Oral History Interviews
Total records in this collection: 4056Print version of all records
| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Straus, David and Heidi | OH-02526 | Nov. 6, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S77 2014 Talk about growing up in Las Vegas, the Rancho Nevada Estates neighborhood; changes in city since the 1960s. Being Jewish then and now; son of Neil and Joyce Straus and successful attorney; daughter of Jay Sarno and entrepreneurial business owner. | yes | 0 |
| Stritch, Billy | 12/08/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Stromberg, Janice L. | OH-01783 | 2004 April 07 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Stuart, John | October 22. 1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Stuarti, Enzo | 01/22/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Stubbs, Leonard & Rose | OH-01784 | 04/09/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Student, Roy | OH-03452 | 2018 July 06 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Roy Student is a longtime gaming and hospitality executive who currently utilizes his key expertise and experience as a sought-after consultant and speaker to the international casino and gaming industry from his base in Las Vegas. He has been the force behind the successful U.S. market entry for companies coming from Asia, Europe, and South America. When he arrived in Las Vegas as a young man, Student was taught the ins and out of the gaming industry by the men who operated early games of chance. His teachers were men who did not take notes or sign contracts; deals were made on a handshake. Subjects: Control Credit, Todd Early, Howard Hughes, Cohen, General Instruments, junkets, Dunes, Silver Slipper | no | 0 |
| Stump, Allan | OH-01785 | 02/18/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Fire Fighting | no | 1 |
| Stupak, Bob | OH-01630 | 1/9/2009 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Sullivan, Bobbie | OH-02406 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Bobbie joined the Pahrump, Nevada volunteer ambulance service in 1982 and got her EMT certification in 1984. | no | 0 |
| Sullivan, Joseph | OH-01786 | 03/19/1978 or 03/14/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sullivan, Maxine | 04/25/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Sullivan, Mike | OH-02405 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Sullivan is the director of the Eureka County volunteer ambulance service, a post he has held since 2006. A native of Reno, Nevada, Sullivan received EMT training and worked as an ambulance operator in Tonopah and Pahrump before arriving in his current job. | no | 0 |
| Sullivan, Tom | 03/12/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Sullivan, William | OH-01787 | 06/27/2007 | UNLV Oral History Project @Fifty | LD3745 .S84 2007 Dr. William W. Sullivan taught history in Montana and was hired by UNLV in 1978 as director of student support services. He now is an associate vice president | yes | 0 |
| Summer, Donna | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Summer, Donna | 05/29/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Summers, Francie | OH-02972 | 2009 November 14 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Summers, Roy & Nellie | OH-01788 | 03/06/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Summers, Suzanne | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Sumpter, Rodney | OH-01789 | 08/30/1999 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 1 | |
| Sumpter, Rodney | OH-02567 | 2004 January 20 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Supreme Legend | 02/21/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Loretta Kaye | no | 1 | |
| Sussman, Laura | OH-03412 | 2018 March 15 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Co-Owner of Kraft Sussman Funeral Home, serves on boards of Jewish Family Services, T.I.P. among other community organizations. Has lived in Las Vegas since 1997. Provided funeral preparation for several of the October 1 victims' families. Subjects: Working with coroner in caring of victims and working with their families, New Yorker magazine article. | no | 0 |
| Sussman, Laura and Wendy Kraft | OH-02577 | Feb 17, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S87 2014 Talk about being business partners in Kraft-Sussman Funeral Home, which caters to the Jewish community. They are also a married couple and talk about the local LGBT community. | yes | 0 |
| Sutton, Raymond E. | OH-01790 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Attorney, Father owned only restaurant betweem Las Vegas and Henderson | no | 1 |
| Swallow, Craig F. | OH-01791 | 02/29/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Swallow, Ken | OH-01792 | 03/11/1975 or 03/13/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Swank, Heidi | OH-02147 | 7/28/2014 | BELVOHP | Nevada Assemblywoman, Founder of Nevada Preservation Foundation, Founder of the Flamingo Club | no | 0 |
