Oral History Interviews
Total records in this collection: 4056Print version of all records
| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Bushell, Garvin | 05/10/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Bustrum, Carol | OH-02312 | 2013 March 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | The Walker Lake Fire and Ambulance Department was founded in 1972 and Bustrum was on the ambulance from 1978 to 1990. | no | 0 |
| Butera, Edward | OH-02783 | 7/28/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 B878 2016 Moderated AIA panel "A City Growing Up" Mechanical engineer with JBA Consulting Engineers; to LV 1972, with JBA since 1974; first casino project Stardust; worked on all Wynn properties; has three mentors: Ralph Joeckel, who founded JBA; Tony Marnell; Steve Wynn | yes | 0 |
| 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 | OH-00143 | 03/02/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape ' Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Butler, DeRuyter | OH-02831 | 9/15/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 B8784 2016 Architect, AIA, co-founded Butler/Ashworth Architects 2000. Director Architecture, Atlandia Design & Furnishings, Inc., a construction supervision and design company and then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mirage Resorts 1982-2000. Executive VP Architecture Wynn Design & Development LLC since June 2000. | yes | 0 |
| Butler, Liz | OH-01539 | 9/27/2010 | Subject worked in Las Vegas casinos starting in the 1970s; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 | |
| Butler, Maxine | OH-02657 | 4/22/2016 | AfAm Collab | Good overview of sharecropping as part of the plantation system that extended beyond slavery, migration vicissitudes, and work at various hotels downtown and on the Strip. Career ended at Red Rock with a six figure income. Interview shows the power of "juice," the black church, and the challenges faced in the LV historic black community. | no | 0 |
| Butler, Wendy | OH-02538 | 2007 May 23 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Butterfield, Stella | OH-02685 | 2005 October 14, 25 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 B88 2006 Stella Butterfield's family, the Goldbergs, was Jewish, and she was born in the Bronx. During World War II she worked for the Coast Guard in the steno pool in Washington, D.C. Stella moved to Santa Monica a few years later while the war was still going on and worked briefly as a riveter for Douglas Aircraft and then as a teletype operator for the Air Force but at Douglas Aircraft. Because she had a hard time getting a job because of antisemitism, she changed her name to Gilbert. In December of 1948 she went to the Canal Zone in Panama to be the secretary of the commanding officer of the Panama Supply Depot. Stella was also a law reporter for court martials. She met Frank Butterfield, who was stationed there, and married him in 1952. He was transferred back to the United States, and they lived in Massachusetts. Then they moved to Los Angeles, and in 1953 they moved to Las Vegas, where she was a court reporter at Nellis Air Force Base. Then they moved to Mexico City, then back to California where she worked as a legal secretary. In early 1955 they moved back to Las Vegas, and Stella worked as a federal court reporter for Judge Roger T. Foley. | yes | 0 |
| 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 | OH-00311 | 03/30/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Law enforcement, personal life history. | yes | 1 |
| Byrne, William | OH-00281 | 04/18/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Cade, Jerry | OH-02539 | 2003-02-08, 2003-05-17, 2003-06-21, 2003-07-26, 2003-11-01, 2003-11-22 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 11 |
| Cadwaller, Ralph | OH-00147 | 10/15/2001 | yes | 0 | ||
| Cadwaller, Ralph | OH-00147 | 10/15/2001 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | School management in Las Vegas | yes | 2 |
| Caesar, Jimmy | 06/23/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Cagley, Lee | OH-02796 | 8/8/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 C33 2016 Interior designer who worked with Tony Marnell before opening his own firm; now teaches design at Iowa State University but returns to LV frequently. Designed Rio interiors and all expansions; Palazzo suites; Mirage remodel; currently Lucky Dragon. | yes | 0 |
| Cahill, Robbins E. | OH-00313 | 06/02/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | F841.C34 A3 General Nevada history, recollections of work in state politics, government, taxation, gaming control, Clark County administration, and The Nevada Resort Association. (Received at UNR by Mary Ellen Glass) | no | 3 |
