Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| 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 | |
| Anthony, Stavros S. | OH-03209 | 2017 July 24 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 A62 2016 Son of poor immigrants from Cyprus who met and married after arriving in the U.S., City of Las Vegas Councilman Stavros Anthony began his career with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in Las Vegas in 1980, shortly after earning his B.A. in criminal justice at Wayne State University in Detroit. In 2009, he retired as a Captain. Along the way he earned an M.A. in political science and a Ph.D. in sociology from UNLV, served two terms on Nevada System of Higher Education's Board of Regents (2002-2012), and will begin his third term representing Ward 4 on the Las Vegas City Council. Discusses policing, rezoning, Las Vegas growth, growth of Nevada System of Higher Education, the Westside, Las Vegas City Council, streamlining city government during the Recession, and the NSHE Board of Regents. | yes | 0 |
| Anthony, Valerie; McKinney, Veronica | OH-03601 | 2019 April 04 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Valerie and Veronica are sisters who grew up in a military family. Though Valerie and her father did not often agree about how life should be lived, she followed him into the Air Force and continued the tradition of living around the globe. She lived in England, Panama City, Korea, Japan, Cambridge, retiring in California where she found her calling. Valerie started a business working with perpetrators of domestic violence. She retired to Las Vegas near her sister Veronica. Veronica lived the more tradition life of a Las Vegan - work, church, and raising a family. She completed her degree as a non-traditional student at UNLV. The sisters are active in the world of books - writing and participating in book clubs. Subjects: Alcohol counseling, domestic violence healing, US Air Force, Quest Diagnostic, Modesto, alcoholism | no | 0 |
| Antone-Knoll, Connie | OH-02357 | 2013 February 12 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Antone-Knoll received her MD from the University of Colorado in 1976. She moved to Fernley, Nevada, in 1981, where she began training the Fernley Fire Department members. | no | 0 |
| Appledorn, Jackie King | OH-00049 | 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 | OH-00047 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Educator No folder | no | 1 | |
| Arberry, Morse | OH-02510 | 11/20/2015 | AfAm | Political career, racism in Las Vegas, unequal education for blacks in city, Westside School, role of the black church, and view of police in black community. | no | 0 |
| Arias-Petrel, Maggie | OH-03640 | 2019 May 03 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 A75 2019 Maggie is the Chairwoman of the Latin Chamber of Commerce and a board member of St. Rose Dominican Hospitals and Nathan Adelson Community board. She specializes in the areas of marketing, business development and strategic partnerships for the Latino market. Maggie has over twenty years of medical practice management, marketing and advertising for medical and legal, business development and consulting experience. Subjects: Latin Chamber of Commerce, St. Rose Dominican Hospitals, Medical practice management, NASA, Ecuador | yes | 0 |
| Arkell, Donald R. | OH-00093 | 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 | OH-00044 | 02/20/1979 | 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. | yes | 1 |
| Armstrong, Bren | OH-00045 | 10/19/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Newspaper business; political reporter for Las Vegas Sun newspaper - No paperwork | no | 1 |
| Armstrong, Bryne | OH-00046 | 1975 | Local Las Vegas History - Perry Kaufman | General Nevada history; tape 1 is damaged. - No paperwork | yes | 2 |
| Armstrong, Marilyn; Williams, Brenda | OH-03760 | 2021-04-13 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Marilyn Armstrong graduated high school and beautician school at the same time having attended beauty school from 2:00 until 9:00 or 10:00 in the evening. Her ambitious strides paid off with hair styling positions on the Strip at Caesars Palace, Miss Elizabeth's, and Under Your Hat prior to owning her own shop at Flamingo and Maryland Parkway. Her clientele included entertainers, high profile Las Vegas business owners, and locals from the Westside. Armstrong supported her husband's decision to start Ray and Ross Bus Company, the largest transportation firm in the state in the 1950s and 1960s. Armstrong grew up on the Westside when children were safe to play throughout the community, enter local beauty contests, and work on the flourishing Jackson Av business corridor. Her mother's beauty shop was on Jackson and her family knew all the other business owners in the area. She has high hopes for the future of the Historic Westside. Subjects: Margie's Beauty Shop; Cadillac Arms; Berkley Square; Cosmetique; Miss Elizabeth Coiffure; Ray & Ross Bus Company 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 |
