Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Martin, Lee | OH-02557 | 2013 May 1 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 3 |
| Martin, Lenny | OH-01204 | 03/24/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black Entertainers on the Strip | no | 1 |
| Martin, Lydi Owens | OH-01205 | 10/17/1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Martin, Marilyn | OH-03469 | 1996 October 09 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Interviewed by Irene Rostine. Communications. No use agreement. | no | 0 |
| Martin, Myron and Snyder, Don | OH-03349 | 2017 November 30, December 06, 2018 March 08 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 M378 2017 Myron G. Martin, President and CEO, and Donald D. Snyder, Chairman of the Board of Directors, share their memories of the founding of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts from the first non-for-profit foundation formed in 1996. The second iteration led by Snyder in 1999 brought in Martin--former Director of UNLV Performing Arts Center--and created a sustainable business plan for a center for the performing arts that would be accessible geographically and culturally for all segments of Nevada society. Here, Martin and Snyder recall how land, funding, and legislation for The Smith Center depended on the "power of the project" and the Snyder-Martin team's ability to overcome skeptics in the public, the Nevada Legislature, the Clark County Commission, the Las Vegas City Council, and the Don Reynolds Foundation. Martin and Snyder satisfied the various requirements for each organization and earned unanimous approval at each stop--in fact, the $50 million donation to The Smith Center was the largest the Don Reynolds Foundation had ever granted largest. That the approvals came on three consecutive days from competing municipal jurisdictions makes the accomplishment even sweeter. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Cultural center; Performing arts; The Smith Center for the Performing Arts; The Smith Center; Not-for-profit;; Nevada Legislature; Clark County Commission; Las Vegas City Council; The Don Reynolds Foundation; Fundraising; Planning; Endowment;Part 3: Author Jack Sheehan, joining this third session on The Smith Center in his role as Don Snyder's biographer, explains the way he envisions the place of The Smith Center in the larger context of Las Vegas. Martin and Snyder provide names for the group that grew out of the Call to Action meeting and founded the original Las Vegas Performing Arts Foundation. They share anecdotes of a 2005 trip, wherein they were joined by Las Vegas City Councilman Lawrence Weekly, City of Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, and consultant to the City of Las Vegas Dan Van Epp to visit City Place and the Kravis Center for Performing Arts in West Palm Beach as an example of a place where a performing arts center was a catalyst for revitalization in an area of underused and underutilized urban land. They discuss opening night, March 10, 2012, /From Dust To Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center For The Performing Arts/, which was produced broadcast live on national Public Broadcasting System (PBS) television stations, produced by George Stevens Jr. and directed and produced by Michael Stevens for The Stevens Company; hosted by Neil Patrick Harris; and featuring Jennifer Hudson, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Martina McBride, Carole King, Arturo Sandoval, Joshua Bell, Mavis Staples, Pat Monahan; American Ballet Theater dancers Marcello Gomes and Luciana Paris; also Broadway performers Brian Stokes Mitchell, Laura Osnes, Cheyenne Jackson, Sherie Rene Scott, Montego Glover, and Benjamin Walker. Martin describes how provisions of Nevada SB235--introduced March 6, 2017, signed into law by Governor Bob Sandoval, and became effective October 1, 2017--for the regulation of ticket sales to an athletic contest or live entertainment event affect The Smith Center ticket sales. They talk of providing 3,600 good construction jobs during the recession, of Discovery Childrens Museum, of future development plans for the entire 61-acre Symphony Park parcel, and of a second capital campaign to increase the endowment to $100 million to enable The Smith Center to be economically sustainable. Subjects: The Smith Center for the Performing Arts; The Smith Center; Las Vegas Performing Arts Foundation; Oscar Goodman; Lawrence Weekly; Daniel Van Epp; West Palm Beach, FL; Kravis Center for Performing Arts; revitalization; opening night; From Dust to Dreams; NV SB235 (2017); Discovery Childrens Museum; Symphony Park | yes | 0 |
| Martinez, Al | OH-03489 | 2018 October 01 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 M368 2018 Laurents Banuelos-Benitez also participates in the questioning. Al Martinez is a self described "Tejano" born in Sweet, Texas. Martinez grew up in a religious house hold, and despite have rebellious nature, Martinez always respected religion and studied it. Martinez spent most of his life working in Texas contributing to the community there. Martinez spent time working in gang intervention and helping in other issues such as education and immigration. Martinez arrived in Las Vegas and is currently working with the Parks and Recreation department for Clark County. Subjects: Parks and Recreation, gang intervention, Texas | yes | 0 |
