Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Snavely, Ann | OH-02223 | 1/8/2015 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Glen Heather and Scotch 80s neighborhoods overview. Current downtown changes; love for the West Charleston area. | no | 0 |
| Snook, Brandon | OH-03410 | 2018-03-14 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | A son of a physician, Dr. Brandon Snook is a trauma surgeon and a colonel in the Air Force at Nellis Air Force Base, where he has been stationed since 2004. His tours include Iraq and Afghanistan. At Nellis he directs SMART, Sustained Medical and Readiness Trained, a program that brings surgeons, nurses and technicians from around the world to Nellis for intensive medical training. He and others from Nellis were called in to UMC to treat victims. Subjects: Nellis Air Force Base, SMART, trauma surgeon at UMC/UNLV Medical School, wartime background | no | 0 |
| Snow, Grant | OH-01727 | 11/16/1982 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education | no | 1 |
| Snow, Jacob | OH-02813 | 8/29/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 S653 2016 McCarran Airport 1989-1999, General Manager RTC 1999-2012, City Manager City of Henderson 2012-2015, now JABarrett Company; airport expansion D Gates, Terminal 3; Monorail, Beltway | yes | 0 |
| Snyder, Casey | OH-02404 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Snyder is the director of West Wendover ambulance service in West Wendover, Nevada. He is a certified EMT and paramedic. | no | 0 |
| Snyder, Donald | OH-03175 | 2017 April 20, 2017 July 28, 2018 January 09, 2018 March 14 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | part 1: Arriving in Las Vegas in 1987 as Chairman and CEO of First Interstate Bank, Don Snyder immediately became part of the community through the United Way board and the UNLV Foundation. This interview covers his South Dakota and Wyoming childhood and schooling and follows his banking career through California, Asia, Latin America, and Nevada until his 1991 resignation in Las Vegas. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Banking; United California Bank; First Interstate Bank; strategic planning; career planning. Part 2: In this second session Snyder discusses banking regulators, a potential 1991 banking crisis in Nevada, and his resignation from First Interstate Bank; tells of teaming with Bill Boyd and Todd Marshall to open Bank West of Nevada (now Bank of Nevada) in 1994 and of bringing in Robert Sarver to expand its growth. Talks of adapting the Smart Cities approach to statewide connectivity via the "Nevada Smart" initiative. Subjects: First Interstate Bancorporation; First Interstate Bank of Nevada; Bank West of Nevada; Bank of Nevada; Western Alliance Bancorporation; Switch; Boyd Gaming; part 3: In this third session, Snyder recalls his consulting work with the Downtown Progress Association and joining the Fremont Street Experience for 50 percent of his time, developing a strategic plan, and hiring Kenny Wynn as the owners' representative, Jerde Partnership as the architect, and Marnell Companies as the contractor. Mentions joining boards of Harveys Casinos and Household Bank. Describes how FSE changed popular attitudes about Downtown Las Vegas and spurred other redevelopment investments. Discusses call-to-action event hosted by Elaine and Steve Wynn and John Goolsby to establish a performing arts foundation; when Wynns and Goolsby left in 1999, Snyder assumed chair and in 2000 brought in Myron Martin. Also talks about joining Boyd Gaming board in 1966, becoming president 1997, developing and acting upon strategic plan, and retiring in 2005. Subjects: Downtown Progress Association; Fremont Street Experience; Jerde Partnership; John Goolsby; Myron Martin; Boyd Gaming; part 4: Relates the adventures of Steve Wynn, Barry Shier, and Don Snyder in a fast boat at Lake Tahoe. Tells how the historic Wilbur Clark Desert Inn Bridge came to find a new home at the Tom Fazio golf course at The Summit Golf Club. Focuses on career at UNLV beginning in 1988 as an active member board of trustees for the UNLV Foundation, five years as board Chairman and another eight years as chair of UNLV's first comprehensive capital campaign, which met its goal in the midst of the Great Recession and established a philanthropic mindset at UNLV. He discusses serving as dean of the UNLV Harrah Hotel College from July 2010 through June 2013, during which time he led the faculty to create a strategic plan and closed the UNLV Singapore campus in order to maximize the advantage of the Hotel College's setting in the "world's largest hotel and conference laboratory." In 2013 he was appointed by President Neil Smatresk as the university’s executive dean for strategic initiatives, in which capacity he would lead the university conversations regarding a football stadium. Subjects: Steve Wynn; The Summit; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; UNLV; philanthropy; fundraising; UNLV Harrah Hotel College; strategic planning; stadium; football stadium; part 5: Bo Bernhard, Executive Director, International Gaming Institute at