Oral History Interviews
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| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| Wilcock, Joseph | OH-02094 | 4/17/2014 | BELVOHP | Comprehensive look of gaming in Nevada - opening a new hotel, how games operate, management of gaming areas, relationships among gaming team members, Tahoe and Reno gaming establishments, Steve Wynn's approach to the industry, current downtown gaming, and MOB stories. | yes | 0 |
| Wilcox, Jesma & Carlye | OH-01976 | 02/16/1976 | Boulder Dam/Ranch Living | Old Ranch history | no | 1 |
| Wilcox, Larry | 08/18/1982 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Wilcox, Larry | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Wilcox, Leora M. | OH-01977 | 01/04/1981 or 01/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Wilcox, Rodney | OH-02410 | 2013 June 29 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Wilcox joined the Lovelock Volunteer Fire Department in 1974 and became an EMT later that decade. | no | 0 |
| Wilde, Barbera | OH-01978 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Wilder, Alec | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: James Maher | no | 1 | ||
| Wilder, Alec | 04/14/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 2 | |
| Wilhelm, John | OH-02150 | 8/12/2014 | BELV - Cul226 | CT247 .W534 2014 Labor organizer, Yale graduate, came to Las Vegas for 1989 Strike. Elected president of Hospitality Industry of UNITE HERE June 30, 2009. During administration he furthered the union's reputation as an organizing union, achieved new growth after more than 25 years of membership decline, and substantially diversified its national leadership. | yes | 0 |
| Wilkening, Elizabeth (Liz Bianchini) | OH-02413 | 2013 August 26 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | In 1991 Wilkening was recruited as the first female member of the Lovelock Volunteer Fire Department in Lovelock, Nevada. She took fire instruction in Fallon, Nevada, and EMT training in Lovelock. | no | 0 |
| Wilkes, Roscoe | OH-01979 | March 19, 2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .W53 2012 | yes | 0 |
| Wilkimon, Bonnie | OH-01980 | 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 |
| Wilkins, Jimmy | OH-02463 | 2008 May 30 | All That Jazz | no | 0 | |
| Willard, Bill | OH-01981 | 06/04/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Willard, Bill | 07/18/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Lee/Joe Show | no | 1 | |
| Willcox, James L. | OH-01982 | 03/04/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Southern Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Williams, Aaron | OH-01983 | 08/16/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | F850.N4 W53 2012 One of the first black elected officials. | yes | 2 |
| Williams, Brenda J. | OH-02855 | 2013 May 24, 2013 June 10 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Williams, Brenda Manlove and Johnny | OH-02655 | 4/18/2016, 5/3/2016 | AfAm Collab | Entertainer - Jazz singer turned RTC administrator. Worked as cocktail waitress at Caesars Palace in the early 1970s after passage of the consent decree of 1971. Additionally worked for the largest black business - Ray and Ross bus company where she learned the foundation of the transportation and tourism industries. Talks about the social and political divides in the AfAm community. Born in Tennessee to a father who trained doctors to perform surgeries. Johnny worked as one of the first black dealers to turn pit boss. He worked downtown at the Mint and Horseshoe, the Rio, and Caesars Palace. Interesting recollections about communicating with Benny Binion and dealing with a wide range of customers. Tells about the aura of Caesars and the turn about that ended an era. | no | 0 |
| Williams, C.D. | OH-01985 | 08/05/1975 or 07/07/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas Fire Department | no | 1 |
| Williams, Claudine | OH-03386 | 1997-11-20, 2005-11-09 | Las Vegas women in gaming and entertainment | F849.L35 W637 2007 Claudine Williams ran the Silver Slipper casino with her husband Shelby.They sold it and built the Holiday Casino, and she helped Shelby run it. She became president and general manager of that casino when her husband's health failed. She sold it to Harrah's and served as chair of Harrah's board of directors in Las Vegas. Claudine was the first female executive of a major casino, the first woman to serve as the chair of the board of directors of a bank in Nevada, and the first woman to serve as president of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. She also served on the board of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority and was the first woman inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame. Claudine was an active philanthropist and served on various boards and donated money to University of Nevada, Las Vegas for scholarships | yes | 0 |
| Williams, Cleophis and Carl E. | OH-01986 | April 27, 2010 and July 18, 2010 | Westside School | Mother (Cleophis) of a Westside School student (Carl). General information about life in the Westside. | yes | 0 |
| Williams, Cora | OH-01987 | 03/11/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Williams, Edna Mae & George | OH-01984 | 10/27/2004 and 04/09/1975 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Growth of Boulder City | no | 2 |
| Williams, Estralita C. | OH-01988 | February 13, 2012 | African American Collaborative | F850.N4 W54 2012 | yes | 0 |
| Williams, Eugene | OH-02427 | 2008 July 17 | Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas | ML394.W54 2008; Buck Ram signed Eugene Williams to the Platters in 1970, and he performed with them for eighteen years. Eugene left the group to focus on his family. Later he returned to music through an ex-Platters group called the Sound of the Platters. | yes | 0 |
| Williams, George | OH-01989 | 04/03/1978 or 03/21/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Life in Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Williams, Jeanne Maxwell | OH-02744 | 7/7/2016 | Boyer Early Las Vegas | CT247 .W536 2012 Portrait artist and sculptor. Worked for Summa Corp as the Coordinator of Women's Events. Las Vegas art credits include: Goodmans, Mayor Briare, Hank Greenspun, Marge Barrick and many more. Married 3 times, last time to Jack Kent Cooke former owner of the Lakers. | yes | 0 |
