary school and a junior high teacher, but he spent most of his career as an elementary school principal. He also worked at a teacher's college in Nigeria, was a church choir director, and still is a singer. He also talks about school integration in Las Vegas and about above-ground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site Notes Includes an appendix with an email of his remembrances, a copy of a newspaper article about his retirement as a school principal, and a book he wrote about his life with the title Experiences outside of the box yes 0
Ortwein, Dennis 5/6/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Dennis Ortwein moved to Las Vegas in 1956. He was both an elementary school and a junior high teacher, but he spent most of his career as an elementary school principal. He also worked at a teacher's college in Nigeria, was a church choir director, and still is a singer. He also talks about school integration in Las Vegas and about above-ground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site Includes an appendix with an email of his remembrances, a copy of a newspaper article about his retirement as a school principal, and a book he wrote about his life with the title Experiences outside of the box Includes index yes 0
Osmond, Donnie Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Osmonds Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Ostensen, Gary 03/19/1981 Local Bellman Las Vegas history, Bellman no 1
Otis, Johnny 02/16/1974 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Ousley, Kenneth October 2, 2009 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
Ousley, Laramond L. 04/29/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske- Electrical no 1
Overleese,Dorothea 02/13/2005 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 1
Owens, Buck Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Padgett, Marie 04/30/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske- Sunrise Hospital and Fur Salon no 1
Page, Patti Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Page, Patti 03/27/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Page, Patty Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Page, Theresa 03/11/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske- Las Vegas history no 1
Paher, Stanley 03/04/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Big hotels no 1
Pahor, Emil 03/14/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas Air Conditioning no 1
Paiz, Alice 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Prohibition no 1
Paluzzi, Robert 09/09/2006 UNLV yes 2
Pappas, John 03/04/1980 and 10/04/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Railroad, Gambling no 2
Parcell, Ned 03/24/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Parish, Mitchell 08/24/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Parker, Robert 11/09/1986 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 2
Parker, Steven Dr. 12/19/2006 UNLV yes 1
Parker, Steven Dr. 12/19/2006 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.P37 2007 Dr. Steven Parker was hired to teach political science at UNLV in 1975. He became department chair in 1980 and is director of the University Forum Lecture Series yes 0
Parker, Tom Col. 06/25/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Parks, David 02/16/2000 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 10
Parks, Muriel 02/26/1979 and 05/19/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske UNLV, Nevada history no 2
Parson, Mrs. Stella 1942 Local Oral History Project-Roske Black History no 1
Parson, Stella 3/18/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - Black Experience in Las Vegas First AfAm woman to attend and complete school at UNR. Taught at Westside School. After retirement, returned to school for a degree in counseling and opened a private practice. yes 0
Parsons, Mary Lee Harris 05/14/2012 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 2
Partridge, Carl E. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Partridge, Phillip N. 03/07/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 2
Parvin, Ruth 03/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Pate, Johnny (Williams) 03/04/2004 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Best friend of Joe Williams and talks about his career. Pate is a composed - "Shaft in Africa" yes 2
Patterson, Lamont 07/01/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Patti, Page 3/27/88 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Paul Revere and the Raiders 06/10/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Pavlikowski, Joe 1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Paycheck, Johnny 07/01/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Payne, Don 03/19/1997 Las Vegas News Bureau no 4
Payne, Julie 02/11/2004 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP - AfAm Collaborative First Nevada Drug Czar. Worked in drug counseling for many years. sister of Patrica Cunningham. yes 3
Pearl, Dave (David) 03/14/1978; 03/04/1976; 02/27/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske UNLV, UNLV Athletic Department no 2
Pearson, Ethel 02/26/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Westside Nevada history no 1
Pearson, Leonard Ray Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas no 1
Pease, Denzle. Sr. 10/11/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Peck, Jean 02/12/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Prohibition no 1
Pedot, Angelo 03/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Peellaert, Guy 03/04/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Peellaert, Guy 04/27/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 2
Pehlte, Al 04/02/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Testing no 1
Pennington, Luther 02/27/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Life On The Up no 1
Peplowski, Ken 09/04/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Peralto, Evelyn 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Perkins, Clyde K. 10/03/1989 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Perkins, Edward C. 11/03/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder city no 2
Perkins, Gwyn & Quint 02/28/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Crystal Area no 1
Perkins, James Educator no 2
Perkins, Norris 11/12/1983 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Perkins, Sally 03/17/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas and Nevada history no 1
Perri, Charles 02/10/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Perroitti, Catherine 02/27/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Veterans Legislation, Senior Citizen no 1
Perry, Don 03/05/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Indians Uncle Charlie, Native Americans Life no 1
Perry, Eugene 03/11/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Peterson, Alton H 10/08/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history 1936 - no 1
Peterson, Dale 02/26/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Peterson, Douglas 01/12/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Peterson, Eva D. 11/30/1974 and 06/25/2000 Local Oral History Project-Roske Searchlight 1938 - 1939 Education no 3
Phelps, Reed 11/02/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Blue Diamond no 1
Phillips, Joseph Tooley 03/15/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Firemen's Life no 1
Phillips, Marjory Gusewelle 03/11/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, BMI Union Pacific no 1
Phipps, Chris 11/06/1998 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 4
Pickett, Tamara 11/08/2002 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 7
Pier, Babe 08/26/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Pier, Babe 08/20/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Pierce, Marjorie 01/17/2006 Tap Dancing no 1
Piscopo, Joe Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Pittman, Lonnie 03/16/1981 Blacks Living Condition Blacks in Las Vegas no 1
Polock, John 03/08/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Polson, Billie Mae 11/1/11 Boyer Early LV OHP Early Las Vegas Life, career at UNLV libraries when campus was still Nevada Southern. yes 0
Polter, Nephi Mr. & Mrs. 07/07/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Pomeray, Donnie May 5, 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 0
Pomeroy, Betty 03/23/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Poon, Percy 02/05/2007 UNLV no 1
Poon, Percy 2/5/2007 UNLV @ Fifty Dr. Percy Poon came to UNLV in 1989 to teach finance. He is the dean of the College of Business yes 0
Poon, Percy Dr. 02/05/2007 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD 3745.P65 2007 Dr. Percy Poon came to UNLV in 1989 to teach finance. He is the dean of the College of Business yes 0
Popovich, Nicholas 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming no 1
Porter, Carrie 02/07/2006 UNLV yes 2
Porter, Carrie Townley 02/07/2006 UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty LD3745 .P67 2007 Carrie Townley Porter moved to Las Vegas because her husband worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and had to travel to the Test Site frequently. She worked as a subsitute teacher and finished her degree at Nevada Southern University (now UNLV). She taught math at Gibson Junion High, she has worked at UNLV as an archivist and has worked as a records analyst and records administrator for different businesses. Carrie Porter has been very involved with the Nevada Women's History Project, is writing a book on Helen J. Stewart with Sally Zanjani, and owns a records management consulting firm yes 0
