Oral History Interviews
Total records in this collection: 4056Print version of all records
| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Manchester, Melissa | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Manchester, Melissa | 02/15/1996 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Mancusco, Gus | 10/23/02 | Arnold Shaw | ML394 .M35 2008 Entertainment. Refreshing look at Sarah Vaughn | no | 1 | |
| Mancuso, Gus | OH-03275 | 2008 September 27 | All That Jazz Oral History Project | ML394 .M35 2008 | yes | 0 |
| Manetti, Larry | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Mangubat, Raul | OH-01183 | 02/28/1997 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 1 | |
| Manix, Helen | OH-01187 | circa 1977 | Pioneers of Boulder City. Interviewer: Sherry O'Neil. | no | 1 | |
| Manix, Helen; Heher, Marie; Manix, Joe | OH-01184 | 10/01/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Mann, Truly McGee | OH-01188 | 03/11/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Mann, Wanda | OH-01189 | 02/03/1977 | Oral History Project | Nevada history 43's - | no | 1 |
| Manne, Shellby | 10/05/1969 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Manniz, Mrs. Helen | OH-01190 | 12/06/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Marber, Ester | OH-01191 | 07/16/1999 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Marc, Gloria | OH-01192 | 03/08/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| March, Debra | OH-01193 | 02/21/2007 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.M367 2007 Debra March attended UNLV in the 70s, then she was the deputy administrator for the Nevada Real Estate Division in Las Vegas. In 1996 she was hired by UNLV and directs the Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies. She is also a Henderson planning commissioner and vice chairman of the board of the Urban Land Institute | yes | 1 |
| Marchese, Lamar and Patricia | OH-02994 | 2017 February 07 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 M363 2017 Lamar discusses coming to Las Vegas 1972 from Kentucky as a new hire at the Clark County Library District (later LVCCLD) recruited for his technical expertise and background in cultural programming and working for the library until 1979; talks about Charles Hunsberger's vision for libraries as centers of information; recalls the founding and early years of KNPR Public Radio station; remembers serving on LVCCLD board in 1990s when employees voted to unionize and joined the Teamsters. Pat recalls places they lived in Las Vegas including their first house at 624 9th Street, downtown, originally built and owned by Marion Earl, until "spot zoning" changed the neighborhood to commercial; talks about her work with the City of Las Vegas Cultural Affairs Department, through which she developed Reed Whipple Cultural Center and founded the Rainbow Company and the Junior Symphony, among other arts programming, and her work with Clark County as a lobbyist, budget analyst, and coordinator for Town Services; she also worked with Pat Mulroy to coordinate the programming for Springs Preserve. | yes | 0 |
| Marchese, Patricia | OH-01195 | 02/24/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Culture in Las Vegas | no | 3 |
| Marchese, Patricia & Lamar | OH-01194 | 01/06/2008 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M36 2008 Pat Marchese has worked as a budget analyst and as a chief lobbyist for the county, and she has created numerous art and cultural programs in Las Vegas. Lamar created many public library programs for southern Nevada and also established the first public broadcast radio station in Nevada | yes | 0 |
| Marciel, Jessica | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | ||
| Margulies, Alan | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Marini, Pier | 10/16/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Marino, Frank | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Mark, Stan | 04/21/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Markoff, Daniel | OH-01196 | 9/11/2008 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Trains; the industry, reburishing, and current usage | yes | 0 |
| Markoff, Mike | OH-01197 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City Hunting | no | 1 | |
| Marks, Gerald | 09/18/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Marks, Guy | 05/06/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Marnell, Anthony "Tony" A. II | OH-02850 | 2016 September 29 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 M355 2016 Arrived in Clark County 1953 as small child whose father was a bricklayer who built the Sands Hotel; began working at age 9 and graduated from USC in 1972 with Bachelor of Architecture degree. Formed Marnell Corrao in 1975, one of only 3 design-build firms in the U.S., to facilitate the "golden triangle" of communication between a project's owner, contractor, and architect. Owner, architect, contractor of Rio Hotel Casino, which initiated the Las Vegas "food renaissance" in 1990. | yes | 0 |
| Marsalis, Branford | September, 1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Loreta Kaye | no | 1 | |