| Martinez, Eloiza | OH-03494 | 2018 October 10 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 M37 2018 Eloiza B. Martinez was born in Derry, New Mexico. She grew up in a family ranch. During her teens, she moved to Los Angeles, California with her family. When she was fifteen years old, she acquired her first job. She later began to work at Commercial Credit Corporation. The corporation transferred her to an office in Las Vegas. Subjects: Latin Chamber of Commerce, Habitat for Humanity, Wells Fargo, Nevada Hand | yes | 0 |
| Martinez, Nery | OH-03531 | 2018 December 07 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Nery Martinez was born in El Salvador, he describes his childhood as one filled with war and violence. When Martinez was five years old, the small country of El Salvador erupted in civil war. Martinez describes the panic that he saw growing up, never being certain when violence could occurred. The 12 year war took up the entirety of Martinez's childhood. After the war, the country was left in runes, seeing little hope for recovery, Martinez left El Salvador for Las Vegas where his brothers had fled earlier during the war. In Las Vegas, Martinez was able to find work in the service industry, at the same time attending English classes at night. Martinez is currently working as a bartender within the Culinary Union. Interview conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Salvadorean Civil War, El Salvador, Culinary Union | yes | 0 |
| Martinez, Ramon | OH-01206 | 04/24/2006 | UNLV-Emerson | yes | 2 | |
| Martinez, Ray | OH-01206 | 04/24/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.M368 2007 Ramon Martinez was hired as department chair in electronics technology at UNLV in 1968 and began teaching mechanical engineering courses. He was invovlved in the founding of the engineering college and of its accreditation with ABET | yes | 0 |
| Marx, Groucho | 06/17/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Mas, Mike | OH-01207 | 03/06/1998 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 4 | |
| Mason, Beverly | OH-01208 | 12/21/2013 | AfAm Collarobative - Documenting the LV Black Experience | Growing up in Las Vegas, Education, higher education encouraged, career in school system - various programs to assist student achievement | yes | 0 |
| Mason, Brenda | OH-01209 | African American | LD3745 .M37 2007 Brenda Mason attended UNLV in the 70s. She served two terms on the Board of Regents and was recognized for her efforts in affirmative action. She was also a paralegal in the U.S. Attorney's office in San Diego | yes | 3 | |
| Mason, Brenda | OH-01209 | 12/20/2006/12/22/2006 | UNLV@Fifty Oral History Project | Brenda Mason attended UNLV in the 70s. She served two terms on the Board of Regents and was recognized for her efforts in affirmative action. She was also a paralegal in the U.S. Attorney's office in San Diego | yes | 0 |
| Mason, Flora | OH-02215 | 12/08/14 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 M375 2014 Flora has lived in Las Vegas since 1965; wife to contractor Stuart Mason. Active at Temple Beth Sholom; with Foundation at UNLV Libraries; UNLV graduate and former lecturer. | yes | 0 |
| Mason, Flora and Stuart | OH-02235 | 2/27/2010 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Mason, Larry | OH-03478 | 2018 September 14 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Larry Mason is an Arizona native that moved to Las Vegas as a Higher Education Administrator. He was born in Tuscon, Arizona, but grew up mostly in East Los Angeles and his "Gramitas" ranch in Sonora, Mexico. He has a history in athletics as a basketball player in his upbringing which brought him to play at the New Mexico Highlands University and the European League. Earning a Masters in Education, Larry Mason came to Las Vegas to become the first Latino Director of Admissions at UNLV, first Latino President of the Board of Education, and first Latino Vice President of the Board of Education in the Clark County School District. He launched an incredible amount of movements within the educational field in Las Vegas including (but not limited to): the Mariachi program, the magnet school program, and the growth of the Diversity Division within the NSHE. Some of his greatest supporters and allies included Senator Harry Reid, John Lujan and Tom Rodriguez. Mason continues to work as a community leader for minority representation in STEM fields, as a board member for the Nevada STEM Coalition. Subjects: Times at the Ranch, Mariachi, Higher Education, Life in East Los Angeles in the early Sixties, Gangs, Struggles with Identity F850.S75 M38 2018 | yes | 0 |
| Mason, Marcus | OH-01210 | 2/4/2013 | AfAm in Las Vegas: A Collaborative Oral History Project | To be continued | no | 0 |
| Mason, Stuart | OH-01211 | 11/09/2006 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M37 2007 Stuart Mason managed Taylor International, a business that built casino/hotels in Las Vegas and properties in other places such as the Caribbean. He is now Vice President of Development for the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino | yes | 2 |
| Mason, Walter | OH-01212 | 2/17/2014 | AfAm Collaborative | Classically trained Shakespearean actor. Worked was the entertainment director at several Las Vegas venues. Worked with Sammy Davis, Jr. as his production manager for Broadway productions and stage shows. | no | 0 |