Porter, Carrie Townley 2/7/2006 UNLV @ Fifty Carrie Townley Porter moved to Las Vegas because her husband worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and had to travel to the Test Site frequently. She worked as a subsitute teacher and finished her degree at Nevada Southern University (now UNLV). She taught math at Gibson Junion High, she has worked at UNLV as an archivist and has worked as a records analyst and records administrator for different businesses. Carrie Porter has been very involved with the Nevada Women's History Project, is writing a book on Helen J. Stewart with Sally Zanjani, and owns a records management consulting firm yes 0
Porter, Clara L. 04/24/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Porter, Faye Rhea 6/13/2012 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - Shake, Rattle, and Roll Memories of unique life in Las Vegas as the spouse of Nevada Test Site employee. yes 0
Porter, Fayye Rhea 03/17/2012 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 2
Porter, Ina 1/05/2010 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood Ina Porter and her husband Burdell moved to the John S. Park Neighborhood in the 1940s. They were among the earliest homeowners and soon the neigborhood grew to include a Mormon church that would be integral to the Porter's family life and to the neighborhood. Ina's daughter Sue Ann joins her mother in this interview, and she was also interviewed separately yes 0
Porter, Sue Ann 12/29/2008 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35 R63 2010 Sue Ann Porter is a native Las Vegas. She and her three siblings wre raised in the house she now shares with her mother Ina Porter in the John S. Park Neighborhood yes 0
Porter, Tad 10/17/1972 Attorney Attorney at Law no 1
Powell, Alberta 03/08/1981 Native Las Vegan Las Vegas history no 1
Powers, Mrs. Albert 01/22/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Pradia, Paul A. 07/03/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Paul Pradia was one of a family of 19 children in Cameron, Louisiana. He was a commissioned officer in the airborne division of the US Army, worked for HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development), and became a golf teaching professional. He talks about African Americans in golf. He moved to Las Vegas in 1995 yes 0
Prather, James 03/09/1981 Growing up in Las Vegas Las Vegas history no 1
Pratt, Gary 03/16/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Preddy, Sarann Knight 06/05/1997 Women in Gaming & Entertainment Blacks in Nevada yes 4
Presley, Dee 05/19/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Preston, Earl 02/13/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas History no 1
Preuit, Maureen 03/03/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Price, Gerald 10/23/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gambling history no 1
Price, Shirley 03/10/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Pride, Charley 11/20/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Prima, Louis 04/04/1961 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Prince, Winnie 12/17/1998 Las Vegas Review Journal first 100 no 1
Procter, Cort 02/03/2006 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 2
Proctor, Cork 11/06/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Prowse, Juliette Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Pulsipher, Dean 08/19/1986 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride no 1
Purcell, Mr. & Mrs. Anthony 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Wayne Newton, Hells Angles no 1
Purdue, Albert 08/16/2000 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 3
Purdy, Olenda 03/12/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Atomic Testing politics, Las Vegas history no 1
Pyborne, William 03/26/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history, Cowboy life no 2
Rabbit, Eddie 10/03/1984 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Radeloff, Cheryl 07/27/2006 UNLV yes 2
Radeloff, Cheryl 07/27/2006 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.R33 2007 Dr. Cheryl Radeloff was hired as a graduate teaching assistant at UNLV in 1996. She served as a representative and as president of the Graduate Student Association. yes 0
Rae, Carol 03/10/2007 UNLV yes 2
Raebin, Trevor 07/27/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford no 1
Raeburn, Bruce Boyd Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Raeburn, Bruce Boyd 10/02/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Rafael, Byrde 02/14/1997 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Rahner, Gwen Weeks 03/16/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Rainey, James H., Sr. 3/12/2012 AfAm Collaborative - Documenting the LV Black Experience funeral home industry, evolution of the industry; importance in black community yes 0
Ram, Buck (Platters) Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Rambo, Jean 04/24/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nursing no 1
Ramos, Rose B. & Bob 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Ramsey, G.C. 03/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Randall, Frankie 07/17/2004 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Rarick, M. Jeri 03/06/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Rarish, Mitchell 8/24/87 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Ravenholt Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Rawls, Lou 01/29/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Rawson, Raymond D. 11/13/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Raymond Rawson was born in the rural Utah community of Sandy in 1940, and his family had moved to Las Vegas by the time he was 10. He was a mmber of UNLV's first grauating class and became a dentist. He also served in the Nevada State Legislature and on the Board of Regents yes 0
Rawson, Raymond D. 10/30/2009 Boyer Early LV OHP Raymond Rawson was born in the rural Utah community of Sandy in 1940, and his family had moved to Las Vegas by the time he was 10. He was a mmber of UNLV's first grauating class and became a dentist. He also served in the Nevada State Legislature and on the Board of Regents Includes an appendix with an obituary of Raymond Rawson's wife Linda, a transcription of an interview with Linda Rawson with her husband Ray, and Ray Rawson's legislative biography. Includes index yes 0
Ray, Johnnie 07/27/1972 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Razmick, Charles F. 03/12/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Razy, H. Joy 03/11/1978 or 03/17/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Recker, Marilynne 03/10/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history 62' no 1
Red, Hot and Blue 06/25/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Reddy, Helen 03/11/1984 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Reddy, Helen 08/23/1982 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Reddy, Helen Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Reese, Della 06/24/1972 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Reese, Kaye V. January 12, 2010 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
Reese, Michael 02/27/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education no 1
Reeves, James E. 03/10/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history, Atomic testing no 1
Rehn, William 01/15/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Attitude of people towards blacks in Las Vegas no 1
Reid, Bernice 03/12/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Reid, Harry M. 03/09/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Reid, Laverne A. 03/13/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Bunkerville no 1
Reisner, Sonny Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Rene, Henri Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Reno, Gordon 03/01/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Henderson/Las Vegas history 1940's - , Basque life no 1
Renteria, Mrs. Vera 02/11/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Westside no 1
Resabek, Milon 08/12/2004 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Reynolds, Debbie Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Reynolds, Debbie 07/09/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Reynolds, Debbie 07/09/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Reynolds, Douglas 7/4/84 UNLV yes 1
Reynolds, Douglas D. 06/16/2006 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.R48 2007Douglas Reynolds joined the UNLV engineering faculty in 1983. He wrote a report which led to the founding of the engineering college and also provided documentation for its accreditation with the ABET. He is a mechanical engineer and his specialities are mechanical vibration and acoustics yes 0
Reynolds, Douglas D. 6/16/2006 UNLV @ Fifty Douglas Reynolds joined the UNLV engineering faculty in 1983. He wrote a report which led to the founding of the engineering college and also provided documentation for its accreditation with the ABET. He is a mechanical engineer and his specialities are mechanical vibration and acoustics yes 0
