Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Wengert, Ward | OH-01949 | 1975 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Nevada history. | no | 1 |
| Wertheimer, Cassidy | OH-03668 | 2020 June 18 | The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic | Born in Iowa, Cassidy moved to Las Vegas for a teaching position. Married to another teacher they have two school age children. She teaches math at Southeast Career Tech Academy. Talks about education from both a parent's and educator's point of view. Subjects: Online learning, online teaching, grocery shopping, quarantining, exercise, making bread | no | 0 |
| Wesley, Mary | OH-01950 | History of the 1970's | no | 6 | ||
| Wesley, Saul | OH-02941 | 2017 January 13 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | Interviewed by David Schwartz. MGM Grand (Bally's now), Monte Carlo, Luxor | yes | 0 |
| West Side Community | OH-01951 | 07/19/1977 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 2 | |
| West, Bonita (Bonnie) | OH-01953 | May 5, 2008 | 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. | no | 0 |
| West, Charles Dr. | OH-01954 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Medical history | no | 2 | |
| West, Dottie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| West, Jack | OH-01955 | 06/12/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| West, John | OH-01956 | 08/10/2000 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Son of the first black medical doctor in Las Vegas. He speaks of growing up in the Westside community, friends of other racial groups, and his parents' role in the community. | yes | 4 |
| West, Keith | OH-01957 | 03/12/1981 or 03/12/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Lumber Industry | no | 1 |
| West, Kelsey & Carmen | OH-02648 | 4/1/2016 | AfAm | Pastor and First Lady of innovative Las Vegas Church - Nehemiah Ministries Christian Church. He is the organizer of the College Tour and moderator of Pride of the West, Churches of Southern Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Westside School Groundbreaking | OH-02267 | 1/17/2015 | AfAm Collab | The Westside School acquired funds for the renovation of the property that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Groundbreaking ceremony featured Brenda Williams, president of the Westside School Alumni Foundation; Hannah Brown, member of the Centennial Commission who helped to raise the initial funds; Ricki Barlow, Ward 5 City Councilman; Mayor Carolyn Goodman, and others. This is the oldest school building in CCSD, houses KCEP - Power 88.1 radio station, and will be now used for community functions, commercial businesses, and the radio station managed by Craig Knight. | no | 0 |
| Westside School Interviews | OH-02643 | 2010 March 20 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. Interviews conducted with Jackie Brantley, Eugene Buford, Margaret Addison Coleman, Regina Cone, Frank Harris, Tisha Harris, Otis Harris, Willie B. Jones Jackson, Sadie Marie Prentiss, Calvin Wallace Jr., and Nathaniel Whaley. | yes | 0 |
| Wexler, Jerry | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Wexler, Jerry | 03/02/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Wexler, Jerry & Shirley | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Whalen, Lillian | OH-01958 | 09/20/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Whaley, Carolyn | OH-01959 | Airforce-1960's | no | 1 | ||
| Whaley, Eva | OH-01960 | 5/13/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | Community changes - before, during, and after gang activity. Community involvement and church activities. Desire to engage in reverse migration. | yes | 0 |
| Whaley, Nathaniel | OH-01961 | 3/6/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | Explained the racial make-up of the Westside with Latinos, blacks and whites. Whaley spoke of the many black businesses on Jackson, E and D streets. | yes | 0 |
| Wham, Harry | OH-01962 | 03/07/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Underwater diving, entertainment | no | 1 |
| Wharton, Fred 0. | OH-01963 | 03/10/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Older Timer Lincoln and Nye County | no | 1 |
| Whipple, Elsie J. | OH-01964 | 03/05/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Whitaker, W. Dean | OH-01965 | The Boyer Las Vegas Early History Project | CT247 .W457 2007 | yes | 0 | |
| Whitcher, Jean | OH-01966 | 03/12/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history Costumes | no | 1 |
| WHITE, Charles III | OH-02824 | 9/9/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 S47 2016 Roundtable with Alan Hess and Paul Senzaki. Artist/Illustrator formerly with Olio and Bob Bangham; created concept, look, branding of pirate ship/sign of Treasure Island, also New York New York, Paris, Bellagio, and Wynn Resorts Las Vegas; later he "unpirated" Treasure Island for its rebranding as TI. | yes | 0 |