| Mason, William (Bill) and Mason, James (Jim) | OH-03155 | 2017 March 15 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project; Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | The brothers discuss their upbringing in Las Vegas's Paradise Palms neighborhood, their attendance at Kit Carson Sixth Grade Center, and their active participation in Temple Beth Sholom's Jewish community. They talk about working as teens cleaning trash from job sites of Taylor Construction, the company owned by Stuart and Morrie Mason, their father and paternal grandfather. They tell of Morrie coming to Las Vegas from Florida in 1954 to build the Riviera Hotel; in 1956 to build the Tropicana Hotel cooling tower; and in 1963 to build Caesars Palace and other projects, with Stuart and family finally moving permanently after Jim's 1965 birth. They also recall the integrity with which Stuart handled the litigation that devastated the company following the MGM Grand fire and the patience and determination with which he rebuilt the three-generation Taylor company afterwards. In 1999 the brothers bought Taylor from their father and they continue to focus on building and remodeling gaming properties. | no | 0 |
| Massagli, Joan | OH-01213 | 08/19/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M38 2007 Joan Massagli was part of a singing act with her sisters called the Sawyer Sisters that often played Las Vegas. She met her husband, Mark Tully Massagli, who was a musician and who takes part in this oral history, here and they made their home here | yes | 0 |
| Massagli, Marc Tully | 05/12/2004 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Massagli, Mark | OH-02639 | 11/06/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Massey, Augusta | OH-03456 | 2011 November 14 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Massey, Glenn G. | OH-01214 | 03/26/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1950's | no | 1 |
| Master, Nancy | OH-01215 | 07/14/2006 | UNLV | yes | 2 | |
| Master, Nancy | OH-01215 | 05/12/2010 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project] | LD3745 .M374 2007 Nancy Master was a history teacher at the University of Wisconsin before being hired as a reference librarian at UNLV in 1981. She served on the Faculty Senate for twenty years and was chair of it. She also was very active in the UNLV chapter of the honorary Phi Kappa Phi. Nancy also did consulting for Las Vegas schools and served as a volunteer in schools. She retired from the library in 2010 | yes | 0 |
| Mather, Robert | OH-01216 | 02/09/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Mathews, Frank | OH-01217 | 12/07/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Mathews, Lois | OH-01218 | 12/07/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 0 |
| Mathis, Beverly | OH-02770 | 7/20/2016 | AfAm Collab | School principal and currently VP Early Learning at Public Education Foundation who grew up in Tennessee and moved to LV in 1976. Thoughts on education, LV community and change over time. | no | 0 |
| Matlock, James A. | OH-01219 | 11/13/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Re-opening of Nellis | no | 1 |
| Matson, James | OH-01220 | 03/30/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black history | yes | 1 |
| Matteucci, Ethel | OH-01221 | 03/18/1981 and 03/04/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 2 |
| Matteucci, Thomas Dr. | OH-01222 | April 7, 2005 | 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 | 3 |
| Matteuci, Thomas | OH-01222 | 04/07/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 1 | |
| Matthews, Mark | OH-01223 | 03/30/1987 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Mattingly, Joseph C. | OH-01224 | 02/23/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Matyas, Lucille | OH-01225 | 02/23/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 2 |
| Maufus, Suzy (Juanita Barr) | OH-01226 | 01/27/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 2 |
| Maurer-Schwartz, Sharon and Edna (Ande) Rice | OH-02534 | Feb. 1, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 M38 2014 Sharon with her wife Ande moved to Las Vegas in 1998. Sharon is Jewish and talks about being part of the gay/Jewish life together over the years including locally. Both are retired educators, share why they moved to Nevada and about early days of The Center (LGBT center), which has hosted a Passover seder. | yes | 0 |
| Mausbach, Jerri | OH-02961 | 2007 October 02 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Mauzy, Neri | OH-03505 | 2018 October 20 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Neri Mauzy is an immigrant from Guatemala, who at time of oral history lives in Arizona. She immigrated in 1962. She is interviewed by her grandson for a Multicultural America class project under direction of Norma Flores, PhD. Subjects: Guatemala, immigration to US, adjusting to life in US | no | 0 |
| Maveal, Thomas | OH-01227 | 2004 April 13 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Maxon, Robert C. | OH-01228 | 05/17/2007 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.M39 2007 Dr. Robert C. Maxson was president of UNLV from 1984 to 1994. He secured funding for an engineering school, facilitated its accreditation, and also obtained funding for an honors program | yes | 0 |
| Maxwell, Michael | OH-01230 | 2/25/2014 | AfAm | Was school principal interviewed for principalship project. Now works as the VP Agency Innovation and Director of Early Childhood Connection for the LV Urban League. Shares good overview of Urban League programs and speaks of advocating for children. | no | 0 |
| May, Edward | OH-01231 | 7/22/2010 | Boyer Early LV OHP - Black Golfers | Joined the black golf club designed for black golfers to unite and fellowship in a meaningful competition that benefitted community youth. United men in the community in a powerful way of forming community. | yes | 0 |
| May, Rick | OH-01232 | 12/29/2001 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 2 |
