Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Reynolds, Debbie | 07/09/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Reynolds, Debbie | 07/09/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Reynolds, Douglas | OH-01557 | 2006 | UNLV | yes | 1 | |
| Reynolds, Douglas D. | OH-01557 | 06/16/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.R48 2007Douglas Reynolds joined the UNLV engineering faculty in 1983. He wrote a report which led to the founding of the engineering college and also provided documentation for its accreditation with the ABET. He is a mechanical engineer and his specialities are mechanical vibration and acoustics | yes | 0 |
| Reynolds, Douglas D. | OH-01557 | 6/16/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty | Douglas Reynolds joined the UNLV engineering faculty in 1983. He wrote a report which led to the founding of the engineering college and also provided documentation for its accreditation with the ABET. He is a mechanical engineer and his specialities are mechanical vibration and acoustics | yes | 0 |
| Rhea, Mabel | OH-01558 | 04/09/2011 | 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 |
| Rhodes, Charles Cecil | OH-01559 | 11/09/2000 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 2 | |
| Rhodes, Dell Ray | OH-01560 | 4/1/2010 | AfAm Collaborative - Documenting the LV Black Experience | F850.N4 R46 2012 Interest in CCSD, copy of 6th Grade Center Plan in appendix | yes | 0 |
| Rhodes-Ford, Berna | OH-03487 | 2018 September 25 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Berna Rhodes-Ford arrived in Las Vegas in the year 2000 to clerk for Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. She attended SMU for her undergraduate degree and the University of Texas at Austin for law school. During her third year of law school, she met and married Aaron and together they began to work and study across the country ending up in Las Vegas. Soon, she opened her own practice and concurrenlty, began to serve the community through several black female-focused organizations. Her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, that she joined as an undergraduate because of its emphasis on leadership, became her first vehicle to give back to the Las Vegas African American community. Then she joined the Links, Incorporated and Jack & Jill of America, Inc. Women of the Links serve under the national motto: Linked in Friendship and Connected in Service. The chapter in Las Vegas is committed to enriching, sustaining, and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. Jack and Jill, Inc. is more geared to mothers who are rearing children. Their goal is to bring children up in a social and cultural environment. Berna has served in many roles for all the named organizations. Subjects: Johnnie Rawlinson, Aaron Ford, Southern Methodist University (SMU), AKA (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority), Links, Inc., Jack & Jill of America, Inc., The Girlfriends, Charms, Inc. | no | 0 |
| Riback, Steve | OH-03366 | 2017 December 12 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 R52 2014 Sgt. Steve Riback is a Detective Sergeant for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He has been with the police force for nearly twenty years. On the night of the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, he had just returned home shortly after 10pm. He had been on an overtime assignment on the Strip prior to the shooting. When he was awaken by a call from his lieutenant he was unaware of the time and immediately went into action—contacted his squad members and rushed to his station in northwest part of the city. He reflects on his overwhelming pride of the police that day, recalling what he heard on his police radio, seeing the rush of police cars being dispatched, and watching a body camera video later. Sgt. Riback’s squad was assigned to Spring Valley Hospital where they worked tirelessly to identify victims, both injured and deceased. His reflections stir the image of medical professionals and police officers urgently fusing together to handle the situation at hand. Riback shares a myriad of emotions, talks about the options available for officers to deal with their personal trauma, and how he explained to his eight-year-old why Daddy was crying. Riback is also known as the Kosher Cop and has authored a book, My Journey Home, about becoming an observant Orthodox Jewish officer and his struggle for the right to wear his beard and a yarmulke while on duty. Subjects: Las Vegas Metro sergeant, squad assigned to Spring Valley Hospital | yes | 0 |
| Rice, Ellis | OH-02076 | 4/9/2014 | AfAm Collab | Discusses cultural aspects of the black community. Rice is an artist combining many talents over various genres. Discusses the city's role in cultural affairs. | yes | 0 |
| Rice, Juanita | OH-01561 | 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal backround I-15 | no | 1 |
