Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Bowler, Grant M. | OH-00226 | 02/20/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Moapa Valley High Schools, Las Vegas 1920 's, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Mormon Church, religion, General Nevada history. | yes | 1 |
| Bowman (Kaye), Patricia | OH-00227 | 11/16/1978 - 01/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | America's first Prima Ballerina. | yes | 26 |
| Bowman, Alan | OH-02947 | 2008 October 23 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Bowman, Junell | OH-02093 | 3/9/2014 | BELVOHP | Description will be added after Oral history is catalogued. | yes | 0 |
| Bowman, L.J. | OH-00228 | 10/11/2004 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Educational leadership policies and practices. | yes | 1 |
| Bowser, Ida | OH-00159 | 08/30/2007 | UNLV | UNLV | yes | 2 |
| Bowser, Ida M. | OH-00159 | 08/30/2007 | UNLV Oral History Project @Fifty | LD3745 .B68 2007 Ida Bowser worked in the UNLV libraries for 37 years | yes | 0 |
| Bowsher, Francis and Wilson | OH-00229 | 02/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing, building atomic testing facilities, Las Vegas 1950 's, Howard Hughes, changes in Las Vegas, Mercury. | yes | 1 |
| Boyd, Essie | OH-00121 | 9/9/2008 | Boyer Early LV OHP - Blacks in LV | Boyd was born in 1910. Worked positions in the back-of-the-house and at the Desert Inn CC. Worked for Toni Clark but decided not to talk about the work or the people who surrounded her. (missing use agreement) | yes | 0 |
| Boyd, Patty | OH-00231 | 10/24/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Early Las Vegas | yes | 2 |
| Boyd, Sam A. | OH-00232 | 05/09/1973 - 02/28/1977 - 5/1979 | Local Oral History - Roske | Gaming and Gambling, Catholic Church, religion, Board of Trustees of the Rosa de Lima Hospital, Governor Sawyer, Carole Lombard Plane Crash, meeting President Johnson, blackout after Pearl Harbor, WWII, Atomic Testing, Industry and Corporate growth in Southern Nevada, flash flooding, racial changes, Monte Carlo, The Jackpot Casino, El Rancho, Flamingo, the Thunderbird, the El Cortez. Was an owner of the Sahara Hotel, owner of the Eldorado Club in Henderson, President of Union Plaza Hotel. Howard Hughes, Bugsy Siegel. Hoover Dam, General Patton, Korean War, Airplanes in Las Vegas, Schools and Education. (1973 - No Use Agreement, handwritten transcription; 1977 - Has use Agreement; 1979 - Has Use Agreement) | yes | 3 |
| Boyd, William | OH-00122 | 8/21/2013 & 9/25/2013 | UNLV Gaming Law Journal OHP | History of family, introduction into gaming industry, history of the Boyd Group's evolution. | no | 0 |
| Boyd, William W. | OH-00233 | 03/16/1981 | Gaming and Gambling, Golden Nugget, High Hat Club, Cheating at Poker, Howard Hughes, Winning the World Series of Poker, effects of Prohibition on gambling, Downtown, "Block 16" and Prostitution. | yes | 1 | |
| Boyer, Alice | OH-03479 | 1996 June 26 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 B68 1996 Alice Ward Boyer arrived in Las Vegas from Oklahoma in 1937 with her two small children. Her brother and former husband had come earlier. She joined the Mesquite Club, which is a service club, in 1944. Alice chaired various committees and was elected president of the club for 1958-59. | yes | 0 |
| Boyer, Brendan | 10/30/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Boyer, Harold L. Dr. | OH-00235 | 11/15/2000 | Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .B68 2007 Dr. Harold Boyer went into a medical practice in Las Vegas in 1952. He has also been active in many community organizations | yes | 3 |
| Boyer, Judith | OH-00236 | 11/08/2005 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .B682 2007 Judith Boyer moved to Las Vegas in 1948 and worked at Ronzoni's Department Store and as a stewardess for Bonanza Airlines. Her second husband was Dr. Harold Boyer, who was a dermatologist in Las Vegas for many years | yes | 2 |
| Boyle, John M. | OH-00237 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History - Roske | Airlines, Airplanes, Airports, Howard Hughes, Senator Pat McCarran, Hawthorn, relations with FAA, Crime rate, politics, trains. | yes | 1 |
| Bradford, Harold | OH-03178 | 2017 April 24, 2017 June 10 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project & Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | 1st session: Interviewed by Claytee White and Camille Morris. Artist, Harold Bradford, migrated to Las Vegas in 1985 to work for YESCO Sign Company, becoming the art director within a few years. Designed the Rio sign. Currently, he teaches at the Left of Center Art Gallery. Commissioned by Clark County to produce the 8 x 153 foot art installation in McCarran's D Gates. 2nd session: Interviewed by Claytee White, Anna Frederick and Remy Chwae. Frederick and Chwae are starting a nationwide oral history of sign painters. Harold Bradford worked as a sign designer for YESCO and was their second narrator for this initiative. Bradford designed the original concept for the Stratosphere and the Rio sign. He discusses his work at the Young Electric Sign Company, people in the field, and his work ethic as a visual artist today. | no | 0 |