Rhea, Mabel 04/09/2011 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
Rhodes, Charles Cecil 11/09/2000 Local Oral History Project-Roske yes 2
Rhodes, Del Ray 4/1/2010 AfAm Collaborative - Documenting the LV Black Experience Interest in CCSD, copy of 6th Grade Center Plan in appendix yes 0
Rice, Juanita 03/17/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal backround I-15 no 1
Richards, Dick A. 02/21/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Richards, Sal 01/27/1997 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Richardson, Bill may 10, 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
Richardson, Sonny 01/23/2007 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 1
Richardson, Vicki 08/19/2003 Blue Diamond yes 1
Richardson, Vicki 1/29/2004 Boyer Early LV OHP Vicki Richardson taught art in the Clark County School district and now owns businesses including Left of Center Art Gallery in North Las Vegas yes 0
Richardson, Vicki December 12, 2003 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
Rickerts, Paul 03/29/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Police Department AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) no 1
Rickles, Don 02/26/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Rickles, Don 06/24/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Rightous Brothers 08/06/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Rightous Brothers 12/06/1986 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Gwen Castaldi no 1
Riley, Louise 03/27/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Risley, Albert 02/27/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Boulder City no 1
Rist, Frank 05/11/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal history no 1
Rivera, Lyle & Timbuck 05/01/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Maryann's father and grandfather arrived in Las Vegas in 1905, and her mother was the eleventh baby born in Las Vegas. Lyle is a lawyer and community activist and worked in the Attorney General's and District Attorney's offices. He also worked as UNLV's vice president for development and university relations, was in charge of development efforts for the law school, formed the UNLV Foundation and served as its executive director, and was assistant general counsel for the university system. Lyle also was the founding president of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys, was instrumental in hiring Jerry Tarkanian as UNLV's basketball coach, and coordinated fund raising efforts for the UNLV International Gaming Institute yes 0
Rivers, Joan 02/03/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Rizzo, Rich 06/12/2003 Male Dancer yes 1
Robbins, Charissa 03/17/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Silver Peak no 1
Roberts, Raymond 03/13/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history 1956 - no 1
Roberts, Traci 11/14/2005 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 2
Robertson, Hattie 03/05/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Family no 1
Robinson, Michael S. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Robinson, Smokey 07/23/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Robison, Marlin 03/12/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Rodgers, Kerin 02/24/1998 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 4
Rodgers, Kerin 8/16/2011 voices of John S Park Kerin Rodgers owned a retail fashion store and modeling agency with a friend in Santa Monica, California. She came to Las Vegas in 1966 to work at The Broadway department store. She bought a home in the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1974. Popular radio personality; active in local and national politics. yes 0
Rodgers, Perry 03/25/2003 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 1
Rodiak, Gertrude 02/28/2008 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 2
Roetter, Guido 03/05/1978 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Rogers, Bill 04/25/2005 Early Las Vegas-Roske no 2
Rogers, Bill 07/21/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Ken Hanlon no 1
Rogers, James M. Rev. 6/30/2007 Boyer Early LV OPH - NAACP Uses his pulpit to address many issues that affected the black community, gives background of community marches against police brutality, detailed three cases that were particularly inflammatory and eventually lead to legislation that would create a citizen's review board for police and sheriff departments. yes 0
Rojas, Joseph Dr. 02/25/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Medicine no 1
Rojas, Joseph Dr. 09/30/2008 Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.R63 A2 2009 Dr. Joseph Rojas is an obstetrician and a gynecologist in Las Vegas starting in 1961. He also started the first OB-GYN residency in Nevada, which led to the development of the University of Nevada School of Medicine yes 0
Romans, Sophie Bogdanovich March 3, 2009 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
Ronnan, Lori F. 03/11/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mormon life, Brigham Young, early Nevada history no 2
RonNow, Garland 02/21/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Ronstadt, Linda 06/22/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Ronzone, R.J. 03/08/1985 and 10/20/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Ronzone, Richard 10/20/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Ronzoni,Ann 07/19/2005 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Member of family that owned the famed downtown LV women's clothing store. yes 1
Rooney, Mickey 03/04/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Rooney, Mickey 10/21/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 09/30/1935 Dedication of Boulder Dam Dedication of Boulder Dam no 2
Roqueni, Frank Educator no 1
Rose, Wallace November 28, 2003 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
Rosenberg, Bess 11/18/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas no 1
Rosenbloom, Ellen 07/09/2007 Jay SarNo Project yes 1
Rosencrantz, Arne 02/08/2010 Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35 R67 2010 Arne Rosencrantz lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood from 1954 to 1970. His father was a professional violinist who owned furniture stores and played at the Sahara Hotel and Casino. Arne operated Garrett's Furniture and also worked as a real estate agent yes 0
Rosetta, Charles Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Roske, Ralph 11/30/1971 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Rossi, Steve Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Rothermel, Bradley 07/31/2006 UNLV yes 1
Rowen and Martin 03/31/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Roy of Sigfried & Roy Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Roymann, Rosemary 02/06/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Rozario, Bob 03/23/2009 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Rueda, Mando 09/02/2003 Gaming-David Schwartz no 21
Ruff, Ray 03/13/1981 Las Vegas Old Timer Las Vegas history no 1
Ruggles, Jack 03/15/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Rupley, F. 03/09/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Russell, Bill W. Interviews with school principals - Pat Carlton Educator no 1
Russell, Nipsy 12/29/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Russell, Nipsy Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Russo, Felice John 03/14/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Russo, Gianni Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Rust, Dayle 05/01/2004 Educator no 3
Ryan, James "Sailor" 1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Ryan, Ora Pritchard First 100 Interview by A. D. Hopkins no 2
Ryman, Rosemary 02/26/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Rymer, Mary K. 05/04/1977 Nursing in Las Vegas Culinary Union, Nursing, Dr. Cherry no 1
Saks, Manny 1967 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Salazar, Pamela S. Pat Carlton Project - School Principals no 2
Salisbury, Lawrence J. 04/10/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Salton, Charles 04/23/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada and Las Vegas history no 1
Sampley, Herbert 02/24/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada and Las Vegas history no 1
Sanders, Allen 07/06/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Sanders, Brian 10/26/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Sandin, Shirley 03/11/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Henderson/Las Vegas history no 1
Sanford, Isabelle 04/29/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Santelman, Charles W. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Saragoza, Paula 03/01/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada and Las Vegas history no 1
Sardelli, Nelson 08/20/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Sarno, Heidi Gaming - Sarno Project Daughter of Jay Sarno no 1
Sarno, Jonanthan 02/08/2007 Jay Sarno Project yes 0
Sarno, Lillian 02/08/2007 Jay Sarno Project yes 0
Saunders, Betty 07/06/1951 Early Las Vegas-Roske no 1
Saunders, Diane 05/23/1996 Dancer yes 1