| Williams, Jillean (Pate) | OH-01443 | 03/04/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP Joe Williams (Wife) | Talks about her late husband, the renowned entertainer, Joe Williams, and living in Las Vegas. | yes | 2 |
| Williams, Joe | 07/30/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Williams, Joe | 10/08/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Williams, Mary | OH-01991 | 1998 June 19 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | CT247 .W537 2012 Mary Louise Williams was a dancer in Las Vegas. She was one of the first dancers at the Moulin Rouge when it opened in 1955. | yes | 0 |
| Williams, Mary Lou | 04/29/1970 | Arnold Shaw | CT247 .W537 2012 Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Williams, Monroe | OH-01992 | 08/15/2000 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | CT247 .W54 2007 | yes | 4 |
| Williams, Myrna | OH-02683 | 2008 April 16 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 W645 2009 Myrna Williams was born in Chicago in 1929. Her brother was the singer Mel Tormé, so the family moved to Hollywood when she was ten because her brother was under contract with MGM. Shortly after Myrna turned 21, she moved to New York to work for Decca Records. She met the jazz drummer David Williams, whom she married. Myrna, David, and their daughter Indy moved to Las Vegas in 1959. Myrna got involved in politics, and was elected to the Nevada State Assembly and to the Clark County Commission. She also taught in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' department of social work for eleven years. Myrna is also a member of numerous community organizations and sits on the board of the Public Education Foundation and the Anti-Defamation League. Her greatest accomplishment in her opinion is the development of the Cambridge Recreation Center, a community center that houses a skate park and a pool, as well as programming that focuses on at risk youth. In 2007 it was designated as the Myrna Tormé Community Campus. | yes | 0 |
| Williams, Nancy | OH-01993 | 1996 | Dancers/Showgirls | no | 1 | |
| Williams, Ramont L., Sr. | OH-03742 | 2020-09-30 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Ramont Williams travelled from Crip to Christ. The first official Crip in Las Vegas, Williams migrated this culture to Las Vegas from the Los Angeles area. He founded the GQs who later became known as the Donna Street Crips. The Street was known as the bloodiest street in Clark County. On August 14, 1980, Williams was sentenced to 61 years in prison. Divine intervention put him back on the streets three times. That is why you will find Ramont Williams in the streets addressing the needs, hurts, and interests of those touched by gang violence. The inside of prison is not pretty; he tells how he survived. Subjects: Crip; Donna Street; CCSD Bullying; Richard Steele Boxing Club; Hope 2000 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 |
| Williams, Rejoyce | OH-02431 | 1996-06-12 | Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas | F850.N4 W545 2012; Rejoyce Williams came to Las Vegas with her husband and six children in 1960. She worked in several positions at hotels and casinos on the Strip and participated in the Culinary Union strike in 1970. | yes | 0 |
| Williams, Tyrone | OH-01994 | 08/25/2006 | UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty | LD3745 .W54 2007 Tyrone Williams started work at UNLV in 1978 and today is a facilities supervisor two and is certified in executive housekeeping | yes | 0 |
| Willis, Jr., Saul | OH-02249 | 1/14/2014 | AfAm | Migrated from Louisiana in 1968. Stories of Westside, Jackson Street entertainment and businesses; worked in various Strip hotel casinos as dishwasher, porter, runner, etc.; EOB info; owned auto mechanic business; cancer survivor. | no | 0 |
| Willis, Shawn | OH-03182 | 2017 May 05 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 W547 2014 Director of Jewish National Fund (2015-2017), Shawn is a marketing entrepreneur and active in the Jewish community. Shares her journey to "acknowledging" being a Jew, a transformation that occurred after moving to Las Vegas in 2004. | yes | 0 |
| Willis, Vern | OH-01995 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | yes | 2 | ||
| Willliams, Tryone | OH-01994 | 08/26/2006 | UNLV | yes | 4 | |
| Wilner, Martin, Linda and Robert | OH-02692 | May 10 & 24, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 W55 2014 Longtime residents with ties to the Jewish community that date back to late Leo Wilner who was first Ex. Dir. of Temple Beth Sholom. Martin is a retired clinical psychologist; Linda and son Robert are successful real estate broker/agents. Second session focuses on being agents during the growth spurts and declines of the 1970s thru 2008. | yes | 0 |
| Wilson, Amaletta | OH-01996 | 05/10/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City Hoover Dam | no | 1 |
| Wilson, Amaletta | OH-01997 | 01/09/1975 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Boulder City Hoover Dam. | no | 1 |
| Wilson, Dale | OH-02411 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Wilson moved to Elko, Nevada in 1988 after serving in the military as a field medic. He took the EMT training course to re-certify. Wilson worked in mine rescue in the Elko area as well. | no | 0 |
| Wilson, David A. | 01/08/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Wilson, Dennis | OH-02768 | 2007-10-12 | All That Jazz Oral History Project | ML394 .W57 2008 Dennis Wilson is a woodwind instrument player. He was born in Arabi, Louisiana in 1951. He lived in Las Vegas in 1971 and played for Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders and traveled all over the United States. He moved back to Las Vegas in 1979 and played with relief bands in various casinos. Dennis traveled all over the world playing for Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick. He moved to Las Vegas again and worked on musicals such as Avenue Q, Spamalot, and Phantom of the Opera. Dennis now teaches music as a paraprofessional at Johnson Junior High | yes | 0 |
