Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Walker, Eleanor | OH-01898 | 06/03/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 3 | |
| Walker, Eleanor | OH-01898 | 6/3/2004 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - NAACP | Served as LV NAACP branch president from 1971 to 1975. Some of her noteworthy work was with Operation Indenpendence and the gaming industry. During her presidency, she engaged the community's youth. | yes | 2 |
| Walker, Gwendolyn | OH-02774 | 2014 July 15 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Gwendolyn K. Walker moved to North Las Vegas from Houston, Texas, with her family when she was five years old in 1962. She moved back to Louisiana for a time while her mother was in nursing school and then returned to North Las Vegas. While she was in junior high school she founded S.W.A.P., Students With a Purpose, and the Swapettes, which was the first precision drill team in Las Vegas, to keep youth busy with positive activities. Gwen also began to collect African American memorabilia and later founded the Walker African American Museum. Her family is related to the African American blues guitarist T-Bone Walker and Moses Fleetwood Walker, who was the first African American to play major league baseball. | yes | 0 |
| Walker, James | OH-02185 | 11/14/2014 | AfAm - Black Studies Class of Dr. Celeste | Son of Sarann Knight Preddy, owner-operator of Moulin Rouge. One of first black dealers on the Strip | no | 0 |
| Walker, Janis | OH-01900 | 07/03/2006 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 3 | |
| Walker, Jimmy | 04/02/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Walker, Karen | OH-00090 | 2/21/2014 | AfAm | Daughter of Helen Anderson. Family owned Hamburger Heaven. Community engagement that still happens today. Enlarged restaurant - pictures, popular dishes, Weed & Sees Program. Interviewed with mother, same DVD. | yes | 0 |
| Walker, Randall H. | OH-03293 | 2017 November 02 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 W33 2017 Clark County native Randall H. Walker grew up in Henderson's Victory Village near his grandparents and attended Henderson public schools. He earned a degree in accounting at Brigham Young University in 1977, after which he worked for Exxon in Houston, TX; he returned to Henderson in 1978, when Richard Bunker hired him as an analyst in the Clark County Budget Office. From there, from 1980 to 1984 he worked under sheriffs John McCarthy and John Moran at Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; in 1984 he became deputy City Manager under Ashley Hall at the City of Las Vegas until 1990, when he became deputy director of aviation under Bob Broadbent at McCarran Airport. He served at the airport until 1995, when he became Clark County finance director under Pat Shalmy, and in 1997, when Broadbent retired, he returned to McCarran as director of aviation, where he remained until he retired in 2013. Walker discusses building, infrastructure, and technology from establishing the first 911 Call Center for Metro to problems with the Downtown Transportation Center; real estate noise disclosures on land west of McCarran; the airport's purchase of 17,000 acres at Ivanpah; building the airport tunnel and airport connectors; building the D Gates and Terminal 3; construction of the Regional Justice Center and County Jail; and the McCarran International Airport Arts Advisory committee. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Clark County, NV; Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; Director of Aviation; McCarran International Airport; Downtown Transportation Center; Ivanpah; Regional Justice Center; Clark County Jail; Robert Broadbent; Airport Arts Advisory committee | yes | 0 |
| Walker, Rev. Prentiss | OH-01902 | 1974 January 27 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Black history | yes | 1 |
| Walker, Sharon | OH-02168 | 11/08/2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 W34 2014 Family moved from Toldeo when she was 13. Sharon active in formation of Hadassah; on board of Jewish Family Services. Stories about growing up in 1960s Las Vegas; father who was in casino business. | yes | 0 |
| Walker, T Bone | 07/25/1973 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Walkers | 10/26/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Wall, Breck | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Dick Maurice | no | 1 | ||
| Wall, Breck | OH-01903 | 07/03/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .W34 2007 Breck Wall is a producer of shows such as Bottoms up, Passion extreme, and Alias in Las Vegas, Texas, New York, and Lake Tahoe | yes | 0 |
| Wallace, Fran | OH-01904 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Wallace, Gayle | OH-01905 | 02/13/1972 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Wallace, George | OH-02642 | 2009 February 10 | All that Jazz: Those Who Played with the Greats | Comedian. | yes | 0 |
| Wallace, Jolene E. | OH-02976 | 2009 October 12 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Wallace, Marcia | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Wallace,Allison & Hugh | OH-01906 | 03/17/2006 | Katrina | yes | 2 | |
| Walsh, Andrew | OH-03565 | 2019 February 13 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | In 1998, Andrew Walsh joined the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Born and raised in New York City, he had formerly been with the NYC police force. He recalls being across the street when the 1993 bombing occurred at the World Trade Center. He is married to a former police officer and currently serves at Deputy Chief/Division Commander of Tourist Safety. Subjects: 1 October responsibilities downtown, New York City police, community healing | no | 0 |
| Walsh, Marty | OH-01907 | 07/19/2007 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849 .L35 W35 2010 Marty Walsh and her husband bought a home in 2002 in the John S. Park Neighborhood that had been build in 1941. She is an artist and he is a carpenter | yes | 0 |
