Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Monroe, Jack L. Jr. | OH-01314 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Food service | yes | 1 |
| Monson, Loretta | OH-01315 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | ||
| Montandon, Michael "Mike" | OH-02839 | 2016 September 22, 2016 October 04 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 M654 2016 Real Estate broker, three-term mayor NLV (1997-2009) during period of rapid growth. President, NAIOP Southern Nevada. Broker, Providence Commercial; Previously Vice President, Business Development and Govt Affairs, DC Building Group; Managing Partner Insight Investment Partners; Managing Director Voit Real Estate Services; Director Government Affairs, Core Construction; Buisness Development, Nevada Construction Services | yes | 0 |
| Montano, Mike | OH-02135 | 9/19/2008 | All That Jazz | First played in Las Vegas with Jack E. Leonard in 1960. Only worked at two hotels during his 24-year Las Vegas career - Flamingo and Riviera. ML394.M65 2008 | yes | 0 |
| Monteith, Kelly | 10/28/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Montes de Oca, Adela | OH-03532 | 2018 December 07 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Adela Montes De Oca was born in a small town in Mexico. Montes describes her childhood as a happy and festive one. She recalls constantly playing out in the streets playing with the neighborhood children. Montes recalls the whole neighborhood getting together at one house to watch television. In Mexico, Montes aspired to be a teacher, but was unable to achieve her goal due to the financial cost of school. Montes opted instead to become a social worker, she spent 20 years working with children in Mexican orphanages. In 2003, Montes decided to move to Las Vegas to join her family who had immigrated years prior. Montes is currently active in the Culinary Union taking part in political campaigns and union organizing. Interview conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Mexico, social work, Culinary Union | no | 0 |
| Montes, Francis | OH-02674 | 2001 October-December, 2002 August 24 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F850.S75 M66 2003 Frances "Fran" Montes is the first woman to serve as president of Hispanics in Politics (HIP) and one of a small number of Hispanic women who are acknowedged as spokespersons for the diverse Hispanic community in the Las Vegas Valley. She is the Diversity Officer for Bechtel Nevada Corporation, a member of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Community Advisory Board of the Women's Research Institute of Nevada, and one of the earliest members of NALA (Nevada Association of Latin Americans). | yes | 0 |
| Montgomery, Mont | 03/10/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Moody, Bill | August 19.1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Moody-Nixon-Reuter Family | OH-02341 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Lowell Moody was fire chief of the Hawthorne Volunteer Fire Department in the 1940s, and his family has continued service at the Hawthorne Valley Fire Department in the following decades. Steve Moody, Rick Reuter, Barbara Reuter, Mark Nixon, Craig Nixon, Kyle Reuter, and Lindsey Reuter were interviewed for Elwood Schmidt's book "A History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada." | no | 0 |
| Mooney, Courtney | OH-01316 | 07/30/2007 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849. L35 M655 2010 Courtney Mooney is the Urban Design Coordinator for the City of Las Vegas. She is an architect and has a graduate degree in historic preservation. She discusses the John S. Park Neighborhood and its designation as a historic district | yes | 0 |
| Moore, Bill | 04/28/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 | |
| Moore, Daniel A. | OH-01317 | 03/03/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Moore, Frances | OH-01318 | 03/01/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Moore, Frances | OH-01319 | undated | Ralph Roske Interviews | no | 1 | |
| Moore, Joyce | OH-02465 | 2013-01-22 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Rancho High School Class of 1962 | yes | 0 |
| Moore, Maria | OH-03698 | 2019 August 02 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Born in Belize, Director of AARP, speaks English, Spanish and Creole. Specialist in senior affairs. Subjects: Belize, AARP F850.S75 M667 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Moore, Sue | OH-02372 | 2012 December 07 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After working as a nurse in Hawaii, Moore helped start a paramedic service in Reno, Nevada in 1977. In 2000 Moore joined Care Flight and has been active with developing emergency standards for the Nevada State Board of Nursing. | no | 0 |
| Moore, W.M., Jr. | OH-01321 | 05/05/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 5 | |
| Moore, William K. | OH-01322 | 2001 July 20 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Moore-Marshall, Joyce | OH-01324 | 03/25/2008 | Heart to Heart : A Las Vegas Health Care OHP & BELVOPH of Rancho HS | R154.M297 M37 2009 Joyce Marshall-Moore talks about the career of her mother, Agnes Rasmussen Marshall, who worked as a nurse at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, Las Vegas Hospital, and Vegas Valley Convalescent Hospital CT247 M64 2012 Joyce Moore's family moved to Las Vegas from Chicago in 1953 when she was eight years old. She attended Rancho High School. Joyce worked at the Daily Fax and then at the Aladdin and Circus Circus doing a variety of office and accounting jobs. Then she worked as a cocktail waitress at the MGM for five years. This interview covers her life in Las Vegas from the mid-1950 until the mid-1970s | yes | 0 |
| Mora, Alber | OH-03529 | 2018 December 07 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Alber Mora was born in Cuba on January 4, 1978. Mora's father was a military officer in Cuba while his mother attended to the matters of the home. Due to his older brother facing pressures to join the military Mora's family decided to leave the island on a fishing boat in 1994. When the family first arrived to the United States they were relocated to Houston, Texas. In Houston, Mora met his wife, Rosmary, another Cuban exile. They married in 1997, shortly after they decided to move to Los Angeles to live with Rosmary's family. In Los Angeles, Mora working at the famous Cuban bakery, Porto's. After a few years Mora left Los Angeles for Las Vegas where he found work at Caesars Palace. Since his arrival, Mora has been park of the Culinary Union where he works as Shop Steward. Interview conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Cuba, Castro, Porto's, Culinary Union, Shop Steward | no | 0 |
