| Narrator | Collection # | Date | Project | Content | Transcript | Tapes |
| "Holiday in Japan" dancers joint interview | OH-00954 | 2011 May 26 | Interviewed by Claytee White. Participants are: Sachiko O. Thompson, Minoru Saito, Kazu Hamada, Kyoko Nakamura, Nobuko Suda, and Katsuko Tomoko Billman. | no | 0 | |
| Aalberts, Robert | OH-00001 | 2006 November 16 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .A82 2007 Robert Aalberts was first a corporatate lawyer for Gulf Oil, then he taught at Louisiana State University, and he came to UNLV to teach real estate law in 1991. He became editor-in-chief of the Real estate law journal in 1992. | yes | 1 |
| Abbey, Joshua N. | OH-02708 | June 6, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 A23 2014 Came to Las Vegas as a child in 1964; son of artist Rita Deanin Abbey. Founder of Jewish Film Festival (2000- ). Has worked for Jewish Federation, Jewish Family Services. A trained actor who studied with Less Strasberg; graduate of prestigious Producing Program at the American Film Institute. | yes | 0 |
| Abbey, Rita Deanin | OH-02192 | 11/29/2014 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History | World renowned artist - painter, sculptor, poet, stain glass, carving, art teacher, UNLV Emeritus Professor, art gallery owner, and designed metal works up to two tons. Created the stained glass windows at Temple Beth Sholom. Son, Aaron works in UNLV's Lied Library.CT247 .A23 2012 | yes | 0 |
| Abell, Jacqueline | OH-00002 | 1976 April 03 | Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas | Early life on ranch near Virginia City, Las Vegas 1946-1950, Ranch life at Cane Springs. | yes | 1 |
| Acherman, Ruben, Dr. | OH-03671 | 2019 July 18 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 A24 2019 Dr. Acherman has been practicing in Southern Nevada for nearly 20 years and continues to care for the community at the Children’s Heart Center of Nevada in Las Vegas. Born and raised in the small town of Palmira, Colombia with his two sisters and parents. His father is from Romania and immigrated to Ecuador while escaping from Nazi occupied Europe during World War II. Dr. Acherman eventually moved to Cali, Colombia in order to attend medical school. knowing that he wanted to specialize in cardiology and being unable to do cardiology in Colombia he immigrated to the U.S. and specialized in pediatrics at USC. After practicing for two years in Toronto, he was contacted by Dr. Evans in 2001 with an offer to work at his practice in Southern Nevada where he was able to successfully perform the first balloon dilation in the state of Nevada. Subjects: Medicine, Cardiology, Latin America, Interfaith Marriage, Balloon Dilation, Children’s Heart Center of Nevada | yes | 0 |
| Acres, John F. | OH-03198 | 2017 July 11, 2017 September 28 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 A27 2017 Tells of rural Indiana childhood and schooling, graduating high school at sixteen, US Air Force service, and being mentored by a Las Vegas slot parlor owner in the ways and importance of customer service. His 1974 degree in math with emphasis in computer science prepared Acres for his gaming technology career. In 1981 his company, Electronic Display Technology, invented a progressive jackpot system for the Lady Luck Casino he also installed in the Aladdin, the Frontier, and the Golden Nugget Atlantic City; in 1984 he created a player tracking system for Harrah's Atlantic City. | yes | 0 |
| Adams, Berle | 02/17/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Adams, Beula Jane | OH-00003 | 05/11/1977 | Local Oral History Project - Roske | Las Vegas 1960 - 1970, Nevada history, teaching and education in Las Vegas, prominant citizens in Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Adams, Charles | OH-02618 | 1980 February 28 | Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas | Interviewed by Mike Lommori; Southern Nevada, UNLV, Las Vegas weather, Casino life | yes | 1 |
| Adams, Charles L. Dr. | OH-00004 | 02/28/1979 and 02/28/1980 | Atomic Testing, Las Vegas in the 1960 - 1970, UNLV Hotel school, prostitution, Education, UNLV English department through 1960 and 1970. Evolution of UNLV 1979 folder has no use agreement; 1980 contains use agreement. | yes | 2 | |
| Adams, Harold Rexford | OH-00005 | 04/28/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history - Fire Department 1920 's and 1930 's | no | 1 |
| Adams, Janet | OH-00006 | 10/13/1972 | Local Oral History - Roske | United States Atomic Energy Commission, Nevada Test Site | yes | 1 |
| Adams, Kaweeda G. | OH-00007 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Principal in Clark County Sshool District (CCSD) Importance of education, today's moral code among students, value of self-respect, duties of a principal, what effective teaching means, role of a dean, and today's educational trends especially in Special Education. | yes | 1 | |
| Adams, Lester | OH-00008 | 03/15/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Bomb Tests, Gambling, Pioche and Nevada history, Bunkerville, Moapa Reservation, Moapa Nevada. | yes | 1 |
| Adams, Robert W. | OH-00009 | 03/11/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history. Moved to LV in 1954. Early housing, father worked at Last Frontier, swimming pool at Mormon Fort, married in 1964 - became Mormon. (Great potential, ends abruptly while narrator is still speaking.) - No folder | no | 1 |
| Adams, Ruth & Sara | May, 1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Adams, Stanley | 09/22/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Adams, Wesley T. | OH-00010 | 03/01/1977 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | L.D.S. Church, religion, early Southern Nevada history, Celebrations in Caliente, Pioche and Panaca in the 1930's and 1940's, Atomic Tests, Cashman Field, Education in Southern Nevada | yes | 1 |
| Addrisi Brothers | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Adler, Henry | 04/30/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Adotta, Kip | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Adras, Georgia | OH-00011 | 03/02/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Eastern Orthodox Church, religion, Howard Hughes, Greek Orthodox Church, prostitutes "Block 16", Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Politics and Voting, Education, volunteer Fire Department, | yes | 1 |
| Agonia, Barbara | OH-02669 | 2007 September 17, 2007 September 25, 2007 October 02 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 A46 2008 Barbara Agonia was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1934. She graduated from Hanover College in southern Indiana in 1957 with a double major in English and speech/theater. Barbara taught English, speech, and theater in Illinois. In 1969, Barbara moved to Las Vegas where her sister lived and enrolled in a master's degree program in English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As she was completing her degree in 1971, she was hired by the Clark County Community College, which is now the College of Southern Nevada. Barbara did public speaking on behalf of the college, taught composition and literature, and eventually became chair of the English department. She became actively involved in rape crisis education and helped establish a Women's Center on the community college campus in 1980. Barbara also became involved in the Soroptimist International organization for business and professional women. She also became involved in the Friends of the Nevada Wilderness. As a representative for Soroptimist International, she traveled to Washington, DC, to lobby and testify in front of the Senate for the establishment of Great Basin National Park. | yes | 0 |
| Agonia, Robert "Bob" | OH-03464 | 2018 September 06 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 A36 2018 Robert "Bob" Agonia is a retired Department of Energy Administrator. He was born in a migrant camp in Garden Groove, California to a Mexican mother and a Filipino father. Agonia served in the Peace Corp, helping with agriculture in El Salvador. Agonia went on to work for the IRS, Nevada Atomic Energy Commission and help establish the Engineering school at UNLV. Subjects: Garden Groove, UNLV, IRS, Atomic Energy Commission, Peace Corp, El Salvador | yes | 0 |
| Aguilar, Francisco V. | OH-03680 | 2019 April 19 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Oral history interview with Francisco V. Aguilar conducted by Monserrath Hernández on April 19, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Aguilar discusses his early life in Tucson, Arizona. He recalls his educational experience, attending the University of Arizona, and his initial interests in law. Aguilar talks about lobbying the Arizona legislature for a second student regent on the Board of Regents, attending law school, and serving on the Catholic Charities Board, Opportunity 180 Board, and the Nevada Athletic Commission. He describes being nominated for the Bosch Fellowship, and being a founding chairman of the Cristo Rey St. Viator College Preparatory High School in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Later, Aguilar talks about the importance of prioritizing education in local communities, and his vision for Cristo Rey. Lastly, he shares his thoughts about the Latinx community in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Aiken, Thelma C. | OH-00013 | 04/05/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Ground Atomic Testing, helped in making the Atomic bomb, gambling, life in Henderson from 1942 - 1944, schools, BMI plant closing, opening of Nellis Air Force Base. | yes | 1 |
| Aikens, Amanda (Alex) | OH-03373 | 2017 December 28 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Interviewed by Barbara Tabach. Native of Las Vegas, Alex is a social work graduate student at Rutgers doing research and policy analysis. She was visiting her family on October 1 and describes her feelings of needing to do something upon learning of the shooting. Talks about organizing a therapy opportunity at First Friday on October 6; donations included space from Arts Factory, furnishings from Zappos and many others. Subjects: Therapy, First Friday booth, social media | no | 0 |
| Aikin, Don | OH-00012 | April 9, 2007 | Rotary Project - Pat Carlton | CD - Among first staff of Gaming Control Board- July 1, 1955, auditor. Audited all casinos, GM of Circus Circus ans Aladdin. | yes | 1 |
| Air Supply | 08/18./1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Aizley, Paul & Sari | OH-02519 | Nov. 13, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Paul and Sari have a long history of civic contributions to Las Vegas and being active in the Jewish community. Sari held various marketing positions in print journalism; started Class! newspaper which ran for 16 years. Paul is a retired UNLV math professor, director of Summer Ed from 1974-2008 and founder of Lifelong Learning (OLLIE)at UNLV. F850.J5 A35 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Aizley, Paul and Aizley, Sari | OH-02891 | 2016 November 04 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 A59 2016 Both narrators talk about their early lives and recall how they came to Las Vegas in 1967/1968. They discuss the formation and growth of the ACLU in Southern Nevada. Sari talks about working for the Review-Journal as promotions editor and editing CLASS! magazine for Clark County School students. Paul discusses teaching in the math department at UNLV and serving as Dean for extended education. | yes | 0 |
| Akselrad, Rabbi Sanford | OH-02174 | Oct. 29 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Rabbi of one of the oldest synagogues in Las Vegas, Temple Ner Tamid. Became spiritual leader of congregation in 1988. Talks about milestones. F850.J5.A37 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Akselrad, Rabbi Sanford | OH-03402 | 2018 March 07 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Rabbi at Congregation Ner Tamid (Henderson) since 1988. Talks about how he learned the news of the mass shooting of Oct. 1; immediate thoughts about his responsibilities to his congregation, the Las Vegas community and to the interfaith community that he is active in. Wish for a template for interfaith vigils. Subjects: Jewish, inter-faith community, vigils organized, gun control | no | 0 |
| Akselrad, Rabbi Sanford | OH-03660 | 2020-05-20, 2020-06-02 | The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic | Session 1: Rabbi of Congregation Ner Tamid since 1988. Raised in Northern California where his father was also a rabbi. Quarantined at home with his wife Joni, an artist, and mastered tele-services and classes for his congregation. Subjects: Jewish population; virtual religious services; China; Session 2: Subjects: Science and religion, Jewish Nevada support during Covid-19, challenges | no | 0 |
| Aladdin Press Conference | 08/17/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment:Smothers Brothers | no | 1 | |
| Albertson, Tim | OH-00085 | 06/20/2007 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 A47 2010 Tim Albertson moved into the John S. Park Neighborhood in 2005,his mother located her CPA business in the John S. Park area, they shopped and went to doctor appointments there, and he painted houses in that neighborhood when he was in middle school. F849.L35 A47 2010 | yes | 0 |
| Albright, George | OH-00014 | February 16, 1980 | Local Las Vegas Oral History - Roske | Need for convention center, how financed, position os executive director, effect on eceonomy. | yes | 1 |
| Albright, George "Bud" | OH-00015 | 1975 | Perry Kaufman | Las Vegas Convention Center, Clark County Recreation Board, Executive Director for Convention Center. No paperwork | yes | 2 |
| Albright, Zoe | OH-03658 | 2020 May 05 | The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic | Interviewed by Barbara Tabach. Albright moved to Las Vegas in 1989 with husband Ken, Ops Director for Southern Nevada Water Authority from Minnesota. She is a personal trainer and nutritionist specialist. Red Cross volunteer, Medical Reserve Corps volunteer. Mother of three, one son is with USS Nimitz and was diagnosed with asymptomatic COVID-19. Subjects: Family member with COVID-19; athletic training and nutrition; big box facilities versus boutique size businesses; Red Cross volunteer; health data participant for COVID-19 study | no | 0 |
| Albright, Zoe | OH-03495 | 2018 October 16 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Red Cross volunteer and DAT responder Zoe Albright arrived at midnight to go to work at the Metro Police Station on Martin Luther King Jr. to offer assistance and comfort to those coming in to check on friends and family. Albright is also a personal trainer/nutrition consultant and resident of Las Vegas since 1988. Subjects: Red Cross volunteer starting at midnight Oct 1, Hurricane Katrina volunteer (2005) | no | 0 |
| Alden, Howard | 02/16/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Alexander, Priscilla (Pris) | OH-00018 | 1976 | Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas | Gambling California and Nevada; gambling ship S.S. Caliente | yes | 1 |
| Alexander, Van | 05/22/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Alfaro, Robert | OH-00019 | 04/21/2006 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Educator, UNLV Educational Leadeership Oral History Project | yes | 2 |
| Alger, Earl and Gloria | OH-00086 | 10/29/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | CT247.A44 2007 - Earl and Gloria Alger were born in LV in the early 1930s, met at the Mormon Chruch, and lived in LV their entire lives. Gloria's grandmother was one of the original pioneers from Salt Lake City. This interview covered the pioneer days, and history of the LV ranch. Pictures. Gloria's great-grandfather Torrel Lewis was one of the original pioneers from Salt Lake City, so they talk of pioneer days in Las Vegas as well as the history of Las Vegas they have known Notes Includes index and appendix of copies of historic photos with captions and an article with a map about the Las Vegas Ranch | yes | 0 |
| Alires, Lucy | OH-00020 | 03/06/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Discrimination in Las Vegas, Business in Las Vegas, life in Henderson, Spanish Organizations in Las vegas, Hoover Dam, downtown LV, Railroad, "the strip" | yes | 1 |
| Allaire, Judith Ann | OH-00022 | 03/10/1980 | Local Las Vegas History - Roske | Education, Politics in Nevada, Dissatisfaction with public schools in the 1950 's and 1980 's. | yes | 1 |
| Allan, Amber | OH-02927 | 2016 December 21 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | Interviewed by David Schwartz. Arizona Charlie's East, Santa Fe Station, Texas Station, Palace Station, Aliante Station, Konami. | yes | 0 |
| Allan, Edith | OH-00023 | 02/26/1977 | Nevada History | Moapa, St. Thomas, Bunkerville, Railroad, Agriculture, dairy farming, first Helldorado, and personal history from 1919 - 1934. | yes | 1 |
| Allen & Rossi | 01/29/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Allen, Bernie | 08/12/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Allen, George Mr. & Mrs. | OH-00024 | 09/27/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada and Las Vegas History - Chief of Police, atomic testing damage | yes | 1 |
| Allen, Harvey | OH-00025 | 2005 December 12 | UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project; Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | LD3745 .A85 2007 Harvey Allen sang at the Sands Hotel and Casino, acted, performed with the Ziegfeld Follies, hosted a talk show on KDON radio, and taught broadcasting and radio at UNLV for thirty-one years. | yes | 0 |
| Allen, Janice Haupt | OH-00087 | 2009 April 08, 2009 May 14 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - Junior League | Work of the Las Vegas Junior League, her presidency. | no | 0 |
| Allen, Janice Haupt and McCarthy, Kelly | OH-03334 | 2017 November 27 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Janice arrived in Las Vegas in 1947 on her honeymoon with Ernest Haupt. In love with the West, they chose to permanently move to Las Vegas and had two sons. Janice quickly made friends with many of the founding members of Las Vegas. Over the decades she has become an important philanthropist to the community. In 2017 she was honored by Association of Fundraising Professionals as Philanthropist of the Year for her numerous efforts including Smith Center and Vegas PBS. Subjects: Las Vegas founders, reporter with Las Vegas Age, Vegas PBS, Smith Center, philanthropy | no | 0 |
| Allen, Marion | OH-00026 | 04/14/1986 | Boulder Dam Oral History Project - Dennis McBride | Detailed account of dam construction with many names and 1935 strike. No folder | no | 1 |
| Allen, Peter | 10/22/1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Allen, Rex, Jr | 03/27/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard/Loreta Kay | no | 1 | |
| Allen, Robert III | OH-00029 | 03/20/1978 | Local Las Vegas History - Roske | "The Strip", Lake Mead & Dam, Mountain, Red Rock Canyon, changes in The Stardust and other casinos/hotels, General Las Vegas and Nevada history, clothing history. | yes | 1 |
| Allen, Robert Jr. "Sarge" | OH-00021 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Las Vegas culture, Ghost Towns and Silver Mining, progress of Governer Mike O'Callahan, Occupational history in Las Vegas. | yes | 2 |
| Allen, Russell H. | OH-00027 | 03/10/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | College Education, School Principal in Alamo, Nevada. Atomic Testing. Roy Martin School, racial statistics, modern mathmatics, special education, Clark County Classroom Teacher's Assn., life in Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Allen, Skip | OH-00028 | 02/27/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family history, moving to Nevada, Las Vegas Genealogical Library, Religious beliefs, Armed Forces, Family Resturant in Las Vegas, Las Vegas social life, Night Clubs, Mt. Charleston, Transition from food and Beverage to Hotel Front Desk. | yes | 1 |