| Swank, Scott | OH-02147 | 10/13/2014 | BELVOHP | Talks about the John S Park Neighborhood, being an independent professional in Las Vegas, and the Flamingo Club. | yes | 0 |
| Swarts, Maurine | OH-01793 | 05/01/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Southern Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Swatling-Carol-Ann | OH-01794 | 05/05/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S83 2007 Carol-Ann Swatling worked in the reference department at UNLV Libraries for 28 years | yes | 0 |
| Sweet, Kevin | OH-02718 | 2016-05-23 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | Bellagio, Aria, LVS, Seminoles, Cosmopolitan | yes | 0 |
| Sweet, Ruth | OH-01795 | 02/07/1977 or 02/07/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Swift, Joan | OH-01796 | 03/18/2004 and 02/25/1981 | Early Henderson | Clark County Records | yes | 3 |
| Swift, Kay | 01/28/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Swinney, Dick | OH-02400 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Swinney served on the fire department faculty at Texas A&M from 1976 to 1978. He became a certified EMT in Nevada and trained with Professional Rescue Instructors of Nevada. He was coordinator of EMS in Nevada, owned an ambulance transfer service, and authored a program for emergency training. | no | 0 |
| Swinney, Kerry | OH-02401 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Swinney took EMT basic training in 1980. Since then, Swinney has coordinated EMT and CPR training courses around Washoe County. | no | 0 |
| Sylvester, Dr. Wilber | OH-01797 | 04/08/1976 or 04/22/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Synder, Earl | OH-01728 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 | |
| Tabat, Louis A. | OH-01798 | 03/30/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 2 |
| Tabor, Ed | OH-01799 | 03/12/1987 or 05/12/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Television Industry Nellis Air Force Base | no | 1 |
| Tabor, Irene | OH-02887 | 2014 July 03 | West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1 | no | 0 | |
| Tafoya, Daniel | OH-03540 | 2018 December 12 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Daniel "Dan" Tafoya was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1968. Tafoya describes his neighborhood as tough and poor. Tafoya describes his story as intertwined with his father's, a man who served federal time in a prison in Washington state. When Tafoya's father left prison he turned his life around, leaving behind his old life, dedicating himself to an honest living and his oil paintings. As a result, Tafoya's father kept his children on the straight and narrow. Tafoya struggled in school due to his learning disabilities, however this did not stop him from joining the Air Force and having a very successful career. He spent 13 years in the military stationed at Nellis Airforce base. After leaving the military Tafoya began working in higher education, moving to work within CCSD and the Latin Chamber of Commerce. Subjects: Air Force, CCSD, Nellis Airforce Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico | no | 0 |
| Tamre, Marilyn V. | OH-01800 | 03/09/1981 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Tanaka, Wayne | OH-01801 | 2002-07-18, 2002-07-02, 2002-07-29, 2002-08-05 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | no | 7 | |
| Tanaka, Wayne N. | OH-03741 | 2021-03-12 | Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project | Interviewed by Ayrton Yamaguchi, Vanessa Concepcion, Kristel Peralta, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans. Born and raised in Lahaina, Maui, Hawai'i, Wayne Tanaka speaks to his dual identity as a Japanese Hawaiian and of his mixed generational identity. His father, an ordained Buddhist minister, was Issei, a first-generation Japanese Hawaiian, but his mother, a teacher, was the second generation of her family in Hawai'i. He speaks of his father's World War II internment; of coming to Las Vegas with the Boulder Dam Area Council of the Boy Scouts during high school; of going to the University of Utah; of his wife, Sadie, his daughters, and his career as an educator in Clark County School District. Subjects: Lahaina, Maui, Hawai'i; Buddhism; Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha; education; special education; Clark County School District; race; Executive Order 9066; racism; Hula; Sunset High School; Boulder Dam Area Council; Boy Scouts of America. 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 |
| Taney, Thomas | OH-01802 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Tarkanian, Lois | OH-02162 | 9/24/2014 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Examples of community in West Charleston; served on CCSD School Board, work as a City Councilwoman, family life in Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Tate, George | OH-01803 | 09/24/2002 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 2 |
