Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Simonson, Arlen J. | OH-01703 | 2004 April 05 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Sinatra, Frank Jr. | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Dick Maurice | no | 3 | ||
| Sinatra, Frank Jr. | 09/04/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Sinatra, Frank Jr. | 08/31/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 | |
| Sippell, Johnny | 08/08/1973 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Sitton, Pamela | OH-01704 | 02/27/2009 | UNLV Oral History Project @Fifty | LD3745 .S52 2007 Pamela Sitton moved to Las Vegas in 1963 where her father worked at the Nevada Test Site. She graduated from UNLV. Pamela was hired by UNLV Libraries in 1974 and worked there until March 2009. She worked in Circulation and in various positions that dealt with serials | yes | 0 |
| Sitton, Pamela | OH-03411 | 2018 March 15 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | In 1963, Pamela Sitton arrived in Las Vegas with her parents. Her father worked at the Nevada Test Site as a carpenter. He had taken various construction jobs in different states since her earliest memories. Las Vegas High was the 12th and final school she attended before graduating. The family had lived in South Carolina, Ohio, throughout Southern California, several locations in Arizona, and finally Las Vegas, towing their home with them. Pam's love for Las Vegas can be understood and felt when she speaks about old buildings that have been destroyed for the new. "It's a travesty." She remembers the "first" indoor shopping mall at Bruce and E. Charleston that housed Carl's Shoes, a Beauty shop, hobby shop, and a movie theater; the motor courts at Bruce and Fremont, the Blue Angel Motel; and traveling to Red Rock when the pavement ended well before reaching the destination. One of Pamela's favorite memories is the celebration of the 50th anniversary of her high school graduation on the football field at the "new" location of Las Vegas High School. Her class of 1966 was the only one that did not have their graduation ceremony on the football field but at the convention center. Most of her classmates regretted not having the traditional memory so the 50th celebration remedied that. The class of 2016 treated them like royalty with a standing ovation as they enter the field, a luncheon, and iced bottles of water in the heat of the late spring season. Pamela's life work was at UNLV Libraries. Her 2009 interview (OH-01704) covers that period. Subjects: Las Vegas High School, 1966 graduation, Nevada Test Site, the Blue Angel Motel, Red Rock, graduation ceremony on the football field | no | 0 |
| Skaggs, Robert L. | OH-01705 | 05/06/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .S53 2007 Robert Skaggs began teaching engineering at UNLV in 1969. He was involved in getting accreditation with ABET for the engineering college, establishing a chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, and building a master's and a PhD program | yes | 2 |
| Skaggs, Yolanda | OH-01706 | 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Skanowsky, Dan | OH-01707 | 04/02/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Casinos | no | 0 |
| Skea, Dan | 08/19/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Skorkowsky, Patrick | OH-02969 | 2007 March 29 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Skylar, Sunny | 05/26/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Slack, Ron | OH-01708 | 02/19/1980 or 1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Slot Management at the Holiday | no | 1 |
| Slade, Susan | OH-02447 | 7/31/2015 | BELVOHP - Rhythmettes | Early life and high school in Las Vegas LDS family during the 1960s. Family entertainment, community life, and leadership skills acquired from Rhythmettes. Adds Ms. Shamblee to the discussion with her roles in the Rhythmette | no | 0 |
| Sloate, Maynard | 02/12/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Sloate, Maynard | OH-02615 | 2007 June 12 | All that Jazz: Those Who Played with the Greats | Interviewed by Joyce Moore; Jazz drummer | yes | 0 |
| Sloman, Chris | OH-02394 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Sloman worked for an ambulance service in New Mexico until he became director of the Elko, Nevada ambulance service in 2010. | no | 0 |
| Smalley, Rae | OH-01709 | September 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 | 2 |
| Smalley, Rae | OH-01709 | 09/12/2005 | 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 |
| Smith, Arlene Matthews | OH-01710 | 03/26/1981 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | yes | 5 | |
| Smith, Barr | OH-01711 | 02/27/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Panaca Pioche and Fanny's Dress Shop | no | 1 |
| Smith, Billy Paul | OH-01712 | 10/3/2013 | AfAm | Worked for Reynolds Electric & Engineering Co,, Inc. esp in Health Physics Department. | yes | 0 |
| Smith, Ethel; McCalister, Barbara Carter | OH-03740 | 2021-03-03 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Barbara Carter and Ethel Smith grew up on the Westside in the 1950s, both born in the late 1940s. They attended the Westside School. Their memories of the city are colorful, vibrant, and clear. They loved school and excelled in the assigned work. After high school, before their chosen careers, both tried work as a maid and found the sexual harassment a real challenge. Their memories of entertainment, fun, customs, and business locations on Jackson Av and the surrounding Black business community, related on their walk down memory lane, provided good historical information. Barbara Carter entered banking at Valley Bank and Ethel Smith, the casino industry, at a time when the MOB ran Las Vegas. Their recollections remind us that businesses operated differently and these women were there to witness it. Subjects: Westside, Jackson Av, MOB, La Concha Motel, Berkley Square, Valley Bank, Caesars Palace, Ash Resnick, Jackson Hotel. 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 |
| Smith, Florence | OH-01713 | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history '20 - | no | 1 |
| Smith, George (pseudonym) | OH-02566 | 2002 June 28 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 2 |