| Armstrong, Sammie R. | OH-03152 | 2017 March 08 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Sammie Armstrong purchased his first bus in 1975. By 1999 when he sold Ray & Ross Transport, he owned more than 40 buses in an operation that had won national awards, employed over 180 people, and had grown to the largest bus company in Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Armstrong, Stan | OH-02256 | 12/02/2014 | AfAm - Student Project | Film maker, professor at UNLV. Grew up on D Street in Cadillac Arms, worked at family's market, witnessed riots at Rancho High School. | no | 0 |
| Arnaz, Desi | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Arnold, Brenda | OH-00048 | 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 | |
| Arum, Lovee duBoef | OH-02884 | 2016 November 01 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 A78 2014 Lovee Arum is a philanthropist; she is an supporter of UNLV, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Brain Health Center, Nevada Women's Philanthropy. She talks about residing in Las Vegas over the years and participating in Jewish community. She is married to Bob Arum. | yes | 0 |
| Arum, Robert (Bob) | OH-02867 | 2016 October 20 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 A778 2014 CEO of Top Rank Boxing, inducted into Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999 for his successful career promoting the sport. Talks about growing up Orthodox Jew in New York and how circumstances brought him to the business he has grown since 1965. Relationships with famous boxers such as Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and others. | yes | 0 |
| Askew, Dennis Lee | OH-02464 | 8/28/2015 | BELVOHP | Las Vegas native Dennis Askew grew up as the son of long-time Sands Hotel & Casino craps dealer and box man, Johnny Askew. He discusses Las Vegas in the 1950s and 1960s and his experiences working as a busboy at the Sands in the late 1960s. After his graduation from Valley High School in 1971, he formed his own band Universe, which had success in Las Vegas and southern California. By the late 1970s, the band had broken up and Askew began working at Odyssey Records in downtown Las Vegas. From 1980-1985 he wrote a weekly column (Las Vegas Sun newspaper) on the Las Vegas rock scene called "Rock Talk" and later did a radio and TV show by the same name before he moved to southern California permanently in 1985 | no | 0 |
| Atkins, Cholly | 03/10/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Atkinson, Barbara | OH-03637 | 2019 August 05 | UNLV School of Medicine Oral History Project | Founding dean of the UNLV School of Medicine, Barbara Atkinson is stepping down. Her assignment is complete. As Founding Dean, Dr. Atkinson has overseen all aspects of the formation and launch of the new medical school - leading the school's charter accreditation, faculty recruitment, planning and implementing the school's education blueprint, managing overall school operations, philanthropy and community outreach. In her interview, Dean Atkinson recounted her career, her family, and the move to Las Vegas after she had already retired from years of teaching and medical research. The joint efforts of John White, Don Snyder, and Carl Reiber pulled her out of retirement to UNLV. She proved to be up to the challenge. She fell in love with Las Vegas and will remain here as she moves back into retirement for more of the good times that Las Vegas offers including bird watching. Subjects: White coat ceremony, accreditation process, Len Jessup, NSHE, UNR, Don Snyder | no | 0 |
| Atti, Daniel | OH-00050 | 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. | OH-00051 | 11/06/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Las Vegas 1940 to 1975 - builder, railroad engineer - No Tape, handwritten notes | no | 0 |
| Auslander, Joe | 11/03/1972 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Austin Family with Chazz Young | OH-02138 | 8/6/2014 | AfAm Collab | Austin, Aramental: Created Austin Dancers, a dance school in New York and brought the concept to Las Vegas in 1993. After many locations, now at the Pearson Center training award winning dancers.; Austin, Linda: Drummer. Daughter of Aramentel Austin of the Austin Dancers, Las Vegas dance school. Linda has played worldwide for personalities Oprah, Maya Angelou, and the others. Has played with many famed musicians including Quincy Jones.; Austin, Henry G.: Husband of Aramentel Austin, founder of Austin Dancers - a school to train dancers that began in NY and was transported to LV in 1993.; Young, Charles: Dancer trained in NY. Works with children at the West LV Arts Center and Austin Dancers; Williams, Debbie: Dancer. Daughter of founder of Austin Dancers, school in LV than began in NY. | yes | 0 |