| Morales-Jackson, Catherine | OH-01325 | 05/05/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M67 2007 Catherine (Cathy) Morales-Jackson started working as a classified employee in the UNLV Library in 1981. She worked in periodicals, the microform area, and in binding. She retired in 2010 | yes | 0 |
| Morales-Jackson, Catherine | OH-01325 | 5/5/2010 | Boyer Early LV Oral History Project - Library | Catherine (Cathy) Morales-Jackson started working as a classified employee in the UNLV Library in 1981. She worked in periodicals, the microform area, and in binding. She retired in 2010 Includes index | yes | 0 |
| Moran, Monsignor Peter | OH-01326 | 02/21/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Moran, T.J. | OH-01327 | 03/20/1976 and 03/24/1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Morelli, Helen | OH-01328 | 03/06/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, music, husband popular band director | yes | 1 |
| Morena, Rita | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 3 | ||
| Moreo, Patrick J | OH-01329 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .M66 2007 | yes | 0 | |
| Morgan, Jack & Shirley | 12/27/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Morgan, Richard | OH-01331 | 11/07/2006 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.M67 2007 Richard Morgan practiced law, was the dean of the law schools at Arizona State University and at the University of Wyoming, and was the first dean of the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV | yes | 1 |
| Morgan, William | OH-02862 | 2016 October 21 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | HV6711 .M66 2017 Nevada Gaming Schools, Imperial Palace, MGM Grand, Stratosphere, Grand Tunica, New York-New York, Aladdin, Lady Luck, Atlantic City Coin & Slot | yes | 0 |
| Morris, Bobby | OH-02636 | 09/07/2004 | Arnold Shaw | F850.J5 M668 2014b Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | yes | 3 |
| Morris, Bobby | OH-02638 | March 24, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 M668 2014 Professional drummer and musical director in Las Vegas since 1950. Owner of Bobby Morris Agency. Escaped Poland with his family in 1937. Talks about getting to Las Vegas and many of the people he played with, for and managed. He was first musical director at International when it opened with Elvis. | yes | 0 |
| Morris, Daryl | OH-02576 | Feb 16, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Born and raised in Las Vegas; son of musician Bobby Morris and Paula Morris. Actor, insurance agent and member of the Jewish community. | yes | 0 |
| Morris, J.D. | OH-01332 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Morris, Paulette | OH-01333 | 1/6/2009 | Boyer Early LV OHP | yes | 0 | |
| Morris, William | OH-01334 | 02/22/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | UNLV Women Sports | no | 1 |
| Morrison, Jane Ann | OH-03617 | 2019 May 10 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Jane Ann Morrison transferred to Las Vegas from Fort Smith, Arkansas, where she had worked as a newspaper reporter. The Donrey Media Group owned the Southwest Times Record newspaper in Fort Smith along with the Las Vegas Review Journal. In 1976, she became a night cop chasing stories that required a police response. Three years later, Jane Ann went over to the Nevadan, a portion of the paper that allowed a more in depth reporting style. Morrison was happy there but later hit the political beat. She tells stories of Yobo, a political corruption string, the G String Sting, encounters with mobsters, and Howard Hughes. Subjects: Review Journal, Donrey Media Group, The Nevadan, Ned Day, A.D. Hopkins, Bill Vincent, Yobo, G String Sting, Operation Cat House, Howard Hughes | yes | 0 |
| Morrison, Lillian | OH-01335 | 02/5/1996, 02/10/1996 | Boulder City Library | Lillian Morrison was the first uniformed female who worked for Park Service and has worked for Reclamation for 20 years during the war at Camp Williston. Morrison recalls life in Boulder City during the late 1930s and 1940s. Morrison is the wife of Lloyd Shorty Morrison. | yes | 6 |
| Morrison, Lillian | OH-01336 | 07/29/1996 | no | 1 | ||
| Morrison, Norma Cleveland | OH-02375 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Morrison moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1953 and was employed as a nurse. She became a head nurse of the emergency departments of Memorial Hospital and Valley Hospital. In the 1970s she pursued certifications in CPR training and taught until her retirement in 1987. | no | 0 |
| Morrow, Sue | OH-01338 | 09/29/2000 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | no | 2 | |
| Morrow, Sue H. | OH-01339 | 02/12/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education, School leader, School employee | no | 2 |
| Mortensen, Carl | OH-01340 | 03/03/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Small business, floods in Las Vegas changes | no | 1 |
| Mortenson, Harry | OH-01341 | 4/8/2014 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Work at the Nevada Test Site as a Nuclear Physicist. Business owner with shop in the newly constructed Boulevard Mall. Second interview will cover tenure in the Nevada State Legislature. | no | 0 |
| Mortenson, Helen | OH-02095 | 5/6/2014 | BELVOHP | Vice president of Cygnus Scientific, a consulting firm specializing in nuclear, radiological and environmental issues. Interview covers The Ice Age Park, campaign management for Harry Mortenson, archaeological pursuits, and her discovery of a Shasta Ground Sloth thought to have lived 20,000 years ago at Devil's Peak, NV, now on display at the NV State Museum Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Moses, Billy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Moses, Larry | OH-01342 | 4/4/2003 | Principle | Education; Moses is a retired principal from Clark and Lyon counties in Nevada, Moses was a principal for middle and high school. Moses was the first teacher to be admitted to the Educational Administration doctorate program at UNLV. | yes | 1 |
| Moss, John Hardie Jr. | OH-01343 | 02/22/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Poker, high stakes gambling, changes in games, cheating | no | 1 |