| Richards, Dick A. | OH-01562 | 02/21/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Richards, Mustafa | OH-01563 | 3/10/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | The work of the mosque in Las Vegas. Las Vegas inter-group relations. | yes | 0 |
| Richards, Sal | 01/27/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Richardson, Bill | OH-01564 | may 10, 2008 | 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 |
| Richardson, Glenn | OH-02220 | 1/29/2013 | Blue Diamond | Interviewed by George Bogdanovich. Includes facts about Olive Ranch, Hope Ranch, father's work at the mine, and memories of the Blue Diamond Blues softball team. | yes | 1 |
| Richardson, Glenn | OH-02473 | 2013-06-01 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | Parents were caretakers of Oliver Ranch 1952-1954; Blue Diamond town and school; Oliver Ranch; Bar Nothing Ranch; Horace Wilson's homestead in Pine Creek, referred to as "Hunt's Place" by the Richardsons; Tweed and Buster Wilson | yes | 0 |
| Richardson, Glenn Dale | OH-02220 | 1/29/2013 | Blue Diamond - BELV | Lived at Oliver Ranch as caretaker, raised cattle and chickens. Father worked as mechanic for blue Diamond Corporation. Currently lives in Mt. Charleston. | yes | 1 |
| Richardson, Louis | OH-02785 | 7/29/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 R5225 2016 Built West Las Vegas and Nellis libraries for LVCCLD, most recent renovation Lorenzi Park; entire block of J Street on East side from Lake Mead south. | yes | 0 |
| Richardson, Sonny | OH-01565 | 01/23/2007 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 1 | |
| Richardson, Vicki | OH-01566 | 08/19/2003 | Blue Diamond | yes | 1 | |
| Richardson, Vicki | OH-01566 | 1/29/2004 | Boyer Early LV OHP | CT247 .R52 2007 Vicki Richardson taught art in the Clark County School district and now owns businesses including Left of Center Art Gallery in North Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Richardson, Vicki | OH-01566 | December 12, 2003 | 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 | 5 |
| Richardson, Vicki | OH-02474 | 2013-07-03 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | Vicki (Rosaline) -- parents were caretakers of Oliver Ranch 1942-1945; Blue Diamond town (they lived in the adobe house); Blue Diamond mine; Oliver Ranch; Las Vegas in the 1940s and 1950s | yes | 0 |
| Richardson, Virginia Beckley | OH-01043 | 2009 November 5 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849 L35 R5333 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Rickerts, Paul | OH-01567 | 03/29/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Police Department AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) | no | 1 |
| Rickles, Don | 02/26/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Rickles, Don | OH-02605 | 06/24/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Ries, Aldeane | OH-01568 | 4/21/2014 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship | Principal; Education; Clark County School District; Aldeane Ries is a retired high school principal from the Clark County School District in Nevada. Ries received her bachelor degree from the University of Iowa, her masters degree in Northern Arizona University, and also conducted post graduate work at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Ms. Ries started her career as a teacher from 1962 to 1968, then from 1968 to 1979 she held the position Dean of Students. Ries then became assistant principal at Chaparral high school and principals both at Valley high school and Silverado high school. | yes | 0 |
| Rightous Brothers | 08/06/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Rightous Brothers | 12/06/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Gwen Castaldi | no | 1 | |
| Riley, Louise | OH-01569 | 03/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Rineer, Joy | OH-03358 | 2017 December 01 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Joy Rineer, mom, wife, sister, daughter, and professional woman, is a second-generation architect with a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Studies and a Master's degree in Architecture from the University of Utah. Rineer is an Associate Principal with Simpson Coulter Studio, having joined the firm in 2004, when she was Joy Pugsley and the firm was then Welles Pugsley Architects--the firm founded by her father, David Pugsley, and his partner, David Welles. The Salt Lake City, Utah, native discusses her childhood in Spring Valley from the age of seven and attendance at Clarabelle Decker Elementary School, Kermit Booker Sixth Grade Center, Kenny Guinn Middle School, and graduating from Durango High School's first graduating class in 1995. Despite being raised by an architect, she came to architecture rather by accident only after she realized her plans to double-major in music and structural engineering did not lead to a logical career path. She explains how the architectural education, internship, testing, and licensing processes have evolved over time since she first encountered them, and how these processes formerly limited opportunities for women in architecture. Rineer also reflects on projects she has worked on personally, some her firm has done, and some that are currently on the boards. Subjects: Architecture; Design; Women; Welles Pugsley; Simpson Coulter; Spaces | no | 0 |