| Allen, Steve | 11/04/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Allen, Ted | 04/08/1982 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 2 | |
| Allison, Zoe | OH-00030 | 02/21/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | LVH School, Central Tele Co., Sahara Hotel PBX operator, owned Dress Shop, Fremont Street. War Bonds. LV growth, race relations, Mermaid swimming pool, Stewart Ranch, Helldorado, Cashman Field, Craig Road Speedway, Silver Slipper Race Track, Nellis Air Base and Mt. Charleston, Union Pacific, Block 16 (prostitution). Politics, Oran Gragson. Tomiyasu Ranch, Lake Mead, unions, the Lamb family. | no | 1 |
| Alterwitz, Daryl | OH-02180 | 11/8/14 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Attorney and active in Jewish community organizations; family owns Walker furniture. F850.J5.A468 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Alterwitz, Deanne | OH-02178 | Nov. 1, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | In 1973, Deanne and Oscar Alterwitz with their 4 children arrived in Las Vegas to assume ownership of Walker Furniture. | yes | 0 |
| Alvarado, Sylvia | OH-03683 | 2019 April 12 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Sylvia Alvarado talks about growing up in North Las Vegas and her Catholic upbringing in a Mexican household. Her studies in Journalism & Media Studies led her to her career as a radio host on English and Spanish-speaking programs. She also talks about speaking "pocha" Spanish and the Latinx influence in radio programming. Subjects: Catholicism, Quinceanera, Journalism & Media Studies, English & Spanish Radio F850.S75 A48 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Alvarez, Clara | OH-03507 | 2018 October 25 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Clara Alvarez loves America and Argentina. She is truly a citizen of the world with family roots in Spain, Genoa, and Argentina. Her years in Las Vegas though are precious. She lived here from 1966 until 1972 with years surrounding that period in Miami. Las Vegas was magical because she was happy here and was instrumental in the immigration of several family members who made this city their home. As a member of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, she secured her first position as a maid when that job category was reserved almost entirely to black women. She moved into waiting tables, serving cocktails, and then became a dealer. Her many Las Vegas memories include a story of Frank Sinatra giving her the paintings off the wall in his Sands hotel suite. Hotel ownership gave him permission to do so. Subjects: Sands, Argentina, Genoa, Caesars Palace, Miami, MOB, Frank Sinatra | no | 0 |
| Alvarez, Jose | OH-03519 | 2018 November 29 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Jose Alvarez arrived in Las Vegas from Buenos Aires by way of Miami, Florida, and New York, NY. He worked as a dishwasher and/or busboy in NYC restaurants and resorts in the Catskills but became a waiter at the Landmark. He continued that lucrative work for 22 years at Bally's. His love for Las Vegas is overwhelming as is his love for football (soccer). He played in leagues for adults that participated in competitions in California and various Canadian provinces. Football is alive and well in Las Vegas. Subjects: Buenos Aires, Miami, football (soccer), Landmark, Ballys, MOB | no | 0 |
| Amaya, Arturo | OH-03524 | 2018 December 05 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Arturo Amaya was born in Peru in 1958. He is the third oldest of seven children born to Isabel and Alfonso Amaya. While in Peru, Arturo Amaya studied law and established a criminal prosecuting office there. Amaya was then elected into to district attorney where he continued to work criminal cases. After visiting his brother in Las Vegas, Amaya decided to immigrate with his family to Las Vegas in 2003. In Las Vegas, Amaya is a painter by trade, but was instrumental in establishing the Peruvian Association in Las Vegas. Genoveva Yuli Amaya also participates in the interview. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Peru, Law, Peruvian Association of Las Vegas, Peruvian Judicial System, Peruvian fishing industry | no | 0 |
| Amaya, Hernando | OH-03497 | 2018 October 18, 2018 December 03 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Session 1: Hernando Amaya was born in Bogota, Colombia and fondly remembers playing football as a part of the Seleccion Infantil de Millonarios, a local football club for youth. From childhood he had a deep passion for telling stories and writing. During high school, he started a school newspaper where students would publish parodies of telenovelas and local news. While his father hoped his children would follow in his footsteps and pursue careers in hospitality, Hernando desired to pursue his passion. He completed an undergraduate program in hospitality, but eventually received the opportunity to work for a Colombian radio station, which further confirmed for him his dream of studying journalism. He would later complete a specialization program in media communications while he worked for the national newspaper, El Espectador. During his time there, Hernando covered the Narco Terrorism occurring in Medellin, responded to the car bombs in the city, and witnessed many of the atrocities that have marked Colombian history. Eventually, he would get to serve as the news correspondent for the Presidential Palace of Colombia, also known as La Casa de Nariño. He shared his firsthand account of witnessing the taking over of the Palace of Justice by the Narco Terrorists and guerilla forces, and experiencing threats on his life for the work he was doing. Later, he would work with the Colombian military to develop a radio network in response to the a violent guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which used the radio to recruit young children and youth. While on-air, Hernando would receive a serious death threat from the FARC and later one targeted towards his family, which would be the driving force behind his migration to the United States. Hernando arrived to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2001 and continued his career in journalism through El Tiempo, a local Latinx serving newspaper (which was later bought by the Las Vegas Review Journal). Hernando later became the editor and began to introduce new sections and themes geared towards international, national, and local news relevant to Latinx/os/as in the valley. After 12 years of service with El Tiempo, Hernando began working for Inmigracion.com, which provides immigration information and relevant news content in Spanish. He has previously served as the President for the Colombian Association of Las Vegas (COLAVE), was a member of the National Association of Hispanic Publications, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and previously volunteered for CHISPA, a local conservation organization. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Colombia, Journalism, Immigration, Latinx, Narco-terrorism; Session 2: Hernando Amaya, a Colombian immigrant and first generation American shares his experiences immigrating to the U.S., working in Las Vegas, and becoming involved in developing resources for the immigrant community. Hernando discusses his service in the Colombian Association of Las Vegas (COLAVE), a Las Vegas organization that helps connect Colombians in the valley and hosts cultural community events. He served as Vice President, and later as President of the organization, and remains active in the community. Previously, they have conducted a census for documenting the number of Colombians in the valley, and were able to successfully convince the Colombian consulate to bring a voting booth to Las Vegas for local Colombians to participate in national elections. Additionally, he shares the work he has done to develop Inmigracion.com, a Spanish website that contains pertinent immigration news, updates, and resources for navigating the process and staying informed. He hopes that the Latinx community will build solidarity and unite in the years to come to support the progress of Latinos/as/xs in the valley. As a journalist, he reasserts the importance of knowing your culture, storytelling, learning history, and being civically active in the community. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Immigration, Colombia, journalism, COLAVE, Latino, unity | no | 0 |
| Amazing Kreskin | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Ambrose, Robert | OH-02845 | 2016 September 28 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | HV6711 .A45 2016 Tropicana Atlantic City, Indiana Live | yes | 0 |
| Amie-Pilot, Ruby | OH-02430 | 2012 August 07 | Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas | F850.N4.A45 2012; Ruby Amie-Pilot came to Las Vegas in 1952 and worked at the Desert Inn, Sears, and Palm Mortuary. | yes | 0 |
| Anaya, Robert | OH-00066 | 2002 May 02 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Anderson, Alonzo Dr. | OH-00031 | 2/21/1972 | Local Las Vegas History - Roske | Veterinary medicine around the state and his observations - prostitution, mining and farming - excellent memory; great stories. | yes | 1 |
| Anderson, Bob | 11/23/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Lounges Past, Pre,Fut | no | 1 | |
| Anderson, Bob | 02/24/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Anderson, Bob | 06/26/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Anderson, Brian | OH-00032 | 05/07/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Work in the show, Jubliee | yes | 0 |
| Anderson, Dale | OH-00033 | 07/12/2002 | Principalship Oral History Project | Interview conducted by Pat Carlton and Bob Ackerman about career in field of education. | no | 1 |
| Anderson, Donald G. Dr. | OH-00034 | May 1, 2005 | Principalship Oral History Project | Education in Clark County; interview online - The oral History of the Public School Principalship | yes | 1 |
| Anderson, Eddie H. | OH-00035 | 10/11/2000 | Gay Las Vegas OHP | An overview of Gay Rights in Nevada | yes | 10 |
| Anderson, Fred E. | OH-00040 | 04/22/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mines and Mining, Railroad through Cherry Creek. Owns mines in Ely, Nevada. | yes | 1 |
| Anderson, Gilda Maiken | 07/08/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Anderson, Helen | OH-00090 | 2/21/2014 | AfAm Collaborative | Mother of Karen Walker. Owned Hamburger Heaven; Westside famed business. Talked about the community and changes over the years. | no | 0 |
| Anderson, Ian & Shanna | OH-00091 | October 11, 2013 | West Charleston Ward 1 | Anderson's purchased and renovated their Mc Neill Estates home, which was nearly destroyed after an explosion years earlier. | yes | 0 |
| Anderson, Jessica | OH-03579 | 2019 March 07 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. Jessica Anderson works for Get Outdoors Nevada, an industry that is fitting for the native Las Vegan who grew up playing outside until the street lights came on. Her current assignment is to manage the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, a public place of respite designed in just 3 days after the shooting on October 1, 2017. The 58 trees signify the 58 lives lost and are planted to circle the center oak, the Tree of Life. Anderson has met many family members and friends calmed by the beauty of the garden. She talked of all the items left at the garden, 30,000 of which have been catalogued by the Nevada State Museum in Springs Preserve. Volunteers built the garden and Anderson talks of how they still come back to plant flowers and sit in the stillness. Subjects: Healing Garden, Jay Pleggenkuhle, Siegfried and Roy, Nevada State Museum, angel wings | no | 0 |
| Anderson, Maceo (Dam.) | OH-00041 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Blacks in performing arts, tap dance, schools Tape is damaged beyond repair; no transcript. | no | 1 |
| Andre, Dorothy Engel | OH-00042 | 10/17/1980 | Local History - Roske | General Nevada history, Tonapah, prostitution, general early life beginning in 1920. Interviewed by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick. | yes | 1 |
| Andre, Joe | OH-00043 | 08/28/1980; 09/13/1980; 10/17/1980 | Local History - Roske | General Nevada and Las Vegas history, life experience with emphasis on musical career. Life in Nevada starting in 1922. Owner of Andre's Restaurant, a Las Vegas institution. Interviewed by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick. | yes | 5 |
| Andress, Donna & Gail | OH-00092 | 11/26/2008 | Boyer Early LV OPH - Junior League | F849 L35 .A557 2010 Memories of early city and info about the Service League and Junior League Folder at Junior League | yes | 0 |
| Angel, Judge | OH-02207 | 11/29/2014 | AfAm | Retired judge, helps people purchase businesses, Positive radio talk-show host | no | 0 |
| Anka Paul | Arnold Shaw | entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Anka, Paul | September 25 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Anka, Paul | 08/20/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Anka, Paul | 11/10/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Anka, Paul | 01/20/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | |
| Anka, Paul | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Ann-Margret | 09/21/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 | |
| Anthony, Peter | 03/03/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Anthony, Peter | 07/29/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Anthony, Peter | 08/13/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Anthony, Stavros S. | OH-03209 | 2017 July 24 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 A62 2016 Son of poor immigrants from Cyprus who met and married after arriving in the U.S., City of Las Vegas Councilman Stavros Anthony began his career with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in Las Vegas in 1980, shortly after earning his B.A. in criminal justice at Wayne State University in Detroit. In 2009, he retired as a Captain. Along the way he earned an M.A. in political science and a Ph.D. in sociology from UNLV, served two terms on Nevada System of Higher Education's Board of Regents (2002-2012), and will begin his third term representing Ward 4 on the Las Vegas City Council. Discusses policing, rezoning, Las Vegas growth, growth of Nevada System of Higher Education, the Westside, Las Vegas City Council, streamlining city government during the Recession, and the NSHE Board of Regents. | yes | 0 |
| Anthony, Valerie; McKinney, Veronica | OH-03601 | 2019 April 04 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Valerie and Veronica are sisters who grew up in a military family. Though Valerie and her father did not often agree about how life should be lived, she followed him into the Air Force and continued the tradition of living around the globe. She lived in England, Panama City, Korea, Japan, Cambridge, retiring in California where she found her calling. Valerie started a business working with perpetrators of domestic violence. She retired to Las Vegas near her sister Veronica. Veronica lived the more tradition life of a Las Vegan - work, church, and raising a family. She completed her degree as a non-traditional student at UNLV. The sisters are active in the world of books - writing and participating in book clubs. Subjects: Alcohol counseling, domestic violence healing, US Air Force, Quest Diagnostic, Modesto, alcoholism | no | 0 |
| Antone-Knoll, Connie | OH-02357 | 2013 February 12 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Antone-Knoll received her MD from the University of Colorado in 1976. She moved to Fernley, Nevada, in 1981, where she began training the Fernley Fire Department members. | no | 0 |
| Appledorn, Jackie King | OH-00049 | January 30, 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 | 2 |
| Appuglise, Marge | OH-00047 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Educator No folder | no | 1 | |
| Arberry, Morse | OH-02510 | 11/20/2015 | AfAm | Political career, racism in Las Vegas, unequal education for blacks in city, Westside School, role of the black church, and view of police in black community. | no | 0 |
| Arias-Petrel, Maggie | OH-03640 | 2019 May 03 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 A75 2019 Maggie is the Chairwoman of the Latin Chamber of Commerce and a board member of St. Rose Dominican Hospitals and Nathan Adelson Community board. She specializes in the areas of marketing, business development and strategic partnerships for the Latino market. Maggie has over twenty years of medical practice management, marketing and advertising for medical and legal, business development and consulting experience. Subjects: Latin Chamber of Commerce, St. Rose Dominican Hospitals, Medical practice management, NASA, Ecuador | yes | 0 |
| Arkell, Donald R. | OH-00093 | 02/11/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview; Health Department, Henderson development and growth, Air Force plane crash of 1947, World War 2 in Henderson / Las Vegas, atomic testing, Mt Charleston fire of 1953, Snow storm 1948, Blacks in Las Vegas, Victory Theater, First TV station KLAS 8, school with Harry Reid | yes | 0 |
| Armstrong, Bill | OH-00044 | 02/20/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Howard Hughes, Bootlegger, LV Dealers, smog problem, growth of gaming, entertainment in local hotels, trends in medical field, atomic testing, Hoover Dam Construction, life on "the Strip", effects of Miami gaming on Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Armstrong, Bren | OH-00045 | 10/19/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Newspaper business; political reporter for Las Vegas Sun newspaper - No paperwork | no | 1 |
| Armstrong, Bryne | OH-00046 | 1975 | Local Las Vegas History - Perry Kaufman | General Nevada history; tape 1 is damaged. - No paperwork | yes | 2 |
| Armstrong, Marilyn; Williams, Brenda | OH-03760 | 2021-04-13 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Marilyn Armstrong graduated high school and beautician school at the same time having attended beauty school from 2:00 until 9:00 or 10:00 in the evening. Her ambitious strides paid off with hair styling positions on the Strip at Caesars Palace, Miss Elizabeth's, and Under Your Hat prior to owning her own shop at Flamingo and Maryland Parkway. Her clientele included entertainers, high profile Las Vegas business owners, and locals from the Westside. Armstrong supported her husband's decision to start Ray and Ross Bus Company, the largest transportation firm in the state in the 1950s and 1960s. Armstrong grew up on the Westside when children were safe to play throughout the community, enter local beauty contests, and work on the flourishing Jackson Av business corridor. Her mother's beauty shop was on Jackson and her family knew all the other business owners in the area. She has high hopes for the future of the Historic Westside. Subjects: Margie's Beauty Shop; Cadillac Arms; Berkley Square; Cosmetique; Miss Elizabeth Coiffure; Ray & Ross Bus Company 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 |
