Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Neal, Carrie | OH-02512 | 11/15/2015 | AfAm | Life in Las Vegas, migration from the South, work in the back-of-the-house, the black church and the influence of the Culinary Union. Interview collected by grand daughter; student in Dr. Celeste's Black Studies class, Fall 2015. | no | 0 |
| Neal, Joe | OH-01363 | 06/01/2006 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .N42 2007 Senator Joe Neal is from Mound, Louisiana, and came to Las Vegas in 1954. He served as a Nevada state senator for 32 years. Know for legislation to improve fire safety in hotels and for attempting to increase gaming taxes. | yes | 7 |
| Neal, Withania | OH-01368 | 08/09/2006 | Katrina | no | 2 | |
| Nelson, Brad | OH-03282 | 2017 October 30 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 N43 2017 With 15 years of planning experience, a Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture with emphasis on Urban Planning, and an M.S. degree in Urban Planning, Brad Nelson had no hesitation in accepting an offer from Mark Fine to move to Henderson to help master plan Green Valley. Arriving with his wife and two young children in 1984, he set to work on entitlements and master planning. He recalls planning various parcels, the village of Silver Springs, the village of Fox Ridge, the Fountains, and the Green Valley Athletic Club. He discusses the Green Valley ethos of planning for a good quality of family life by making space for churches, schools, and parks; providing a variety of housing price points, public art, and open space and working with homeowners' associations; and developing golf courses, fighting the "Water Wars" of the 1970s and 1980s, and introducing SPUIs--Single Point Urban Interchanges. He remembers staying with American Nevada Corporation until 1999, when he was recruited by Ron Boeddeker, to take over as the COO of Lake Las Vegas. Boeddeker's vision of creating LLV as a resort community was ultimately thwarted by distance and the economy. Nelson left in 2006, when the Park Cattle Co. of Minden, NV, hired him to help them manage their portfolio of land, casinos, and the Edgewood Golf Course in Lake Tahoe. After reorganizing and rebranding the company as Edgewood Companies, he retired in 2010, and returned to Southern Nevada and Lake Las Vegas. Subjects: Henderson, NV; Green Valley; Lake Las Vegas; Urban planning; Master planning; Master-planned communities; Water Wars; Park Cattle Co.; Edgewood Companies; Minden, NV | yes | 0 |
| Nelson, Jared | OH-01371 | 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Law Enforcement; Organized crime. Interviewer: Phillip Nelson. | no | 1 |
| Nelson, Jared | OH-01370 | 02/28/1979 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Nevada history. Interviewer: Phillip Nelson | no | 1 |
| Nelson, Kathie | OH-02374 | 2013 February 07 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Nelson started taking EMS classes in 1985 and became an ambulance operator in Las Vegas, Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Nelson, Laralee | OH-01372 | 4/20/2010 | Boyer Early LV Oral History Project - Library | CT247 .N44 2007 Laralee Nelson worked as a cataloger in UNLV Libraries from 1982 to 2010 | yes | 0 |
| Nelson, Lawrence | OH-01373 | 02/22/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Iceplant and RR employee | no | 1 |
| Nelson, Paulette | OH-01374 | 03/02/2009 | UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty | LD3745 .N443 2007 Paulette Nelson Moved to Las Vegas in 1981 and worked at the Nevada Test Site for two years. After that, she was offered a position in the cataloging department at UNLV Libraries. She eventually became the supervisor of the Architecture Studies Library and held that postion for nine years until her retirement in 2009 | yes | 0 |
| Nelson, Tommy | OH-01375 | 11/28/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City, 1930-1950 | no | 4 |
| Nelson, Willie | 03/05/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Netski, Linda Mathias "Matt" | OH-02388 | 2013 March 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Netski began working as a nurse in Las Vegas, Nevada at Sunrise Hospital in 1969. She was enamored with the ambulance service after working in the emergency room, and in 1974 became the first female ambulance attendant. She quit riding in the ambulance full-time in 2000 but maintains a supervisory role. | no | 0 |
| Nevada Test Site | 02/11/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Harley Harmon | no | 1 | |
| Neville, Gladys | OH-02775 | 2004 June 02 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Gladys Neville is a nurse who was deployed to Italy during World War II. She worked as a nurse and as a head nurse at University Medical Center. | yes | 0 |
| Nevin, Mike | OH-02376 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Nevin joined the Virginia City, Nevada fire department when he was in high school. He was employed by the Nevada Division of Forestry for fire service from 1974 to 1998. He was trained as an EMT in 1976. | no | 0 |
| Newcomb-Terry Miller | OH-01300 | 10/10/2005 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | Terry Miller-Newcomb was born in Las Vegas and remembers how Las Vegas was in the 50s-70s. Her father Chub Drakulich started the physical education program and the basketball team at Southern Nevada University (now UNLV). Her grandmother worked as a secretary for the Bureau of Mines in Boulder City on the project to construct Hoover Dam. Terry attended UNR, was an advertising account executive, and now owns a private practice in marriage and family therapy | yes | 0 |
| Newell, D.L. | OH-01376 | 02/26/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson 1950's - jobs, family life | no | 1 |
| Newhart, Bob | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Newhart, Bob | 07/01/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Newman, Helen D. | OH-01377 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Girl scouts, Family life | no | 1 |