| Rineer, Joy | OH-03363 | 2017 December 07 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Joy Rineer is a Las Vegas architect whose firm is currently working on the new creative space on the first floor of Lied Library. Her firm also designed the Resilience Center for those affected by the shooting on October 1. Just like the Memory Garden, this huge space was donated, remolded, designed, outfitted, and decorated in six days. The firm's interior designer located fabrics, furniture, rugs, painting, and decorations in record time. Then collaborators valleywide came together to assemble the space into an office, comfort rooms, and caring spaces to meet the 6-day deadline. Juice is a good thing. When the Fire Chief called Rineer's colleague at Simpson Coulter Studio, the firm's opportunity to help was realized. They sprang into action and their desire to help our grief-stricken city with expert architectural skills allowed them to give back. Rineer saw her city react as a community whose heart blood spread rapidly. Her Leadership Las Vegas class amassed care packages, gave special cards of thanks to out-of-town first responders, and organized a blood drive that will become an annual event. Life changed and the good still shows. Subjects: Red Cross, Scott Emerson, Fire Chief, Leadership Las Vegas, Resilience Center, Interior Designer, Simpson Coulter Studio | no | 0 |
| Riskin, Margaret | OH-02164 | 8/12/2014 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | no | 0 | |
| Risley, Albert | OH-01570 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Rist, Frank | OH-01571 | 05/11/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Ritz, Dennis | OH-03245 | 2017 September 29 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Dennis Ritz is a 54-year friend of famed dancer and actress, Line Renaud. Working in publicity and advertising for hotels including the Sahara, Silver Slipper, Flamingo, and the International, Dennis knew many early Movers and Shakers. His stories include Jay Sarno, Nate Jacobson, Kirk Kerkorian, Joyce and Jerry Mack, Burton Cohen, and Morey Friedman. His memories include Wednesday night boxing matches at the Silver Slipper, burying people in the desert, MOB connections reaching into families of influence, and steak & eggs selling for $1.99. Subjects: The International, Silver Slipper, Frontier, Nate Jacobson, Jay Sarno, Line Renaud, Morey Friedman, MOB, publicity, advertising, | no | 0 |
| Rivas Nino, Joanna | OH-03499 | 2018 October 19 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Student interview conducted by Joanna Lisa Peres for History 110: Multicultural America. Joanna Rivas Nino is currently enrolled at UNLV. Works as an accounting tutor and cashier. Social Director of Beta Alpha Psi and involved in other community service activities. Born in California (1991) and raised in Mexico until age 14, when returned to the US. | no | 0 |
| Rivelli, Sonia | OH-03522 | 2019 March 06 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Sonia Rivelli is a Brazilian woman who grew up in a middle class home in São Paulo. As a multicultural woman she embraces her Italian roots as she does her Brazilian roots, and is proud to live in the United States. She took part in developing the Hispanic Heritage Museum headed by Lynette Sawyer and helped for the Brazilian Foundation in Las Vegas. Rivelli is involved in the Republican community and a businesswoman working in the antique business and creating the Aqua Diva Global water purification company. Subjects: Brazil; Politics; Aqua Diva Global; Hispanic Heritage Museum; Antiques | no | 0 |
| River-Rogers, Mariteresa | OH-03503 | 2018 October 24 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Mariteresa Riverea-Rogers was born in Concepción, Chile in 1943. In 1965, she and her husband moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. She began to work as a real estate agent before she became interested in being an interpreter for the court house. She attended UNLV's Sam Boyd School of Law and is currently a practicing lawyer. Subjects: Chile, UNLV law, Latino Bar Association, Clark County Bar Association, Wright Stanish & Winkle | no | 0 |
| Rivera, Erma Linda | OH-03546 | 2019 January 09 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Erma Linda Rivera arrived in Las Vegas in 1984. She worked for the Department of the Interior at the Bureau of Reclamation during the construction of the Hoover Dam. Subjects: Hoover Dam, Equal Employment Opportunity, National Hispana Leadership Institute, Henderson | no | 0 |