| Armstrong, Sammie R. | OH-03152 | 2017 March 08 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Sammie Armstrong purchased his first bus in 1975. By 1999 when he sold Ray & Ross Transport, he owned more than 40 buses in an operation that had won national awards, employed over 180 people, and had grown to the largest bus company in Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Armstrong, Stan | OH-02256 | 12/02/2014 | AfAm - Student Project | Film maker, professor at UNLV. Grew up on D Street in Cadillac Arms, worked at family's market, witnessed riots at Rancho High School. | no | 0 |
| Arnaz, Desi | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Arnold, Brenda | OH-00048 | 02/28/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Librarian, religion, Gideon, Cat club, viewing above ground Atomic Testing, Churches in Las Vegas, Railroad, Lake Mead activities, Harris Springs Mt. Charleston. | no | 1 |
| Arnold, Eddy | 08/07/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Arnold, Eddy | 02/17/1989 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Arum, Lovee duBoef | OH-02884 | 2016 November 01 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 A78 2014 Lovee Arum is a philanthropist; she is an supporter of UNLV, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Brain Health Center, Nevada Women's Philanthropy. She talks about residing in Las Vegas over the years and participating in Jewish community. She is married to Bob Arum. | yes | 0 |
| Arum, Robert (Bob) | OH-02867 | 2016 October 20 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 A778 2014 CEO of Top Rank Boxing, inducted into Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999 for his successful career promoting the sport. Talks about growing up Orthodox Jew in New York and how circumstances brought him to the business he has grown since 1965. Relationships with famous boxers such as Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and others. | yes | 0 |
| Askew, Dennis Lee | OH-02464 | 8/28/2015 | BELVOHP | Las Vegas native Dennis Askew grew up as the son of long-time Sands Hotel & Casino craps dealer and box man, Johnny Askew. He discusses Las Vegas in the 1950s and 1960s and his experiences working as a busboy at the Sands in the late 1960s. After his graduation from Valley High School in 1971, he formed his own band Universe, which had success in Las Vegas and southern California. By the late 1970s, the band had broken up and Askew began working at Odyssey Records in downtown Las Vegas. From 1980-1985 he wrote a weekly column (Las Vegas Sun newspaper) on the Las Vegas rock scene called "Rock Talk" and later did a radio and TV show by the same name before he moved to southern California permanently in 1985 | no | 0 |
| Atkins, Cholly | 03/10/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Atkinson, Barbara | OH-03637 | 2019 August 05 | UNLV School of Medicine Oral History Project | Founding dean of the UNLV School of Medicine, Barbara Atkinson is stepping down. Her assignment is complete. As Founding Dean, Dr. Atkinson has overseen all aspects of the formation and launch of the new medical school - leading the school's charter accreditation, faculty recruitment, planning and implementing the school's education blueprint, managing overall school operations, philanthropy and community outreach. In her interview, Dean Atkinson recounted her career, her family, and the move to Las Vegas after she had already retired from years of teaching and medical research. The joint efforts of John White, Don Snyder, and Carl Reiber pulled her out of retirement to UNLV. She proved to be up to the challenge. She fell in love with Las Vegas and will remain here as she moves back into retirement for more of the good times that Las Vegas offers including bird watching. Subjects: White coat ceremony, accreditation process, Len Jessup, NSHE, UNR, Don Snyder | no | 0 |
| Atti, Daniel | OH-00050 | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Growth of Las Vegas, cheating in Casinos, Casino security, gamblers, dealing cards, Dealers attitudes, hotel opperations, high rollers. Las Vegas: entertainment, vacationing, legal age limit, etc. | no | 1 |
| Ault, James W. | OH-00051 | 11/06/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Las Vegas 1940 to 1975 - builder, railroad engineer - No Tape, handwritten notes | no | 0 |
| Auslander, Joe | 11/03/1972 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Austin Family with Chazz Young | OH-02138 | 8/6/2014 | AfAm Collab | Austin, Aramental: Created Austin Dancers, a dance school in New York and brought the concept to Las Vegas in 1993. After many locations, now at the Pearson Center training award winning dancers.; Austin, Linda: Drummer. Daughter of Aramentel Austin of the Austin Dancers, Las Vegas dance school. Linda has played worldwide for personalities Oprah, Maya Angelou, and the others. Has played with many famed musicians including Quincy Jones.; Austin, Henry G.: Husband of Aramentel Austin, founder of Austin Dancers - a school to train dancers that began in NY and was transported to LV in 1993.; Young, Charles: Dancer trained in NY. Works with children at the West LV Arts Center and Austin Dancers; Williams, Debbie: Dancer. Daughter of founder of Austin Dancers, school in LV than began in NY. | yes | 0 |
| Avants, Beecher | OH-00094 | 02/04/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview; police force and growth since 1956, Nevada Test Site, Camp Mercury, increase in crime; Presidential visits: Kennedy and Johnson, growth of Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Avelar, Lupe | OH-03571 | 2019 February 25 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Lupe Avelar was born in Durango, Mexico. Her family owned a family farm. She migrated to New Mexico with her brother when she was a teenager. She quickly returned to Mexico. Years later, she married Eladio Avelar and moved with him to California. Interviewed is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Mexico, Immigration, California cotton fields | no | 0 |
| Ayers, Harold M. III | OH-00052 | 03/05/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black-Jack dealer, religion, gaming, pollution, Atomic testing, police and crime, gold mining. | no | 1 |
| Azevedo, Carol | OH-00053 | 03/04/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Schools, Political feelings, Downtown, Old Court House, Henderson, Sunrise Mountain West LV, Telephones, Hospitals, College Blvd (Lake Mead Blvd), Water supply, Bonnie Springs area, Tule Springs area. The Strip from 1951 and its growth. | no | 1 |
| Babich, Brad and Victoria | OH-00095 | 11/22/2013 | Boyer Early LV | Early town in the 1940s and 1950s. High School days, first car, jobs as a runner and lifeguard. His father was in gaming management. | no | 0 |
| Baca, Cindy | OH-03619 | 2019 May 22 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Born and raised in Las Vegas, Cindy has chosen to raise her own three children in Las Vegas. At the time of the interview, she has been the librarian at Escobedo Middle School for 11 years. Her twin 17-year-old daughters were injured attendees at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Cindy talks about their experiences during and after the shooting. She also talks about the Random Acts of Kindness project that she piloted for her school and how it has inspired other educators throughout the country. Subjects: Parent of injured attendees, random acts of kindness, educator | no | 0 |
| Baca, Edward | OH-02533 | 1/28/2016 | BELVOHP | Musician, Air Conditioning Company, and Evangelist who spread the Word throughout the West. Country music provided the soul of his ministry with a band that was together for the joy of entertaining. Stories of healing lives, entertainment, and building a city. | no | 0 |
| Baca, Mauricia | OH-03580 | 2019 March 07 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. Mauricia Baca migrated from New York, an attorney who runs Get Outdoors Nevada. Baca shared the story of the involvement of her agency by the City of Las Vegas in the operation of the Healing Garden. It's an amazingly serendipitous story that is leading to a book about the garden and a second phase that will provide a space for docents and the sale of items. The Healing Garden is one of the many passions of Get Outdoors Nevada. The primary focus include enhancing the outdoor recreational experience for Nevadans and visitors. In addition to the Healing Garden, Get Outdoors Nevada participates in Lake Mead Circle, Vegas Valley Rim Trail, Lower Colorado River Water Trail Alliance, and Get Outdoors Nevada Day. Subjects: Healing Garden, Tom Perigo, UNLV Solar House, docents, City of Las Vegas | no | 0 |
| Baca, Mauricia | OH-03673 | 2019 December 16 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Mauricia Baca, Director of Get Outdoors Nevada, was born to a Jewish American mother and Mexican father who settled in New York City. She overcame the economic obstacles of her early life to graduate from Vassar College and University of New York Law School, where she learned to be proud of her identity. Subjects: Jewish, Education, Law School, Latinx, Mexican | yes | 0 |
| Bach, George L. | OH-00054 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada Test Site, El Rancho, Last Frontier, Old Boulder, Frontier, Apache, Gracey Hay's "Red Rooster", Morris Knudson Construction, Fong Gardens, Lake Mead, Twin Lakes, Carpenter's Union 1980, Blacks in Las Vegas, Atomic testing, Alamo Airport, Knights of Columbus, Helldorado Village, Old Stewart Ranch, Lee Canyon, Mt. Charleston, Davis Dam. | no | 1 |
| Badgley, Bob | 11/11/1984 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Baepler, Donald | OH-00055 | 04/23/2007 | UNLV@50 | LD3745.B33 2007 History of the UNLV campus; Dr. Donald Baepler was a biology professor and administrator at Central Washington University. In 1968 he was appointed Academic Vice President at UNLV. He was also acting president until 1969, then was appointed president in 1973. In 1978 he was appointed chancellor of the university system. In 1981 he resigned that position and became director of the Musuem of Natural History (now the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History) and a professor of biology | yes | 2 |
| Bailey, Anna | OH-00096 | 03/03/1997 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F850.N4 B35 1997 One of first dancers at Moulin Rouge, first black dancer in a house line at the Flamingo, owned several gaming establishments. | yes | 2 |
| Bailey, Steve | OH-00057 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education, Rebel Yell and Yell, UNLV, personal history, general Nevada and Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Bailey, William H. (Bob) | OH-00071 | 11/19/1997 | Local History - White | yes | 2 | |
| Bailey, William H. (Bob) | OH-00072 | 1999 | First 100 Interview | no | 4 | |
| Bailey, William H. (Bob) | OH-00097 | 1978-03-16 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | F849.L35.B35 Moulin Rouge, Blacks in performing arts, entertainment business, equal rights commission, 1960s. Interviewed by Betty Rosenthal | yes | 1 |
| Bailey-Tureaud, Kimberly | OH-02139 | 2015 April 21 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Baird, Xniea L. | OH-00058 | 04/05/1976 | Goldfield History | History of Goldfield Nevada, mining, flood, fire | no | 1 |
| Bajoneta, Vonna | OH-02496 | 1997 July | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Baker, Alfred Frank | OH-00060 | 04/04/1975 | Local Las Vegas History - Roske | Hoover Dam | no | 1 |
| Baker, Anne Victoria | OH-00061 | 04/31/1975 | Hoover Dam | Hoover Dam, Personal history | no | 1 |
| Baker, Carol | OH-00062 | 05/29/2003 | Las Vegas Oral History Project - Hardy | CT247 B33 Carol Baker came from England and was a dancer who danced with the Lido de Paris before coming to Las Vegas and dancing in the Folies bergere and Casino de Paris. She talks about the life of an entertainer on the Strip, including backstage life, parties, and relationships among dancers | yes | 2 |
| Baker, Helen Jamison | OH-00056 | 03/12/1981 | Hoover Dam Boulder City History - Roske | Boulder City during Hoover Dam construction, 1932 - 1937, Henderson vs. Boulder City, Rev. T. Stephenson, moving and convention business in Las Vegas. | no | 1 |
| Baker, Lynn V. | OH-00059 | 04/01/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Downtown Fremont, expansion, housing conditions, police and fire services, military and commercial plane disasters, water supply, local labor force. | no | 1 |
| Baker, Roy D. | OH-02535 | 2004 February 8 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 2 |
| Baldus, Joseph Rev. | OH-00063 | 10/08/1982 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Catholic Church, personal history, Church history in Nevada, religion. (personal photo) | no | 1 |
| Ball, Renee | OH-00064 | 02/28/2007 | Blue Diamond Oral History Project Committee | 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 | 1 |
| Ballance, Robert (Bob) G. Jr. | OH-00065 | 03/10/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history, changes and growth in Nevada, cheating in casinos, key people in Holiday Casino, crimes in Las Vegas, religion, schools in Nevada, sports in school, business in Nevada, building "the strip", Police department, military base, gas prices, environment. | no | 1 |
| Ballard, Kaye | 03/29/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Baller, Michael | OH-02634 | March 16, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F 850 J5 B34 2014 Moved here as a teenager in 1950s from Detroit. His father Frank Baller, who had been a laundry truck driver for Dalitz family in Michigan, opened Deluxe Hand Laundry and Cleaners on Main Street. Michael and his brother worked in the cleaning business. He is currently a poker dealer at Planet Hollywood. Stories about cleaning customers and growing up here. | yes | 0 |
| Bananto, Ronald | OH-00219 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Law enforcement, Pioche history, mining in Pioche during Korean War, changes in the Police Force, L.D.S. Church, religion, Metro Police. | yes | 1 |
| Bank, Ronnie | OH-02205 | 11/30/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Lael Byrd) | Challenges with interracial relationships, worked as DJ. Arrived in LV in 1974. Worked at the Hilton and Circus-Circus. (check timeline) | no | 0 |
| Banks, Maria S. | OH-00073 | 09/23/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming, Gambling, Nevada history; No paperwork - index card only | yes | 1 |
| Banks, Myrtle | OH-00074 | 03/15/1981 | Local LV History - Roske | Las Vegas Black history, Beginning Elks Club, Operation Independence, Politics, Health Care, Welfare Rights, Memorable phase: Why Not Have A Place in the Sun? | yes | 1 |
| Banner, James J. | OH-00098 | 03/01/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview; state assemblyman, World War 2, Nevada Test Site, Construction of the Boulder Dam, development and growth of Las Vegas, Blacks in Las Vegas, Presidential visits: Kennedy, Nixon, Roosevelt | yes | 0 |
| Banuelos, Manuel | OH-03491 | 2018 October 05 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Manuel Banuelos was born in Zacatecaz, Mexico and arrived in Las Vegas in 1985. He was a retired line cook at Las Palmas for 25 years. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Immigration, El Cortez, Intercultural Marriage, NALA, State line, Gaming | no | 0 |
| Banuelos-Benitez, Laurents | OH-03783 | 2021-06-16 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Interviewed by Rodrigo Vazquez and Barbara Tabach. Las Vegas native and graduate of Clark High School; son of Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants. High school English teacher at Rancho and former student worker on the Latinx Voices project. Subjects: Child of immigrants; Las Vegas' east side; bilingual heritage; education policies and vision 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 |
| Barajas, Javier | OH-03483 | 2018 September 20 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Javier Barajas was born in Michoacan, Mexico. He grew up mostly with his grandparents, helping them in their store "La Flor Michoacan." He first learned to cook by working with the nuns in seminary where he was educated. At the age of 18 Barajas left Michoacan to work in the United States. Eventually, Barajas found himself in Las Vegas, where he first found work at Terrible Herbst as a car washer. Through the car wash, Barajas made his first connection to the restaurant industry when he washed the car of the owner of "Viva Zapata." After a few years working as the executive chef for Viva Zapata, the restaurant closed down which led Barajas to open El Lindo Michoacan. Several years after it opened, Barajas has made Lindo Michoacan a staple in the Las Vegas food scene. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: El Lindo Michoacan, Michoacan, Mexican food, Las Vegas, immigration | no | 0 |
| Baratz, Adele | OH-00075 | 03/04/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, early Las Vegas, 1950 's to 1979, WWII life in Las Vegas, nursing, medicine, medical advancements, taxes, highways, politics and organized, hospitals in Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Baratz, Adele | OH-00076 | 03/19/2007 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Early Jewish community, education, shopping, restaurants, Al's Bar, medical care, Helldorado, early hotels | yes | 2 |
| Baratz, Adele and Frost, Florence | OH-02420 | 05/19/15 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Two long time friends talk about early Jewish community of Las Vegas; Temple Beth Sholom, League of Women, and other activities. F850.J5.B37 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Barbarite, Thomas | OH-00077 | 03/03/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early gaming and gambling in Las Vegas, 1955 - 1981 | yes | 1 |
| Barber, Shirley A. | OH-00078 | 4/11/2003 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | CCSD employment, School Board tenure | yes | 1 |
| Barbutti, Pete | 01/27/1995 | Arnold Shaw | ML394 .B37 2008 Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Barbutti, Pete | 08/28/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Barbutti, Pete | 11/21/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Barbutti, Pete | OH-02769 | 2008-09-24 | All That Jazz Oral History Project | ML394 .B37 2008 Pete Barbutti (also spelled Barbuti) played the accordion, the piano, and the trumpet. He was also a comedian and appeared numerous times on the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson and toured with Nat King Cole. He and his family have lived in Las Vegas since 1960 | yes | 0 |
| Barcus, Edith Giles | OH-00162 | 03/17/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mining, Goldfield History, fire of 1923, Miss Giles Lid Shop, Scotty's Castle, Gans-Nelson fight, water shortage, gold mines, mining for purple glass, Episcopal Church in Goldfield, religion. | yes | 0 |
| Bardy, Mildred | OH-00079 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Golden Nugget, Hacienda, Tropicana Hotels, Jerry's Nugget restaurant, Churches and religion, Mormon women, Fanny's clothing store, Mint Hotel, Bardy's Bar, fire at El Rancho, Flamingo Hotel, Judaism / Jewish history, Temple Beth Sholom, Totie Fields, Little Chapel of the West, New Frontier, Helldorado, clothing and fashion, Horse Club, Mesquite Club, Junior League, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), apartments in Henderson, Nevada Palace, Showboat, Sam's Town Hotels, Boulder Club and Silver Nugget, Florence Richards' Dress Shop. | yes | 1 |
| Barker, Jacqueline, PhD | OH-00099 | 2/14/2013 | AfAm | Importance of the church and education. Mother was first black graduate of UNR. Talks about the social and psychology impacts of black life in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Barker, PhD, Jacqueline | OH-00099 | 2/14/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | Education in Las Vegas; Barker's mother was the first black to attend UNR. Barker discusses the church and its influence, socialization process, Westside street scene. | yes | 0 |
