Oral History Interviews
Total records in this collection: 4056Print version of all records
| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Mayer, Joe | 03/07/2005 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Mayfield, Francine Dr. | OH-01233 | 2003 April 13 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| McAllister, Hugh | OH-01234 | 01/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Construction 1930's | no | 2 |
| McArdle, Andrea | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| McBride, Jeff | OH-03653 | 201 November 27 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Jeff McBride believes that the true value of magic has not been totally revealed. Business people and public speakers can use it wisely to justify their arguments, sell more products, impress customers, and assist in building businesses. McBride worked in many Las Vegas hotels - Golden Nugget, Hilton, Caesars Magic Empire, Palace Station - dazzling audiences with card tricks and magical routines that he has performed around the world. He also believes that Las Vegas is the place where every magician wants to works. Currently, McBride owns a School of Magic and can be seen weekly on the third Thursday night at the Olive Mediterranean Grill. Subjects: Lance Burton, Magic School, Olive Mediterranean, Mat Franco, Magic | no | 0 |
| McCalister, Barbara Carter; Smith, Ethel | OH-03748 | 2021-03-03 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Barbara Carter and Ethel Smith grew up on the Westside in the 1950s, both born in the late 1940s. They attended the Westside School. Their memories of the city are colorful, vibrant, and clear. They loved school and excelled in the assigned work. After high school, before their chosen careers, both tried work as a maid and found the sexual harassment a real challenge. Their memories of entertainment, fun, customs, and business locations on Jackson Av and the surrounding Black business community, related on their walk down memory lane, provided good historical information. Barbara Carter entered banking at Valley Bank and Ethel Smith, the casino industry, at a time when the MOB ran Las Vegas. Their recollections remind us that businesses operated differently and these women were there to witness it. Subjects: Westside; Jackson Av; MOB; La Concha Motel; Berkley Square; Valley Bank; Caesars Palace; Ash Resnick; Jackson Hotel 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 |
| McCall, Marva | OH-01235 | 07/03/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| McCandless, Dave | OH-02368 | 2012 December 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | McCandless joined the Yerington, Nevada Volunteer Fire Department in 1979. He has made ambulance runs with the department as an EMT. | no | 0 |
| McCarthy, Jane | OH-01236 | 11/06/2006 | UNLV | no | 2 | |
| McClintock, Steve | OH-02370 | 2013 February 01 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | McClintock volunteered for the Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada Fire Department in 1980. In 1990 he began working at the Clark County Fire Department, where he worked until his retirement in 2009. | no | 0 |
| McClure, Florence | OH-02673 | 1996 January 24, 1996 February 6 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 M22 2006 Florence Alberta Schilling was born in southern Illinois. She worked for the war effort during World War II and met her husband James McClure, and they married in 1945. After he retired from the military, Florence worked in the hotel industry. In 1966 she was invited by Burton Cohen in Los Angeles to move with him to Las Vegas to build the new Frontier Hotel and Casino. After the Frontier was completed, she moved with Cohen to the Desert Inn in 1967 and worked as the executive office manager. After a few years she left the hotel industry and completed her college degree. Florence graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1971 with a BA in sociology with an emphasis on criminology. She had been a member of the League of Women Voters for a few years, and with a small group of individuals, she began the organization Community Action Against Rape, which was renamed the Rape Crisis Center in 1973. Over the next decade she worked to change attitudes and reshape policy on the issue of sexual assault. Florence also advocated for locating the women's prison near Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| McColl, Evelyn | OH-01237 | 03/30/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nursing in Las Vegas | no | 3 |
| McColl, Jean | OH-01238 | 03/01/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| McColl, Jeff Sr. | OH-01239 | 03/09/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| McCollum, Mike | 07/02/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| McCormick, Elaine | OH-01240 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Green Shack Restaurant | yes | 1 |
| McCoy, Mary | OH-01241 | 02/26/2009 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .M394 2007 Mary McCoy moved to Las Vegas in 1959. She graduated from UNLV. Although she lived in other states while following her husband's career, she worked in the UNLV libraries for a total of 28 years. She worked in acquisitions, government documents, and Special Collections | yes | 0 |
| McCoy, Steven | OH-02582 | 2001 November 26 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship- 1966-2010 | Interviewed by Hope Vigil-Delgado. | yes | 2 |
