Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Shearin, Alberta | OH-01683 | 03/11/1981 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Air Base | no | 1 |
| Shearing, Miriam | OH-03224 | 2017 August 15; 2017-09-06 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Justice Miriam Shearing is the first female member of the Nevada Supreme Court. She and her husband moved to Las Vegas in 1968 because of the warm welcome they received from her husband's fellow ophthalmologists and from Governor Grant Sawyer. But the field of law wasn't ready for females so she was turned away from firms because it was felt that she should be at home with her children. Although after a few years in a solo practice, she ran successfully for a Justice Court Judgeship, supported by older women who knew that the time had come to diversify the bench. | no | 0 |
| Sheehan, Barbera | OH-01684 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Sheehan, Bill | OH-01685 | 07/01/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S538 2007 Bill Sheehan grew up in Philadelphia. He served in the Marine Corps in the 1940s, became a certified public accountant, and moved to Las Vegas in 1962. He started his own firm in 1971 and retired in 1997. Bill is a co-trustee of the Boyer Charitable Foundation. | yes | 0 |
| Sheehan, Jeanne | OH-01686 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Sheehan, Mary Jo | OH-01687 | 07/14/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S54 2007 Mary Jo Sheehan moved to Henderson in 1945. She was a secretary and worked at Nellis Air Force Base and for RFC War Assets Administration, the Colorado River Commission, and Basic Management Incorporated | yes | 0 |
| Shelbourne, Verilee | OH-01688 | 03/07/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sheldon, Connie Hill | OH-02757 | 2013 February 11 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Connie Hill Sheldon and her identical twin, Billie, were born in 1944 in Oklahoma and spent their early years in southern California before moving to Las Vegas in 1956 with their mother, brother, and stepfather, Gerald Elmore. They attended Sunrise Acres Elementary School and were members of Rancho High School's first graduating class in 1962. Connie worked at the Huntridge Theater while she was in high school and continued working there after she graduated. In 1968 she married Clyde Sheldon in Goldfield, Nevada. He was an active-duty Marine, so they lived in several places, but after he retired in 1983, they returned to Las Vegas and then moved to Pahrump. Connie talks about military life in New York City, her driving a school bus in Havelock, North Carolina, being a preschool teacher in Mission Viejo, California, and her jobs at the Huntridge Theater, the Nevada Test Site, and at Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company, Inc | yes | 0 |
| Shelton, Essie Jacobs Mrs. | OH-00932 | 02/01/1996 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | yes | 2 | |
| Shenson, Walter | 04/09/1982 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Shepherd, Brian | OH-03756 | 2020-07-11 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Brian Shepherd, Chief of Staff of SEIU Local 1107, understands the impact of strong union jobs for Nevada families. His union represents the largest contingency of healthcare and public sector workers across the state. The Services Employee International Union advocates for fair wages, good healthcare, and the secret ballot. In addition to his call as a union man, Shepherd was called by the Creator and is in divinity school. He and the union empowers members to organize for progressive causes. Subjects: SEIU; Black Lives Matter; union benefits; Divinity; Culinary Union; interesting early background 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 |
| Shepherd, Henry | OH-02171 | 10/22/2014 | BELV- Cul226 | CT247 .S545 2014 Early AfAm bartender on the Strip, hired as a result of the 1971 consent decree. Includes memories of Jackson Street, homes in North Las Vegas, and hotels downtown and on the Strip. | yes | 0 |
| Shepherd, John Dr. | OH-01690 | 11/21/2008 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.S54 A3 2009 Dr. John Richard Shepherd is an ophthalmologist who started his practice in Las Vegas in 1968 | yes | 0 |
| Sheridan, Dick | OH-01691 | 03/18/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming Industry | no | 1 |
| Sherman, Martin A. | OH-01692 | 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Shields & Yarnell | April | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Shields & Yarnell | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Shields, Calvin | OH-02613 | 2009 May 7 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. | yes | 0 |
| Shipley, Robert | OH-03498 | 2018 October 15 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Robert Shipley grew up in Chicago in a home filled with music of all genres. He began to play drums at 10 years of age. Quickly he and his brother formed a band that played at community functions. He chose a high school that catered to the arts and in the early 1980s he set out to play behind well known artists. Beginning with the Emotions and then on the Grammy winning Best Blues album. In 1983 he joined Natalie Cole and played with her for 6 years loving the family atmosphere she created. His most lucrative assignment was with Diana Ross. Other entertainers included Smokey Robinson, the O'Jays, and Lionel Richie. It was Ben Vereen who took him to Carnegie Hall and by this time he had played every major city and most countries so he chose to retire. His daughter's graduation from law school spurred him to return to school. He earns a bachelor's degree this December (2018) and plans to enter the MFA program to become a professor. Subjects: Monroe, Louisiana, Grammy Award, Emotions, Temptations, Natalie Cole, Diana Ross, Golden Nugget Hotel Casino, Steve Wynn, Ben Vereen | no | 0 |
| Shirkey, Hugh | OH-01693 | February 4, 2010 | 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 | 2 |
| Shoofey, Alex | OH-01694 | 03/04/2007 | Jay Sarno Project | no | 4 | |
| Shore, Lonnie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Shore, Lonnie | 03/13/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Shore, Sammy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Shore, Sammy | 03/12/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Shorr, Lonnie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Shorr, Steve | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Shugart, Joyce | OH-01695 | 03/09/1981 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history/photos | no | 1 |