| Barler, Virgil | OH-00080 | 11/19/2003 | Blue Diamond OHP | Worked in the shop at the mine, dozer, oiler. Talks about general store. | yes | 2 |
| Barlow, Harriet | OH-02141 | 2015 April 27 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Barlow, Nathaniel | OH-00100 | 5/14/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | Quitting school to migrate to LV in the 8th grade, gambling, working on the Strip, unusual look at military service, and regrets about investing in venture with initial Westside shopping center. | yes | 0 |
| Barlow, Ricki | OH-00101 | 4/10/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | City councilman for the Westside community - Ward 5. Grew up in LV, Ricki talks about working and playing as a child and teen. School and politics. Barlow shares vision for the Westside | yes | 0 |
| Barlow, Ricki | OH-03199 | 2017 July 12 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Oral history interview with Ricki Barlow conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on July 12, 2017 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Barlow discusses his upbringing in Las Vegas, Nevada and growing up in the Westside. Barlow talks about his time as Councilman for Ward 5 in the City of Las Vegas, and lists what he accomplished from his campaign promises. He recalls his first projects as councilman, restoring the Westside School, and preserving historic buildings near downtown Las Vegas. Later, Barlow describes the issue of homelessness in Las Vegas, providing social services to people most in need, and improving the mental health system in Nevada. Lastly, Barlow discusses plans to redevelop Jackson Street and the Westside. | no | 0 |
| Barneby, Ethlyn | OH-00081 | 10/16/2002 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Boulder City in the 1940s. | yes | 1 |
| Barnett, Barbara Ann | OH-00082 | 03/08/1981 | Local LV OHP - Roske | Nursing, accounting, Mint Casino early 1960 's, Hacienda Hotel, Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, Sunrise Hospital, changes and growth in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas Hospital, air-conditioning, Atomic testing, health and medical care changes, dust storms, "the Strip", fire at El Rancho Hotel, Downtown Las Vegas, Fremont Street, Casino employees, unwed mother experience. | yes | 1 |
| Barnett, Jack | OH-02292 | 2/12/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Barnett, Mark | 09/04/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Barney, L. (Lendon) Kay | OH-00083 | 03/03/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Teaching in Bunkerville, Mesquite, and Las Vegas. Population growth, politics, property values. Growth of Mormon Church in Las Vegas, Mormonism in Nevada, religion. Photo at family reunion. | yes | 1 |
| Barnum, Odean | OH-00163 | April 7, 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 | 1 |
| Barr, Larry & Juanita; Gibson, Steven | OH-00164 | 03/27/1976 | Local LV OHP - Roske | Blacks in Las Vegas, work on the dam, living in tents, early entertainters, early development in Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Barret, Robert H. | OH-00165 | 02/22/1975 | Local LV OHP - Roske | Prostitution, Education, Lombard's plane crash, Atomic Testing at Yucca Flats, water company. | no | 1 |
| Barrett, Barbara | OH-02495 | 1995 July 08 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Barrett, Christine | OH-03747 | 2021-03-19 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Christine Kahn left Rosary Academy Boarding School as high school valedictorian, matriculated at Boston College for four years, and entered Carnegie Mellon University for graduate school earning a MS in Public Management and Policy. After a job in Arlington, VA, William Barrett helped her move across country to join her mother in California. They made it to Las Vegas where William, a member of the Air Force, was stationed. She decided to give the town a month's trial. The rest is history and what an amazing history it is. Christine Barrett soon secured a management job at The Water District and was instrumental in its phenomenal growth from 1986 to 2014. She was one of five female executives whose work ensured clean water for the Valley. When that career ended, she began her second successful career with the Clark County School District. Subjects: Southern Nevada Water Authority; Boston; CCSD; women in management 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 |
| Barrick, Marjorie | OH-00166 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | UNLV, Las Vegas history, founding Child Haven, Owning Flamingo and the Fremont, "the hotel people." Also contains a written biography. Use agreement | yes | 1 |
| Barron, Isaac | OH-03584 | 2021-04-28 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Interviewed by Maribel Estrada Calderon. Claytee White also participates in the questioning. Isaac Barron was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. His father entered the United States as a Bracero. Barron attended Rancho High School and earned his bachelor's degree in secondary education from UNLV. He currently teaches history at Rancho High School and serves as North Las Vegas' Councilman. Subjects: Mexican American, Coalition of Pan American Organizations, Hispanic Student Union, Bracero Program, Rancho High School | yes | 0 |
| Barry, Dave | 04/01/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Bartender's Union Local 165 Roundtable Discussion | OH-02165 | 9/28/2014 | BELV-Cul | CT247 .R68 2014 Group of 5 bartenders talk about their craft in Las Vegas to include Union membership, first women in the trade, the family of bartenders, training, health benefits, and the future of the career. Panelists included Dale Pryor, Rosemary Christian-Keach, Virginia Velasquez, David Peinado, and Greg Venezia. | yes | 0 |
| Bartlett, David | OH-02759 | 2013 August 23 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .B37 2012 David Barlett's grandfather envisioned the park that is named for him, Lorenzi Park. David's family owned Bartlett Brothers Hardware, and an uncle owned Fremont Drug. His grandfather did stonework that is still standing such as the grotto at the St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. David was born in Las Vegas in 1940 and his family moved to Reno in 1946. David came back to visit his grandparents in Las Vegas. He also lived in Hawaii, and he and his present wife moved back to Las Vegas in 1995. He worked in car and truck dealerships and now is active in several community organizations. | yes | 0 |
| Bartlett, Selma | OH-00068 | 9/18/2008 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Bartlett tells of the banking industry and talks of early Henderson. | yes | 0 |
| Bartolo, Karen Sarret | OH-00102 | 11/25/2013 | Ward 1 | Retired school teacher / CCSD | yes | 0 |
| Baskow, Jacqueline | OH-02874 | 2016 October 24 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 B372 2014 Jaki arrived in Las Vegas in 1976 with $300 in her pocket a passion for entertainment and in her early 20s. She wanted to be an actress, but needing money she found it smart to and adapted quickly to movie productions, event planning and being an agent. One of first clients was set up by Frank Sinatra. She never looked back; she was creative and entrepreneurial. This interview also includes stories of antisemitism and pride of being Jewish. | yes | 0 |
| Bass, Ralph | 05/30/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Bass, Wilma & Burt | OH-02273 | 2/9/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Relocated from New York to Las Vegas in 1974 to join family in a check cashing business. Burt was also a professional photographer and Wilma worked in jewelry retail. Wilma helped scripted Temple Beth Sholom | yes | 0 |
| Bates, Arlene | OH-00129 | 9/12/2008 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Baucum, Helen M. | OH-00168 | 02/28/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, Boulder City history, Las Vegas and Henderson history, casinos in Southern Nevada, Cat Houses and Prostitution, Atomic Testing, Carole Lombard's plane crash, law enforcement, railroad. | yes | 1 |
| Bauer, Bill | OH-02305 | 2013 January 21 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Bill Bauer worked as in EMS for the Nevada Highway Patrol and as an EMT in Stateline, Douglas County, and Austin, Nevada from 1968 to 1980. He left the NHP in 1980 to work as an EMS training coordinator in the northwest region until 1993. He continued to work in ambulances until 2010. | no | 0 |
| Baumeister, Frank | OH-02306 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Baumeister joined the Humboldt Volunteer Ambulance Corps in 1966 and received EMT training in 1975. He served in the Ambulance Corps for sixteen years. | no | 0 |
| Baumert, Charles A. "Chic" | OH-00169 | 10/31/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Hoover Dam work, Boulder City history, closing companies for operations at Hoover Dam. | yes | 1 |
| Bavington, Kim | OH-00103 | 7/15/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35.B358 Kim Bavington moved to Las Vegas with her parents in 1964. She has been an aerobics teacher, an art teacher, and a graphic designer. She and her husband live in a Mid-Century Modern ranch house in the John S. Park Neighborhood | yes | 0 |
| Bay, Richard M. "Monte" | OH-02946 | 2016 November 14 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Bayless, Kenny | OH-02195 | 11/20/2014 | AfAm - Student Project (Eric Billington) | Teacher for 28 years in CCSD middle schools. Referee in the Boxing Hall of Fame. | no | 0 |
| Beach, Paul A. | OH-00170 | 02/17/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Las Vegas history, city housing, airport, transportation, tourist recreation, economy, Nellis AFB, "the Strip", Korean War, Atomic testing, education. | yes | 1 |
| Beagle, Donald | OH-00171 | 1976 | Local LV OHP - Roske | General Nevada History, Helldorado; Empty folder | yes | 1 |
| Beals, Alversa | OH-00172 | 10/23/2007 | History of the 1970s - UNLV & UNR | History of the Welfare Rights Movement - 1970's | yes | 2 |
| Bearce, Pat | OH-00173 | 09/29/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Helldorado, Las Vegas history, Stock Car Races at Last Frontier - Index Card only (On same cassette as Dan Bennett) | yes | 1 |
| Beatles Twist and Shout | 10/21/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Becker, David | OH-03438 | 2018 May 15 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | On 1 October 2017, gifted photographer, David Baker was on a three-day assignment at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival across from the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. With an understanding that the popping sounds were produced by malfunctioning equipment, David took photos of the scattering crowd. Moments later, in a now silent venue, he began to process his photographs and learned the real story. He had captured the horror of a massacre. David Becker is a lovely, humble man who is passionate about his chosen career. It is not work. It is an honor for him to capture the world through thoughtful imagery. His passion and his work ethic allowed him to be at the wrong place at the right time to show the world the work of an enraged, severely troubled human being. We are now a witness to the possibilities of acts beyond our comprehension. David describes himself as not good at sports or academics. That may be true but he speaks and teaches volumes with his camera. Beginning at the media tent on the east side of the main stage, David photographed people leaving the venue as they performed acts of heroism, helping the fallen or the slow to reach safety. Not knowing the real reason for the panic, David showed us our true giving nature in the midst of chaos. He was in the right place to capture the character of the American spirit. From the Blake Shelton song, Country Strong, David is "Blue collar in his blood, backwoods in his bones / No doubt about it that boy's country strong." For showing us who we are, good and evil, healed and hurting, David Becker earned the highest award in the field of photography, The World Press Photo Award. In the world of photography, that award is considered more prestigious than the Pulitzer. David is deserving of this honor for these Route 91 photos and for his life's work. "When I stop and think, it’s hard to comprehend what I witnessed. I was on autopilot, just doing my job capturing what was happening, which I think is important. Impactful images like these tell a story, they move people to think twice about doing anything like this. I’ve been doing this work for many years and it is instinct to photograph first and ask questions later. It probably seems irrational to just walk out and take pictures of people running for cover, but that is second nature for a photojournalist.” Subjects: World Press Photo, National Press Photographers Association, California State University Long Beach, journalism, photojournalism, gettyimages, CSN | no | 0 |
| Becker, Ernest A. IV; Becker, Kathleen | OH-02981 | 2017 January 30 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Both discuss their childhoods in Southern California, where Kathy's father was a landscape architect who among other projects designed the grounds of the El Rancho Hotel in Las Vegas. Ernie's father and grandfather were developers in Southern California; his father began buying land in Las Vegas as early as 1947 and building shopping centers in the early 1950s, often partnering with other home builders. Ernie IV and Kathy moved to Las Vegas in 1963, where they built their business. Ernie IV was president of Southern Nevada Home Builders Association (SNHBA) the same year his father was president of National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). | no | 0 |
| Becker, Hal de | OH-00373 | 06/23/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 2 | |
| Becker, Patty | OH-02082 | 4/15/2014 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | i979 - Deputy AG to the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Commission; Became Chief Deputy AG a few years later and argued the Tony Spilatro case. In 1985, she was appointed by Governor Richard Bryan as a member of the NV Gaming Control Board. | yes | 0 |
| Beckmann, Robert | OH-02441 | 8/20/2015 | BELVOHP | Session 1: Artist. Early life in Pennsylvania; painting project in a Chicago AfAm community; travel, influence, and work as a professor in Alabama in the late 1960s and how lowering the school's flag to half staff when MLK dies causes him his job. | no | 0 |
| Bedrosian, Kenneth | OH-00175 | 4/29/2004 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Education and work in CCSD | yes | 1 |
| Beech, Emmell J., Dr. (E.J.) | OH-01465 | 2006 November 27 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Interviewed by Salvatore J. Maranto. | yes | 0 |
| Beeman, Dinny K. | OH-00105 | Unknown | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview; history of Las Vegas, St. James Catholic Church, Las Vegas High School, first school band | yes | 0 |
| Behar, Maurice H. | OH-02633 | March 14, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 B44 2014 Resident of Las Vegas since 1990. Holocaust survivor story of being protected in France before immigrating at age of 9 to live with relatives in Bronx, New York. | yes | 0 |
| Beilfuss, Philis | OH-02307 | 2013 January 31 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After receiving nursing and paramedic training in Chicago in 1973, Beilfuss moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1985 practiced emergency room services as Sunrise Hospital. She taught at Clark County Community College until 1996. She also served with the North Las Vegas Fire Department and the Southern Nevada Health Board, which included formulating EMS responses in Clark County. | no | 0 |
| Belfer, Hal | OH-02581 | 11/11/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Belger, Frank | OH-02308 | 2013 February 01 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Belger, a native of Henderson, Nevada, served the Henderson Fire Department from 1974 to 2001. | no | 0 |
| Belknap, Bill | OH-00177 | 02/12/1979 | Local LV OHP - Roske | Colorado River, Nevada State Advisory Commission, WWII, Henderson Power Plant during WWII, El Rancho 1940 's, Tule Springs Archaeological Project 1966 - 1967, Atomic Testing, Lake Mead, Boulder City, music and Jazz in Southern Nevada, teaching at UNLV, photography, Grand Canyon. | yes | 2 |
| Bell, Barbara | 02/04/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Bell, Freddie | 03/12/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Bell, Freddie | 10/03/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Bell, LLoyd | OH-00106 | 04/13/1972 | Local LV OHP - Roske | Law Enforcement, Clark County Assistant Sheriff. Interviewer: Perry Kaufman | yes | 1 |
| Bell, Lloyd | OH-00107 | 1973/09/18 | Local LV OHP - Roske | Law Enforcement, Clark County Assistant Sheriff. Inter-office memo from 1973 in response to F.B.I. saying Nevada was second in the nation in total crimes, memo included statistics such as violent and property crimes, number of officers on the force, and top ten city and state statistics for various crimes. Interviewed by Joseph Butner. Transcript is hand written. | yes | 2 |
| Bell, Lois | OH-00180 | 1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Wilbur Clark, Desert Inn, cocktail waitress roles, Howard Hughes, Sands | yes | 1 |
| Bell, Rex A. | OH-00181 | 03/01/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas expansion, Rex Bell Western Store, Tule Springs Ranch, Helldorado, Last Frontier Hotel, Lombard Plane Crash, Bugsy Siegel, El Rancho, Atomic Testing, expansion and growth, Black Community, animals and butchering, crime and police, Chiefs of Police. | yes | 2 |
| Bell, Rex Jr. | OH-00108 | 3/3/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | CT247 .B44 2007 Growing up on the Walking Box Ranch as the son of movie stars Rex Bell and Clara Bow, attending law school, work in Las Vegas, race relations, and having a law practice. CT247.B44 | yes | 7 |
| Bell, Richard "Rick" H. | OH-02309 | 2013 July 18 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Bell, a native of Amargosa Valley, Nevada, first took an EMS course at Battle Mountain in 1987. He completed paramedic training in Winnemucca and Carson City in 1995. He became commander of the Battle Mountain ambulance service in 2012. | no | 0 |
| Bellamy Brothers | 12/02/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Bellis, Bob | OH-00109 | 06/19/2007 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 B375 2010 Bob Bellis was raised in Pahrump and moved to Las Vegas around 1984. A few yesrs later he moved to the John S. Park Neighborhood and has headed up the creation of the John S. Park Neighborhood Association starting in 2000 | yes | 0 |
| Bellson, Lou | 09/10/1999 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Bellver, C.G. (Catherine Gullo) | OH-02666 | 1995 November 13 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 B3757 2006 Dr. Catherine Bellver is Distinguished Professor of Spanish at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her work has appeared in many scholarly journals. She worked over fifteen years to create the Women's Studies Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Bellver also worked with a volunteer group to create and staff the first Women's Center on campus. | yes | 0 |
| Belmont, Miriam | OH-00184 | 03/08/1975 | Local Las Vegas OHP - Roske | Hoover Dam, Atomic Testing, church and religion, President Roosevelt, post WWII, Carole Lombard Plane Crash, Fremont Street, Stewart Ranch, Mormon Fort. | yes | 1 |