the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, joined this session to focus on UNLV's role in building a professional football stadium in metropolitan Las Vegas, in overcoming National Football League objections to Las Vegas as an NFL city, and in bringing the Raiders NFL team to Las Vegas. Snyder explains the Nevada legislation that created the Campus Improvement Authority Board and the process by which the Board opted to build a domed professional stadium that seats 65,000-70,000 over two other possible models. Snyder also reflects on his time as UNLV Acting President, during which he consulted aspirational peer universities and hired Barbara Atkinson, M.D., as the founding dean of the UNLV School of Medicine. He also modified his usual strategic planning process in order to lead the university toward achieving by 2025 the vision previously adopted under past university president Neil Smatresk's goal to move UNLV toward Tier 1 status. Talks briefly about his work with Clark County School District over the years and the District's new Don and Dee Snyder Elementary School, which opened January 2018. Subjects: UNLV; UNLV International Gaming Institute; Global Intellectual Capital; sports betting science; Las Vegas Raiders; Oakland Raiders; National Football League; Campus Improvement Authority Board; peer universities; stadiums; strategic planning; Tier 1 status; UNLV School of Medicine; Clark County School District | no | 0 |
| Snyder, Joy | OH-01729 | 12/17/2008 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.S65 A3 2009 Joy Snyder was a nurse first at Desert Springs and then at Sunrise Hospital in the newborn nursery | yes | 0 |
| Snyder, Tom | 12/01/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Snyder, William | OH-01730 | 11/21/2008 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | CT247.S68 2007 Snyder is an architect who works for Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects. He has a school named after him and works with the children who attend that school. Designed McCaw School of Mines for McCaw Elementary School in Henderson. | yes | 0 |
| Sorensen, Paul | OH-01735 | 03/04/1977 or 02/27/1979 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Personal history, education | no | 1 |
| Sorenson, Bud | OH-01732 | 03/03/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Sorenson, Carole | OH-01733 | 11/11/2002 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Sorenson, Cleona | OH-01734 | 03/04/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Sorkin, Marta | OH-01736 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .S66 2007 | yes | 0 | |
| Sorom, Earl | OH-01737 | 03/06/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | REECO | no | 1 |
| Sorrells, Charles J. | OH-02616 | 2010 November 30 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Karen Shank | yes | 0 |
| Soss, Maury | OH-01738 | 02/20/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Cultural events | no | 1 |
| Southard, Bill | OH-02397 | 2012 December 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Southard worked as Yerington, Nevada's only paid firefighter starting in 1961. He was also a member of the Professional Rescue Instructors of Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Sparer, Jon | OH-02282 | 3/4/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Architect of many major casino/hotels. Designed Congregation Ner Tamid and The Center [Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada].F850 J5 S63 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Sparer, Jonathan | OH-02812 | 8/29/2016 | Building Las Vegas | yes | 0 | |
| Spargo, Harry F. | OH-01739 | 10/14/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mining | no | 1 |
| Sparrow, James | OH-01740 | 03/09/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sparrow, Mary | OH-01741 | 03/20/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Spearman, Patricia | OH-02627 | 3/3/2016 | AfAm Collab | AfAm NV State Senator and former pastor with congregation that operated a food pantry. Gender identity in the modern era. The cross sections of race, class, religion, sexuality, and politics. | no | 0 |
| Spencer, Alice W. | OH-01742 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Spencer, Prince | OH-01743 | 01/09/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | F850.N4 S64 2012 Early black dancer | yes | 1 |
| Spencer, Rainier | OH-02888 | 2015 April 27 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Sperling Kronberg and Mack Holocaust Resource Center Round Table | OH-02460 | September 4, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Doug Unger, community leader; Myra Berovits, education specialist; and Sue Dubin, libary consultant participate in a conversation about the founding of the Holocaust Resource Center and how it serves the Las Vegas community in preserving the stories and providing educational materials and support. | yes | 0 |
| Spicer, Goldie (Vaughn) | OH-01744 | 02/12/1977 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history 40's - | no | 1 |
