Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Washington, Grover Jr. | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | ||
| Washington, Hermina | OH-02429 | 2013 March 02 | Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas | F850.N4 W368 2012; Hermina Washington was born, raised and still resides, in West Las Vegas, better known as the Westside. | yes | 0 |
| Washington, Isadore | OH-01923 | CT247 .W373 2007 | no | 0 | ||
| Washington, Lee | OH-02213 | 11/30/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Ford-Wheaton, Aleya) | Arrived in LV in 1963. Lived in Vegas Heights, memories of Jackson Street in the heyday of business opportunities. Custodian worker on Strip, member of Culinary Union and participated in labor unrest. | no | 0 |
| Washington, Marcia | OH-01924 | 2/14/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | F850.N4 W37 2012 Early life in the South and continuity to Las Vegas, early arrival, meeting her husband, community dislikes, the importance of the church, living conditions, entertainment for young couples, community involvement. | yes | 0 |
| Washington, Millicent; Nwogbe, Susan; Collins, Samuel; Collins-Golden, Tamara | OH-03739 | 2021-04-10 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. These siblings, Millicent, Tamara, Susan, and Samuel grew up on the Westside and remember the fun of their young lives, schooling that was excellent, and a tight-knit family. Tamara and Susan attended Howard University because of a tour that Susan attended that took her to Black Colleges and Universities throughout the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) system. Both sisters acquired patronage jobs through the Nevada Congressional delegation. The family owned property that may have been inappropriately acquired by the City of Las Vegas. Tamara, as did her grandmother, works for the Economic Opportunity Board with an office in the Westside School. They talk about school desegregation, businesses on Jackson Avenue, COVID-19, and family dynamics. Subjects: Economic Development Board, Nevada Test Site, Howard University, School desegregation, Jackson Avenue businesses. 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 |
| Wasserman, David R. | OH-02869 | 2016 October 21 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 W37 2014 Second Jewish dentist in Las Vegas; founding member of Congregation Ner Tamid. He is also the inventor, with his father-in-law, of "Sani-Tip" a dental product that revolutionized dentistry infection control at the onset of AIDS epidemic. | yes | 0 |
| Waters, Charlie | OH-02646 | 2013 March 12 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Watkins John | OH-02760 | 2009 April 29 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | World war II naval officer, outsdoorsman, and viola player John Watkins arrived in Las Vegas in 1955 as the town's first urologist. He and his family lived in the Desert Inn Country Club area, he played the viola in Antonio Morelli's Christmas concerts, he climbed Mount Charleston several times, and he climbed the highest peak in forty-four states. Dr. Watkins talks about Las Vegas doctors including his partner Jack S. Hirsh | yes | 0 |
| Watkins, John P. Dr | OH-01925 | 03/04/1979 | Medical Doctors in Las Vegas | Medical history | no | 1 |
| Watkins, Ralph | 02/03/1971 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Watson, Cynthia and Edward | OH-01926 | 3/28/2014 | AfAm Collab | Las Vegas migration. Many community organizations and unique activism. Edward worked at the Nevada Test Site and Cynthia started a private school. | yes | 0 |
| Watson, Edward and Cynthia | OH-01926 | 3/28/2014 | AfAm Collaborative Project | Both shared unusual backgrounds of early childhood, the migration to Las Vegas. Owners of private school. Will cover work in the PTA, home schooling, and organizations - House of Knowledge, Say Yes to Youngsters, Friends of West Las Vegas. Spirit of the culture. | no | 0 |
| Watson, Frederick W. | OH-02977 | 2001 April 19 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Watson, Nancie B. | OH-01927 | 2004 November 30 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Watson, Susan | OH-02644 | 2013 February 20 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Rancho High School Class of 1962. | yes | 0 |
| Watts, Frank | OH-01928 | 04/01/1981 | UNLV | Hotel School: UNLV, Hotel College | no | 1 |
| Watts, James W. | OH-01929 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming | no | 1 |
| Weasa, Melvin Albert | OH-01930 | 10/01/1971 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Weaver, Charles | OH-01931 | 1974 or 10/25/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Weaver, Ruth Moore | OH-01932 | 11/25/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | City of Henderson | no | 1 |
| Webb, William "Bill" | OH-02409 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After returning from the Vietnam War in 1973, Webb began taking EMT classes in Las Vegas, Nevada. Beginning in 1975, Webb served as a field representative in Humboldt, Lander, Eureka, Elko, and White Pine Counties in order to conduct EMT classes and tests, a job he did for the next nineteen years. After that, he served as the Elko ambulance service director until 2005. | no | 0 |
| Webber, Kaity | OH-03319 | 2017 November 16 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | 28-year-old female attendee from Las Vegas and graduate of UNLV. A country music lover, this was her first Route 91 festival. She attended and escaped the shooting site with a girlfriend. Were near the stage pit area, on the east side and recalls the chaos of escaping and eventually being picked up by friend's parents at Thomas and Mack. Speaks of EMDR and volunteer therapist. Current occupation is marketing manager for a nanny/tutoring company. Subjects: Route 91 attendee, EMDR and PTSD therapy, Giles Street, airport, guns, Vegas Strong campaign | no | 0 |
| Weddington, Sarah | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Weekly, Lawrence | OH-01933 | 4/22/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | Weekly serves as a Clark County Commissioner with an area that serves the Historic Westside. His major goal is the help develop the area. Aspires to become a university professor. | yes | 0 |