| Belt, Tami | OH-03213 | 2017-07-26 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Tami Belt grew up in Las Vegas playing on the Municipal Golf Course where her father taught city leaders and entertainers how to hone their golf game. He worked as a PGA teaching pro. She learned the game as well along with life's lessons that can be gleaned from the "gentleman's game." She remembers shopping downtown on Fremont Street in stores like Ronzoni's Department Store that featured an escalator, probably the first in the town. Her grandfather was a city pioneer in the air conditioning and sheet metal business. As an adult, Belt's interests have been in the Public Relations field helping non-profits with campaigns related to childhood cancer and the homeless. | no | 0 |
| Beltram, Justin | OH-02743 | 2016 July 07 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | HV6711 .B44 2016 Interviewed by David Schwartz. Mirage, Tresure Island, Bellagio, Marina Bay Sands, Las Vegas Sands Corporate | yes | 0 |
| Benavidez, Kelly D. | OH-03551 | 2019 January 29 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Kelly Benavidez is originally from San Francisco, California. Benavidez arrived in Las Vegas after her family spent two years in Mexico so her and her brother could learn Spanish. The family's intention was to stay in Las Vegas, but in fact it was suppose to be a pit stop on the way back to San Francisco. Benavidez and her family have remained in Las Vegas ever since. She currently work for Commissioner Lawrence Weekly. Subjects: Las Vegas, Commissioner Weekly, New York New York construction accident, Spanish Language | no | 0 |
| Benítez, Maria | OH-03691 | 2019-06-21 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Oral history interview with Maria Benítez conducted by Monserrath Hernández and Maribel Estrada Calderón on June 21, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Maria Benítez is the image of a hardworking and determined Salvadoran woman. After facing adversity amidst the Salvadorian Civil War she talks about her journey as a nurse in El Salvador and migrating to the United States. Here in Las Vegas, she has worked as a cook on the Strip, been an active member of her church, and supported the education of her children selling pupusas. Subjects discussed include: El Salvador, Salvadorian Civil War, Migration, US Citizenship Documentation, and Judaism. 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. | yes | 0 |
| Benedict, Blaine | OH-02520 | Nov. 12, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 B45 2014 Blaine is a retired gaming executive for Binions and from a second career as associate director of Red Rock Canyon National Park. Talks about growing up in Las Vegas, son of Al Benedict (MGM executive) and being Jewish in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Benedict, Carmen P. | OH-00185 | 4/20/2006 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | The work of a principal in CCSD | yes | 2 |
| Bennett, Charles A. | OH-00186 | 03/05/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Rail Roaders, Gaming clientele, Mr. Macafee, Magnesium Plant in Henderson, USAF Base, El Rancho and Tommy Hull, E.R. Griffith hotel anf Frontier Hotel, The 91 Club, Bugsy Siegel, The Flamingo, Prostitution, Las Vegas Crime and Police Department, Milton Perrel, Club Bingo, Joe Smoot, Walter Melrose, Tooter Sheer, Eddie Clipingers, Howard Hughes, Penn Central Group, Lombard Plane crash, Atomic testing. | yes | 1 |
| Bennett, Dan | OH-00110 | 10/03/1972 | Local LV OHP - Roske | Interview on Side "B" of tape with Mrs. Pat Bearce. SEE "Bearce, Pat"; rail road, west side / old town | no | 1 |
| Bennett, Jean | OH-00111 | ML394 .B45 2008 | no | 0 | ||
| Bennett, Marion | OH-02433 | 2009 July 02 | Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas | CT247.B75 2009; Reverend Marion Bennett provides details of the NAACP's historic involvement in the integration of casinos and other businesses, schools, and housing. He was hired as pastor of Zion Methodist Church in 1960 and served in that capacity for 44 years. Through the years, Reverend Bennett served twice as president of the NAACP and worked with such notables as J. David Hoggard, Lubertha Johnson, and Woodrow Wilson. He recalls the Freedom Fund dinners, the integration of the work force in casinos, and the protests that were held in Las Vegas. Reverend Bennett was deeply involved in the commitment to integrate blacks into all areas of life in Las Vegas. He lists all those who worked so hard back in the sixties, like Jim Anderson, Charles Keller, Eleanor Walker and many others. He cites the process of integration, which included the Consent Decree against Las Vegas casinos, the Fair Housing Act passed when Paul Laxalt was governor, and creation of the Economic Opportunity Board. In his closing comments, Reverend Bennett thanks those who fought for freedom and civil rights before him, and admonishes future generations to stay vigilant. He believes in helping other generations as his generation was helped by the ones that came before. | yes | 0 |
| Bennett, Marion Reverend | OH-00128 | 01/12/2004 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .B45 2007 Marion D. Bennett, Sr. came to Las Vegas in 1960 to be the pastor of the Zion United Methodist Church. He also served in the Nevada State Assembly and fought for civil rights and school desegregation | yes | 2 |
| Bennett, Toney | 05/26/1989 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Bennett, Tony | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Bennett, Tony | 01/03/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Bennett, Tony | 06/11/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Benson, George | 04/29/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | |
| Benson, Ray | 08/12/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Berger, Kenneth L. | OH-03603 | 2019 April 15 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Kenneth Berger did not find his calling until after his stint in the military. Though he did not fly planes in the Air Force, flying was his passion that he realized after securing a position at EG& G, a national defense contractor. For 20 years, Berger flew passengers to the Grand Canyon. Berger enjoyed hunting and joined the Rifle and Gun Club initially to participate with his company on the pistol team for the annual Corporate Challenge. He missed the mark on his first outing but learned to load his own ammunition and made the team every year afterwards. After retirement, he became a volunteer at the Club and serves as a monitor especially for non-club members to ensure safety protocols. Subjects: Boulder City Rifle and Gun Club, Grand Canyon, Corporate Challenge, Key Airlines | no | 0 |
| Berger, Pete | OH-03628 | 2019 June 14 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Peter Berger is a pit boss who began at the Stardust as a dealer in 1958. On his way to Los Angeles, he stopped in Las Vegas and never left. Berger worked the Desert Inn, Sands, Monte Carlo, California Club, Sahara, Bonanza, Aladdin, Circus Circus, Tropicanna, Dunes and finally found home at the Ellis Island in 1997. At 91 years of age, he is still excited about gaming. He diligently walks around the gaming tables monitoring the action five days a week. In 1955, after a stint in the US Air Force, Berger and his wife Dolly moved from New York to Las Vegas. He soon found his way to the gaming industry. And the rest is history. Subjects: Ellis Island, Bonanza, Monte Carlo, Carl Thomas, Frank Suskin, MGM Resorts | no | 0 |
| Bergin, Robert Francis | OH-00189 | 03/05/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Desert Inn Casino History, "the Strip", MGM Grand, Wilbur Clark and Howard Hughes, women in gambling. | yes | 1 |
| Bergman, Joel | OH-02792 | 2016 August 03 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 B378 2016 Architect; founded Bergman Walls Assoc.; now retired; sons now run firm with Scott Walls; came to town with Martin Stern in 1968 to work on International Hotel Casino; also worked on MGM (now Bally's); Joel at center of litigation after the fire, played large part in changing building codes; worked for Steve Wynn on Mirage, Treasure Island; with BWA did Paris. Wrote book (2015) Whatever You Hear About Me Is True. | yes | 0 |
| Berkley, Shelley | OH-00112 | 2006 | I Remember When: Recollections from Jewish LV Leaders | F850.J5.B47 2006 Berkley served as NV Assembly from 1982 - 84; Bd of Regents 1990 - 1998 and US Representative for NV 1st Congressional District 1999 - 2013. | no | 0 |
| Berkley, Shelley | OH-02275 | Feb 12, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Former US Congressperson from NV talks about growing up Jewish in Las Vegas; involvement in youth programs and Temple Beth Sholom and more. | yes | 0 |
| Berkovits, Myra | OH-02152 | August 21, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Oral history interview regarding Myra's background, ownership of Las Vegas Menu Service, work with Holocaust Resource Center as interviewer and education specialist. F850.J5.B473 2014 | yes | 1 |
| Berlanga, Jr., Maurilio "Mario" | OH-03214 | 2017 July 26 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Mario was born and reared in Las Vegas in the historic Westside community. Though known today as the African American community, it is the area where he now owns a market that sells all the condiments necessary for Southern cooking as well as prepared dinners for carry-out or eating on the premises. He does not turn away the hungry believing that, "there but for the grace go I." His business supports community sports teams partnering with the neighborhood police station. | no | 0 |
| Berle, Milton | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Berle, Milton | 12/29/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Bernstein, Jay | 04/04/1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Berry, Jack | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Berry, Lydia | OH-00191 | 02/22/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Labor, Nellis Air Force Base, Desert National Wildlife Range, Corn Creek Field, Atomic Testing, Growth and changes in Las Vegas, flooding. | yes | 2 |
| Beta Sigma Phi roundtable | OH-02944 | 2017 January 19 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Participants are: Swackhamer, Dorothy; Bittle, Ilene; Sager, Sandra; Davis, Jacquita. Beta Sigma Phi is an international social/service sorority with four chapters in Henderson. These women assist in various school-related projects, feeding the hungry, and homeless initiatives. This discussion includes organizational rituals, sisterhood, and the interesting founding of the sorority. Shows change in women's roles over the decades from the 1940s to 2017. Sage discussion of the perception of Henderson as it relates to rest of Las Vegas Valley. | no | 0 |
| Beville, John M. | OH-00192 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Banks and Banking Industry, Boulder Canyon Project, growth of Las Vegas. Effects of Gambling and Gaming on the Banking industry. | yes | 1 |
| Bhatnagar, Rakesh K. | OH-03422 | 2018 April 10 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Born in 1947, the year of Indian Independence from England, Rakesh Bhatnagar grew up in the shadows of a civil war between Muslim and Hindu citizens who had lived as one for centuries. He immigrated to the United States after a university education and having taught chemistry and biology for 6 years to high school students. Rakesh entered the USA on an education visa so enrolled at UNLV immediately to earn his second bachelor's degree in Hotel Administration. He completed his schooling in 1978 having worked part time during his studies. Over the years, the Hilton promoted him from bus boy to waiter to captain in the room service's department. After graduation, he moved to Assistant Manger and then became Food and Beverage Controller. But his schooling had prepared him for more so Rakesh moved into the Purchasing Department first as the Assistant Director and in early 1982, became the Director of Purchasing. He never looked back. His expertise in Purchasing took him from the Hilton to the Sands, and finally to the challenge of Vegas World. His corporate career ended with Affinity Gaming. In 2014, he and his son started their company, Hospitality Procurement and Design. Now, they help others redesign spaces, build gaming areas from scratch, or learn new operational systems both hands on and electronically. Subjects: Caste system, IAS exam, Hilton, Sands, Sheldon Adelson, Henry Lowen, Herbst Family, Vegas World, Bob Stupak, Affinity Gaming, Food & Beverage | no | 0 |
| Bhatnagar, Satish | OH-02450 | 8/20/2015 | BELVOPH | 41 years at UNLV; migration from India, importance of Mathematics, Indian community in Las Vegas, The History of Math. | no | 0 |
| Bianchi, Chris | OH-02721 | 2015 April 14 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | Barbary Coast; South Point; pit boss at 25 after 3 years as dealer/floor; UNLV grad | yes | 0 |
| Bigelow, Jane A. Lt. Col. | OH-00193 | 11/05/1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Historical perspectives in Nursing, Nellis Air Force Base, Personal history and biography. Bigelow folder contains personal biography. | yes | 1 |
| Bihari, Joe | 07/25/1973 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Bilbray, James H. | OH-00194 | 09/06/2006 | UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty | LD3745 .B54 2007 Jim Bilbray attended UNLV right after it was founded. He helped found the alumni association, was a member of the Board of Regents, and is a lawyer. Second interview with the John S. Park OHP - growing up in a middle class neighborhood - 1 CD Transcribed and bound and 3rd interview with Jeff Vann Ee for the environmental project - transcribed; not edited. | yes | 1 |
| Bilbray, Jim | OH-02762 | 2009-03-26 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .B48 2007 Jim Bilbray served Nevada as a member of the Board of Regents of the Univeristy of Nevada System, as deputy district attorney and chief legal counsel in the Clark County Juvenile Court, as a Nevada state senator, and as both a member of the United States Senate and of the House of Representatives. He is on the Board of Governors of the US Postal Service through 2015 | yes | 0 |
| Bingham, Jacob David "Jay" | OH-02936 | 2017 January 11 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 B54 2017 Born 1953 in Caliente, NV; lived in Alamo, NV, until moving to North Las Vegas when reaching school age; attended Jefferson and C. P. Squires Elementary, J. D. Smith Junior High, and Rancho High School before graduating from Pahranagat Valley High School in Alamo, NV. Talks about his parents sending him to Alamo after his sophomore year in high school, his spiritual growth in the LDS (Mormon) Church, running for and serving on North Las Vegas City Council 1980-1983, and Clark County Commission 1984-1996, during which time County grew from 400,000 to 2,000,000. Discusses formation of Southern Nevada Water District, development of basketball and work-release program for youth offenders, and his private work with Falcon Homes in partnership with Madison Graves, Mark Doppe, and Fred Ahlstrom. | yes | 0 |
| Bingham, Marsha Lamb | OH-00195 | 03/02/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, School in Alamo, Warm Springs, Nevada Legislature, Fremont, Gambling, UNLV, Las Vegas 1950 's and 1960's growth, The Beatles, Rock and Roll, President Kennedy visiting Las Vegas, Landmark Hotel, Howard Hughes, The Tropicana, The Hilton, Atomic Testing, Helldorado, McCarran Airport, Floyd Lamb. | yes | 1 |
| Binion, Benny | OH-00017 | circa 1975-1977 | Gaming and Gambling, The Westerner, El Dorado, The "Horseshoe", Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, 1950 's, Boom Town, "The Strip", Downtown, "Livewire Fund", Tax Commission, The Flamingo, Convention Center. | yes | 1 | |
| Binion, Benny | OH-00016 | 02/08/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Binion, Benny | OH-02489 | circa 1975-1977 | Kaufman | no | 2 | |
| Binion, Jack | OH-00190 | 10/17/2008 | Gaming in Las Vegas and Atlantic City; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 | |
| Bird, Kim and Martin, Pamela | OH-02229 | 02/08/2013 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Rancho High School Class of 1962 | yes | 0 |
| Bishop, Joey | 06/02/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Bishop, Larry | 02/14/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Black, Clint | 11/20/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | |
| Black, Irene Sprague | OH-00196 | 03/16/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, Early Las Vegas Schools, Downtown, Red Light district (prostitution), Hover Dam, Old Fort and Mormon Church, Religion, Pony Express, Bunkerville, Mesquite, Native American Indian Reservation. | yes | 1 |
| Blackhurst, Jan Jones | OH-02166 | 9/19/2014 | BELVOHP | Mayor of Las Vegas, tenure in gaming industry | yes | 0 |
| Blackhurst, Jan Jones | OH-02917 | 2016 December 09 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Former mayor of Las Vegas who arrived in Nevada in 1982 to help run Thriftimart, the family's grocery business where advertising and promotions skills helped to turn profits in areas other than gaming. Fletcher Jones was her next endeavor. She used marketing skills to enhance the business with family-friendly TV exposure and then decided to run for mayor. Some of her accomplishments running the city include the Fremont Street Experience, homeless services initiatives, and negotiations resulting in the formation of the government center, Smith Center, and Premier Outlet Mall. Deciding not to run for a second term, she ran unsuccessfully for Governor. Fortunately, she was invited to manage Government Relations for Harrah's (now Caesars) and is still there after almost two decades. | no | 0 |
| Blaine, G.C. "Buck" | OH-00198 | 02/11/1975, 03/10/1975 | Social and economic growth of Southern Nevada, Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Lake Mead, Stewart Ranch, Mormon Fort, Religion, El Rancho, The Meadows, Floods and Epidemics in Southern Nevada, Organized Crime in Las Vegas, Law Enforcement, Mining in Henderson and Blue Diamond, Moapa Valley and Overton, Saint Thomas, Railroad, Gypsum Cave, Tule Springs, El Dorado Canyon, "the Strip", Henderson, Growth of Las Vegas during Dam Construction, Rodeos, Howard Cannon, Helldorado, Atomic Testing, Nells Air Force Base, Golden Nugget, Churches in Las Vegas. | yes | 2 | |
| Blair, Hobart D. | OH-00200 | 1975/04/20 | Growth of Boulder City from 1931 to 1975.Collector: Jay Brewer | yes | 1 | |
| Blair, Hobert D. | OH-00199 | 1975/03/10 | Early Las Vegas and Boulder City. Collector: Arnold Wilks | yes | 1 | |
| Blake, Donn I | OH-00201 | 04/17/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas and Nevada history, UNR (University of Nevada, Reno), Sandy Valley - Copper mining business, Dead Valley - Lead Mining, Virginia City documents from Comstock Loda 1860 's, historic preservation project for Nevada 1974, Diamond Jubilee project, Early Las Vegas Airports and Western - Air Express, 1931 start of gambling, 1946 tourism, 1905 Railroad , growth 1950 - 1960, Native American Indians of Southern Nevada and Cultural Center in Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Blake, Elaina | OH-02835 | 9/19/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 B566 2016 To LV 1962, Real estate broker, developer, Young American Homes, Roberts Realty, Blake & Associates; first woman president LV Chamber of Commerce 1985, began Leadership Las Vegas 1986, Clean Communities program, School Partnership program | yes | 0 |