| Bradley, George | OH-02293 | 1/29/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 0 | |
| Bradstreet, James Arthur | OH-00238 | 03/08/2003 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Brady, Kevin | OH-02821 | 2016 September 07 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | HV6711 .B73 2016 Interviewed by David Schwartz. Players International Lake Charles, Harrah's Lake Charles, Paragon (Louisiana), Harrah's St. Louis, Harrah's Corporate Eastern Division, Harrah's Shreveport, Delta Downs, Mohegan Sun Pocono Downs, Sands Bethlehem, Resorts Atlantic City. | yes | 0 |
| Brand, Susan B. | OH-00239 | 11/20/2004 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Nevada changing educational growth | yes | 1 |
| Brandenburg, Mark | OH-03243 | 2017 September 22 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Las Vegas native Mark Brandenburg, chairman of the Fremont Street Experience, grew up with and became co-owner of Las Vegas's oldest hotel. Opened as the Hotel Nevada in 1906, it became the Sal Sagev in 1931, and in 1955 was renamed the Golden Gate. Brandenburg's parents, a daughter of West Virginia and a son of Kentucky, met and married in Las Vegas; there they also divorced after two children. When he was about eight years old, Brandenburg's mother married Italo Ghelfi, one of several owners of the Golden Gate Casino, where she had worked as a cocktail server. Brandenburg attended local public schools: Sierra Vista and Ruby Thomas elementary schools, K.O. Knudson and William Orr junior high schools, and Las Vegas Valley High School. He matriculated to Stanford, where he earned a B.A. in philosophy, and to The University of California, Hastings School of Law. After practicing law locally for 10 years, Brandenburg joined his stepfather in 1990 to manage the Golden Gate, and he and his brother Craig bought out the other partners. Ghelfi died in 1994, and Brandenburg continued to co-own and manage the property until he sold his last interest in 2016. In the early 1990s the Golden Gate joined with other downtown properties to form the Fremont Street Experience (FSE), a feature designed to create excitement and attract tourists to Downtown Las Vegas. The creation and management of the FSE is case study of a complex public-private partnership with many moving parts. Brandenburg weaves the history of the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino with that of the more recent Fremont Street Experience, creating throughout a tapestry of family history with threads from Italy to Oakland, California, and from Kentucky and West Virginia that all converge at One Fremont Street, Las Vegas. Subjects: Downtown Las Vegas; Golden Gate Hotel and Casino; Hotel Nevada; Sal Sagev; Fremont Street Experience; Slot Zilla zip line; | no | 0 |
| Brandise, Eugene | OH-00240 | 03/03/1980 | Construction Industry, Brandise Construction, Hearbst Oil, Nevada growth and changes. | yes | 1 | |
| Braner, Gretchen | OH-02948 | 2009 November 24 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Branigan, Laura | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Brannon, Maureen | OH-00241 | undated | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Brantley, Jackie | OH-00123 | 10/27/1996 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F850.N4 B73 1998 One of the first black women to work in mid-level management at the Desert Inn; early 1970s. | yes | 2 |
| Brantley, Keith | OH-02482 | 10/15/2015 | AfAm Collab | Started the Poet's Corner; general history of the black community, born in Las Vegas in 1961, family from Fordyce, Arkansas. | no | 0 |
| Brass, Lena | OH-02942 | 2017 January 17 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Arrived in Las Vegas in 1975 from Winsboro, a town near Tallulah, Louisiana illustrating that the "great" migration of WWII continued within the AfAm community. Speaks of all traditional community leaders (no details) Frank Hawkins, Wendell Williams, John Edmond, Jesse Scott, Joe Neal, etc. Lena and her husband Kenneth Brass (deceased) were both successful bankers who were invited to all events by business, civic, and social organizations. Member of Victory Baptist Church and is committed to her spiritual faith and to Ushering organizations locally, statewide, regionally, and nationally. She continues her banking career today. | no | 0 |
