Oral History Interviews
Total records in this collection: 4056Print version of all records
| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Daniels, Jinetta | OH-02209 | 11/30/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Rani Dunn) | Culinary Union member, Worked at Dunes Hotel as a maid. Member of victory Baptist Church, property owner. | no | 0 |
| Daniels, Raul | OH-03686 | 2019 July 13 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 D36 2019 Born in Chihuahua, Mexico in 1979, parents immigrated to US when he was pre-school age. By 1989, they had moved to Las Vegas where father got a construction job. Today, Raul is Vice President of Catering with the Station Casinos/Hotels. Married to Ace Daniels. Subjects: Hotel industry, Mexican roots, Las Vegas High School, LGBTQ | yes | 0 |
| Danzinger, Edwina E. | OH-00330 | 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 | yes | 1 |
| Dark, Johnny | 03/31/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Dark, Johnny | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Darnell, Marshall | OH-00341 | 11/ 7/2001 | The Public School Principalship | CCSD principalship | yes | 0 |
| 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 | OH-00343 | 10/19/2007 | Boyer Early Las vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .D37 2007 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 | OH-00343 | 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 | OH-00346 | 10/02/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | First IRS Agent in Southern Nevada | yes | 1 |
| Davis, Billy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Davis, Bonnie | OH-00357 | 02/25/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Davis, Chester | OH-00482 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Davis, Chris; Davis, Debbie; Smith, Mynda | OH-03442 | 2018 May 24 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Neysa Davis Tonks was murdered at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival on October 1, 2017. Her parents, Debbie and Chris Davis and sister Mynda Smith, are forming a Foundation, Fifty-Eight Loved and Never Forgotten, to help educate the children of all 58 families. Neysa, a single mother, leaves behind three sons, 24, 18, and 15 years of age. Debbie and Chris have moved into her home to assure love, support, stability, and constancy in their grandsons' lives. On the Sunday evening of the tragic event, Neysa's friend covered her body with his own even after knowing the shot to her head had been fatal. He was wounded with shrapnel completely down one side of his body. Mynda was awakened by a phone call from Greysen, Neysa's youngest son and the family began to gather. The next morning, Debbie and Chris flew in from their vacation and the family began the search for Neysa's body. Twenty-four hours after the shooting had begun, she was located at the coroner's office listed as a Jane Doe. She was beautiful. Technologent, the company where Neysa worked, arranged the Red Rock memorial for the family. The family learned for the first time how important Neysa's role in the company had been. They were in awe, admired her even more, and now understood her naps during family gatherings. Debbie, Chris, and Mynda believe that "darkness cannot exist in the presence of light. Neysa's light will shine forever." Subjects: Acts of Kindness, Neysa Davis Tonks, crosses, 58 Loved and Never Forgotten Foundation, Fabulous Freddy's | no | 0 |
| Davis, Gerald; Davis, Dianna | OH-03764 | 2021-05-10 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Gerald Davis was falsely arrested on a Sunday afternoon in October 1969, taken to jail, and spent the night there even though one police officer tried to correct the disrespectful behavior of his partner. This action led to a 3-day riot in the Black Westside community of Las Vegas. Davis was born in Las Vegas in a home at 1223 North H Street and remembers businesses like the Cove, the Louisiana Club, Hamburger Heaven, Town Tavern, and the Brown Derby, his favorite night spot even when he was too young to enter the establishment. HIs work included Republic Service and the Clark County School District (CCDS). Dianna Davis also worked at CCSD after a short stint as a maid where she was accosted by a hotel visitor and worked in fear afterwards. But CCSD was better. She became a baker at the location that supplied food for all the schools in the county. Her fond memory is her favorite teacher, Mrs. Moten, who instilled a pride in blackness in her African American students. [Mrs. Moten is the mother of Fred Moten, the critical thinker of our times who is Professor of Performance Studies at NY University.] Subjects: 1969 riot; Jackson Av; Officer Arrington; Westside School; Charles Wyatt; Moten 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 |
| Davis, Henry Clay | OH-00360 | 03/15/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Railroads, Casinos Union Membership, Helldorado, Davis Dam, Lake Mead, Mining Towns, Roads and Highways, Hunting. | yes | 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 | OH-00363 | 04/16/1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Davis, Sammy | OH-02593 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Davis, Wes | OH-02545 | 2008 July 13 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 3 |