| Blake, Lindell | OH-00202 | 01/12/2006 | Living to Dance | F850.N4 B43 2012 A dance instructor and entertainer who specializes in tap. Dances with various Las Vegas shows | yes | 2 |
| Blanchard, Lucius Dr. | OH-00203 | 10/03/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .B53 2008 Lucius Blanchard is a surgeon who worked in a practice with Dr. Harold Boyer here in Las Vegas. He specialized in skin cancer surgery. Dr. Blanchard was very active in community and civic affairs, especially in Rotary Club. He also was in charge of a skin cancer education program | yes | 1 |
| Bland, Ora | OH-03750 | 2021-03-04 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Ora Bland migrated to Las Vegas in 1953 from Vicksburg, Mississippi. Her husband was a radiologist and worked in Area 51 of the Nevada Test Site. He never shared information about his work and would sometimes stay at the Test Site for a week or more without coming into the city. Bland remembers the Westside business community when the Brown Derby, the Mexican store, Johnson Malt Shoppe, and Bravo Market existed. An extremely independent person, she handled most of the childcare and worked at the downtown post office (now MOB Museum) for 20 years. A community of walkers, Bland will still walk to the downtown area from her F Street home when she wants a restaurant meal. This was the one activity that ceased during the COVID pandemic. Her living environment is impacted by many homeless individuals. It is her belief and that of her neighbors, that there are adequate homes available for the homeless population but available housing restricts alcohol, drugs of all types even legal ones, and rules are strictly enforced. Subjects: Nevada Test Site; Brown Derby; homeless; post office worker 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 |
| Blankinship, Jerome Reverend | OH-00204 | 11/24/2004 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .B54 2007 Jerome Blankinship founded University Methodist Church in 1966. He has also taught nursing at UNLV and is the senior chaplain at Sunrise Hospital | yes | 2 |
| Blevins, Betty | OH-00114 | 03/18/2008 | Heart to Heart:: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.B625.A3 2009 Betty Blevins was an operating room nurse at Sunrise, Southern Nevada Memorial, and Valley Hospitals. She also talks about Las Vegas Hospital and about the first open-heart surgery, the first corneal tranplant, and the first kidney harvest for a transplant here | yes | 0 |
| Block, Brian | OH-00206 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Construction Industry, Elk's Club, UNLV sports program, BB Development Company, Building Terrible Herbst Gas Station and shopping center, Mall on Spring Mountain Road, Social Changes in Las Vegas, "the Strip", Mass Transit System, Horse and Dog Track in Henderson, Atomic Testing, Legalization of Gambling. | yes | 1 |
| Block, Edith & Arthur | OH-00115 | 09/15/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .B57 2007 Arthur and Edith Block talk about living in rural towns in northern Nevada, his career in law enforcement and her career in banking, and living in Las Vegas since the sixties | yes | 0 |
| Block, Harry | OH-00208 | 02/24/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, Railroad Pass, Water and Air Conditioning 1934. December 7th, 1941. WWII effort in Las Vegas, Clark County Court House, Golden Nugget During WWII, the Blue Room (city Jail), Fremont Street, Cornell 's Shoe Store, Huntridge 1947, Silver Dollar Market, Gilbert Brother 's Market, Union Pacific Tar Pits 1948, Busy Bee Restaurant, "the Strip", Swamp Cooler 1946, Atomic Testing, Nellis Air Force Base, North Las Vegas, Landmark Hotel, Helldorado 1950 's, "Queo the Indian", Mt. Charleston 1940 to 1970, Block 16 and Prostitution, Searchlight, Lake Mead 1930 's, Hospitals 1938 to 1944. | yes | 2 |
| Blue, Ivory | OH-00116 | 2/22/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | F850.N4 B48 2012 Blue lives of life of the church; man is the head of the house. Attended school at UNLV. Blue was influenced by Dr. McGaugh in the School of Engineering. | yes | 0 |
| Blues Brothers Tribute | 11/15/1996 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Kaye, Willard | no | 1 | |
| Bluestone, Harry | 02/04/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Blut, Arlene | OH-02421 | 05-26-2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Moved to Las Vegas in 1971. Talks about involvement in local and national arts; being an actor, professional game show contestant, and promoter/director of events. Recalls the Jewish community experiences. Grew up in Duluth MN and recall classmate/singer Bob Dylan. F850.J5.B58 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Blythin, Evan | OH-00210 | September 26, 2006 | 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 | 2 |
| Boag, Tina | OH-00117 | 3/28/2014 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Founder of volunteer organization - Touch of Love Foundation. Early work in the gaming industry. Role of bartenders in the 1960s - 1970s. Group interview with Cynthia Cisero, Jan Ravetti, and Betty Brown. | yes | 0 |
| Boag, Tina | OH-00117 | 3/28/2014 | West Charleston OHP | Four friends - Tina, Joanne Ravetti, Cynthia Cicero, and Betty Brown - share stories of their lives and friendship over 50 years. they discuss jobs, family, LV entertainment, dating, and changes that women faced. | yes | 0 |
| Bodell, Bud | OH-00212 | 1975? | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history (Empty folder) | yes | 3 |
| Bogandovich, George | OH-00213 | September 8, 2009 | 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. Two interviews: Shirley Levitt and Gretchen | yes | 2 |
| Bogdanovich, Angie Delong | OH-00084 | September 23, 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. | yes | 2 |
| Bogdanovich, George, Sophie, Nina, Angie | OH-00118 | December 1, 2003 | 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 | 2 |
| Boggs, Joy | OH-03745 | 2021-02-18 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Joy Boggs is leaving UNLV after two years as the Business Manager for the College of Fine Arts. She also served as the Public Scholar in Residence for the Womxn of Color Arts Festival hosted by the Barrick Museum. Her mission in Fine Arts was to transform the financial performance of the College beginning with full transparency and implementing a new internal structure and procedures. Her work was hampered. Her personal education was on full scholarship from DePaul University where she holds a MA in Gender Studies. She strives for excellence in scholarship and integrity because of her parents, Catherine and William, who instilled solid core values that she adheres to still. Subjects: DePaul University; parental responsibility; Fine Arts; Barrick Museum 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 |
| Boiman, Jackie | OH-02291 | 3/27/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 B65 2014 Moved to Las Vegas in 1985. Worked in administrative and youth programs positions at local synagogues. Position at Touro University. /An edited version of this transcript is available for research use, but access to the sound recording and supplementary information are closed for 50 years from the interview date. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information. | yes | 0 |
| Bolden, Otha | OH-00217 | 07/05/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Las Vegas history, politics, gambling, Atomic Testing, floods, growth and changes in Nevada. | yes | 1 |
| Bolden, Sr, Robert | OH-02201 | 11/29/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Nick Matthews) | Ramifications of bussing in Las Vegas. AfAm experience over his 50 years in the city. Las Vegas Police Department. | no | 0 |
| Bollig, Frank M. | OH-00218 | 03/23/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Industry, history of Southern Nevada from 1942 to 1976. | yes | 1 |
| Boman, Keith G. | OH-03629 | 2019 June 24, 2019 July 23 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Session 1: Keith Boman attended medical school after growing up in Las Vegas. Learning his craft at George Washington University was not fun because he missed the desert. But he was able to work hard enough to earn a covenanted spot at Harbor-UCLA Medical School in Torrance, CA. After four years in Washington, DC, was back in the West. Here in Las Vegas, Boman had attended Bishop Gorman High School, developed a love for the arts and sports, and enjoyed the care of several mentors. A favorite memory is that at seventeen, he traveled alone to Los Angeles to see the musical "Mame." The experience was life changing. Subjects: Bishop Gorman, George Washington University, Harbor-UCLA Medical School, John Harrington, State Welfare Board; Session 2: The second and final session concentrated on Dr. Boman's role in the founding of the Smith Center. He formed a relationship with Fred Smith because of Smith's friendship with his parents. The Smith and Bomans along with other early families enjoyed legendary parties at Lake Mead. Smith asked Boman to serve on the board of the Reynolds Foundation. When the 'ask' for the Smith Center was made by Don Snyder for $50m dollars, Boman wasn't sure because that amount had never been granted by the Reynolds Foundation prior to this time. But to everyone's surprise Fred Smith said 'yes' and later increased that amount to $100m when the down-turn in the economy forced many donors to decrease their gifts. The surprise of the entire Smith Center saga was when Fred Smith approached Boman with the idea of naming the Boman Pavilion for Keith's parents. Boman loves the Smith Center and agrees with the song sang by Jennifer Hudson (Take Care Of This House From the musical "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue") at the elegant evening that opened the house. Subjects: Fred Smith, Reynolds Foundation, Don Snyder, Betsy Fretwell, Super Summer Theatre, Animal Foundation | no | 0 |
| Bonaventure, Jim | OH-02156 | 9/9/2014 | BELV - Culinary Workers Union Local 226 | CT247 .B65 2012 History of the Culinary in Las Vegas, the grievance process, value of workers academy, failure of AfAm integration on the Strip, and general life in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Bonaventure, Judge Joseph | OH-00119 | 03/12/1985 | Judge in the Justice Court of Clark County, Nevada. (This Interview is a transcript only, there is no tape) | yes | 0 | |
| Bondi, Frank | OH-00120 | 06/20/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview; owner of American Photo Copy and Blueprint Company, St, Anne's Catholic Church, Lombard plane crash, President visit: Kennedy and Johnson, first televisions, atomic testing, history of the Review Journal, economic collapse of 1965, architects, general history of Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Bonilla, Lidia | OH-03562 | 2019 February 19 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Lidia Bonilla was born in Panama in 1954. Her father worked as repairman on U.S. ships stationed at the Panama Canal for 42 years. She moved to the United States in 1976. As the wife of a member of the military, she had the opportunity to live in Spain for five years. In 1991, she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where she worked as an HR Representative for the Luxor. Here, she founded the Comunidad Panameña Las Vegas, a cultural group. Interview is conducted in both Spanish and English. Subjects: Panama Canal, Panama, Citizenship process, World Youth Day 2019, Comunidad Panameña Las Vegas | no | 0 |
| Bonner, Frank | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 2 | ||
| Bono, Rich | 09/23/2004 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Bono, Sonny | November 1971 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Boone, Danel | OH-00222 | 02/22/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | filming "Sabre Jet" at Nellis Air Force Base, recreation, Helldorado, Church Activity and Religion, Celebrities, Las Vegas weather, City Parks, Boy Scouts and Frank Godfrey, Las Vegas Schools, Atomic Testing. | yes | 1 |
| Boone, Debby | February 1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Booth, Howard | OH-00937 | 04/13/2009 | Environmental concerns in Las Vegas | no | 0 | |
| Booth, Willard | OH-02186 | 11/14/2014 | AfAm Collab - Black Studies class of Dr. Celeste | Early Las Vegan who worked on Hoover Dam in the 1950s. Recounts events in history of black community | no | 0 |
| Booth, Willard | OH-02186 | 11/14/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Larmaya Kilgore) | no | 0 | |
| Boothby, Lloyd | 11/27/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Borders, Myram | OH-00223 | 02/09/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .B67 2007 Myram Borders grew up in Las Vegas, graduated from UNR, worked as a journalist in Reno, Los Angeles, and in Las Vegas starting in 1965. She worked for UPI and then Gannett, and was the Commissioner of Consumer Affairs under Gov. Bob Miller. She also was the head of the Las Vegas News Bureau. CT247.B67 | yes | 1 |
| Borns, Leo and Sue | OH-01286 | 2014 March 21 | West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1 | Leo and Sue (Easley) Borns came to Las Vegas in 1962. Leo Borns worked for various architectural firms before developing his own identity as an architect. He designed buildings for state public works, Clark County, the city of Las Vegas, Clark County School Dsitrict, churches, and private home owners. After living in the Las Vegas area for about five years, Leo and Sue bought a house on Strong Drive in McNeil Estates. They both have been active in social and philanthropic organizations, and Leo is most proud of being part of the development of the Kiwanis Water Conservation Park. He closed his office when he was 77. | yes | 0 |
| Borsack, Donald Edward | OH-00224 | 03/02/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | El Portal Luggage Business, Union Pacific Railroad, William Morris and Myron Leavitt, Politicians, crime in Las Vegas 1940 's, WWII, Basic Magnesium, Las Vegas Gunnery School (Nellis Air Force Base), University of Nevada Reno (UNR), Fremont Street, Las Vegas Executive Association, Chamber of Commerce, Importance of UNLV and Southern Nevada University on Business in Nevada, Las Vegas Wranglers, Newspapers, Atomic Testing, Racial problems with Black personnel, Blacks in Nevada, Lake Mead, Boulder Beach. | yes | 1 |
| Bounty, Larry | OH-02313 | 2013 March 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Bounty joined the Boulder City Volunteer Department in Boulder City, Nevada in 1976 and became a professional fireman in 1979. | no | 0 |
| Bowerman, Paul H. | OH-00225 | 03/05/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada and Las Vegas history 1956 - 1976, water, heating and cooling, church and religion, politics, Las Vegas Executive Association, gambling, Mt Charleston, Lake Mead, Lake Mojave, Lee Canyon, Atomic testing, economic change in Las Vegas, Casinos: Flamingo, El Rancho Vegas, Sahara, Riviera, Sands, Stardust Gambling taxes, Downtown, pollution, floods, sandstorms, Rodents and pest control, ranches. | yes | 1 |
| Bowler, Alene | OH-02310 | 2013 February 01 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Bowler received EMT training in Las Vegas, Nevada, and rode with ambulances in the Las Vegas area until the 1990s. | no | 0 |
| Bowler, Grant M. | OH-00226 | 02/20/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Moapa Valley High Schools, Las Vegas 1920 's, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Mormon Church, religion, General Nevada history. | yes | 1 |
| Bowman (Kaye), Patricia | OH-00227 | 11/16/1978 - 01/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | America's first Prima Ballerina. | yes | 26 |
| Bowman, Alan | OH-02947 | 2008 October 23 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Bowman, Junell | OH-02093 | 3/9/2014 | BELVOHP | Description will be added after Oral history is catalogued. | yes | 0 |
| Bowman, L.J. | OH-00228 | 10/11/2004 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Educational leadership policies and practices. | yes | 1 |
| Bowser, Ida | OH-00159 | 08/30/2007 | UNLV | UNLV | yes | 2 |
| Bowser, Ida M. | OH-00159 | 08/30/2007 | UNLV Oral History Project @Fifty | LD3745 .B68 2007 Ida Bowser worked in the UNLV libraries for 37 years | yes | 0 |
| Bowsher, Francis and Wilson | OH-00229 | 02/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing, building atomic testing facilities, Las Vegas 1950 's, Howard Hughes, changes in Las Vegas, Mercury. | yes | 1 |
| Boyd, Essie | OH-00121 | 9/9/2008 | Boyer Early LV OHP - Blacks in LV | Boyd was born in 1910. Worked positions in the back-of-the-house and at the Desert Inn CC. Worked for Toni Clark but decided not to talk about the work or the people who surrounded her. (missing use agreement) | yes | 0 |
| Boyd, Patty | OH-00231 | 10/24/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Early Las Vegas | yes | 2 |
| Boyd, Sam A. | OH-00232 | 05/09/1973 - 02/28/1977 - 5/1979 | Local Oral History - Roske | Gaming and Gambling, Catholic Church, religion, Board of Trustees of the Rosa de Lima Hospital, Governor Sawyer, Carole Lombard Plane Crash, meeting President Johnson, blackout after Pearl Harbor, WWII, Atomic Testing, Industry and Corporate growth in Southern Nevada, flash flooding, racial changes, Monte Carlo, The Jackpot Casino, El Rancho, Flamingo, the Thunderbird, the El Cortez. Was an owner of the Sahara Hotel, owner of the Eldorado Club in Henderson, President of Union Plaza Hotel. Howard Hughes, Bugsy Siegel. Hoover Dam, General Patton, Korean War, Airplanes in Las Vegas, Schools and Education. (1973 - No Use Agreement, handwritten transcription; 1977 - Has use Agreement; 1979 - Has Use Agreement) | yes | 3 |
| Boyd, William | OH-00122 | 8/21/2013 & 9/25/2013 | UNLV Gaming Law Journal OHP | History of family, introduction into gaming industry, history of the Boyd Group's evolution. | no | 0 |
| Boyd, William W. | OH-00233 | 03/16/1981 | Gaming and Gambling, Golden Nugget, High Hat Club, Cheating at Poker, Howard Hughes, Winning the World Series of Poker, effects of Prohibition on gambling, Downtown, "Block 16" and Prostitution. | yes | 1 | |
| Boyer, Alice | OH-03479 | 1996 June 26 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 B68 1996 Alice Ward Boyer arrived in Las Vegas from Oklahoma in 1937 with her two small children. Her brother and former husband had come earlier. She joined the Mesquite Club, which is a service club, in 1944. Alice chaired various committees and was elected president of the club for 1958-59. | yes | 0 |
| Boyer, Brendan | 10/30/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Boyer, Harold L. Dr. | OH-00235 | 11/15/2000 | Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .B68 2007 Dr. Harold Boyer went into a medical practice in Las Vegas in 1952. He has also been active in many community organizations | yes | 3 |
| Boyer, Judith | OH-00236 | 11/08/2005 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .B682 2007 Judith Boyer moved to Las Vegas in 1948 and worked at Ronzoni's Department Store and as a stewardess for Bonanza Airlines. Her second husband was Dr. Harold Boyer, who was a dermatologist in Las Vegas for many years | yes | 2 |
| Boyle, John M. | OH-00237 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History - Roske | Airlines, Airplanes, Airports, Howard Hughes, Senator Pat McCarran, Hawthorn, relations with FAA, Crime rate, politics, trains. | yes | 1 |