| Rivera, Linda | OH-02681 | 2009 October 2 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F850.S75 R58 2009 Erma "Linda" Rivera was born in Morenci, Arizona, in 1952. In the Las Vegas Valley, where Linda has lived for over twenty years, she has promoted educational opportunities for youth, particularly in the Hispanic community. Both she and her husband moved from Montana, where her husband worked as a power plant operator on Yellowtail Dam, to southern Nevada to work on Hoover Dam in 1986. Linda was put in charge of the affirmative employment plan for her branch of the Bureau of Reclamation. She thought there should be more Hispanics working for the Bureau of Reclamation, but she found that there weren't many Hispanics studying engineering. Linda reached out to John Medina at the Southern Nevada Hispanic Employment Program for help. He convinced her to become involved with the program, and she would later become its conference chair. Linda organized the Family Leadership Module for parents in the Clark County School District to give advice and encouragement for parents who are non-native speakers of English, so that they feel more confident becoming involved in the school district. She currently works as the Diversity Officer for the Bureau of Reclamation in Boulder City. | yes | 0 |
| Rivera, Lyle & Timbuck | OH-01572 | 05/01/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .R58 2007 Maryann's father and grandfather arrived in Las Vegas in 1905, and her mother was the eleventh baby born in Las Vegas. Lyle is a lawyer and community activist and worked in the Attorney General's and District Attorney's offices. He also worked as UNLV's vice president for development and university relations, was in charge of development efforts for the law school, formed the UNLV Foundation and served as its executive director, and was assistant general counsel for the university system. Lyle also was the founding president of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys, was instrumental in hiring Jerry Tarkanian as UNLV's basketball coach, and coordinated fund raising efforts for the UNLV International Gaming Institute | yes | 0 |
| Rivera, Modestina | OH-03555 | 2019 February 05 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Modestina Rivera describes her childhood home in the Dominican Republic as beautiful. Her large family lived on a farm where her father would cultivate all types of produce. She and her ten siblings all attended university thanks to the hard work of her father. Their idyllic lifestyle changed when her father was murdered by military men after defending his crops from being stolen. A lot of the Dominican Republic was corrupt during the era of dictator Rafael Trujillo Molina. Even finishing university was difficult, because the military presence lead to a lot of bloodshed within the school campus. It was during her university years that Modestina began experimenting with the fine arts, which would later become an important part of her career. She moved to New York in 1984 and began her work as an interviewer. Modestina describes some of her favorite interviews. She also speaks about her career in front of the screen. Modestina has produced television shows, short films, etc. Her longest passion project has been a film that has been in the works for about ten years. Modestina is also a painter. She has taught classes, commissioned work, and had her art displayed at museums all over the world. Interview conducted in Spanish. Subjects: filmmaker, painter, dominican republic, interviewer, latina | no | 0 |
| Rivera, Ross | OH-02389 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Rivera joined the volunteer fire department in Ely after graduating from high school. He became a professional firefighter in 1991 and completed EMT training in 1999. | no | 0 |
| Rivers, Joan | 02/03/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Rivers, Quincella | OH-03647 | 2019 November 20 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Quincella Rivers arrived in Las Vegas in 1979 after high school and two years of college in Indiana. Gary, Indiana, is her home town. She completed her education with a degree in Social Work at UNLV. Rivers retired as a Clark County Social Worker where she worked in various units including the Sex Abuse Division. Her early work began when underage girls were still considered criminals and the johns were not. But her joy is found in the arts. In retirement, she is more active in the arts than ever. She serves as co-chair of the Youth in Arts for Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority, President of the Las Vegas Society, Inc., Advisory Board of Forgotten Song Foundation, and sings with Sweet Adeline International. The Society fundraises for students in the arts. This interview concentrates on black women's organizations and the uplift provided by them. Subjects: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Youth in Arts, The Society, Forgotten Song Foundation, Sweet Adeline | no | 0 |
| Rizzo, Rich | OH-01573 | 2003-06-19 | Male Dancer | yes | 1 |