| Marsh, Arno | OH-02119 | 9/8/2008 | All That Jazz | ML394.M37 2008 Tenor saxophonist. Worked many hotel including Russ Morgan orchestra at the Top of The Dunes, and Redd Foxx at the Landmark Hotel. Active in LV Jazz Society. Remembered for his recorded solos with Woody Herman's Third Herd. | yes | 0 |
| Marsh, James "Jim" | OH-02843 | 2016 September 27 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Talks about early life, auto business, arriving in Las Vegas in 1971. Discusses locations of his car dealerships, his commercials, how he became interested in buying and preserving rural Nevada buildings, and why he obtained a gaming license and a variance for farm animals for one of his auto dealerships. | no | 0 |
| Marsh, Jim | OH-01198 | 6/5/2012 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M367 2012 Automobile business and statewide ownership of small casinos. | yes | 0 |
| Marshall Garry | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Marshall, Agnes | OH-01199 | 9/12/2011 | AfAm Collaborative - Berkley Square | F850.N4 M37 2012 One of the first families to move into Berkley Square, the first middle class black housing development designed by Paul Williams. | yes | 0 |
| Marshall, Agnes C. | OH-02918 | 2016 April 02 | Folklife Program of the Nevada Arts Council and the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries | no | 0 | |
| Marshall, Art & Jayn | OH-01200 | 2005 | I Remember When: Recollections from LV Jewish Leaders | F859.J5.M373 2005 The Marahalls are humanitarians, activists, and philanthropists. | no | 0 |
| Marshall, Arthur | OH-01201 | 2/11/2014 | LV Jewish History | Involvement in women's clothing enterprises in Las Vegas including Marshall Russo. Bank of Nevada, Gaming Compliance Committee, Jewish Federation. Keen interest in art. | yes | 0 |
| Marshall, Arthur | OH-03427 | 2018 April 18 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Native of Ohio, married Jayn Saltzman who was from Las Vegas. In 1959, the couple made Las Vegas their family home and raised their two children Todd and Cari. Art went into business with his brother-in-law Herb Rousseau and together they built the Marshall Rousseau store chain of apparel stores in casinos on the Strip. Art is philanthropic and a leader in the Jewish community; has served on boards for local banks and ADL. Subjects: Jewish community leader, ADL, Sheldon Adelson, Hank Greenspun | no | 0 |
| Marshall, Peter | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 2 | ||
| Marshall, Peter | 09/23/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Marshall, Ronald | OH-02765 | 2012-03-14 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M368 2014 Ronald Marshall's step father was the ranch manager for the Walking Box Ranch when it was owned by Rex Bell, Sr. and Clara Bow. Ronald talks about living and working on the ranch | yes | 0 |
| Martin, Boyd | OH-02299 | 1/29/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Martin, Dean | 09/10/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Martin, Donna | OH-01202 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas History 1950's - | no | 1 |
| Martin, Donna & Tom | OH-02121 | 1/31/2013 | BELVOPH - Rancho HS | CT247 M359 2013 Donna Guiffe Martin and Tom Martin came from indiana and California and moved to Las Vegas in the eraly 1950s as their parents sought new opportunities. They graduated from Rancho High School. Donna worked primarily as a secretary and now is retired and does volunteer work as part of a woman's group she belongs to. Tom worked in the office of a steel company and later ran a tire store. He's now retired | yes | 0 |
| Martin, Eva and Roberta | OH-03461 | 2018 August 30 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Eva Martin and her daughter Roberta Martin operate a three-store McDonald's Restaurant business in the upper northwest area of the city. Initially, the family owned three locations in North Las Vegas. After working for Eastman Kodak for 5 years and owning a dry cleaning establishment for 17 years, her husband enrolled at Hamburger University. The family invested in McDonald's and moved to Las Vegas. The daughter followed over nineteen years later after working as a public defender in the Chicago legal system for that period of time. Roberta attended Tuskegee University and then earned a law degree. Unfortunately, the husband passed away and now the business is operated by the mother-daughter team. Both perform vital community service through the Jim Martin Family Trust in conjunction with the Ronald McDonald House. Another passion for Eva is Shade Tree, and Roberta's is the UNLV Foundation Advisory Board. Subjects: Metropolis, Eastman Kodak, Tuskegee, MacDonlad's, James Martin Family Trust, UNLV Foundation Advisory Board, Shade Tree | no | 0 |
| Martin, Frank | OH-02827 | 9/13/2016 | Building Las Vegas | CEO and founder-owner Martin-Harris Construction since 1976. Design-assist project management, began by building custom homes for physicians, then expanded client base to include corporations like Paradise Development (Irwin Molasky), Hughes Corporation, and American Nevada Corporation. | no | 0 |
| Martin, Hazel | OH-01203 | 04/06/2004 | Blue Diamond | yes | 2 | |
| Martin, Hazel | OH-01203 | April 6, 2004 | 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 |
| Martin, Jack | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
