Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| McKenzie, Sarah J. | OH-01263 | 2002 October 22 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| McKillip, Elizabeth | OH-01264 | 05/09/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Reno Nevada | no | 1 |
| McKinley, Emily | OH-01265 | 03/01/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| McKnight, Margaret A. (Peg) | OH-01266 | 03/12/2005 | 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 | 1 |
| McLaughlin, Dani | OH-03394 | 2018 February 14 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Husband Brian and she attended at Route 91 festival, MGM employee staying at Mandalay Bay Hotel, sought refuge at her work site at Atlantic terminal. | no | 0 |
| McLean, Charlie | OH-02134 | 12/14/2007 | All That Jazz | After college, Charlie made a living playing for the Ice Capades and in black jazz bands. Migrated to LV in 1960 and played at the Frontier, Desert Inn, Riviera, Sahara, and the Tropicana. Deceased - 2008 | yes | 0 |
| McLeod, William | OH-01267 | 03/16/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| McManus, Marjorie Mrs. | OH-01268 | 1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| McMillan, G.W. | OH-01270 | 03/10/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| McMillan, G.W. | OH-01269 | 1975 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Nevada history. | no | 2 |
| McMillan, James B. | OH-01271 | First 100 | no | 4 | ||
| McMillan,Marie | OH-01272 | 09/15/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Marie McMillan was born in California in 1926. She first married Duke Daly. He workded for Lawrence Livermore Labs. She worked for a contractor at the Test Site. Her first husband died, and she married James McMillan, who was the first African-American dentist in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| McMillan-Arnold, Jarmilla | OH-01273 | 10/7/2010 | AfAm Collaborative - The Black Experience in LV | F 850 N4 M34 2012 Growing up in Berkley Square as the daughter of the first black dentist. Talks about integration, community activism, and entertainment. Interviewed by PBS. | yes | 0 |
| McMillian, James | OH-01271 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | ||
| McMillian, Marie | OH-01272 | 9/15/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M32 2007 Marie McMillan was born in California in 1926. She first married Duke Daly. He workded for Lawrence Livermore Labs. She worked for a contractor at the Test Site. Her first husband died, and she married James McMillan, who was the first African-American dentist in Las Vegas. He also was a leader in the civil rights movement, a NAACP president, and a teacher | yes | 0 |
| McNair, Barbara | 07/16/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| McNamara, Elaine | OH-02857 | 2016 October 05 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 M3317 2016 To Las Vegas 1953 as teenager, former model with Bernie Lenz 1950s to 1980s, Las Vegas High School class of 1954, Realtor early 1980s to present, LV-CCLD trustee 1981-1991. | yes | 0 |
| McQuary, Gail S. | OH-02675 | 1997 April 14, 1997 April 25, 1997 May 28 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 M397 2003 Gail Spaulding (Jaros) McQuary was born on October 16, 1937, in Cicero, Illinois. a suburb of Chicago. Both of her parents were in show business. Gail began tap and ballet lessons when she was five years old. She signed as a dancer with Moro-Landis Productions in 1956, and she worked for that company at the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the Riverside Hotel and Casino in Reno, and the Beverly Hills Country Club in Covington, Kentucky. Gail was promoted to line captain and did choreography at the Beverly Hills Country Club. She stopped dancing shortly before her daughter was born and worked as a cocktail waitress at the Riverside Hotel and Casino and at the Mapes Hotel in Reno. In 1964 she moved back to Las Vegas, trained in real estate, became general sales manager and corporate broker for Realty Executives in Las Vegas and later worked as an associate with Dyson and Dyson Real Estate in Indian Wells, California. | yes | 0 |
| McSweeney, Linda Falba | OH-02778 | 2014 May 23 | West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1 | Linda Falba McSweeney moved to Las Vegas in 1950 when she was five years old. Her family lived in the Huntridge area of town, and her father was a casino manager in various casinos downtown and on the Strip and had also worked in a casino in Cuba. Linda knows most of Nevada's movers and shakers because she played with them or with their children. She worked as a speech pathologist in Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| McVey, Phillip B. | OH-01274 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Meade, Jenny | OH-01275 | 03/04/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Waitress in Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Meade, Mike | OH-01276 | 02/28/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1950's - | yes | 1 |
| Mecham, Phyllis | OH-01277 | 02/28/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education | no | 1 |
| Medley, Bill | 08/14/1989 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Meidell, Hildred | OH-01278 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1940's - | yes | 2 |