| Spiegel, Ellen Barre | OH-03361 | 2017 December 04 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S65 2014 Assemblywoman Ellen Spiegel moved to Las Vegas in 2001 and immediately plugged in as a businesswoman, member of the Jewish community and also the Democratic Party. She was first elected in 2008 (first female Democrat in her district), lost in 2010, and was reelected District 20 Assemblywoman in 2012; she continues to serve to date. Talks about Jewish background, moving to Las Vegas and legislation accomplishments thus far. She is also on the board of the National Association of Jewish Legislators. | yes | 0 |
| Spiess, Erick | OH-01746 | 06/25/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Spiess, Erick | OH-01745 | 05/18/1978 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Spight, Lonnie D. | OH-01747 | 05/08/2007 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .S67 2007 Dr. Lonnie D. Spight was hired to teach physics at UNLV in 1970. He served as chair of the department several times, worked on solar energy and far- field microwave analysis, and helped set up safety standards for laser technology. He still teaches quantum mechanics | yes | 1 |
| Spin Doctors | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | ||
| Spinks, Linda | OH-01748 | 08/15/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 2 | |
| Springer, Sylvia | OH-01749 | 2001 July 23 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Spurlock, Robert and Janice | OH-01750 | 6/7/2010 | Boyer Early LV OHP | CT247 .S69 2007 Janice's family moved to Las Vegas in the 1930s. Robert arrived in 1953. He worked construction in Las Vegas and also worked as an ironworker at the Nevada Test Site and at Area 51. He also talks about the Pleasant Valley War in Arizona | yes | 0 |
| St. John, Loretta | 08/23/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| St. Jules, Terry Cavaretta and St. Jules, Rejean | OH-03431 | 2018 May 02 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | At five years of age, Terry Cavaretta and her sister Kandi (age 8) began flying lessons; learning the art of the trapeze. Soon all six children could fly. Their work took them and their parents to London, Paris, Copenhagen, and throughout most of the United States. In 1968, at 15 years of age, the family moved to Las Vegas to open the Circus Circus. At first, they lived in the Westward Ho, then an apartment, and finally in a home. They were happy to be in one place and have remained here for 50 years, interchanging the act with siblings as some got married, divorced, reared families, and formed diverse acts. In the beginning, performing above the craps table was distracting but they loved their art, hone unbelievable skills, and fascinated crowds. They did travel for a few engagements such as the invitation from the Queen of England in 1977. In 1992 when most of the family had retired, Terry and her brother Jimmy became an adagio act in the Folies at the Tropicana. In 1982, Rejean moved to Las Vegas as an juggler. From the age of four, growing up in Montreal, Canada, he learned acrobatics and juggling. He had traveled as a circus performer most of his childhood having learned the trade from his father. Rejean and Terry married in 1983. He entertained in the Lido, the Folies, and Jubliee. Once they retired, they operated a school for trapeze artists. As well as an entertainer, Rejean is an artist painting in the "Art du Flage" style (his term). His artwork depicts random blends and patches of color resembling a camouflage pattern but when one steps back, the work transforms into the refined image of the character he had chosen to depict. Terry and Rejean's 16 year old son is a natural artist who may play soccer though instead of juggling and flying. Subjects: St. Petersburg, Florida, London, Paris, Copenhagen, Queen of England, Westward Ho, Circus Circus, Folies Bergere, Jubliee, Lido de Paris, Joe Castro, Jay Sarno | no | 0 |
| St. Marie, Philip | OH-01751 | 07/28/1975 or 06/28/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history and personal history | no | 1 |
| Stack, Norma | OH-02301 | 2/8/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Stacy, Wayne | OH-01752 | 02/26/1979 or 02/25/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Southern Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Stadler, Helen Joy | OH-02623 | 2012 August 21 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Stafford, Jim | 08/11/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Stafford, Jim | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 3 | ||
| Stafford, Mary | OH-01753 | 03/05/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1953 - | no | 1 |
| Stagg, Kendall | OH-01754 | 01/11/2002 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 4 | |
| Stamm, Marvin | 06/14/2001 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Ken Hanlon | no | 2 | |
| Stampley, E. | OH-01755 | 10/22/2007 | History of the 1970's | yes | 2 | |
| Stangle, Don | OH-02399 | 2013 March 02 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Stangle was a member of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Department from 1972 to 1996. He started driving the department's ambulance in 1972, and took EMT training throughout the 1970s. | no | 0 |