| Dawson, Marshall Mack | OH-00366 | 11/01/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history up to 1960 | yes | 1 |
| Day, Jack | OH-02443 | 8/19/2015 | BELVOHP | Involvement with Manpower, beginning of Vo-Tech High School, disturbances at high schools in the 1960s, entering CCSD administration, coaching sports, and social interactions among high school kids. | no | 0 |
| Daybell, Kenneth M. | OH-00367 | 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 | OH-00369 | 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 |
| Dazzio, Russell | OH-00371 | 11/04/2013 | West Charleston Ward 1 | Interview conducted in Hotel College classes regarding attending school at UNLV, working at the Stardust, position at ITT Sheraton. Second session will concentrate of life in Ward 1. Sent to transcriber 11/7/2013. | yes | 0 |
| de Becker, Hal | OH-00373 | 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 | OH-00375 | 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 | OH-00379 | 03/15/1981 | Filipinos' in Las Vegas | Filipinos' in Las Vegas, Personal History, History of Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| De Long, Angie | OH-00118 | 12/01/2003 | Las Vegas History | Las Vegas History | no | 2 |
| Deacon, James | OH-00388 | 08/24/2006 | UNLV | LD3745.D398 2007 UNLV Professor | yes | 2 |
| Deacon, James | OH-00918 | 2008 September 04 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Deacon, Mary Dale | OH-00389 | 06/21/2006 | UNLV | LD3745 .D42 2007 | yes | 1 |
| Deaner, Charles W. | OH-00391 | 4/4/2011 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History | CT247 .D42 2007 Charles Deaner came to Las Vegas to practice law in the 1950s. He has also taught law. | no | 0 |
| Deaner, Nancy | OH-03445 | 2018 June 05, 2018 June 11 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Nancy Deaner is a Nevadan who grew up in both Reno and Las Vegas. She enjoyed a childhood packed with fun activities and good friends. She loved the smells after a rain shower, Big Rock Candy, and the elegance of the Sands where her father worked as a 21 dealer. As a teenager, she worked in advertising for businesses like Von Tobel's Hardware store, Ronzoni's, Montgomery Wards, and the Boulevard Mall. After her daughter was born, Nancy entered the gaming industry as a cocktail waitress and worked at the Mint for four years while sometimes adding hours at Circus Circus Hotel Casino. After living in Hawaii and Reno, she returned to the city, remarried, assisted in making Shade Tree a respected household name, and entered college at UNLV earning a bachelor's degree and in 1991 her MFA. Before graduation though, she was offered 'the' job with the City of Las Vegas that piggy-backed on the gallery work she had relished and successfully executed at UNLV. She soon became the Cultural Affairs Director for the City. Her contributions to our city are numerous. As the Cultural Affairs Director, she began the intricate ground-floor work on both the Neon Museum and the MOB Museum. Then came the Arts District. Nancy Deaner's work made a profound contribution to Las Vegas and her memories are exceptional. Subjects: Nevada Institute of the Arts, Shade Tree, MOB Museum, NEON Museum, La Concha Motel Lobby, Culinary Union, Carol Goldstein, Robert Chattel, Berry, Arts Council, Arts District, College of Southern Nevada | no | 0 |
| Dearing, Jo Ann | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| DeArkland, Deanna | OH-03662 | 2020 June 05 | The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic | Moved to Las Vegas from Southern California in 2005 and became an elementary school teach for 13 years, mostly with charter schools. Active in her synagogue, school Covid-19 planning committee, when not busy raising her two school age daughters. Married to Ryan DeArkland. Subjects: Education, homeschooling, remote instruction, second grade, stress, routines | no | 0 |
| Deaton, Gloria | OH-00393 | 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 | OH-00394 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| DeBecker, Hal | OH-00373 | 06/23/2003 | Dancer | yes | 2 | |
| Decaro, Marian Beltran | OH-00402 | 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 | yes | 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 | OH-00403 | 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 | |
| Degarmo, Chuck and Chen, Po-Sun | OH-02938 | 2017 January 13 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 D43 2016 Discusses southern California childhood, early interest in landscaping, and Bachelor of Science degree in Ornamental Horticulture at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, with concentration in Landscape Construction. Gives personal work history in landscape construction, maintenance, and development and its intersection with ValleyCrest Landscape Development (now BrightView), and how this history landscaped the largest hotel properties on the Las Vegas Strip, the Strip median, Summerlin Parkway, Station Casinos, and other Las Vegas Valley locations. | yes | 0 |
| Deiro, Count Guido R. | OH-00405 | 2001 January 30, 2017 November 20 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | F849.L35 D45 2018 | yes | 3 |