| Cahill, Robins | 01/31/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Cahlan, Florence Lee Jones | OH-00148 | 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 | OH-00149 | 02/18/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas Review Journal, Journalism in Las Vegas, Development of gambling and tourism in Las Vegas, Prostitution, Modes of transportation in the 1940s, How WWII affected Southern Nevada. Interviewed by Lester Wisbrod. | yes | 2 |
| Cahlan, John Francis | OH-00150 | 1977/03/30 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas entertainment. Interviewed by Gordon R. Brusso. | yes | 1 |
| Cahlan, John Francis | OH-00151 | 1978/04/10 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas from 1920-1950, Early Aviation. Interviewed by James W. Weslowski. | yes | 2 |
| Cahlan, John Francis | OH-00152 | 1980/02/27 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Journalism in Nevada and Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal, Water, Railroads, Native Americans and Spanish Padres in Southern Nevada, Buliding of Boulder Dam, Nellis Air Force Base. Interviewed by Radmila Radovich. | yes | 1 |
| Cahlan, John Francis | OH-00153 | circa 1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Journalism in Nevada and Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal.Interviewed by Perry Kaufman. | yes | 1 |
| Cahlan, John Francis | OH-00154 | 1975/07/02 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nellis A.F.B., Nevada Test Site, Prohibition in Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal, Las Vegas history. Interviewed by Larry J. DuRussel | yes | 1 |
| Calas, Charlie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Caldwell, Marguerite "Stormy" | OH-02540 | 2005 March 26 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Caldwell, Richard | OH-00321 | 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. | yes | 1 |
| Caldwell, Richard F. Sr. | OH-00322 | 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. | yes | 1 |
| Calhoon, Dinah | OH-00323 | 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. | yes | 1 |
| Callas, Charlie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Callas, Charlie | 12/23/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Callwood, Sabina and Antonio | OH-03188 | 2014 October 13 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | no | 0 | |
| Calvillo, Eric | OH-03692 | 2019 June 19 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 C35 2019 Eric Calvillo was born into a Mexican American household in San Jose, California in 1980. As he recalls, it was there that his fixation with the colors and recurring themes of his family’s Mexican roots told hold of his imagination. Today, this is core to his growing art career. Art has not been his sole ambition. Before moving to Las Vegas in 2005, Calvillo attended a San Francisco culinary school. He relocated to Las Vegas to complete his culinary internship at the prestigious Picasso restaurant at the Bellagio. Eventually, he began to pursue a professional art career as a painter of Día de los Muertos motifs and beautifully portray the Mexican tradition of celebrating the lives of the deceased. Through his use of acrylics and oil on canvas, Calvillo conveys the emotion of his culture and then, being a skilled carpenter, crafts his own frames. Subjects: Art, Mexican heritage, Dia de los Muertos. | yes | 0 |
| Cambeiro, Domingo | OH-02864 | 2016 October 18 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Cuban-born architect arrived in Las Vegas in 1962 from Miami, worked as draftsman for a drafting service and for Errol Hill at Round Up Realty's architectural department before working for Las Vegas architect Julius Gabriel. He talks about how he forged a friendship with Bud Albright at Clark County Special Projects, how Gabriel mentored him, and how he and his brother Arturo formed their partnership in 1970 after obtaining their licenses. He also discusses how Cambeiro and Cambeiro obtained the commission to design their largest project, the original Thomas & Mack Center. | no | 0 |
| Cameron, Deborah | OH-02541 | 2006 August 17 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 2 |
| Cameron, Judy K. | OH-00324 | 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) | OH-00325 | 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). | yes | 1 |
