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Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| 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 |