| Walsh, Matty | 08/28/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Walters, Edward | OH-02722 | 2015 April 20 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | Sands 1959-67; other places until approx. 1981. | yes | 0 |
| Walther, Sonja and van den Berg-van den Ent, Wilma | OH-03323 | 2017 November 20 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 W344 2014 Sonja (nee Niekerk) Walther is a child survivor of the Holocaust who has never given a formal testimony. She and her older three siblings were born in Holland to Jewish parents who found safe homes for each child as the Nazi's invaded their homeland. Sonja was 13 days old when her parents handed her off to their nanny Cor van den Berg in February 1943. She would be about 2-and-1-half years old when they were reunited. She has resided in Las Vegas off and on since the 1960s. Subjects: Holocaust, Holland, child survivor | yes | 0 |
| Wanderer, Emilie | OH-02662 | 2005 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | KF299.W6 W35 2005 Emilie Wanderer was the first woman to establish a law practice in Las Vegas. She also helped to start a family court in Nevada with a social worker and a marriage counselor on staff. She and her son John were the first mother-son team to practice law in Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Wanderer, John P. | OH-02691 | May 9 & May 18, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 W35 2014 Youngest son of first female attorney in Las Vegas, Emilie Wanderer. Moved to Las Vegas in 1946. After an industrious career in race car industry, he became an attorney; partnered with his mother. Stories of both his and his mother's legal careers; growing up in Las Vegas; raising family here. Recalls Nevada Democratic Party 2016 convention. | yes | 0 |
| War, Kathy | OH-01908 | 02/26/2009 | UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty | LD3745 .W37 2007 Kathy War came to Las Vegas with her husband in 1968. She worked in the UNLV Libraries in the Curriculum Materials Library, in the Circulation Department, and in Special Collections where she was in charge of the photograph collections | yes | 0 |
| Ward, George | OH-01909 | 03/11/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black Experience | no | 1 |
| Ward, Raquel | OH-02641 | 2010 March 25 | Latin America in Las Vegas: An UNLV Oral History Research Project | yes | 0 | |
| Warden, Tom | OH-02485 | 9/29/2015 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Career as early TV news personality. History of Summerlin that includes the purchase, exchanges, development, and future goals of the Howard Hughes Corp. Creating community, providing quality education, and giving back are all part of the Summerlin model and lifestyle. | no | 0 |
| Wardle, Austin | OH-01910 | 10/05/1981 | Early Las Vegas-Roske Project | no | 1 | |
| Wardle, Luella | OH-01911 | 08/04/1981 or 08/05/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history Tonopah | no | 3 |
| Ware, Sherill L. or Sherill C. | OH-01912 | 03/18/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Warfel, John | OH-01913 | 03/11/1998 | Gay Archive-Dennis McBride | yes | 2 | |
| Warner, Bojo | OH-01914 | 09/15/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Warner, Howard | OH-01915 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Warner, Paul | OH-01916 | Early Las Vegas-Roske Project | no | 1 | ||
| Warren, Beryl | OH-02720 | 6/21/2016 | AfAm Collab | Moved to Las Vegas from Los Angeles after purchasing summer home at the Lakes. Husband was Mark Edward Warren, film maker and TV director of Laugh-In and many other shows. Worked in Toronto for the CBC, where he met Sammy Davis, Jr. who recommended him to Hollywood. Beryl met him when she was working in front and behind the camera. She came to Las Vegas to decorate the vacation home, found employment, and became active in the Southern Nevada Collation of Concerned Women in 1996, only a few months after the organization's inception. SNCCW raises monies to fund scholarships, summer camp programs, conduct workshops, and supports Rainbow Dreams Academy. | no | 0 |
| Warren, Claude | OH-01917 | 03/01/2007 | UNLV | no | 2 | |
| Warren, Juanita | OH-01918 | 03/02/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Warren, Melissa | OH-02517 | 11/2/2015 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Managing partner of PR firm (FaissFoleyWarren)that represented Summerlin from its inception. Talks about the Summerlin Lifestyle, which includes beauty, elegance, education, spirituality, shopping, and the new Downtown Summerlin. She explains 'community' in an upscale, urban setting. | no | 0 |
| Warren, PhD, Elizabeth | OH-01919 | 7/7/2010 | Boyer ELVOPH | Historian; Old Spanish Trail expert, Board of Director for National Trails System. Pioneer Trail project through the LV Westside community depicting entries on the National Register of Historic Places and noting people, places, and events significant to the black community in LV. | yes | 0 |
| Warren, Rusty | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Wartgow, Bobby | OH-02412 | 2013 February 15 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Wartgow took EMT classes in Smith Valley, Nevada shortly after graduating high school in 1981. In 1982 he began volunteering with the ambulance service. | no | 0 |
| Warwick, Dionne | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Warwick, Dionne | 04/04/1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Wasden, Howard | OH-01920 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Southern Nevada history | no | 1 | |
| Washington, Albert | OH-01921 | 02/25/1979 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Southern Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Washington, David L. | OH-01922 | 03/18/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .W37 2007 David Washington was the first Arican-American to serve as Fire Chief for the City of Las Vegas Fire Department. He also served in the Army, and although he is retired from the Fire Department, he is still active in the Las Vegas community Notes Includes additional accomplishements of the Fire Department under Chief Washington and letters to the Chief published in the Las Vegas firenews in December 2001 | yes | 0 |
