Oral History Interviews
Total records in this collection: 4056Print version of all records
| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Baird, Xniea L. | OH-00058 | 04/05/1976 | Goldfield History | History of Goldfield Nevada, mining, flood, fire | no | 1 |
| Bajoneta, Vonna | OH-02496 | 1997 July | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Baker, Alfred Frank | OH-00060 | 04/04/1975 | Local Las Vegas History - Roske | Hoover Dam | no | 1 |
| Baker, Anne Victoria | OH-00061 | 04/31/1975 | Hoover Dam | Hoover Dam, Personal history | no | 1 |
| Baker, Carol | OH-00062 | 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 | OH-00056 | 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. | OH-00059 | 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 |
| Baker, Roy D. | OH-02535 | 2004 February 8 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 2 |
| Baldus, Joseph Rev. | OH-00063 | 10/08/1982 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Catholic Church, personal history, Church history in Nevada, religion. (personal photo) | no | 1 |
| Ball, Renee | OH-00064 | 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. | OH-00065 | 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 | |
| Baller, Michael | OH-02634 | March 16, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F 850 J5 B34 2014 Moved here as a teenager in 1950s from Detroit. His father Frank Baller, who had been a laundry truck driver for Dalitz family in Michigan, opened Deluxe Hand Laundry and Cleaners on Main Street. Michael and his brother worked in the cleaning business. He is currently a poker dealer at Planet Hollywood. Stories about cleaning customers and growing up here. | yes | 0 |
| Bananto, Ronald | OH-00219 | 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. | yes | 1 |
| Bank, Ronnie | OH-02205 | 11/30/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Lael Byrd) | Challenges with interracial relationships, worked as DJ. Arrived in LV in 1974. Worked at the Hilton and Circus-Circus. (check timeline) | no | 0 |
| Banks, Maria S. | OH-00073 | 09/23/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming, Gambling, Nevada history; No paperwork - index card only | yes | 1 |
| Banks, Myrtle | OH-00074 | 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? | yes | 1 |
| Banner, James J. | OH-00098 | 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 |
| Banuelos, Manuel | OH-03491 | 2018 October 05 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Manuel Banuelos was born in Zacatecaz, Mexico and arrived in Las Vegas in 1985. He was a retired line cook at Las Palmas for 25 years. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Immigration, El Cortez, Intercultural Marriage, NALA, State line, Gaming | no | 0 |
| Banuelos-Benitez, Laurents | OH-03783 | 2021-06-16 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Interviewed by Rodrigo Vazquez and Barbara Tabach. Las Vegas native and graduate of Clark High School; son of Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants. High school English teacher at Rancho and former student worker on the Latinx Voices project. Subjects: Child of immigrants; Las Vegas' east side; bilingual heritage; education policies and vision No restrictions: Collection is open for research. Where use copies do not exist, production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay research requests. Advanced notice is required. | no | 0 |
| Barajas, Javier | OH-03483 | 2018 September 20 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Javier Barajas was born in Michoacan, Mexico. He grew up mostly with his grandparents, helping them in their store "La Flor Michoacan." He first learned to cook by working with the nuns in seminary where he was educated. At the age of 18 Barajas left Michoacan to work in the United States. Eventually, Barajas found himself in Las Vegas, where he first found work at Terrible Herbst as a car washer. Through the car wash, Barajas made his first connection to the restaurant industry when he washed the car of the owner of "Viva Zapata." After a few years working as the executive chef for Viva Zapata, the restaurant closed down which led Barajas to open El Lindo Michoacan. Several years after it opened, Barajas has made Lindo Michoacan a staple in the Las Vegas food scene. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: El Lindo Michoacan, Michoacan, Mexican food, Las Vegas, immigration | no | 0 |
| Baratz, Adele | OH-00075 | 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. | yes | 1 |
| Baratz, Adele | OH-00076 | 03/19/2007 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Early Jewish community, education, shopping, restaurants, Al's Bar, medical care, Helldorado, early hotels | yes | 2 |
| Baratz, Adele and Frost, Florence | OH-02420 | 05/19/15 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Two long time friends talk about early Jewish community of Las Vegas; Temple Beth Sholom, League of Women, and other activities. F850.J5.B37 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Barbarite, Thomas | OH-00077 | 03/03/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early gaming and gambling in Las Vegas, 1955 - 1981 | yes | 1 |
| Barber, Shirley A. | OH-00078 | 4/11/2003 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | CCSD employment, School Board tenure | yes | 1 |