Saville, A. 06/17/2002 Educators Patl Carlton Project with school principals no 2
Savino, Santo 10/23/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Sawyer, Grant Governor 05/12/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada and Las Vegas history no 1
Sayer, Carol Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Sayles, Glenn 03/20/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Paradise Valley District Attorney no 1
Schafer, Charlie 04/08/09 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Williard no 1
Schiller, Abe 04/25/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada and Las Vegas history no 1
Schlauder, Arthur D. Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Schlegel, Robert 03/09/1998 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 22
Schneider, Charley Jr. 03/13/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Schnitzlein, Harold 03/13/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Schofield, Jack 1/13/2009 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood Dr. Jack Lund Schofield moved to Las Vegas in 1937. He served as a fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean Conflict. He worked as an elementary school teacher and coach, served on the Board of Regents and in the Nevada State Assembly and Senate. Dr. Schofield earned his doctorate in education in 1995 at the age of 72 and works as a general contractor. He and his wife Alene have lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood for over fifty years yes 0
Scholl, Eleanor 03/13/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Schouten, Albert 02/24/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Schreck, Frank History of the 90's yes 2
Schroeder, Florence 03/08/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 2
Schroeder, Richard E. 02/20/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Schuster, Henry & Anita 03/01/2011-04/25/2011 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Includes appendix with letters and certificates praising Henry and Anita for their work with the Holocaust Survivors' Group, the story of Henry's sister Betty Kale's time in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and her journey first to Paris and then to the United States and her reunion with Henry, and a fairy tale with the title Hans Michel story written by Henry yes 0
Schutte, Henry Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Schwartz, Cora F. 11/19/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Life in Goodsprings no 1
Schwartz, MaryEllen 12/11/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Life in Goodsprings no 1
Schwartz, Milton 05/03/2004 Boyer Early Las vegas Oral History Project Milton Schwartz worked at the Flamingo Hotel right after World War II, he started Valley Hospital and owned many other businesses, he has a Hebrew academy named after him in Israel, and he still owns the Yellow-Checker-Star Cab Company. He has been active in the Republican Party. He and his partners brought the first medical helicopters to Nevada yes 2
Schwartz, Stanley 03/01/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Scjlekewy, JoAnne K. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Scott, Arlene 07/03/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Black history no 1
Scott, Edward Educators Pat Carlton's school principal project no 2
Scott, Frank 01/23/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas no 1
Scott, Frank & Fawn 03/02/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Railroads no 1
Scott, Ivy Christine 04/27/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Outdoors no 1
Scott, John Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming no 2
Scott, Rev. Jesse 04/15/2004 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Growing up in the South, early education, Westside history, spirituality in the black community. yes 6
Scroggins, Lee 02/27/2009 UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty Lee Scroggins and her family moved to Las Vegas in March 1980. She worked as an administrative aide, management assistant, and executive assistant in several departments at UNLV starting in 1980. She did not work on campus from 1985 to 1988, then she returned to UNLV to work in the psychology department and eventually in the library until she retired in 2009 yes 0
Seagrave, Jim 03/06/1997 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Searl, Hansford 11/02/1996 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 6
Sears, Zenas 12/06/1978 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Sedaka, Neil Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Sedaka, Neil 08/27/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Sedaka, Neil February, 1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Sedaka, Neil Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Segerblom, Gene 03/24/1976 Boulder City Boulder Dam no 1
Segretti, Marguerite 02/24/1974 Early Las Vegas-Roske Project Las Vegas history no 1
Seidman, Loren 11/14/2006 UNLV yes 1
Seidman, Lorne 11/14/2006 UNLV Oral History Project@Fifty Lorne Seidman was hired to teach business law at UNLV in 1969. He was also the discipline officer. He also was assistant general counsel and deputy attorney general yes 0
Sells, Charles F. 03/13/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Senator Hickey, Thomas J. 04/19/1985 Joseph M. Bowman yes 0
Sennes, Rocky Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Serna, Sarah 12/04/1998 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 3
Serum, Jean Early Las Vegas-Roske no 1
Serviss, Melvin Eugene 03/05/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Severenson, Doc Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Severinsen, Doc Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Seybold, Harry 07/26/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Shaddy, Robert 03/12/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mafia VS. Mormons no 1
Shadowen, Hazel 03/30/2004 Blue Diamond no 2
Shaffer, Charlie 04/08/2009 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 1
Shaffer, Jim 06/20/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Shamaun, Marie 02/21/1979 Early Las Vegas-Roske Southern Nevada history no 1
Shandling, Gary Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Shape, Allen 03/10/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 2
Sharp, Alden 03/10/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Business and Map no 1
Shaver, Marienne 03/21/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Southern Nevada history no 2
Shaw, Artie 05/15/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Shaw, Artie Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Shaw, Artie 05/12/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Shaw, Ghita 10/11/1982 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Muriel Stevens no 1
Shaw, Glen 02/05/2004 Blue Diamond no 1
Shaw, Glenn February 5, 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. no 3
Shaw, Marlena Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Shawn, John R. 1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Shawowen, Hazel March March 3, 2004 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
Shearin, Alberta 03/11/1981 Early Las Vegas-Roske Air Base no 1
Sheehan, Barbera Early Las Vegas-Roske no 1
Sheehan, Bill 07/01/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Bill Sheehan grew up in Philadelphia. He served in the Marine Corps in the 1940s, became a certified public accountant, and moved to Las Vegas in 1962. He started his own firm in 1971 and retired in 1997. Bill is a co-trustee of the Boyer Charitable Foundation. yes 0
Sheehan, Jeanne Early Las Vegas-Roske no 1
Sheehan, Mary Jo 07/14/2009 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Mary Jo Sheehan moved to Henderson in 1945. She was a secretary and worked at Nellis Air Force Base and for RFC War Assets Administration, the Colorado River Commission, and Basic Management Incorporated yes 0
Shelbourne, Verilee 03/0/71979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Shelton, Essie Jacobs Mrs. 02/01/1996 Women in Gaming & Entertainment yes 2
Shenson, Walter 04/09/1982 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Shepherd, John Dr. 11/21/2008 Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project R154.S54 A3 2009 Dr. John Richard Shepherd is an ophthalmologist who started his practice in Las Vegas in 1968 yes 0
Sheridan, Dick 03/18/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming Industry no 1
Sherman, Martin A. 03/17/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Shields & Yarnell April Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Shields & Yarnell Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Shirkey, Hugh February 4, 2010 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
Shoofey, Alex 03/04/2007 Jay Sarno Project no 4
Shore, Lonnie Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Shore, Lonnie 03/13/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Shore, Sammy Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Shore, Sammy 03/12/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Shorr, Lonnie Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Shorr, Steve Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Shugart, Joyce 03/09/1981 Early Las Vegas-Roske Las Vegas history/photos no 1