| Meireis, Diane | OH-03301 | 2017 November 06 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Diane Meireis, her son, and daughter-in-law attended the 1 October event. Standing in the crowd on the Mandalay Bay side behind the VIP section, the two women were covered by her son as soon as the shooting began. When there was a brief pause in firing, they ran toward the vendor booths. They could hear and see bullets landing all around them. The scene became surreal as vendors guided them behind the booths and silently took down fencing. The three ran without stopping holding onto each other. They were taken in my people who had rented a nearby apartment, rather than a hotel room, for the festival. They stayed in complete darkness all night until picked up by a SWAT officer who was a friend of her son's. She never actually saw the faces of the other people and can't even be sure of the exact number hiding in the apartment. Today, she is thankful and guilty. Diane takes care of her husband, volunteers at Lou Ruvo by teaching a Caregiver's class, and helps a group with her therapy dog. She is a giver. This experience had made her more thoughtful and more patient. Diane regrets that she could not stop to help others as she escaped the venue. But she and her family formed friendships that are expected to last a lifetime. She is slowly moving through the fear and returning to the world around her. Subjects: Mandalay Bay, Lou Ruvo, vendor booths, 1 October | no | 0 |
| Meléndrez, José | OH-03517 | 2018 November 20 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Jose Meléndrez is UNLV administrator that dedicated his life advocating for public health issues in Nevada. Meléndrez comes from humble beginnings, his father was a stone mason that ran a successful pool building business. Meléndrez spent his childhood in several Latino hubs throughout the southwest including: California, Nevada, and Texas. Meléndrez's career path has been very diverse, starting out by working with his father in the pool business, going on to be a professional scout, working for Senator Reid, ultimately finding his way to UNLV. Subjects: UNLV, Scouts, Public Health | yes | 0 |
| Melton, Mary | OH-01279 | 03/05/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson | yes | 1 |
| Melugin, Steven R. | OH-01280 | 04/08/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Politics | no | 1 |
| Melvin, Jack | OH-01281 | 04/24/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Membreno, Elda | OH-03563 | 2019 February 15 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Elda Membreno grew up in a big family in El Salvador. She recalls her family struggling financially throughout her childhood, and sometimes food was first come first serve. Her parents decided to make the trip to the United States and began financially supporting Elda and her siblings abroad. Elda tried her best to be happy, but she was facing a lot of problems at home, including abuse. She remembers being in school and wanting to have a baby so she could feel less alone. She fell pregnant shortly after and raised her child as a single mother with some money from her parents. Elda remarries and her husband and her must make the trip to the U.S. Elda describes in great detail the horrors she had to witness on her journey. Once she became settled in California, she was able to bring her daughter over as well. Elda recounts the difficulties she faced in her marriage, of which includes emotional abuse, gas lighting, and sexual abuse. Nowadays, Elda is outspoken about the problems she has faced throughout her life. She is a big advocate for therapy, and she talks about how many Latino/a households must break the stigma of domestic abuse. While there has been a lot of hardship in Elda's life, she speaks a lot about the positive moments in her life. She loves her job as a House Keeper, and she loves being a Union Worker. During her free time she volunteers at her church's food kitchen. She also puts a lot of priority on the happiness of her children. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: El Salvador, Culinary Union, sexual abuse, therapy, house keeping | no | 0 |
| Menard, Julie | OH-01282 | 03/17/2006 | Dancer | F849.L35 M426 1997 | yes | 1 |
| Mendelssohn, Fred | 05/24/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Mendoza, John | OH-01283 | 1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Mendoza, Judge John | OH-01284 | 10/14/2005; 05/26/1972 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Westside; Latino community in the early years. Law school, became judge | yes | 8 |
| Mendoza, Virginia | OH-03533 | 2018 December 06 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Virginia Mendoza was born in Michoacán, Mexico. Recalls harsh conditions she and her daughter encountered crossing the border at Tijuana as she traveled to Las Vegas to reunite with her husband. She is an organizer for the Culinary Union #226, has worked at the Fitzgerald Hotel (now the D) since the 1990s. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Culinary Union #226, D Hotel, Fitzgerald Hotel, Mexican ancestry, hotel housekeeping, uniform departments | no | 0 |