| Smith, Gordon W. | OH-02761 | 2013-01-29 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S65 2012 Gordon Smith was born in Tropic, Utah. His family moved to Hawthorne, Nevada, in 1947. In 1955 he and his family moved to Las Vegas. Gordon went to Rancho High School. After high school, he went to barbering college and then was drafted and was a medic in the Army in the United States taking care of soldiers who had been critically wounded in the Vietnam War. After he got out of the Army he opened a McDonalds and then worked full time as a barber | yes | 0 |
| Smith, Harold | OH-01714 | 07/08/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Smith, Helen | OH-01715 | 03/04/2008 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.S644 A3 2009 Helen Smith worked as a nurse at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, which is now the University Medical Center, and for the Nevada State Industrial Insurance System. | yes | 2 |
| Smith, Helen | OH-03405 | 2007 February 20 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Smith, Horrace | OH-02970 | 2003 April 01 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Smith, J.D. | OH-01716 | 10/31/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Smith, James, Tony, and Frederick | OH-01717 | 2/25/2014 | AfAm | Father, James, moved to Las Vegas because of Nellis AFB assignment. Left AF because he was not allowed to make rank. Stories of Jackson Street and Westside heyday including stories of clubs that catered to whites only (first time hearing this after 100+ interviews in the black community. Tony talks of the role of today's black church. Frederick who now lives in Texas sees a more bleak future for Westside that family. | no | 0 |
| Smith, Jr., Woodrow | OH-01718 | 2/10/2014 | AfAm Collaborative | Tuskegee graduate in engineering; taught by Tuskegee Airman professors. Moved to Los Angeles worked in aerospace industry doing tests at NTS. Moved to LV in the mid 1980s as first black McDonalds franchisee in city. | no | 0 |
| Smith, Judy | OH-01719 | 11/22/2008 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 S5884 2010 Judy Smith was a teenager when her family moved from Barstow, California, to Las Vegas in 1958. She worked as the assistant society editor for the Las Vegas sun and graduated from UNR. by 1967 she moved back to Las Vegas with her husband and children and lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood. | yes | 0 |
| Smith, Keena | OH-02197 | 11/25/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Winita Frederick) | Dance professor at UNLV who traveled and danced in Lion King for 10 years. Shares other professional dance experiences. | no | 0 |
| Smith, Leslie | OH-03300 | 2017 November 02 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Leslie H. Smith grew up on 6th Street in Downtown Las Vegas. The family home, Jay Dayton Smith House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 20, 1987. The address is 624 S. 6th Street and is used today as a law office. His sister, Leslie Jean attended Vasser and married Kel Houssels III. Smith tells stories of riding bikes throughout the small town, swimming in the Old Ranch Pool, the Boy Scouts, concerts at the War Memorial Building, Helldorado Days, and owning several businesses including a construction contracting firm. Subjects: Leslie Jean, Jay Dayton Smith House, National Register of Historic Places, Kel Houssels III, Old Ranch Pool, War Memorial Building, Helldorado Days | no | 0 |
| Smith, Lynn | OH-01720 | 03/04/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal History | no | 1 |
| Smith, Lynne | OH-02395 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Smith joined the Fallon, Nevada ambulance service in 1986 as a basic EMT. | no | 0 |
| Smith, Matti | OH-02971 | 2006 November 07 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Smith, Melville | OH-01721 | 02/23/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Smith, Mike | OH-03460 | 2018 August 17 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Mike Smith is a political genius who depicts his ideas with cartoons. His astute art is syndicated but his drafting table is in the newsroom at the Sun Newspaper here in Las Vegas where he shares this daily ideas with colleagues until one gels and is transmitted across the globe. Smith's mentors include Paul Conrad, Mike O'Callahan, and Hank & Brian Greenspun. Conrad, famed cartoonist at the Los Angeles Times took time to critique Mike's work when he was studying at Loyola Marymount. But it was Mike O'Callaghan who give him his first paycheck as a serious political cartoonist when he was still in college over 30 years ago. Mike is an editorial cartoonist for the Las Vegas Sun and for King Features Syndicate. His cartoons appear in about 270 newspapers. He’s been at the Las Vegas Sun for 35 years. Subjects: Loyola Marymount, Paul Conrad, Mike O'Callaghan, Hank Greenspun, NAACP, gun-running, syndication, Sun Newspaper | no | 0 |
| Smith, Robert Bruce | OH-01722 | 06/03/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .S65 2007 Dr. Robert Bruce Smith taught chemistry at UNLV, was chair of the Department of Physical Sciences, and was the dean of the College of Science and Mathematics. He also served as Academic Vice President and later Provost at Weber State College in Ogden, Utah, from 1980 until his retirement in 1998 | yes | 4 |
| Smith, Robert M. | OH-01723 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Cosmetology | no | 1 |
| Smith, Roy | OH-01724 | 03/13/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Smith, Samuel | OH-02429 | 2011 June 17, 2011 June 22 | Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas | CT247.S657 2012; Samuel Smith moved to Las Vegas in 1978 and worked as a fire inspector until he retired in 2003. He also organized free reading and math classes to help people prepare for the firefighter exam. | yes | 0 |
| Smith, Theresa M. | OH-01725 | 2003 February 23 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Smothers Brothers | 08/05/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Smothers Brothers | 09/22/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Snavely M. D., S. Charles | OH-01726 | 2/5/2014 | Ward 1 | Professor of general pediatrics at UNLV School of Medicine | yes | 0 |