Shutt, Byron 03/09/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Henderson history no 1
Sidney,Corinne 06/05/2007 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .S55 2007 Corrine Sidney was an actress, a Las Vegas showgirl, and a television talk show host and gossip columnist in Los Angeles. She was married to Jack Entratter who produced Las Vegas shows and later to movie director George Sidney - NOT ON SHELF; CHECK IN OHRC FOR FILE yes 2
Siefert, Tona 02/25/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Sigfried & Roy Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Sill, Lester 08/15/1973 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Silver, Al 05/20/1974 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Silver, Al 05/21/1974 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Silvers, Phil Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Silvestri, Phyllis M. 01/11/2010 Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood Phyllis Silvestri moved to the United States from Canada when she was in her early 20s. By 1953 she had moved to Las Vegas and was married. A few years later she and her husband built a new home in the John S. Park area yes 0
Simmons, Eva G. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Simmons, Lester & Gladys 02/26/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Union Pacific Railroad no 1
Simonson, Arlen J. Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Sinatra, Frank Jr. Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Dick Maurice no 3
Sinatra, Frank Jr. 09/04/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Sinatra, Frank Jr. 08/31/1986 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 2
Sippell, Johnny 08/08/1973 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Sitton, Pamela 02/27/2009 UNLV Oral History Project @Fifty Pamela Sitton moved to Las Vegas in 1963 where her father worked at the Nevada Test Site. She graduated from UNLV. Pamela was hired by UNLV Libraries in 1974 and worked there until March 2009. She worked in Circulation and in various positions that dealt with serials yes 0
Skaggs, Robert L. 05/06/2006 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745 .S53 2007 Robert Skaggs began teaching engineering at UNLV in 1969. He was involved in getting accreditation with ABET for the engineering college, establishing a chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, and building a master's and a PhD program yes 2
Skaggs, Yolanda 03/01/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Skanowsky, Dan 04/02/1976 Early Las Vegas-Roske Casinos no 0
Skea, Dan 08/19/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Skylar, Sunny 05/26/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Slack, Ron 02/19/1980 or 1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Slot Management at the Holiday no 1
Sloate, Maynard 02/12/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Smalley, Rae September 12, 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
Smalley, Rae 09/12/2005 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 1
Smith, Arlene Matthews 03/26/1981 Early Las Vegas-Roske no 5
Smith, Barr 02/27/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Panaca Pioche and Fanny's Dress Shop no 1
Smith, Florence 03/19/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history '20 - no 1
Smith, Harold 07/08/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Smith, Helen 03/04/2008 Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project Helen Smith worked as a nurse at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, which is now the University Medical Center, and for the Nevada State Industrial Insurance System. yes 2
Smith, J.D. 10/31/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Smith, Judy 11/22/2008 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35 S5884 2010 Judy Smith was a teenager when her family moved from Barstow, California, to Las Vegas in 1958. She worked as the assistant society editor for the Las Vegas sun and graduated from UNR. by 1967 she moved back to Las Vegas with her husband and children and lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood. yes 0
Smith, Lynn 03/04/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal History no 1
Smith, Melville 02/23/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal history no 1
Smith, Robert Bruce 06/03/2006 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745 .S65 2007 Dr. Robert Bruce Smith taught chemistry at UNLV, was chair of the Department of Physical Sciences, and was the dean of the College of Science and Mathematics. He also served as Academic Vice President and later Provost at Weber State College in Ogden, Utah, from 1980 until his retirement in 1998 yes 4
Smith, Robert M. 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Cosmetology no 1
Smith, Roy 03/13/1976 Early Las Vegas-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Smith, Theresa M. Early Las Vegas-Roske no 2
Smothers Brothers 08/05/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Smothers Brothers 09/22/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Snow, Grant 11/16/1982 Local Oral History Project-Roske Education no 1
Snyder, Joy 12/17/2008 Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project Joy Snyder was a nurse first at Desert Springs and then at Sunrise Hospital in the newborn nursery yes 0
Snyder, Tom 12/01/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Snyder, William 11/21/2008 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP CT247.S68 2007 Snyder is an architect who works for Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects. He has a school named after him and works with the children who attend that school. Designed McCaw School of Mines for McCaw Elementary School in Henderson. yes 0
Sorenson, Bud 03/03/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Sorenson, Carole 11/11/2002 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 2
Sorenson, Cleona 03/04/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Sorenson, Paul 03/04/1977 or 02/27/1979 Early Las Vegas-Roske Personal history, education no 1
Sorom, Earl 03/06/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske REECO no 1
Soss, Maury 02/20/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Cultural events no 1
Spargo, Harry F. 10/14/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mining no 1
Sparrow, James 03/09/1976 Early Las Vegas-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Sparrow, Mary 03/20/1976 Early Las Vegas-Roske no 1
Spencer, Alice W. Early Las Vegas-Roske no 1
Spencer, Prince 01/09/2005 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 1
Spicer, Goldie (Vaughn) 02/12/1977 Early Las Vegas-Roske Las Vegas history 40's - no 1
Spiess, Erick 06/25/1975 and 03/18/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada test site, Las Vegas history no 2
Spight, Lonnie D. 05/08/2007 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745 .S67 2007 Dr. Lonnie D. Spight was hired to teach physics at UNLV in 1970. He served as chair of the department several times, worked on solar energy and far- field microwave analysis, and helped set up safety standards for laser technology. He still teaches quantum mechanics yes 1
Spin Doctors Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford no 1
Spinks, Linda 08/15/2003 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 2
Spurlock, Robert and Janice 6/7/2010 Boyer Early LV OHP Janice's family moved to Las Vegas in the 1930s. Robert arrived in 1953. He worked construction in Las Vegas and also worked as an ironworker at the Nevada Test Site and at Area 51. He also talks about the Pleasant Valley War in Arizona yes 0
St. John, Loretta 08/23/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
St. Marie, Philip 07/28/1975 or 06/28/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history and personal history no 1
Stacy, Wayne 02/26/1979 or 02/25/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Southern Nevada history no 1
Stafford, Jim 08/11/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Stafford, Jim Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 3
Stafford, Mary 03/05/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history 1953 - no 1
Stagg, Kendall 01/11/2002 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 4
Stamm, Marvin 06/14/2001 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Ken Hanlon no 2
Stampley, E. 10/22/2007 History of the 1970's yes 2
Stanley, Richard 03/13/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Star, William 09/15/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Starkweather, Wendy M. 06/16/2010 & 06/22/1020 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Wendy Starkweather moved to Las Vegas in 1978 when her husband Peter L. Starkweather accepted a teaching position in the biology department at UNLV. She worked in several types of libraries in Las Vegas before being offered the head of reference position at the UNLV library in 1985. She was also head of public services and worked under six deans. Wendy retired in 2010 yes 0
Starr, Richard 03/19/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Steinberg, David Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Stevens, Andrew 05/17/1983 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Stevens, Andrew Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Stevens, C. & O Early Las Vegas-Roske no 3