| Newman, Jimmy | OH-01378 | 6/6/1977 | Local Oral History Project - Roske | Gambling history - 60s and 70s | no | 0 |
| Newman, Mike | OH-01379 | 03/02/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gambling writer | no | 1 |
| Newsom, Donna | OH-01380 | 6/11/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | R154.N52 A3 2009 Early nurse in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Newton, Anthony | 12/29/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Newton, Augusta | OH-01381 | 10/13/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Newton, Wayne | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 4 | ||
| Newton, Wayne | 01/19/1996 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Newton, Wayne | 04/11/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Newton,Mabel | OH-01382 | 02/26/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Social organizations, Economic growth, Henderson, Industry days parade | no | 1 |
| Nicholas, Alexander | OH-01383 | 02/24/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, changes in Nevada | no | 1 |
| Nickell, Clara Ann | OH-01384 | 03/05/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City, Nickell moved from California to Boulder City to work at the Hoover Dam. | no | 1 |
| Nickell, William | OH-01385 | 01/07/1975 | Hoover Dam | Hoover Dam, Operations of the Hoover Dam | no | 1 |
| Nielson, Howard E. | OH-01386 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Nighswonger, Elmer H and Eleanor | OH-01387 | 02/02/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Fire Department WWII Depression Era | no | 1 |
| Nighswonger, Elmer H. | OH-01388 | 04/02/1976 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Fire Department, WWII Depression Era. Interviewer: Larry Davis. | no | 1 |
| Nighswonger, Elmer H. | OH-01389 | 02/21/1979 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Fire Chief. Interviewer: James Sullivan. | no | 1 |
| Nightingale, Mark | 09/21/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Ken Hanlon | no | 1 | |
| Nitz, Ashley | OH-03393 | 2018 February 06 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. Ashley Nitz and her girlfriend Laura made plans to attend the Route 91 Country music festival as a "staycation" weekend at the Trump. Neither wanted to pay for VIP seating but found the House of Blues tent that contained an upstairs area for VIPs. They paid the extra $100 on Saturday evening and found it was a perfect space for enjoying the concert. As on Friday night, they left early. Sunday night, they returned to the House of Blues tent and vowed to stay until the end. But as the concert wore on, they changed their minds and were heading across the venue as the first shots rang out. They were heading away from the Mandalay Bay and ran toward the exit that they had used to enter and exit on Las Vegas Blvd, farthest away from the hotel. They ran toward the Tropicana and hid in the lobby behind a planter well before the hotel went into lock down mode. They hid for a while because they could not determine what was happening - Who was shooting? Were there numerous shooters? Was he/she/they in the hotel? Soon, the Tropicana ran announcements that the doors were being locked and gave instructions where everyone should go. Even hotel guests in rooms had to congregate in the appointed convention center area. Medical assistance, water, and other aide were provided there. Finally, in the wee hours of the morning people were allowed to leave the premises. Transportation was almost at a standstill. Getting back to the Trump proved to be a real challenge. But friends and family knew that Ashley was safe because she charged her phone at the Tropicana and contacted people who spread the good news.But what she witnessed will never be forgotten. Ashley is proud of the Las Vegas response. She was probably inundated more than many because a day or so before Route 91, she had just returned from delivering supplies to Houston and surrounding areas in Texas. Subjects: Houston, House of Blues, Trump Tower, Assistance League, Tropicana Hotel Casino, Big & Rich, Jake Owen, Jason Aldean, Uber, Heather, the bartender | no | 0 |
| Nitz, William Owen | OH-01390 | 03/12/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Attorney in the 1960's, Member of the Air Force, grow of the Nellis area | no | 1 |
| Noblitt, Mary | OH-01391 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Nolen, Jewel | OH-01392 | 03/05/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Boardwalk on Fremont | no | 1 |
| Norman, D.W. "Dub" | OH-02300 | undated | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Norman, Norma | OH-01393 | 11/30/2004 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Norma Norman is a retired principal from California and Kansas, she retired in 1983 as a elementary principal from the Hayward Public School District. Norman graduated from the University of Kansas, Lawrence with a Juris Doctorate with an emphasis in public education and social science. | yes | 1 |
| Norris, Nancy | OH-01394 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nursing, Casinos, Wartime | no | 1 |
| North, Ertis Mr. | OH-01395 | 03/13/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Norton, Paul | OH-01396 | 03/07/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Nellis history, Hoover Dam | no | 1 |
| Norton, Ruth | OH-01397 | 03/09/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education, Racial situation | no | 1 |
| Novotny, Vincent | OH-01398 | 03/05/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Prohibition, Kyle Ranch, Air travel | no | 1 |
| Nowicki, Mitch | OH-02377 | 2012 December 12 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Nowicki began EMT training in 1978. He started working in pre-hospital medicine in Reno, Nevada in 1979. | no | 0 |