| Shutt, Byron | OH-01696 | 03/09/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson history | no | 1 |
| Sidney, Corinne Entratter; Nort, Charlotte; Neivans, Mary; Jones, Judy; Garner, Joy Blaine | OH-01899 | 2014-01-11 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Copa Girls joint interview | no | 0 |
| Sidney, Corrine | OH-01697 | 06/05/2007 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S55 2007 Corrine Sidney was an actress, a Las Vegas showgirl, and a television talk show host and gossip columnist in Los Angeles. She was married to Jack Entratter who produced Las Vegas shows and later to movie director George Sidney | yes | 2 |
| Siefert, Tona | OH-01698 | 02/25/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sigfried & Roy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Signorelli, Michael Joseph | OH-02794 | 8/4/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 S545 2016 Purchased Golden Steer (opened 1958 by Joe Kludjian) in 2001; MSc and PhD in education at UNLV, getting a gaming license, building a hotel-casino in Mesquite, running Fitzgerald's (now the D) downtown, and putting together land deals (that ultimately fell through) to develop a hotel-casino in Laughlin and one in North Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Sill, Lester | 08/15/1973 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Silva, Astrid | OH-03709 | 2019-04-22 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Oral history interview with Astrid Silva conducted by Monserrath Hernández and Barbara Tabach on April 22, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Astrid Silva was born in Gomez Palacio, Durango in 1988. She immigrated with her mother to the United States in 1992, where they were met by her father before flying to Los Angeles. She recounts her first impression of the United States and her families eventual move to Las Vegas, where she describes her time living in Las Vegas' west side and struggles she faced being an undocumented student living in Las Vegas. She describes her first meeting with Senator Harry Reid and the friendship that developed afterwards. She has spoken at the Democratic National Convention and has been vocal about her status as a Dreamer. She is currently the Executive Director for DREAM Big Nevada which was established in 2017 in order to provide aid to Nevada's immigrant families. She writes about her hopes for Dreamers and her continued work in expanding the ways that immigrant families can be helped in an always changing political climate. Subjects: DACA, Dreamers, Immigrant Rights, Higher Education 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. | yes | 0 |
| Silver, Abbi | OH-02935 | 2017 January 11, 2017 February 07 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S54 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Silver, Al | 05/20/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Silver, Al | 05/21/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Silver, Frank Paul | OH-03229 | 2017 August 29 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S543 2014 A native of Philadelphia. Moved to Las Vegas in early 1970s to take an ob/gyn position in Boulder City with his wife and family of four children. He moved his medical practice to Las Vegas to better serve his patients. He describes being a child of a Jewish father and Catholic mother. Anecdotes of being a physician in the 70s and some of the perks he was treated to; also, ownership of Crystal Palace casino (Laughlin). Subjects: Medical (Ob/Gyn) doctor, 1970s Las Vegas, Laughlin casino owner | yes | 0 |
| Silvers, Phil | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Silvestri, Charles | OH-02612 | 2012 January 31 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. | yes | 0 |
| Silvestri, Phyllis M. | OH-01699 | 01/11/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 S553 2010 Phyllis Silvestri moved to the United States from Canada when she was in her early 20s. By 1953 she had moved to Las Vegas and was married. A few years later she and her husband built a new home in the John S. Park area | yes | 0 |
| Simmons, Eva G. | OH-01700 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | F850.N4 S54 2012 | no | 1 | |
| Simmons, Eva G. | OH-02968 | 2004 May 04 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 1 |
| Simmons, George | OH-01701 | 12/13/2014 | AfAm Collaborative | Architect for NTS; Still employed as a Senior facilities specialist | yes | 0 |
| Simmons, Lester & Gladys | OH-01702 | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Union Pacific Railroad | no | 1 |
| Simon, Jack and Marcy | OH-03439 | 2018 May 16 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S546 2014 Both Marcy and Jack called the greater Los Angeles area the city they were raised in. It is also where they met and married in 1965. They are an entrepreneurial couple and talk about how Jack was a general contractor and electrical contractor, which led to Marcy becoming an electrical contractor for their growing business. Conventions became a significant source of business and they found themselves in Las Vegas often, and eventually in 1994 they moved full time to Las Vegas. When GES bought their business, they decided to get into the small casino business and purchased the financially troubled Commercial Casino in Elko, and then three more small casinos. In 2018, the couple was honored by JFSA for their philanthropic work and active role in the Jewish community. Subjects: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Elko, Commercial Casino, Jewish Family Services Agency, electrical contracting and conventions | yes | 0 |
| Simon, Margaret | OH-02506 | 2005 May 06 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Simone, Ronald | OH-02086 | 5/5/2009 | All That Jazz | ML394.S54 2008 Ronald Simone was born in 1935 in New Haven, Connecticut. He played trumpet in high school and played piano as a profession. He moved to Las Vegas with his friend violinist Joe Mack in 1960. He played in the Riviera showroom for five and a half years, in the exclusive Monte Carlo Room in the Desert Inn where he played for stars such as Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. for five years, and for nineteen years for all the Casino de Paris shows, line numbers, and production numbers at the Dunes. During the musicians' strike in 1989, he did sanctioned sub work at the Lido de Paris show at the Stardust. After the strike was over, Ronald played with Johnny Haig's relief band at various hotels, and he now does public concerts | yes | 0 |