Stevens, Connie Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Stevens, Connie June 10. 1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Stevens, Morgan Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Stevens, Ray 06/17/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Stevenson, A. Henry II 02/27/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Stevenson, David L. 02/26/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada History no 1
Stewart, Ann L. 02/24/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Stewart, Janzon 5/28/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP CT247.S76 2007 Includes appendix with words to song about the race horse John Herald by Mike Prince and copies of articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper about quarter horse racing Jan Stewart's grandfather William T. Stewart brought his family to Alamo, Nevada, to ranch, then his grandfather and later his father managed the Old Ranch, which was owned by the railroad. He also talks about quarter horse racing and nuclear weapons testing yes 0
Stewart, Keny 01/16/2010 Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood Keny Stewart moved to Las Vegas in 1984 to work as an entertainer, but he has also worked as an elementary school teacher and as a library specialist. Around 1990 he bought a house in the John S. Park Neighborhood that was built in the 40s. Keny has also been a neighborhood association president Notes Includes index yes 0
Stewart, Leslie Earl Sr. 02/26/1972 Early Las Vegas-Roske no 1
Sticher, Kenneth l. Educator no 1
Stinedurf, Roy Jr. 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada and Las Vegas history no 1
Stiver, Do 03/17/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 2
Stivers, James 11/16/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 2
Stockall, Vernon G. 03/07/1981 and 02/11/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history. Boulder City and Dam no 2
Stockwell, Dean Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Stodall, Bob 05/31/2007 History of the 1970's Importance of the news reporter; capturing LV history yes 2
Stokes, Earl 03/02/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Moving Company no 1
Stone, Mabel 03/29/1975 or 08/29/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history 1940's - no 1
Storer, Taylor 08/04/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Storey, Al Jr. 03/11/1980 or 03/11/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Stout, Mary R. 02/20/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Stout, Nathan L. 02/27/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Stover, James 03/31/1978 or 03/31/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Strachan, Mary V. 02/26/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Stralem, Richard 03/12/1980 or 02/21/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Business and Personal history no 1
Strassman, David Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Stritch, Billy 12/08/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Stromberg, Janice L. Educator no 2
Stuart, John October 22. 1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Stuarti, Enzo 01/22/1980 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Stubbs, Leonard & Rose 04/09/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Stump, Allan 02/18/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Fire Fighting no 1
Sullivan, Joseph 03/19/1978 or 03/14/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Early Las Vegas history no 1
Sullivan, Maxine 04/25/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Sullivan, Tom 03/12/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Sullivan, William 06/27/2007 UNLV Oral History Project @Fifty Dr. William W. Sullivan taught history in Montana and was hired by UNLV in 1978 as director of student support services. He now is an associate vice president yes 0
Summer, Donna Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Summer, Donna 05/29/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Summers, Roy & Nellie 03/06/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Summers, Suzanne Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Sumpter, Rodney 08/30/1999 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 1
Supreme Legend 02/21/1997 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Loretta Kaye no 1
Sutton, Raymond E. 03/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Attorney, Father owned only restaurant betweem Las Vegas and Henderson no 1
Swallow, Craig F. 02/29/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Swallow, Ken 03/11/1975 or 03/13/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Swarts, Maurine 05/01/1976 Early Las Vegas-Roske Southern Nevada history no 1
Swatling-Carol-Ann 05/05/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project CT247 .S83 2007 Carol-Ann Swatling worked in the reference department at UNLV Libraries for 28 years yes 0
Sweet, Ruth 02/07/1977 or 02/07/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Swift, Joan 03/18/2004 and 02/25/1981 Early Henderson Clark County Records yes 3
Swift, Kay 01/28/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Sylvester, Dr. Wilber 04/08/1976 or 04/22/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Synder, Earl Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Tabat, Louis A. 03/30/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 2
Tabor, Ed 03/12/1987 or 05/12/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Television Industry Nellis Air Force Base no 1
Tamka, Wayne 07/29/2002 Educator no 7
Tamre, Marilyn V. 03/09/1981 Early Las Vegas-Roske Personal history no 1
Taney, Thomas Early Las Vegas-Roske no 1
Tate, George 09/24/2002 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 2
Taylor, Billy 04/21/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Taylor, Laura 12/04/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Taylor, Lee or Leland 03/05/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Television Industry Nellis, Las Vegas history no 1
Taylor, Rip Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 3
Taylor, Rip 07/17/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Taylor, Rip 06/28/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Taylor, Robert Lee 06/03/1998 Local Oral History Project-Roske Black history, Black history education no 3
Tennille, Toni 01/19/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Tennille, Toni Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Tesh, John 1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Testa, Paul 08/31/2004 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Textor, Ron 07/24/2007 All That Jazz yes 2
The Walkers 10/26/2002 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 2
Thiriot, Joe 08/10/2000 Mormon Life no 2
Thiriot, Joseph 04/19/2007 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Joseph Thiriot is a long time Las Vegas resident who worked as a high school teacher yes 0
Thomas, Danny 04/01/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Thomas, J.T. 06/13/1979 or 03/13/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada and Las Vegas history no 1
Thomas, JoNell 01/12/2010 Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood JoNell Thomas moved to Las Vegas in 1992. She has worked as an attorney with the Nevada Supreme Court, as a staff attorney with a Las Vegas firm, as an adjunct professor at the law school at UNLV, and currently is an attorney with the Clark County Special Public Defender's Office. She and her family have lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood since 2001. Their house was built in 1956 yes 0
Thomas, Ruby 10/05/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Thomas, Therese 02/29/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada and Las Vegas history no 1
Thompson, Dorothy 02/18/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Thompson, Fred 03/15/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Thompson, Greg 03/17/1978 20 years in Las Vegas Las Vegas history no 1
Thompson, Iona 03/08/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada and Las Vegas history no 1
Thorn, Dyanne 12/02/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Thornton, Byron C. 10/27/1986 and 02/18/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal and Las Vegas history/photos no 1
Tiberti, J.A. or Jelindo 08/17/2000 and 02/23/1977 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Southern Nevada history yes 4
Tillis, Mel Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Tillotson, John 03/21/2004 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor no 3
Tillotson, Johnny 11/17/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Tilman, Rick 02/28/1979 or 02/20/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Tilton, J. Harold 02/21/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Tiny Tim 06/15/1990 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Tobias, Henry 01/13/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Tobin, Nadine 02/10/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Tobman, Herb 04/23/1986 and 03/17/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Eyeculture and Execitive Owner/President no 2