| Bradford, Harold | OH-03178 | 2017 April 24, 2017 June 10 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project & Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | 1st session: Interviewed by Claytee White and Camille Morris. Artist, Harold Bradford, migrated to Las Vegas in 1985 to work for YESCO Sign Company, becoming the art director within a few years. Designed the Rio sign. Currently, he teaches at the Left of Center Art Gallery. Commissioned by Clark County to produce the 8 x 153 foot art installation in McCarran's D Gates. 2nd session: Interviewed by Claytee White, Anna Frederick and Remy Chwae. Frederick and Chwae are starting a nationwide oral history of sign painters. Harold Bradford worked as a sign designer for YESCO and was their second narrator for this initiative. Bradford designed the original concept for the Stratosphere and the Rio sign. He discusses his work at the Young Electric Sign Company, people in the field, and his work ethic as a visual artist today. | no | 0 |
| Bradley, George | OH-02293 | 1/29/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 0 | |
| Bradstreet, James Arthur | OH-00238 | 03/08/2003 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Brady, Kevin | OH-02821 | 2016 September 07 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | HV6711 .B73 2016 Interviewed by David Schwartz. Players International Lake Charles, Harrah's Lake Charles, Paragon (Louisiana), Harrah's St. Louis, Harrah's Corporate Eastern Division, Harrah's Shreveport, Delta Downs, Mohegan Sun Pocono Downs, Sands Bethlehem, Resorts Atlantic City. | yes | 0 |
| Brand, Susan B. | OH-00239 | 11/20/2004 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Nevada changing educational growth | yes | 1 |
| Brandenburg, Mark | OH-03243 | 2017 September 22 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Las Vegas native Mark Brandenburg, chairman of the Fremont Street Experience, grew up with and became co-owner of Las Vegas's oldest hotel. Opened as the Hotel Nevada in 1906, it became the Sal Sagev in 1931, and in 1955 was renamed the Golden Gate. Brandenburg's parents, a daughter of West Virginia and a son of Kentucky, met and married in Las Vegas; there they also divorced after two children. When he was about eight years old, Brandenburg's mother married Italo Ghelfi, one of several owners of the Golden Gate Casino, where she had worked as a cocktail server. Brandenburg attended local public schools: Sierra Vista and Ruby Thomas elementary schools, K.O. Knudson and William Orr junior high schools, and Las Vegas Valley High School. He matriculated to Stanford, where he earned a B.A. in philosophy, and to The University of California, Hastings School of Law. After practicing law locally for 10 years, Brandenburg joined his stepfather in 1990 to manage the Golden Gate, and he and his brother Craig bought out the other partners. Ghelfi died in 1994, and Brandenburg continued to co-own and manage the property until he sold his last interest in 2016. In the early 1990s the Golden Gate joined with other downtown properties to form the Fremont Street Experience (FSE), a feature designed to create excitement and attract tourists to Downtown Las Vegas. The creation and management of the FSE is case study of a complex public-private partnership with many moving parts. Brandenburg weaves the history of the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino with that of the more recent Fremont Street Experience, creating throughout a tapestry of family history with threads from Italy to Oakland, California, and from Kentucky and West Virginia that all converge at One Fremont Street, Las Vegas. Subjects: Downtown Las Vegas; Golden Gate Hotel and Casino; Hotel Nevada; Sal Sagev; Fremont Street Experience; Slot Zilla zip line; | no | 0 |
| Brandise, Eugene | OH-00240 | 03/03/1980 | Construction Industry, Brandise Construction, Hearbst Oil, Nevada growth and changes. | yes | 1 | |
| Braner, Gretchen | OH-02948 | 2009 November 24 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Branigan, Laura | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Brannon, Maureen | OH-00241 | undated | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Brantley, Jackie | OH-00123 | 10/27/1996 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F850.N4 B73 1998 One of the first black women to work in mid-level management at the Desert Inn; early 1970s. | yes | 2 |
| Brantley, Keith | OH-02482 | 10/15/2015 | AfAm Collab | Started the Poet's Corner; general history of the black community, born in Las Vegas in 1961, family from Fordyce, Arkansas. | no | 0 |
| Brass, Lena | OH-02942 | 2017 January 17 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Arrived in Las Vegas in 1975 from Winsboro, a town near Tallulah, Louisiana illustrating that the "great" migration of WWII continued within the AfAm community. Speaks of all traditional community leaders (no details) Frank Hawkins, Wendell Williams, John Edmond, Jesse Scott, Joe Neal, etc. Lena and her husband Kenneth Brass (deceased) were both successful bankers who were invited to all events by business, civic, and social organizations. Member of Victory Baptist Church and is committed to her spiritual faith and to Ushering organizations locally, statewide, regionally, and nationally. She continues her banking career today. | no | 0 |
| Braun, Mara | OH-03672 | 2019 September 09 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Mara Braun, a native of Puerto Rico, has lived in Las Vegas since 1975. She is the owner/operator of a successful event and catering business. Mara married Abe Braun and raised their children in both Latinx and Jewish traditions. Subjects: Latinx, Puerto Rico, Catering, Jewish F850.S75 B73 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Brawley, Mike | OH-02311 | 2013 April 11 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After serving in the military from 1966 to 1968, Brawley became involved with the Tonopah, Nevada fire station. Around 1974, Brawley received EMT training in Beatty and became re-involved with the ambulance service. In 1976, he became director of the EMS region covering Nye, Lincoln, Mineral, and Esmeralda counties, and he served in other positions until his retirement in 1998. | no | 0 |
| Brazelle, Wayne | OH-00243 | 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Construction Industry and early Las Vegas, Thunderbird Hotel (Silver Bird hotel), construction of Davis Dam, construction of MGM Grand hotel, Downtown, North Las Vegas, changes around UNLV. | yes | 1 |
| Breedlove, Mildred | OH-00244 | 02/18/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Ranch life, water problems, transportation. | yes | 1 |
| Brenner, David | 01/28/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Brenner, David | 9/17/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 4 | |
| Brenner, David | 09/12/1984 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Brents, Barbara | OH-00124 | 1/12/2010 | John S Park | F849.L35 B745 2010 Living in a downtown enclave that is unique from the suburbs. Community atmosphere of neighborhood people coming together for social and political activism. | yes | 0 |
| Brewer, Andrew | OH-00125 | 7/1/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - NAACP | Andy's tenure as NAACP President began in January 2008, details the fund raisers that allowed the NAAcP to benefit student with grants, support voter outreach and a prison ministry, and provide guidance for those suffering discrimination. | yes | 0 |
| Brewer, Teddie Lynn | OH-00247 | 6/24/2006 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Educational changes; leadership styles within schoold | yes | 1 |
| Breyfogle, Raymond O. | OH-00248 | 03/15/1976 | Local Oral History - Roske | Personal history, and Nevada history and Nevada Ghost Towns | no | 1 |
| Brickley, Theresa | OH-00069 | 01/27/2006 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Tap Dancing | yes | 2 |
| Brickley, Theresa & Elizabeth Burkey | OH-00069 | 1/27/2006 | Tap Dancing | Tap dancing throughout country and in Las Vegas | yes | 2 |
| Brimacombe, Alfred J. | OH-00127 | 07/02/1975 | Local Oral History - Roske | Printing business, early Las Vegas. Collector: Stephen S. Neal | yes | 1 |
| Brimacombe, Alfred J. | OH-00251 | 1981/02/23 | Local Oral History - Roske | Printing business, Las Vegas history, railroad, Lion's Club. Collector: Kevin Cunningham | yes | 1 |
| Brinker, Charles Homer | OH-00252 | 03/19/1978 | Homesteading in Las Vegas | Personal history and background, Homesteading in Las Vegas, Church affiliation and religion, housing and building homes, grocery shopping and roads, Construction industry and working as a carpenter. | yes | 1 |
| Brinkerhoff-Jacobs, Julie | OH-02852 | 2016 September 30 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 B752 2016 Talks about childhood in Southern California and Europe, history of Lifescapes International, how she came into the business, and how company came to do most major projects on Las Vegas Strip as well as other Clark County locations. Discusses people the company worked with for each project and how the projects came together. | yes | 0 |
| Brinton, Patricia | OH-02258 | 4/30/2014 | In 1905 Edward "Ed" Von Tobel left Los Angeles with his friend Jake Beckley for Lincoln County, Nevada. They purchased a parcel in the new town of Las Vegas and established the Von Tobel Lumber Company. The company served Las Vegas until it closed in 1976. Von Tobel met and married Mary Hameril, and they had four children, Jake, Katherine Elizabeth, Ed Jr., and George. This is an interview with three of Ed's granddaughters. Margaret Carnell is the oldest of three daughters of Elizabeth Von Tobel and Kenneth Zahn. She manages the Von Tobel family properties. Patricia "Patsy" Brinton is the second daughter of Elizabeth Von Tobel and Kenneth Zahn. She does volunteer work with the Assistance League of Las Vegas and the Junior League of Las Vegas. Sharon Schmitt is the second of four daughters of Edward Von Toble Jr. and Evelyne Leonard. She also does volunteer work with the Assistance League and the Junior League and with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church | yes | 0 | |
| Brislin, Jolie | OH-03176 | 2017 April 21 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Regional Director of Anti-Defamation League, moved to Las Vegas in 1979 with her mother Maxine Molinsky. Talks about 2002 Birthright trip, involvement in the Jewish community, raising young children and interfaith marriage, Young Leadership and her mentors, and how she became the ADL Regional Director in 2015. | no | 0 |
| Britt, Mary Ellen, Rory Chetelat, and Jane Shunney | OH-02314 | 2013 February 01 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Britt is the Regional Trauma Coordinator for the Southern Nevada Health District. Chetelat is the EMS Manager for the SNHD. Shunney is the manager of the Office of Public Health Preparedness for the SNHD. | no | 0 |
| Britton, Beverly J. | OH-00253 | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, schools and education in Las Vegas, Gambling, economic changes, social change. | yes | 1 |
| Britton, Sherry | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Broadbent, Robert N. | OH-00254 | 09/23/1972 | Local Oral History - Roske | Boulder City, 1950 's, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Boulder City Charter, Mayor of Boulder City, Zoning in Boulder City, Lake Mead, Clark County 1950 's and 1960 's, Pharmaceuticals and politics. Clark County Construction. Collector: Connie Lyons. | yes | 1 |
| Broadbent, Robert N. | OH-00255 | 1978/03/01 | Local Oral History - Roske | Boulder City: origination, changes, government. Collector: Seneca Anderson | yes | 1 |
| Brockett, Marilyn B. | OH-00256 | 04/25/1975 | Local OHP - Roske | Growth of Boulder City 1937 - 1975; Hoover Dam | yes | 1 |
| Broglia, Piero | OH-02784 | 7/28/2016 | Boyer Early Las Vegas | Chef and restaurateur, original owner Piero's Italian Cuisine. Born in Rome, trained in Italy and Paris; eventually to LV 1970; worked first for Jackie Gaughan at El Cortez; 1972/73 opened Gourmet Corner restaurant; 1983/84 opened Stefano's at Golden Nugget; early 1990s opened Piero's Italian Cuisine; opened Pasta Mia on E. Flamingo and My Way restaurant at Flamingo/Pecos; in 2000 opened Cafe Chloe Flamingo/Buffalo. | no | 0 |
| Bronson, Lon | OH-03441 | 2018 May 23 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Lon Bronson's musical career started long before he reached Las Vegas in 1985. His story includes working at the Riviera with the Evening at La Cage show and then creating his own gig with the Lon Bronson Band, a long time favorite. Subjects: Musician Strike of 1989, Tower of Power, live music in Las Vegas | no | 0 |
| Brooks, Bob | 10/28/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Brooks, Foster | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 5 | ||
| Brooks, Foster | 01/14/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Brooks, Foster | 06/02/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Brooks, Foster | 10/15/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Brooks, Hershel | OH-02916 | 2016 December 08 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 B76 2014 Rabbi of Bet Knesset Bamidbar in "retiring" to Las Vegas in 1996. He tells of his Conservative rabbinical career, growing up Orthodox in Brooklyn and offers insights about the Jewish community in Sun City Summerlin. | yes | 0 |
| Brooks, John | OH-00257 | 02/28/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Side 1: Personal History, Gaming and Gambling, Church and religion, the end of the first World War (WWI), Atomic Testing and WWII, changes and growth of Nevada, fires, sports - Las Vegas Rangles, Cashman Field, Helldorado, Fremont Street, Railroads. Side 2: Old Ranch, Stewart Ranch, Mormon Fort. Mormon Settlement, local Police, El Rancho, nudest camps, Lake Mead. | yes | 1 |
| Brooks, Marion C. | OH-00258 | 02/24/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mining, Old mines, education, personal history, Blue Diamond, Lombard Plane Crash, Lorenzi Park, Atomic Testing, WWII, economic and social changes and growth, Hoover Dam, Lost Mines - Blue Diamond 1940 's. | yes | 2 |
| Brown, Alana | OH-02536 | 2008 May 26 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 2 |
| Brown, Alice | OH-00259 | 10/19/2005 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.B74 2007 Alice Brown worked as a librarian in the UNLV library from 1962 to 1984 | yes | 4 |
| Brown, Alice Cowles | OH-00260 | 03/31/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | 1. UNLV, UNLV Library, growth and expansion of Las Vegas and Henderson, Gambling and Gaming, Downtown area, renaming streets after hotels, Maryland Parkway, Catholic Hospital (religion), Schools, segregation, Heavy population from Nellis, popularity of Football and Baseball, Women in Sports, Public Library, Law Enforcement, Start of Mass Construction and Tourism, Boulevard Mall, Snow, Major tragedies. | yes | 1 |
| Brown, Bernard Lee | OH-00261 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, WWII, Atomic Testing, radiation monitor at Test Site, casino control of Las Vegas in 1950 's, horse racing in Las Vegas, housing in Las Vegas in 1950 's, discrimination against Blacks in Las Vegas 1950 's, church influence in Las Vegas during 1950 's (religion), union controversy at Test Site, Howard Hughes influence in Las Vegas, crime, family life. | yes | 1 |
| Brown, Betty | OH-00117 | 3/28/2014 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Work in the 1960s - 1970s hotel casino industry. Cocktail waitress; feeling of being protected, especially by network of bartenders. Group interview with friends - Cynthia Cisero, Jaonne Ravetti, and Tina Boag - video and audio. | yes | 0 |
| Brown, Betty | OH-00117 | 3/28/2014 | West Charleston OHP | Four women who migrated to Las Vegas in the 1960s and met at this time are still friends and opened one of their dinners to the Oral History Res Ctr. They discuss early employment, safety, roles of bartenders, entertainment, dating, and family against a backdrop of Las Vegas history. | yes | 0 |
| Brown, Everlena | OH-02713 | 6/15/2016 | AfAm Collab | Grew up in the Westside, tells about life there as a young woman dating and dancing at the Jackson Street clubs, attending services at Zion Methodist, attending school to become a nurse, and working at Women's Hospital. Successful career working for State in the Nursing field. | no | 0 |
| Brown, Gregory & Jessica | OH-00130 | 03/01/2009 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park | F849.L35 B76 2010 Gregory Brown came to Las Vegas in 1998 to take a postion teaching history at UNLV. His future wife Jessica, who is the Web Portal Content Coordinator at UNLV, had lived here off and on as a child and moved back to Las Vegas in 2000. They bought a home in the John S. Park Neighborhood in 2002 | yes | 0 |
| Brown, Hannah | OH-00131 | 9/27/2012 | AfAm Collaborative | F850.N4 B76 2012 Growing up in the Westside community, worked in the Sight N Sound Record Store. Brown spoke of entertainers in the neighborhood and their influence on community children. Second session - 5/9/2014. Also has video interview filmed at PBS. | yes | 0 |
| Brown, Hannah | 12/1/2015 | AfAm Collab | Conducted by student of Dr. Celeste, Alexandria Love. The Westside, Jackson Street, and the advancements of the LV black community. | no | 0 | |
| Brown, Harry A. | OH-00265 | 03/13/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), family, labor, recreation, Sheriff's Posse, Helldorado. | yes | 1 |
| Brown, Jeanne | OH-03304 | 2017 November 07 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Brown, Joe W. | OH-03634 | 2018 November 19; 2019 January 11; 2019 February 06; 2019 June 18 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Joe W. Brown and his wife, Pamela, moved to Las Vegas from Virginia 52 years ago. He worked as one of the first young attorneys to serve as a clerk for a judge in Clark County. He clerked for District Court Judge, Alvin Wortman. Joe practices in the areas of government affairs, administrative and business law. He is a former appointee of President Ronald Reagan to the State Justice Institute and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the US (1981 - 88). He has served as an officer or director of many businesses, civic and charitable organizations including the Nature Conservancy, the Department of Wildlife, the Nevada Development Authority, the Nevada Athletic Commission, Wells Fargo Bank, and as a commissioner for the Nevada Gaming Commission. He is the Founder and former Vice Chair of the Nevada Military Support Alliance. Joe is listed as one on of the Best Lawyers in America and among those named among the Super Lawyers. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Law degree by the University of Nevada Las Vegas and in 2013 was given the Outstanding Alumnus Award by the Washington and Lee University School of Law. Subjects: Cowboy Poetry, NV Gaming Commission, Athletic Commission, Ronald Reagan, Republican National Committeeman, Super Lawyer Magazine, Washington & Lee University | no | 0 |
