Oral History Interviews
Total records in this collection: 4056Print version of all records
| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Tate, James | OH-01804 | 4/23/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | Early impressions growing up in a household with a communist father. Attended Howard University, became a neurosurgeon, fights with state board. | yes | 0 |
| Taylor, Andrew | OH-01805 | 9/30/2013 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Talked of newspaper coverage and living in a downtown community. Sent to transcriber 11/7/2013 | no | 0 |
| Taylor, Billy | 04/21/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Taylor, Brian | OH-02402 | 2012 November 29 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Taylor took EMT basic classes at the University of Nevada in the early 1980s. He dropped out of college to pursue EMS work and has progressively increased his EMT credentials. | no | 0 |
| Taylor, D. | OH-02118 | 7/25/2014 | BELV - Culinary 226 | Taylor is president of the hospitality workers' union Unite Here. Served as Secretary Treasurer of Culinary Local 226. Talks about arrests, union strikes, Al Bramlet, Hattie Canty, and the future of organized labor. | yes | 0 |
| Taylor, F. Andrew | OH-01805 | 9/30/2013 | Review Journal Downtown reporter. Moved to LV in 1991. Evolution of downtown | yes | 0 | |
| Taylor, Laura | 12/04/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Taylor, Laura | OH-02630 | 2008 December 3 | All that Jazz: Those Who Played with the Greats | ML394 .T42 2008 | yes | 0 |
| Taylor, Lee or Leland | OH-01806 | 03/05/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Television Industry Nellis, Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Taylor, Patsy and Marshal | OH-03542 | 2018 December 17 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Patsy Blair and Marshal Taylor met at Nevada Southern in a psychology class, fell in love, and moved way out of town to an apartment across from the college (became UNLV in 1965). Patsy grew up in Lovelock, NV and moved to Las Vegas for college while all of her classmates matriculated at UNR. Marshal and his family moved to Las Vegas in 1944. His father was a mortician. When they moved out of the building where the business was located, the family bought a house in Twin Lakes where he roamed as a young man. Early jobs for Marshal included the Von Tobel lumber yard, a 3-year stint in the army, and then a position in Radiation Safety at the Nevada Test Site for a year and a half. In 1976, he joined the City of North Las Vegas as a park planner and grant writer. He enjoyed that work for 30 years. Stories include the Wildcat Lair, Boulevard Mall, early movie theatres including the El Portal and the Huntridge, curfews for teenagers, the Biltmore neighborhood, and an early ambulance service. Subjects: Wildcat Lair, El Portal, curfews, Nevada Test Site, Ely, Lovelock, MOB | no | 0 |
| Taylor, Rip | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 3 | ||
| Taylor, Rip | 07/17/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Taylor, Rip | 06/28/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Taylor, Robert Lee | OH-01807 | 06/03/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black history, Black history education. Interviewed by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick. | no | 2 |
| Taylor, Robert Lee | OH-01809 | 05/05/1975 | Roske | no | 1 | |
| Taylor, Robert Lee | OH-01808 | 10/12/1972 | Roske | no | 1 | |
| Tecktiel, Rabbi Bradley | OH-02653 | April 19, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Community Digital Heritage Project | F850.J5 T42 2014 Rabbi of Midbar Kodesh Temple since 2008. Member of Board of Rabbis; Jewish Federation's Community Relations. | yes | 0 |
| Tell, Michael | OH-03376 | 2018 January 06 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 T44 2014 Publisher of Israelite newspaper, the Jewish newspaper since 1965, Mike came to Nevada with his father Jack in 1961 seeking to own a newspaper. Mike's promoter spirit was kindled when he opened a teen night club in Las Vegas called Twin Lakes Twist. He returned to the family business in 1979 and continues to by the publisher. | yes | 0 |
| Temple Beth Sholom Round Table | OH-02459 | January14, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Sandy Mallin (past president of Temple Beth Sholom) leads a group of past leaders of the earliest Jewish synagogue (founded in 1946) in a conversation of reminiscences of how the temple began and grew as the Jewish population of Las Vegas grew. | yes | 0 |
| Temple Sinai Round Table Discussion | OH-02661 | April 26, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Five members of the congregation talk about the formation of Temple Sinai in 2007, a merger of two struggling synagogues (Adat Ariel and Temple Beth Am). Participants: Jeff Klein, Meera Kamagei, Jack Kaufman, Susan Rhodes, and Amy Stein. | no | 0 |
| Tennille, Toni | 01/19/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Tennille, Toni | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Terbeek, Russ | OH-02728 | 2015 May 29 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | Circus Circus, Edgewater, Colorado Belle, Golden Nugget Laughlin, Rio, Treasure Island, Pala, Soboba, Morgono, M, Arizona Charlies | yes | 0 |