Todd, Faye 10/15/1996 Women in Gaming & Entertainment yes 2
Tolan, Helen A. 02/21/2007 History of the 1970's no 2
Tomiyasu, Nanyu 03/11/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Family History Union Pacific Farming no 4
Tomlin 06/13/1996 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 1
Tommy 04/28/1998 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 6
Torme, Mel 12/30/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Toston, Gertrude 07/21/2006 UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty Gertrude Toston was a student at UNLV in the 1960s. she worked as a customer service representative for Western Airlines for 27 years and then went back to UNLV to work on her master's degree in special education. She worked as a graduate teaching assistant and student teacher advisor at UNLV and now works at Brinley Junior High yes 1
Toston, Roosevelt 07/11/2006 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral history Project Roosevelt Toston moved to Las Vegas in the 1950s. He worked at the Test Site, for Bell Telephone of Nevada, as a television anchorman and cameraman, and for the Convention and Visitors Authority to bring conventions to Las Vegas. He also talks about ways African American entrepreneurs might get involved in different aspects of the convention business yes 3
Townsend, Arthur 03/07/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada and Las Vegas history no 1
Townsend, Brigham 11/10/1986 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Tracht, Violet 01/09/2004 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 1
Trant, William 03/23/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske Electric contractor no 1
Travelena, Fred Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Travolta, Joey Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Treiner's 06/19/1995 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Treinier, Claude, Buddy & Skip 03/10/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Black Entertainers in Las Veags history no 2
Trenier, Claude 03/26/1993 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Trinter, Dan 10/14/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Triolo, Don Carl April 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 1
Triolo, Donald 04/24/2005 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 1
Trosdale, Fairlane 02/21/1972 Early Las Vegas-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Trout, Robin 10/17/1985 Early Las Vegas-Roske APN no 1
Troutman, Porter Dr. 11/20/2006 [The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project Dr. Porter Troutman was active in the Civil Rights Movement in college. He taught for five years and then eventually became the director of National Teacher Corps, a competency-based teacher education program. He teaches classes in multicultural education at UNLV yes 2
Trudell, Harriet 02/26/1977 Early Las Vegas-Roske Nevada Politics no 1
Trujillo, Bill 06/29/2001 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Ken Hanlon no 1
Tryon, John G. 02/21/2006 UNLV yes 2
Tryon, John G. 02/21/2006 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.T78 2007 John G. Tryon was hired to teach electrical engineering at UNLV in 1974. He introduced a senior engineering design course and also was a member of the Academic Standards Committee yes 2
Tubbs, Robert M. 03/11/1975 Early Las Vegas-Roske Ash Meadows no 1
Tucker, Tanya Novermber 1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Newton, TV no 1
Tucker, Tanya 06/23/1987 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Turner, Frances 02/28/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history Pahrump no 1
Turner, Warren V. 03/10/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Turner,Thelma 10/21/2004 Local Oral History Project-Roske yes 2
Twitty, Conway Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
U B 40 03/25/1994 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford no 1
Uehling, Ed 03/14/2000 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 9
Uggams, Leslie Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Ullom, George 09/28/1986 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal history no 1
Ullom, Lawrence 03/04/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Photography/ Las Vegas history no 1
Underhill,Byron 11/02/2003 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 2
Urich, Bob 02/06/1979 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Urioste,Toby 01/20/2006 Tap Dancing no 2
Vale, Jerry 05/27/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Vallee, Frankie June, 1983 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Vallen, Jerome 02/23/1979 Early Las Vegas-Roske Photography no 1
Vallen, Jerry 10/02/2007 The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD 3745.V34 2007 Jerome "Jerry" Vallen moved to Las Vegas in 1967 to teach marketing in the UNLV hotel school. He has written textbooks and retired in 1989 yes 0
Vallone, Marvin 03/02/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming no 1
Van Beren, Matha 03/19/1978 or 03/19/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Personal history no 1
Van Betten, Herman (Pat) 02/20/2007 History of the 1970's no 2
Van Hollliday, LeLe 02/29/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Life of Las Vegas no 1
Van Tuyl, Jan 03/21/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Van Tuyl, Linda 02/27/1979 or 02/22/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nursing no 1
Vandenberg, Joylin 02/09/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Vanderhoof, Irene 03/14/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Vandermeer, Lambert 02/28/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
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
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
West, Bonita (Bonnie) 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. no 0
West, Charles Dr. Early Las Vegas-Roske Medical history no 2
West, Dottie Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
West, Jack 06/12/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
West, John 08/10/2000 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Son of the first black medical doctor in Las Vegas. He speaks of growing up in the Westside community, friends of other racial groups, and his parents' role in the community. yes 4
West, Keith 03/12/1981 or 03/12/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Lumber Industry no 1
Wexler, Jerry Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Wexler, Jerry 03/02/1976 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Wexler, Jerry & Shirley Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Whalen, Lillian 09/20/1974 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City no 1
Whaley, Carolyn Airforce-1960's no 1
Wham, Harry 03/07/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Underwater diving, entertainment no 1
Wharton, Fred 0. 03/10/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Older Timer Lincoln and Nye County no 1
Whipple, Elsie J. 03/05/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Whitcher, Jean 03/12/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history Costumes no 1
White, Robert March 28, 2007 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 0
Whitmore, Mark 03/03/1979 or 03/03/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Family history, Father, City Official no 1
Whitmore, Roxton Early Las Vegas-Roske no 1
Whitney, Alma 04/28/1996 Gaming & Entertainment no 2
Whitney, Alma 3/24/1997 Las Vegas women in gaming and entertainment F849.L35 W55 1997 "This interview provides information on the African American migration to Las Vegas during the 1940s, post-war race relations in Las Vegas, the daily work of hotel maids, and the culinary union." yes 0
Wieking, Henry 08/30/1975 and 08/20/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Old Fort as Concert Lab no 4
Wiener, Louis 02/09/1990 and 02/23/1990 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 8
Wilber, Mert 03/05/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Wilbur, Bob 01/19/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Lamont Patterson no 1
Wilcox, Jesma & Carlye 02/16/1976 Boulder Dam/Ranch Living Old Ranch history no 1
Wilcox, Larry 08/18/1982 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Wilcox, Larry Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Wilcox, Leora M. 01/04/1981 or 01/14/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Wilde, Barbera Early Las Vegas-Roske no 1
Wilder, Alec Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: James Maher no 1
Wilder, Alec 04/14/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 2
Wilkimon, Bonnie 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. no 0
Willard, Bill 06/04/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Entertainment no 1
Willard, Bill 07/18/1997 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Lee/Joe Show no 1
Willcox, James L. 03/04/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Southern Nevada history no 1
Williams, Aaron 08/16/2005 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP One of the first black elected officials. yes 2
Williams, C.D. 08/05/1975 or 07/07/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas Fire Department no 1