| Avants, Beecher | OH-00094 | 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 |
| Avelar, Lupe | OH-03571 | 2019 February 25 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Lupe Avelar was born in Durango, Mexico. Her family owned a family farm. She migrated to New Mexico with her brother when she was a teenager. She quickly returned to Mexico. Years later, she married Eladio Avelar and moved with him to California. Interviewed is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Mexico, Immigration, California cotton fields | no | 0 |
| Ayers, Harold M. III | OH-00052 | 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 | OH-00053 | 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 |
| Babich, Brad and Victoria | OH-00095 | 11/22/2013 | Boyer Early LV | Early town in the 1940s and 1950s. High School days, first car, jobs as a runner and lifeguard. His father was in gaming management. | no | 0 |
| Baca, Cindy | OH-03619 | 2019 May 22 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Born and raised in Las Vegas, Cindy has chosen to raise her own three children in Las Vegas. At the time of the interview, she has been the librarian at Escobedo Middle School for 11 years. Her twin 17-year-old daughters were injured attendees at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Cindy talks about their experiences during and after the shooting. She also talks about the Random Acts of Kindness project that she piloted for her school and how it has inspired other educators throughout the country. Subjects: Parent of injured attendees, random acts of kindness, educator | no | 0 |
| Baca, Edward | OH-02533 | 1/28/2016 | BELVOHP | Musician, Air Conditioning Company, and Evangelist who spread the Word throughout the West. Country music provided the soul of his ministry with a band that was together for the joy of entertaining. Stories of healing lives, entertainment, and building a city. | no | 0 |
| Baca, Mauricia | OH-03580 | 2019 March 07 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. Mauricia Baca migrated from New York, an attorney who runs Get Outdoors Nevada. Baca shared the story of the involvement of her agency by the City of Las Vegas in the operation of the Healing Garden. It's an amazingly serendipitous story that is leading to a book about the garden and a second phase that will provide a space for docents and the sale of items. The Healing Garden is one of the many passions of Get Outdoors Nevada. The primary focus include enhancing the outdoor recreational experience for Nevadans and visitors. In addition to the Healing Garden, Get Outdoors Nevada participates in Lake Mead Circle, Vegas Valley Rim Trail, Lower Colorado River Water Trail Alliance, and Get Outdoors Nevada Day. Subjects: Healing Garden, Tom Perigo, UNLV Solar House, docents, City of Las Vegas | no | 0 |
| Baca, Mauricia | OH-03673 | 2019 December 16 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Mauricia Baca, Director of Get Outdoors Nevada, was born to a Jewish American mother and Mexican father who settled in New York City. She overcame the economic obstacles of her early life to graduate from Vassar College and University of New York Law School, where she learned to be proud of her identity. Subjects: Jewish, Education, Law School, Latinx, Mexican | yes | 0 |
| Bach, George L. | OH-00054 | 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, Donald | OH-00055 | 04/23/2007 | UNLV@50 | LD3745.B33 2007 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 |
| Bailey, Anna | OH-00096 | 03/03/1997 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F850.N4 B35 1997 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 | OH-00057 | 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 H. (Bob) | OH-00071 | 11/19/1997 | Local History - White | yes | 2 | |
| Bailey, William H. (Bob) | OH-00072 | 1999 | First 100 Interview | no | 4 | |
| Bailey, William H. (Bob) | OH-00097 | 1978-03-16 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | F849.L35.B35 Moulin Rouge, Blacks in performing arts, entertainment business, equal rights commission, 1960s. Interviewed by Betty Rosenthal | yes | 1 |
| Bailey-Tureaud, Kimberly | OH-02139 | 2015 April 21 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 |