| Barbutti, Pete | 01/27/1995 | Arnold Shaw | ML394 .B37 2008 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 | |
| Barbutti, Pete | OH-02769 | 2008-09-24 | All That Jazz Oral History Project | ML394 .B37 2008 Pete Barbutti (also spelled Barbuti) played the accordion, the piano, and the trumpet. He was also a comedian and appeared numerous times on the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson and toured with Nat King Cole. He and his family have lived in Las Vegas since 1960 | yes | 0 |
| Barcus, Edith Giles | OH-00162 | 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. | yes | 0 |
| Bardy, Mildred | OH-00079 | 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. | yes | 1 |
| Barker, Jacqueline, PhD | OH-00099 | 2/14/2013 | AfAm | Importance of the church and education. Mother was first black graduate of UNR. Talks about the social and psychology impacts of black life in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Barker, PhD, Jacqueline | OH-00099 | 2/14/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | Education in Las Vegas; Barker's mother was the first black to attend UNR. Barker discusses the church and its influence, socialization process, Westside street scene. | yes | 0 |
| Barler, Virgil | OH-00080 | 11/19/2003 | Blue Diamond OHP | Worked in the shop at the mine, dozer, oiler. Talks about general store. | yes | 2 |
| Barlow, Harriet | OH-02141 | 2015 April 27 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Barlow, Nathaniel | OH-00100 | 5/14/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | Quitting school to migrate to LV in the 8th grade, gambling, working on the Strip, unusual look at military service, and regrets about investing in venture with initial Westside shopping center. | yes | 0 |
| Barlow, Ricki | OH-00101 | 4/10/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | City councilman for the Westside community - Ward 5. Grew up in LV, Ricki talks about working and playing as a child and teen. School and politics. Barlow shares vision for the Westside | yes | 0 |
| Barlow, Ricki | OH-03199 | 2017 July 12 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Oral history interview with Ricki Barlow conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on July 12, 2017 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Barlow discusses his upbringing in Las Vegas, Nevada and growing up in the Westside. Barlow talks about his time as Councilman for Ward 5 in the City of Las Vegas, and lists what he accomplished from his campaign promises. He recalls his first projects as councilman, restoring the Westside School, and preserving historic buildings near downtown Las Vegas. Later, Barlow describes the issue of homelessness in Las Vegas, providing social services to people most in need, and improving the mental health system in Nevada. Lastly, Barlow discusses plans to redevelop Jackson Street and the Westside. | no | 0 |
| Barneby, Ethlyn | OH-00081 | 10/16/2002 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Boulder City in the 1940s. | yes | 1 |
| Barnett, Barbara Ann | OH-00082 | 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. | yes | 1 |
| Barnett, Jack | OH-02292 | 2/12/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Barnett, Mark | 09/04/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Barney, L. (Lendon) Kay | OH-00083 | 03/03/1978 | 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. | yes | 1 |
| Barnum, Odean | OH-00163 | 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 | OH-00164 | 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. | OH-00165 | 02/22/1975 | Local LV OHP - Roske | Prostitution, Education, Lombard's plane crash, Atomic Testing at Yucca Flats, water company. | no | 1 |
| Barrett, Barbara | OH-02495 | 1995 July 08 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Barrett, Christine | OH-03747 | 2021-03-19 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Christine Kahn left Rosary Academy Boarding School as high school valedictorian, matriculated at Boston College for four years, and entered Carnegie Mellon University for graduate school earning a MS in Public Management and Policy. After a job in Arlington, VA, William Barrett helped her move across country to join her mother in California. They made it to Las Vegas where William, a member of the Air Force, was stationed. She decided to give the town a month's trial. The rest is history and what an amazing history it is. Christine Barrett soon secured a management job at The Water District and was instrumental in its phenomenal growth from 1986 to 2014. She was one of five female executives whose work ensured clean water for the Valley. When that career ended, she began her second successful career with the Clark County School District. Subjects: Southern Nevada Water Authority; Boston; CCSD; women in management No restrictions: Collection is open for research. Where use copies do not exist, production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay research requests. Advanced notice is required. | no | 0 |
| Barrick, Marjorie | OH-00166 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | UNLV, Las Vegas history, founding Child Haven, Owning Flamingo and the Fremont, "the hotel people." Also contains a written biography. Use agreement | yes | 1 |