| McCracken, Debra | OH-03172 | 2017 April 18 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Debra's life in UNLV Libraries before the move to the current location, past deans, and the influence of the Libraries on campus. | no | 0 |
| McCracken, Richard | OH-02173 | 9/30/2014 | BELV-Cul 226 | CT247 .M32 2014 | yes | 0 |
| McCracklin, Jimmy | 03/01/1971 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| McCullough, Mary & Don | OH-01242 | 03/14/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson | no | 1 |
| McCullough, William | OH-01243 | 03/16/1979 | Boulder Dam-Boulder City | Building Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) | yes | 1 |
| McCullum, Lynda | OH-01244 | September 4, 2009 | Blue Diamond Oral lHistory 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 |
| McCurdy, Greg | OH-01245 | 3/7/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | CT247 .Y37 2007 McCurdy takes us on a journey throught the early Westside neighborhood as a boy growing into a young man; interesting. Work with the Metropolitan Police Department. | yes | 0 |
| McCurdy, Lovey M. | OH-01246 | 03/19/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history and personal history | no | 1 |
| McDaniel, Estes | OH-01248 | 03/13/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson | no | 1 |
| McDaniel, John Dr. | OH-01249 | 10/24/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Medical history | no | 1 |
| McDaniels, Al | OH-01247 | 03/08/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Coach, Black history | yes | 1 |
| McDonald, Clarence and Family | OH-01250 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| McDonald, Evelyn | OH-01251 | 02/27/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 2 |
| McDonald, Jerushia & Suziliene | OH-01252 | 9/23/2011 | AfAm Collaborative - Documenting the LV black Experience | Sisters. Growing up on the Westside, modeling, black middle class structure. | yes | 0 |
| McDonald, Julie | OH-01253 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Dealing, Gaming | yes | 1 |
| McDonald, Thomas | OH-01254 | 07/05/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| McDougal, Rosamond | OH-01255 | 02/15/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | UNLV, Howard Hughes | yes | 1 |
| McFarlane-Smith, Kelly | OH-02558 | 2008 October 7 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| McGarry, William | OH-01256 | 02/12/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada Democratic Party | no | 1 |
| McGee, Trula | OH-03751 | 2021-03-17 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Trula McGee grew up in a military family where children were well behaved, intelligent, and an asset to the family's community representation. She migrated to Las Vegas in 1952 and lived for a short time in Carver Park in Henderson and attended Basic High School. McGee lived on the Westside as a young adult and remembers the Golden West Shopping Center, Reubens Supper Club (H & Owens), Larry's Sight and Sound, and other Westside locations. The family shopped for clothing at Sears and JC Penney in the downtown area. McGee worked as a teller at Nevada State Bank but soon found lucrative employment in the gaming industry as a Keno writer and runner. She worked at the Sands, Castaways, Silver Slipper, and other hotel casinos. She became close to Wayne Newton and Marvin Gaye. Subjects: Jackson Avenue; Carver Park; Westside locations; Sands; Castaways; Silver Slipper; Wayne Newton; Marvin Gaye 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 |
| McGhie, Margaret | OH-01257 | 11/28/2008 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 M25 2010 Margaret McGhie moved from western Nevada where she grew up to Las Vegas with her husband after World War II. She and her husband were one of the first couples to buy a home in the John S. Park development. | yes | 0 |
| McGinley, Ann C. | OH-01258 | 08/01/2006 | UNLV | LD3745 .M34 2007 Ann McGinley worked as a lawyer and also taught at several law schools before coming to teach at the law school at UNLV in 1999 | yes | 2 |
| McGirl, Christy | OH-03395 | 2018 February 21 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Manicurist who has attended all three of the Route 91 festivals. Left shortly before shooting on October 1, 2017. Subjects: Concert attendance, gun issue, reactions of friends, social media | no | 0 |
| McGovern, Maureen | 03/24/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| McGuire Sisters | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| McGuire Sisters | 10/09/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| McGuire Sisters | 03/22/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| McGuire, Louise | OH-01259 | 02/25/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada, Las Vegas history, Police | no | 1 |
| McKay, Harold | OH-01260 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education, Hot Springs | yes | 1 |
| McKay, John | OH-01261 | 03/03/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| McKee, Kathrine | OH-02820 | 9/3/2016 | AfAm Collab | F850.N4 M33 2012 History of passing in Las Vegas after integration is mandated. McKee danced at the Mint, The Silver Slipper's Minsky's Burlesque and the Dune's Viva Les Girls. Performed in Les Girls Montreal road show as well. Hosted the Los Angeles Morning Show, actress in many shows and movies, and was Sammy Davis' "road wife." | yes | 0 |
| McKenzie, Dan | OH-01262 | 02/17/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | RN Nursing, Henderson | no | 1 |