Williams, Cora 03/11/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Williams, Edna Mae & George 10/27/2004 and 04/09/1975 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Growth of Boulder City no 2
Williams, George 04/03/1978 or 03/21/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Life in Las Vegas no 1
Williams, Jillean (Pate) 03/04/2004 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Joe Williams (Wife) Talks about her late husband, the renowned entertainer, Joe Williams, and living in Las Vegas. yes 2
Williams, Joe 07/30/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Williams, Joe 10/08/1986 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Williams, Mary Lou 04/29/1970 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Williams, Monroe 08/15/2000 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP yes 4
Williams, Nancy 1996 Dancers/Showgirls yes 1
Williams, Tyrone 08/25/2006 UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty Tyrone Williams started work at UNLV in 1978 and today is a facilities supervisor two and is certified in executive housekeeping yes 0
Willis, Vern Early Las Vegas-Roske yes 2
Willliams, Tryone 08/26/2006 UNLV yes 4
Wilson, Amaletta 05/10/1976 or 01/10/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder City Hoover Dam no 1
Wilson, David A. 01/08/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Wilson, Flip 08/04/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Wilson, Mary Early Las Vegas-Roske no 2
Wilson, Mary 04/05/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Wilson, Vee Early Las Vegas-Roske no 1
Wilson, Vera Vann 09/24/2006 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP no 1
Wilson, Woodrow 02/28/1975 or 10/19/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Winthrop, Helen 02/10/1988 Early Las Vegas-Roske Personal history no 5
Wisdom, Alice L. Early Las Vegas-Roske no 1
Witherspoon, Jimmy 07/28/1971 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Witt, Rosemary 11/17/2006 Nursing no 1
Witt, Rosemary 11/07/2006 Oral History Project @ Fifty Rosemary Witt was hired as a physiatric nursing instructor at UNLV in 1975 or 76. She has been chair of the nursing program for over thirty years and also served as an interim director for a year during a search for a new dean yes 0
Wittwer, John 1975 and 03/01/1976 and 05/17/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history and County Agent no 3
Wixson, Saul 03/07/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Boulder Dam Construction yes 1
Wolters, Nina B. March 3, 2009 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
Wolverton, Ester 03/18/1981 and 03/13/1981 and 02/25/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history and Personal history no 2
Wood, Ina 03/12/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske POW(prisoner of war), Railroads, Henderson no 3
Wood, Norman 03/01/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Desert biology and Department of Wildlife no 1
Wood, Randy 06/15/1974 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Wood, Randy 06/14/1974 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw no 1
Wood, Terry November 14, 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
Woodbury, Bruce 2/25/2009 Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood F849.L35 W676 2010 Bruce Woodbury is a native Las Vegan, an attorney, and a former county commissioner. He lived in two houses in the John S. Park Neighborhood and attended John S. Park Elementary and Las Vegas High School yes 0
Woodbury, Carl 02/16/1972 or 02/14/1972 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Woodbury, Dr. Clare 01/28/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas and Boulder City no 3
Woodrum, John 06/12/2006 UNLV no 2
Woodrum, Larry 02/15/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Banking yes 2
Woods, Opha 02/23/1979 and 03/11/1981 Local Oral History Project-Roske Mesquite no 3
Woodward, Forest 02/23/1979 Early Las Vegas-Roske Nevada history no 3
Wooley, Frank 04/01/1976 Early Las Vegas-Roske Nevada history no 1
Wooley, Gwendolyn 03/09/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Wormwood, Mattie M. 03/09/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Worrall, Harry 03/01/1980 or 02/23/1976 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Wright, Jenkins L. 1974 or 10/06/1973 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history no 1
Wright, John 02/26/1977 or 03/01/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada and Las Vegas history no 1
Wright, Lonnie 10/23/2009 Boyer Las Vegas Historic Project Lonnie Wright played basketball for Coach Jerry Tarkanian at UNLV in the eraly 70s. He started as a dealer in Strip casinos when he was almost the only African American dealer, he has coached basketball in Singapore, owned his own businesses, and taught culinary courses at the community college yes 0
Wright, Lucille 02/23/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Wright, Samuel E. 10/08/2010 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Samuel Wright was raised in Washington, D.C., and worked in public transportation in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. He worked for the RTC for 26 years. He and his friend architect Bob Fielden started a non-profit organization called PlaceMakers yes 0
Wright, Tom 12/14/2005 UNLV no 1
Wright, William 02/26/1979 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history yes 1
Wuehle, Tony 12/21/2006 Gaming no 1
Wyman, Richard V, 03/01/2006 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.W85 2007 Dr. Richard V. Wyman is an engineering geologist who built tunnels at the Nevada Test Site. He taught engineering at UNLV, was chair of Science and Engineering, and helped the engineering college apply for accreditation with the ABET yes 0
Wynette, Tammy Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Wynn, Steve 12/08/2006 Gaming yes 3
Wynn, Steve Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Yarchever, Edythe Katz 12/06/2006 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OPH yes 2
Yarchever, Gilbert 04/03/2006 BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OPH yes 6
Yarchever, Gilbert 04/03/2006 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Gilbert Yarchever is a Jewish American who was in the Navy during World War II, helped smuggle Jewish refugees into Jerusalem, worked as a civil servant in many countries, and moved to Las Vegas in 1977. He helped found the EXCEL program at University of Nevada, Las Vegas and is an art collector yes 0
Yeager, Jane Reid 07/03/1975 and 07/13/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Nevada history yes 4
Yellen, Lucille 02/21/1988 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Young, Christie 10/18/1998 Gay Archives-Dennis McBride yes 12
Young, Thomas 08/29/1991 Local Oral History Project-Roske yes 10
Young, Walker 06/23/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 2
Yoxen, Louise Anna 10/08/2003 Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Louis Yoxen worked as an administrative assistant in the Allies' occupation of Germany after World War II. She also worked for the U.S. State Department in North Africa and in Las Vegas starting in 1951. She got married here and worked in her family's construction business yes 0
Yune, Johnny Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Yurek, Gerald 03/09/1981 or 08/12/1975 Local Oral History Project-Roske Gaming no 1
Zadora, Pia 11/01/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 1
Zadora, Pia Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Zadora, Pia 09/08/1983 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Zadora, Pia 03/31/1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Zajac, Rita 03/05/1977 Local Oral History Project-Roske Politics no 1
Zamito, Gail 03/05/1978 Local Oral History Project-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Zampini, Olga 02/13/1979 Early Las Vegas-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Zane, Len 05/10/2007 UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project LD3745.Z35 2007 Len Zane taught physics at UNLV, was chair of the department, set up the honors program, and was dean of the Honors College yes 0
Zentner, Si 11/13/1992 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney no 1
Zentner, Si 07/17/1991 Arnold Shaw Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard no 2
Zerga, Victor J. 04/03/1976 Early Las Vegas-Roske Nursing and Ranching no 1
Zick, Walter 02/22/1977 or 02/28/1971 Local Oral History Project-Roske Achitecture no 1
Zigler, Earl Early Las Vegas-Roske Las Vegas history no 1
Zigtema, Henry 03/14/1980 Local Oral History Project-Roske no 1
Zoppi, Tony May, 1981 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Zoppi, Tony 05/22/1978 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Zoppi, Tony 03/21/1978 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Zoppi, Tony 01/13/1978 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 2
Zoppi, Tony 12/27/1978 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Zoppi, Tony 11/22/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Zoppi, Tony 09/27/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Zoppi, Tony 10/12/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1
Zoppi, Tony 08/29/1977 Arnold Shaw Entertainment no 1

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