| Campbell, Chelsie | OH-03545 | 2019 January 09 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 C34 2019 Chelsie Campbell was born in Las Vegas, Nevada to Norah and Alan Campbell. She recalled some of the stories that her mother told her about living in and leaving Cuba. Campbell graduated from UNLV's Law School. She helped create the Student Organization of Latinos. Subjects: UNLV Law, Latin Chamber of Commerce, Fidel Castro, Student Organization of Latinos (SOL), Las Vegas Review Journal | yes | 0 |
| Campbell, Felicia | OH-00155 | 6/28/12 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Career in the educational arena including UNLV | yes | 1 |
| Campbell, Glen | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Campbell, Harry and Judy | OH-02853 | 2016 October 04 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Harry began 1965 as draftsman with LV architect Julius Gabriel, did drawings for 4 Queens, Jerry Mack's house in Las Vegas Country Club, perspective on multi-million $ pie-shaped property at corner adjacent to Caesars Palace that Steve Wynn sold to Caesars. Worked for Zick and Sharpe and JMA before becoming licensed architect and forming HCA Architects with Dave Singer. Designed most of Henderson's civic buildings over 15-year span; architect of record for Fremont Street Experience and Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse. Judy to Boulder City 1974, former husband developed La Dolce Vita condominiums in BC and Lake Terrace in BC (35 Townhouses and 81 Custom home lots overlooking Lake Mead). Became residential and commercial real estate agent and worked with Jane Fielden selling office systems. Judy and Harry married 1989. | no | 0 |
| Campbell, Jesse (J.W.) | OH-00327 | 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]. | yes | 1 |
| Campbell, Mary Ellen | OH-00328 | 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]. | yes | 1 |
| Campbell, Robert (Bob) and Patricia | OH-03346 | 2017 November 28, 2018 February 27 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 L354 2017 Session 1: In 1976, Bob Campbell, then city manager of Booneville, Missouri, brought his wife with him to Henderson to respond to the City of Henderson's ad for a city manager. Before the couple could settle in at the Town House Motel on Water Street, Bob was immediately whisked away to an evening City Council meeting. After a tour and job offer the next day, Bob accepted--mainly because he would have the opportunity to create something new on the blank canvas of Green Valley's 8,400 empty acres. After about five years he joined American Nevada Corporation as Senior Vice President and General Manager, mainly serving as liaison with the City. He then worked with Southwest Gas Corporation in public affairs under Bill Laub Sr. and Kenny Guinn before joining other Hendersonites who united with the Bass family of Texas to build Lake Las Vegas in January 1989. From 2004-2009, via The Campbell Co., he assisted with the development of Ascaya. Subjects: City of Henderson, NV; City Manager; American Nevada Corp.; Southwest Gas Corp.; Bass family, Fort Worth, TX; Lake Adair; Lake Mead; Lake Las Vegas; Ascaya; Lloyd Bentsen; Regional Flood Control District; Session 2: Bob's wife Pat joins this session. Her rural Missouri childhood was similar to that of her husband, whom she met while earning her teaching degree at University of Missouri (Mizzou). This session focuses on Lake Las Vegas (LLV), the pace of its development, and the history of the LLV leadership's relations with its employees; its developer, Transcontinental Properties; and the City of Henderson. Subjects: Henderson, NV; Transcontinental Properties; Lake Las Vegas; Lake Las Vegas Resort; Carlton Adair; Bass Brothers; Bass Family; Lee Bass; Sid Bass; Ronald Boeddeker; Henry Gluck; Alton E. Jones; Steve Ainsworth; The Reverend Caesar John Caviglia; Father Caviglia; Shauna Hughes; Bob Swadell; | yes | 0 |
| Campton, Dennis | OH-02316 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After graduating from Ohio State Medical School, Campton moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963 and worked at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. He worked at a private practice until 1970 before moving to Pahrump in 1980 | no | 0 |
| Canarelli, Lawrence | OH-02664 | 5/2/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 C363 2016 Founder and owner of American West Homes, Mr. Canarelli grew up in an Oregon logging town living in a tent. It is his calling to provide shelter for families and he has done that exceedingly well. He relates stories of early home development, how the Las Vegas industry has changed, and his view of the future. | yes | 0 |