| Braun, Mara | OH-03672 | 2019 September 09 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Mara Braun, a native of Puerto Rico, has lived in Las Vegas since 1975. She is the owner/operator of a successful event and catering business. Mara married Abe Braun and raised their children in both Latinx and Jewish traditions. Subjects: Latinx, Puerto Rico, Catering, Jewish F850.S75 B73 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Brawley, Mike | OH-02311 | 2013 April 11 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After serving in the military from 1966 to 1968, Brawley became involved with the Tonopah, Nevada fire station. Around 1974, Brawley received EMT training in Beatty and became re-involved with the ambulance service. In 1976, he became director of the EMS region covering Nye, Lincoln, Mineral, and Esmeralda counties, and he served in other positions until his retirement in 1998. | no | 0 |
| Brazelle, Wayne | OH-00243 | 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Construction Industry and early Las Vegas, Thunderbird Hotel (Silver Bird hotel), construction of Davis Dam, construction of MGM Grand hotel, Downtown, North Las Vegas, changes around UNLV. | yes | 1 |
| Breedlove, Mildred | OH-00244 | 02/18/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Ranch life, water problems, transportation. | yes | 1 |
| Brenner, David | 01/28/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Brenner, David | 9/17/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 4 | |
| Brenner, David | 09/12/1984 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Brents, Barbara | OH-00124 | 1/12/2010 | John S Park | F849.L35 B745 2010 Living in a downtown enclave that is unique from the suburbs. Community atmosphere of neighborhood people coming together for social and political activism. | yes | 0 |
| Brewer, Andrew | OH-00125 | 7/1/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - NAACP | Andy's tenure as NAACP President began in January 2008, details the fund raisers that allowed the NAAcP to benefit student with grants, support voter outreach and a prison ministry, and provide guidance for those suffering discrimination. | yes | 0 |
| Brewer, Teddie Lynn | OH-00247 | 6/24/2006 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Educational changes; leadership styles within schoold | yes | 1 |
| Breyfogle, Raymond O. | OH-00248 | 03/15/1976 | Local Oral History - Roske | Personal history, and Nevada history and Nevada Ghost Towns | no | 1 |
| Brickley, Theresa | OH-00069 | 01/27/2006 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Tap Dancing | yes | 2 |
| Brickley, Theresa & Elizabeth Burkey | OH-00069 | 1/27/2006 | Tap Dancing | Tap dancing throughout country and in Las Vegas | yes | 2 |
| Brimacombe, Alfred J. | OH-00127 | 07/02/1975 | Local Oral History - Roske | Printing business, early Las Vegas. Collector: Stephen S. Neal | yes | 1 |
| Brimacombe, Alfred J. | OH-00251 | 1981/02/23 | Local Oral History - Roske | Printing business, Las Vegas history, railroad, Lion's Club. Collector: Kevin Cunningham | yes | 1 |
| Brinker, Charles Homer | OH-00252 | 03/19/1978 | Homesteading in Las Vegas | Personal history and background, Homesteading in Las Vegas, Church affiliation and religion, housing and building homes, grocery shopping and roads, Construction industry and working as a carpenter. | yes | 1 |
| Brinkerhoff-Jacobs, Julie | OH-02852 | 2016 September 30 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 B752 2016 Talks about childhood in Southern California and Europe, history of Lifescapes International, how she came into the business, and how company came to do most major projects on Las Vegas Strip as well as other Clark County locations. Discusses people the company worked with for each project and how the projects came together. | yes | 0 |
| Brinton, Patricia | OH-02258 | 4/30/2014 | In 1905 Edward "Ed" Von Tobel left Los Angeles with his friend Jake Beckley for Lincoln County, Nevada. They purchased a parcel in the new town of Las Vegas and established the Von Tobel Lumber Company. The company served Las Vegas until it closed in 1976. Von Tobel met and married Mary Hameril, and they had four children, Jake, Katherine Elizabeth, Ed Jr., and George. This is an interview with three of Ed's granddaughters. Margaret Carnell is the oldest of three daughters of Elizabeth Von Tobel and Kenneth Zahn. She manages the Von Tobel family properties. Patricia "Patsy" Brinton is the second daughter of Elizabeth Von Tobel and Kenneth Zahn. She does volunteer work with the Assistance League of Las Vegas and the Junior League of Las Vegas. Sharon Schmitt is the second of four daughters of Edward Von Toble Jr. and Evelyne Leonard. She also does volunteer work with the Assistance League and the Junior League and with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church | yes | 0 | |
| Brislin, Jolie | OH-03176 | 2017 April 21 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Regional Director of Anti-Defamation League, moved to Las Vegas in 1979 with her mother Maxine Molinsky. Talks about 2002 Birthright trip, involvement in the Jewish community, raising young children and interfaith marriage, Young Leadership and her mentors, and how she became the ADL Regional Director in 2015. | no | 0 |