| White, Claytee | OH-02214 | 12/1/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Jessica Avila Pifferrer) | First director of the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries. | no | 0 |
| White, Eva M. | OH-02978 | 2001 August 02 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 1 |
| White, Glynda | OH-01967 | 3/12/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | Growing up in an activist family. Early work in the law in Las Vegas. Community networks. | yes | 0 |
| White, Jack | OH-01523 | 03/26/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Cowboy life | no | 2 |
| White, Lee | OH-03778 | 2021-05-18 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Lee White played professional football for the NY Jets, Los Angeles Rams, and San Diego Chargers. He returned to Las Vegas and entered the hotel casino industry as a dealer retiring twenty-five years later as a Vice President of Casino Operations. A promising career as a first round draft pick resulted in an injury in his first professional game. He retired from football at the age of 28 and moved back to Las Vegas where he had grown up on the Westside. His career in the tourism industry included work at the Sands, MGM, Desert Inn, and the Tropicana. Subjects: Westside School; NY Jets; LA Rams; San Diego Chargers; Weaver State College; Sahara Hotel Casino No restrictions: 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 |
| White, Robert | OH-01968 | March 28, 2007 | 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 | 0 |
| White, Shelia | OH-03606 | 2012 May 24 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | No use agreement | no | 0 |
| Whitley, Verlean | OH-02281 | 11/26/2014 | AfAm - Student Project | Arrived in LV in 1958 at 17 years of age, NAACP member, property owner, stories about Jackson St,; met husband at the Louisiana Club. | no | 0 |
| Whitmore, Mark | OH-01970 | 03/03/1979 or 03/03/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family history, Father, City Official | no | 1 |
| Whitmore, Roxton | OH-01971 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Whitney, Alma | OH-01972 | 3/24/1997 | Las Vegas women in gaming and entertainment | F849.L35 W55 1997 "This interview provides information on the African American migration to Las Vegas during the 1940s, post-war race relations in Las Vegas, the daily work of hotel maids, and the culinary union." | yes | 0 |
| Whitney, James | OH-02087 | 1/24/2014 | BELVOHP | Las Vegas liquor business, changes over time; the restaurant industry; MOB stories. | yes | 0 |
| Whitney, Loretta | OH-02921 | 2016 April 15 | Folklife Program of the Nevada Arts Council and the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries | no | 0 | |
| Whitson, Tex | OH-02486 | 9/4/2015 | Boyer Early LV OHP | Tex was nvolved with poker for decades and was for many years the publicity director of the World Series of Poker. | no | 0 |
| Wickliffe, Lawrence | OH-02203 | 11/29/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Kim Odusanya) | Battalion Fire Chief; first AfAm paramedic. Remembers Woodrow Wilson and received loan from credit union that he helped to start. | no | 0 |
| Wickliffe, Sydney | OH-02766 | 2013-02-01 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .W52 2012 Sydney Wickliffe was born in Long Beach, California. Her parents moved their family to Denver, then to Ulysses, Kansas, and then to Las Vegas in 1952 when Sydney was eight years old. She graduated from Rancho High School's inaugural senior class in 1962. Sydney worked as an auditor for the Gaming Control Board, then as deputy chief. She was director of Nevada's Department of Business and Industry and served as a member of Governor Kenny Guinn's cabinet | yes | 0 |
| Wickman, Audrey | OH-03607 | 1996 June 24 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 W566 1997 | yes | 0 |
| Wieking, Henry | OH-01973 | 08/30/1975 and 08/20/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Old Fort as Concert Lab | no | 4 |
| Wiener, Louis | OH-01974 | 02/09/1990 and 02/23/1990 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mr. Wiener is a prominent Las Vegas attorney. Includes discussion of some of his colorful trial experiences. Is the namesake for the Wiener Rogers Law Library. | yes | 8 |
| Wiener, Valerie | OH-02266 | 01/20/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 W54 2014 16-year Nevada State legislator; daughter of Louis Wiener Jr; philanthropist and advocate of many causes. Talks about being from a Jewish-Christian mix marriage; growing up in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Wike, Jimmy | OH-02730 | 2015 June 02 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | Las Vegas Club, Fremont, Stardust, MGM Grand (original), Landmark, Fremont, Bally’s, Hilton, Caesars Palace | yes | 0 |
| Wilber, Mert | OH-01975 | 03/05/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Wilbur, Bob | 01/19/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Lamont Patterson | no | 1 |