| Weekly, Lawrence | OH-02194 | 11/19/2014 | AfAm Collab - Student Project (Harris-Yolanda, Elsha) | Education, Career as a City/County official, being a professor. | no | 0 |
| Weeks, Gwen | OH-01934 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Weeteling, John J. | OH-01935 | 04/07/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Weide, David L. | OH-01936 | 05/31/2007 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 1 | |
| Weikel, William Carl | OH-02767 | 2012-05-10 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .W43 2014 (William) Carl Weikel's family owned the YKL Ranch near Searchlight, Nevada for thirty-nine years. It was known before and after they owned it as the Walking Box Ranch and was owned at one time by Rex Bell, Sr. and Clara Bow. Carl talks about living and working on the ranch and about some of the other important people in Searchlight. Carl's wife Betty also makes some comments | yes | 0 |
| Weil, Aubrey Bud | OH-01937 | 12/09/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .W45 2007 Bud Weil worked as a disc jockey and radio broadcaster at the KENO radio station in Las Vegas. He interviewed stars that came to town on his show. Later he got out of broadcasting and sold Musak, which allowed him to meet many people in Las Vegas. Bud also seved in the Army during World War II | yes | 3 |
| Weiner, Stanley | OH-01938 | 03/02/1978 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Early Las Vegas history. Moved to Las Vegas in 1953 as a young boy and recalls racism, early days of the city; first synagogue; being a busboy and Sears employee. Reflects on living in Las Vegas from 1953 to 1978. | yes | 1 |
| Weinstein, Jack and Pauline (Polly) | OH-03425 | 2018 April 12 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 W43 2014 Father and daughter interview. Jack talks about growing up in Detroit and how he got into the jewelry business. It's a story that brings him to Las Vegas in 1964, where he becomes a partner in Tower of Jewels, which he eventually becomes sole proprietor of. Polly is one of his six children, an accomplished creative jewelry designer and member of the Nevada Arts Commission board. A native of Las Vegas, she became a bat mitzvah at Temple Beth Sholom. Subjects: Tower of Jewels, Al Sanford, Fremont Street, turquoise jewelry, The Jeweler's Daughter | yes | 0 |
| Weiss, Sam | 05/26/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Weiss, Walter | OH-01939 | 11/02/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Project | CT247 .W454 2007 Walter Weiss was a boxer who came to Las Vegas to escape his personal troubles and find work with a local bookmaker. He worked at various positions in casinos including executive positions and also worked as a Wall Street broker. His writings regarding the passing of his Rabbi Ephraim Wolf are included | yes | 0 |
| Welch, Don | OH-01940 | 03/15/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1932's - | no | 1 |
| Welch, Raquel | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Welles, David | OH-01941 | 02/27/2002 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Wellman, Henry | OH-01942 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City Alcohol | no | 1 |
| Wells, Herb | OH-01943 | February 24, 2005 | Blue Diamond Oral History Project | This is the history of Blue Diamond Village. Blue Diamond is located 26 miles southwest of Las Vegas. The village, originally known as Cottonwood Springs, changed its name when the Blue Diamond Company took ownership of the Gypsum mine and built corporate housing for the workers in the early '20s. Near the base of the Red Rock canyon, Blue Diamond Village was originally a stop on the Old Spanish Trail for traders from Santa Fe, N.M., to California between 1830 and 1848, according to the history committee's findings. road for the The Blue Diamond School opened in 1929. The company built bunk housing and homes for the workers that it started selling to the public in 1965. | yes | 5 |
| Wells, Herbert C. | OH-01944 | 03/08/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.W44 2007 Herbert C. Wells is currently professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering at UNLV, and is considered the father of engineering at the university | yes | 0 |
| Wells, Herbet | OH-01944 | 03/08/2006 | UNLV | yes | 3 | |
| Wells, Herbet C. | OH-01943 | 02/24/2005 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Wells, William A. | OH-01945 | UNLV | no | 1 | ||
| Wells, William R. | OH-01945 | 05/22/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.W442 2007 Dr. William R. Wells was the first dean of engineering at UNLV. He is an aerospace enginner and also taught in Ohio and Illinois. He saw the enginnering college throught several rounds of accreditation with the ABET | yes | 0 |
| Welsh, Anna Jennings | OH-01946 | 07/05/1975 or 06/18/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Welt, Doris with Jerry and Marcy Welt | OH-02190 | Nov. 30, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Father was Jerry Fox (aka Stoney) who was pawn shop owner/jeweler who moved to Las Vegas in 1946. Doris lived in Vegas for 17 years beginning in 1971. Mother of attorney Jerry Welt. Her husband Eli was involved in Jewish Federation. Marcy and Jerry Welt have been very active in Jewish community since moving here in 1972 F850.J5.W44 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Wenger, Lindsay | OH-03408 | 2018 March 13 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Raised in Portland OR, came to UMC for her residency. She is Chief Resident and was just coming on duty at 7PM on October 1. She describes how an already busy night transformed to the massive number of incoming casualties and how this has affected her. Mentions the chief resident surgeon from Orlando shooting reaching out to her. Subjects: UMC, trauma surgery, chief resident, emotional effects, feelings that Las Vegas proved to be a strong community | no | 0 |
| Wengert, Ree | OH-01947 | 02/28/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Wengert, Ward | OH-01948 | 03/01/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Nevada history, personal history/newspaper clippings | no | 1 |