| Terrell, Tony and McKnight, Sherry Tuliwa | OH-02872 | 2016 October 20, 2016 December 01 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Projec | Session One: The lives of a mother (Sherry) and son (Tony) who encountered challenges because of his size; misunderstandings during school integration; the rewards of finding football as a focus of engagement; and the importance of an UNLV education. Both mother and son have earned degrees in tandem. The mother is now completing her dissertation after Tony was hooded last year. Session Two: This session includes a view of UNLV from the son who works on campus -beginning after his football career ended - and from the mother's perspective as a nontraditional student in a master's and now PhD program. | no | 0 |
| Tesh, John | 1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Testa, Paul | 08/31/2004 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Textor, Ron | OH-01810 | 07/24/2007 | All That Jazz | yes | 2 | |
| Thayer, Jennilee Gibson | OH-02631 | 2009 August 12 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| The Walkers | 10/26/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Thelan, Ethelda | OH-02501 | 2004 August 20 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Thiriot, Joe | OH-01813 | 08/10/2000 | Mormon Life | yes | 2 | |
| Thiriot, Joseph | OH-01812 | 04/19/2007 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .T45 2007 Joseph Thiriot is a long time Las Vegas resident who worked as a high school teacher | yes | 0 |
| Thomas, Danny | 04/01/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Thomas, J.T. | OH-01814 | 06/13/1979 or 03/13/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Thomas, JoNell | OH-01815 | 01/12/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 T555 2010 JoNell Thomas moved to Las Vegas in 1992. She has worked as an attorney with the Nevada Supreme Court, as a staff attorney with a Las Vegas firm, as an adjunct professor at the law school at UNLV, and currently is an attorney with the Clark County Special Public Defender's Office. She and her family have lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood since 2001. Their house was built in 1956 | yes | 0 |
| Thomas, Roger | OH-02818 | 8/31/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 T485 2016 Executive VP Design, Wynn Design and Development. In 1980, joined Wynn's design team for The Mirage (opened 1989) and has done interiors for all Wynn projects since, including these in LV: Treasure Island, Bellagio, Wynn Las Vegas, Encore Las Vegas. Son of E. Parry Thomas. | yes | 0 |
| Thomas, Ruby | OH-01816 | 10/05/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Thomas, Sonny | OH-01817 | 2/28/2013 | AfAm Collaborative OHP | F850.N4 T46 2012 Sonny moved to Las Vegas from Fordyce, Arkansas. Sonny chose a career path in the funeral industry; knew Jimmy Gay. Talks about neighborhood changes around the Thomas & Jones location. | yes | 0 |
| Thomas, Therese | OH-01818 | 02/29/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history | no | 0 |
| Thomas, Therese | OH-00893 | 1995 March 13 | Boulder City Library Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Thomas, Thomas A. | OH-03000 | 2017 March 03 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Fourth son of banker E. Parry and Peggy Thomas, Thomas Adam Thomas was born in Salt Lake City but brought to his family home in Las Vegas three days later. Like his siblings, Thomas attended local public schools: West Charleston Elementary, Hyde Park Junior High, and Clark High School. From the age of fifteen, he knew he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps, so after completing his mission, he earned a degree in business with an emphasis in banking and a law degree. In 1992 he and his brother Peter formed Thomas & Mack Co, LLC, for real estate development and management, and their first project was the McCarran Center, which they built on 120 acres of what formerly had been the Peg and George Crockett Ranch. They are currently developing the Las Vegas Digital Exchange Campus on 400 acres west of McCarran Airport near Clark County Route 215 as well as partnering with Alan Molasky on a luxury apartment complex in Summerlin. | no | 0 |
| Thompson, Dorothy | OH-01819 | 02/18/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Thompson, Fred | OH-01820 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Thompson, Greg | OH-01821 | 03/17/1978 | 20 years in Las Vegas | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Thompson, Iona | OH-01822 | 03/08/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Thompson, Willie | OH-03650 | 2019-11-25 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Willie Thompson moved to Las Vegas in 1995 and has first-hand knowledge of the Doolittle Senior Center at Lake Mead and J Streets. He volunteered in the Mirage Reading Program designed to instill the love for reading in young children. Subjects: Moulin Rouge, Doolittle, Mirage Reading Program, MLK Parade | no | 0 |
| Thorn, Dyanne | 12/02/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Thornton, Byron C. | OH-01823 | 10/27/1986 and 02/18/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal and Las Vegas history/photos | no | 1 |
| Tiberti, J.A. | OH-01823 | 2000-08-17, 2000-08-24 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | yes | 3 | |
| Tiberti, J.A. or Jelindo | OH-01825 | 02/23/1977 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Southern Nevada history | no | 1 |