| Menefee, Pete | OH-02654 | 4/15/2016 | BELVOHP | Former dancer turned costume designer for Jubilee, Hello Hollywood Hello, and at Radio City Music Hall. Survived the MGM Grand fire in 1980. Danced with Ann Margaret at the Rivera in 1967. Talks about black dancers and Japanese American Dancers on the LV Strip. | no | 0 |
| Merida, Otto | OH-03184 | 2017 May 18 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 M47 2018 Otto Merida was sent to the US in 1961 after Castro's regime took over his father's transportation business. At 14 years of age, Otto landed in Miami as part of the Peter Pan Operation. Catholic Charities sent him to Wilmington, Delaware but he returned to Miami when his parents arrived several years later. Eventually, Otto moves to Las Vegas where he and Auturo Cambeiro started the Latin Chamber of Commerce devoted to the social, political, and financial well-being of the community. | yes | 0 |
| Merl, Patricia A. | OH-01285 | 10/28/2008 | Boyer Early LV OHP | CT247 .M42 2007 Patricia "Pat" Merl became a professional dancer for the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. She moved to Las Vegas and danced in chorus lines in many of the shows of the 1970s. Later she moved into management and also taught in the Hotel School at UNLV. She is now the Director of Gaming Outreach for the International Gaming Institute. Contains appendix with newspaper articles about Patricia Merl and about the Rockettes, Radio City Music hall correspondence with Patricia Merl, and inter-departmental correspondence from the Stardust to the cast of the Lido about Pat Merl Includes index | yes | 0 |
| Merolle, Doris; Rosenberg, Alan; Rosenberg, David | OH-03544 | 2018 December 19 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | This is the story of Doris Merolle (born 4/12/1939) and her two brothers, David (born 5/18/1952) and Alan (born 5/10/1948) Rosenberg. The brothers met Doris for the first time in mid-December 2018. The 2018 letter from her brother David lead to an instant phone call to New York and to a visit from her brothers within a few weeks. Doris' father left Holland for New York just prior to the German invasion. The husband left to prepare a home for his daughter and wife in America but the invasion halted their reunification. Finally, when Doris and her mother left the internment camps in 1945 and made their way to New York, the husband/father had started another family that produced Alan and David. When David retired in 2016, he began an ancestry quest based upon bits of information he had heard over the years. Astonishingly, at one period, the siblings lived very near each other in the Bronx. But the father never discussed his other family though Doris would get visits from him from time to time over the years. Doris migrated to Las Vegas in 1986 following her mother whose desire to leave New York took her out West. Doris was finally convinced to join her mother after years of hearing about the wonders of the desert. Doris never developed that same affection for Las Vegas. Subjects: Holland, internment camps, the Bronx, Red Cross, traveling nurse, ancestry online | no | 0 |
| Meron, Raya | OH-02466 | 2014 July 14 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M47 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Merrill, Ray | OH-01288 | 03/14/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Merwin, Geneva Stark | OH-01289 | 08/24/1983 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education | no | 1 |
| Meswarb, Carmon | OH-01290 | 04/15/1996 and 03/15/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Musician Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Meyers, Ann | OH-02122 | 2/12/2012 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M48 2014 From concentration to ownership of Las Vegas casinos, Myers owned the Cashbah and the and Queen of Hearts in downtown Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Michel, Mary Ann | OH-02504 | 2005 March 16 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784; On March 15th, 2005, Maureen Matteson-Kane and Margaret Louis Interview Mary Ann Michel (born in Chicago, Illinois) in her office at the School of Nursing on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus. Her role in obtaining accreditation for the associate, baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral nursing programs at UNLV is paramount. Mary Ann’s first impression of Las Vegas was that it was desolate and she is proud of the fact that she got to witness Las Vegas become a thriving city. With her help, as the city grew, UNLVs School of Nursing grew right along with it. Mary Ann’s past employment positions include: emergency room nurse at UMC and the chair of the department of nursing at UNLV. | yes | 0 |
| Midbar Kodesh Temple | OH-02461 | April 19, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Two groups of early members of Midbar Kodesh Temple in Henderson NV talk about the founding of the congregation and how it serves the Jewish community. Discuss other aspects of being Jewish in southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Mikelich, Sebestian | OH-01291 | 07/17/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Miks, Marilyn | OH-02962 | 2009 November 06 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Miles, Butch | 09/06/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