| Brown, Lauren | OH-03401 | 2018 February 21 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Lauren majored in Visual Communications at Washington University is St. Louis. She is using that degree today at Steelman Partners where her firm MARQI Branding Studio acts as the branding, storytelling arm for local and international clients. She is a founder and principal of MARQI. Born in an idyllic setting in South Jersey, Lauren moved to Las Vegas, kicking and screaming, in 1997. Leaving life-long friends in the middle of her high school years was not easy. She has finally found Las Vegas to be home. The city is easy, convenient, no snow, and sunny almost every day. But 1 October has made this a more intimate, personal place to live. A close friend had attended the concert and he called immediately as the shooter unleashed his rage. Early in the tragedy when news broadcasts were reporting two deaths, she already knew that he was out of danger. As Lauren monitored news outlets for most of the night, she decided that she would give blood in the morning. When she arrived at the blood bank at 7:00 a.m., the line already wrapped around two thirds of the building. But it was more than just the people who wanted to donate blood that showed the heart of Las Vegas; it was all the additional people who came with water, donuts, coffee, and muffins. The giving was overwhelming. Lauren is currently communicating with the builders of the Healing Gardens in downtown. Driving by as the plans were being executed, Lauren stopped and went to work shoveling, laying tile, and planting trees. When she stated her interest in assisting with the design of a permanent memorial, she was given a napkin to draw her ideas upon as other had done. She needed something larger, maybe a pizza box. Lauren was give a pizza to take home. She drew her initial ideas using the entire box and returned on the day of the dedication with her design. After waiting in line for most of the day, Lauren and most of the others willing donors could not give blood on October 2nd. Steelman Partners will now have blood drives four times per year. Subjects: Blood bank, "Proposed to Las Vegas," country music, Healing Garden, Memorial, Visual Communication, Branding, Pizza Box | no | 0 |
| Brown, Lisa | OH-00132 | August 19, 2013 | Ward 1: West Charleston Neighborhoods | Scotch 80s resident. Remodeled home maintaining integrity of original 1959 mid-century modern design. F849.L35 B773 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Brown, Lori Lipman | OH-00133 | 03/17/1998 | Dennis McBride - LV Gay Archives | Las Vegas History, Involvement in Nevada's repeal of the Sodomy Law in 1993. | yes | 1 |
| Brown, Lori Lipman | OH-02537 | 2005 September 12 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 3 |
| Brown, Mahlon | OH-00167 | 12/16/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .B76 2007 Mahlon Brown was a policeman in Washington, D.C., during the 1960s. He is an attorney in Las Vegas, has been a justice of the peace, and has been a U.S. Attorney. Attorney along with Jack Anderson with the Las Vegas Welfare Rights Movement. | yes | 9 |
| Brown, Mike | OH-02315 | 2013 February 28 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Brown moved to Reno, Nevada in 1981 and became a medic. In 1986 he moved to Lake Tahoe and worked for the Fire Protection District, where he worked until 1999. In 2006 he became the chief of the North Lake Tahoe Fire Department. | no | 0 |
| Brown, Pamela Jones | OH-03627 | 2019 June 12 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Pamela Jones grew up in Virginia, the daughter of a doctor, without realizing that her upper middle class life was different from most Americans. She loved the woman would performed all tasks in their household and lived-in with the family going home one day per week to care for her own family. She lived a sheltered life never venturing outside the cocoon of her neighborhood, a suburb just outside of Nashville. After high school, Pamela entered Sweet Briar College for women. There she met Joe W. Brown who attended a local all male academy. Pamela and Joe married and moved to Las Vegas, a town's name that her mother refused to acknowledge or speak aloud. Las Vegas made Pamela sad and teaching the 1968 junior high class at her assigned school made her even more unhappy. Then Las Vegas PBS hired her to write about the history of African Americans in the USA. She wrote and documented with pictorial images fifteen 30-minute segments beginning with slavery. The television station sent her and a cameraman to the Library of Congress to learn this history and photograph events documented in the official records of the country. These films and lesson plans were used by Clark County School District to teach history during the reign of the first black superintendent, Dr. Claude Perkins. Pamela learned erroneously that our slavery system allowed the majority of slaves to live a one-to-one existence with a white owner; one white person owning one slave. And she still blames northern carpetbaggers who entered the South at the end of the Civil War for the mess made of the Southern lifestyle. Today, Pamela makes jewelry. Her necklaces are renown, beautiful constructions of rare stones selected in places around the globe. Subjects: Nashville, Sweet Briar College, Neiman Marcus, Claude Perkins, Junior League, Negro history, Crossroads of the West | no | 0 |
| Brown, Robert | OH-00268 | 02/24/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history since 1955, crime, early city planning, Reno, climate changes, tourism, water problems, Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, Henderson, "the Strip". | yes | 1 |
| Brown, Roy | OH-00269 | 05/21/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Haircutting, local history. | yes | 1 |
| Brown, Roy | OH-00134 | 3/5/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | Brown told stories about uions, strikes, working with gangsters at the Stardust | yes | 0 |
| Brown, Ruth | 02/06/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Brown, Ruth | 03/31/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Brownlee, Virgil Leon | OH-00271 | 05/12/2012 | 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 | 1 |
| Brownlee, Walter Junior | OH-00272 | 05/02/2012 | 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 | 1 |
| Broxterman, David | OH-00273 | 10/24/2007 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.B763 2007 David Broxterman had a long career with the Air Force and was a member of an Air Force association that helped push for an engineering school at UNLV. He is the administrative manager for the Clark County School District. | yes | 1 |
| Brumage, Alice Dodge | OH-03552 | 2019 January 30 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Alice's father worked on the Hoover Dam as a 31er, the workers who were employed from the beginning of the dam construction. But the reason for this interview is her parents' membership in the Boulder City Rifle and Pistol Club. From about 20 members in 1932 to 2500 today, guns in the era of mass shootings are growing in popularity. The shooting range itself is impressive with shooting bays to accommodate everything from Trap & Skeet to the high powered rifles. The space is expansive, well maintained, and designed to host shooting competitions with clubs throughout the West. Subjects: Boulder Dam, Basic Magnesium Inc., Water Street, Boulder Rifle and Pistol Club, Boulder Dam Hotel | no | 0 |
| Brundy, Neil and Dixie | OH-02219 | 7/1/2014 | BELVOHP | CT247 .B78 2012 Early life in LV including Helldorado, Las Vegas HS, living on the edge of town selling poultry to Strip and downtown casinos. | yes | 0 |
| Bruner, Lucile Spire | OH-00274 | 03/03/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Architecture. work as Architect and Appraiser in Las Vegas 1947 - 1973, Elmo C Bruner, Atomic Testing and damage appraisals, WWII, growth of Las Vegas, Unitarian Fellowship Church, religion, American Institute of Architects, Engineering Societies, Architectural Registration and Examining Boards, Lacy Worswick, Emil Coleman, Dean Breeze, Harold Montgomery, Dr. Martin Payne, Hank Greenspun. | yes | 1 |
| Bruns, Josephine C. | OH-00275 | 03/12/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history, President Hoover, 1942 Carole Lombard Plane Crash, politics, Gambling, WWII and Atomic Testing, economic change (lumber, gambling), environmental change (apartments, hotels), social change (Hollywood actors and actress), Old Ranch and Stewart Ranch. Transportation in 1910, changes in Railway and Rail Road, Native American Indians in Las Vegas, Mormon religion, Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Henderson. | yes | 1 |
| Brunson, Bernadine | OH-00276 | 3/2/2006 | Principalship OHP - Carlton | Educational policies and procedures; Management of a school. | yes | 1 |
| Bryan, Patricia (Pat) | OH-00277 | 02/20/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal History, El Dorado, El Rancho, Flamingo, Headliners and Shows, Blacks in Las Vegas and Black entertainers, Railroad, Elks Lodge and Cashman Field, Asian population, Henderson and Boulder City, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Swamp Coolers, Mormon Churches and Religion, gaming and gambling, Mobs and Crime, Las Vegas Convention Center, Old Fort (Mormon Fort), Nellis Air Force Base, UNLV. | yes | 1 |
| Bryan, Richard Senator | OH-00135 | 2/19/2009 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 B78 2010 Senator Richard Bryan's father graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1927, left to attend law school, and later returned with his young family. His parents bought a house in the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1943. Richard Bryan has been a lawyer, a member of the Nevada state senate, the Nevada attorney general, the governor of Nevada, and a U.S. Senator from Nevada. Among other subjects he talks about the impact of World War II on this community and about the Helldorado Parade (Second interview 11/10/2011 by Kristin Guthry) | yes | 0 |
| Bryan, Roger M. | OH-00279 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history, education in Las Vegas, Moapa Valley, J. Harold Brinley, Southern Nevada Education System, Principal of School, 1968 Teacher Strike, Racial Problems in the Education System, Politics and Issues of the 1950 's, Richard Bryan in High School, Mormon Church in Las Vegas, Religion, Teachers - Ed Knapp and Gwen Willey. | yes | 1 |
| Bryan, Senator Richard | OH-03360 | 2017 December 01 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Richard Bryan served the state of Nevada as the Attorney General (1979 - 1983), Governor (1983 - 1989), and as a US senator (1989 - 2001). Born in Washington, DC, Bryan grew up in Las Vegas attending Fifth Street Grammar School and Las Vegas High School where he reveled in the academic, social, and civic experience every day of the four years. But at UNR, he learned to become a statesman, making friends from across the state. At Hastings College of Law, he studied more rigorously than at any other time to ensure his future success. Bryan held other offices as well as those mentioned above. Immediately after law school, he became a Deputy District Attorney, helped to start the Public Defender's Office, served in the Assembly and State Senate and finally before becoming Governor, served as the State Attorney General. As a young Las Vegan, Bryan grew up in the shadow of WWII. The Huntridge Community saved aluminum foil and grew victory gardens. His father worked at Basic Magnesium Incorporated, a place where magnesium was processed to build bullets and airplanes for the war effort. He and his friends enjoyed Helldorado, swam in the Biltmore pool, and worked odd jobs during high school. Today, from his 14th floor office window, one can see the eastern, southern, and western expanse of the Las Vegas Valley. He can look upon the area of his first home, first school, and glory in the growth of the town of approximately two million people. When he arrived in the early 1940s, the count grew from 14,000 to 35,000 during the war years. He has seen it all. Subjects: Biltmore Hotel, Huntridge, Attorney General, US Senator, Fifth Street Grammar School, Las Vegas High School, Hastings College of Law, Nevada Governor | no | 0 |
| Bryant, Lucille | OH-00136 | 1995-12-13, 1996-03-01 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F849.L35 B79 1997 - From Talullah, Louisiana, migrated to LV in 1954 and worked in back-of-the-house as a maid and then in the linen room. Active in the Culinary Union local 226. Tells of black community interaction, spiritual life, family, and advancement because of the benefits from the union. | yes | 2 |
| Bryant, Michael | OH-03164 | 2013 August 05 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Brymer, Bill | OH-00280 | 03/09/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming and Gambling, Dealer and Dealing in Las Vegas, early Las Vegas History, Gaming industry in the 1940 's 1950 's and 1960 's. Economic, Environmental, and Climatic changes in Southern Nevada, Swamp Coolers. | yes | 1 |
| Buchanan, Chet | OH-03344 | 2017 November 28 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Radio/TV host and personality, face of annual Toy Drive, Chet Buchanan is a native of Seattle and has lived in Las Vegas since 1999. He went on air Oct 2 while out of state sharing an event with his wife and friends. | no | 0 |
| Buchanan, Richard E. | OH-00282 | 03/07/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, agricultural activities in Las Vegas, history of "the Strip", McCarran Airport, shopping in Las Vegas, Atomic Testing, El Rancho, Pioche, geography of Nevada, tourism, dust in Valley, Water Table. | yes | 1 |
| Buckles, Ben | OH-03465 | 1995 October 11, 1995 October 23 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Interviewed by Irene Rostine. Rheem MFG. No use agreement on file for this interview. | no | 0 |
| Buckles, Maxine | OH-03466 | 1995 September 20 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Interviewed by Irene Rostine. Rheem MFG. Henderson. No use agreement on file for this interview. | no | 1 |
| Buckley, Barbara | OH-02084 | 1/28/2014 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Difference between Flintridge, CA, and Las Vegas in 1968 when the family arrived. Husband served as one of the doctors of Howard Hughes. Community participation and hotel-casino entertainment for young couples, rearing children in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Buckley, Joseph J. | OH-00283 | 07/17/2002 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | (Folder missing) | no | 2 |
| Buckley, Kevin M. | OH-02083 | 1/28/2014 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | F849.L35 B82 2014 Stories about the early Pinto Palomino neighborhood, work as a teenager, black-white relations, schooling including Bishop Gorman, and the move to Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Buettner, Mamie | OH-00284 | 02/21/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, Searchlight, Anderson's Dairy, Rancho Grande Creamery, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), working on Fremont Street, Helldorado, Stewart Ranch, flooding, Mormons and religion, Hunt Family of Bunkerville, Atomic Testing, Carole Lombard plane crash, Pioche, Goodsprings, WWII, Ghost Towns, El Rancho. | yes | 1 |
| Buford, Eugene | OH-00145 | 09/12/2006 | Las Vegas Black Oral History Project | CT247 .B83 2007 Eugene Buford worked for the post office in Las Vegas for thirty-six years. His great grandmother, Mary Nettles, was one of the founders of the NAACP Las Vegas Chapter | yes | 3 |
| Bugbee, Robert W. | OH-00285 | 07/08/1975 | Activities in Southern Nevada since 1952 including work at Nevada Development Authority. Collector: Karol Sorrells | yes | 1 | |
| Bugbee, Robert W. | OH-00286 | 1981/03/18 | Building/developing in Las Vegas. MGM Grand fire. Collector: John A. Lopez. | yes | 1 | |
| Building Las Vegas Summer Speaker Series | OH-01693 | 2017-07-06, 2017-08-13, 2017-09-17 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Panel 1: Reimagining Downtown: This panel of experts examined past and present plans for the redevelopment of Downtown Las Vegas as a tourist and entertainment destination and as an urban residential neighborhood. Panelists: Curtis L. Myles, III, CEO and President, Las Vegas Monorail Company Thomas J. Schoeman, AIA, Architect Donald D. Snyder, Presidential Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, UNLV; Panel 2: A Woman's Place Is...: This panel of high-achieving women will shared their experiences in shaping the growth and development of Las Vegas. Panelists: Chris Giunchigliani, Clark County Commissioner, District E, Sharon Hwang, Vice President, JHK Investment Group, Inc. and Chinatown Plaza, Jennifer A. Lewis, Vice President, Lewis Group of Companies, Laura Jane Spina, President and CEO, RAFI Architecture and Design; Panel 3- Turning the Tide: Water In The Desert: These leaders discussed how the supply, quality, and management of water has affected the Southern Nevada region’s growth and development. Panelists: Jacob David “Jay” Bingham, Owner and President, JDB, Robert E. Lewis, President, Nevada Division, Lewis Group of Companies, Pat Mulroy, Senior Fellow, William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Virginia Valentine, President, Nevada Resort Association | no | 0 |
| Bull, G. Douglas | OH-02294 | 1/29/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Bullock, Jack T. | OH-00287 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history, Entertainment in Las Vegas, Church activity and religion, Atomic testing, women and minorities in casinos, methods of cheating in casinos, Bugsy Siegel, The Flamingo, "the Strip" Las Vegas Boulevard. | yes | 1 |
| Bumgarner, H. Carol | OH-02949 | 2009 November 16 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Bunch, Betty | OH-00137 | 1996-01-09, 1996-02-07 | F849.L35 B86 1997 Dancer | yes | 5 | |
| Bunch, Nellie | OH-00289 | 11/20/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, living conditions in unimproved desert area (Water, Electric, etc.), Schools and education, bootleggers, Churches and Religion, Roosevelt, life in Las Vegas since July 1931. | yes | 1 |
| Bunker, Berkeley | OH-00290 | 10/13/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, Roosevelt, Mt. Charleston, Hoover Dam, Pioche mines. (index card only) | yes | 1 |
| Bunker, Ferren W. | OH-00291 | 07/02/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Pioneer Heritage, Depression, WWII, Bunkerville and Lovelock, County Agricultural Agent, Youth Fairs, LDS Church, Religion, Patriarch in Las Vegas South Stake, Branch President, Bishop, Stake Missionary, rationing of food and gas during WWII, Atomic testing, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Nellis Air Force Base, McCarran Air Port, Flash Flooding and Forest Fires in mountains. | yes | 1 |
| Bunker, John Merlin | OH-00138 | 04/19/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Bunker, Lucile Whitehead | OH-00293 | 03/10/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mormonism, Religion, personal and family history, LDS Church, Railroad houses, first school in Clark County, family owned: Gas Co., Telephone Co., Copper Mine, Canning Plant, Mercantile Store, Depression of 1929, Deputy County Clerk, Political Life, Politics, building the Dam, Atomic Testing. | yes | 1 |
| Bunker, Owen S. | OH-02125 | 6/12/2010 | BELVOHP | Owen's uncle operated the farm at the Old Fort raising hogs and cultivating fig trees. Remembers an early business - Quinn Dairy Farms (Mini interview will be bound in volume with Mary Miller, LaRue and Dick Worthen, and Janice Zobrist.) | no | 0 |
| Bunker, Richard W. | OH-03206 | 2017 July 18, 2017 July 26, 2017 September 28 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 B863 2017 Third-generation Nevadan and great grandson of Mormon pioneer Edward Bunker, Richard Bunker has shaped Southern Nevada through serving in such roles as president of the Nevada Resort Association, Las Vegas Assistant City Manager, Clark County Manager, Chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, and Chair of the Colorado River Commission. Talks of family history and Mormon history; of Edward Bunker and his third wife, and of Saint Thomas, the town flooded by Boulder Dam. Recalls father, Wendell Bunker, who served was Las Vegas City Councilman and Commissioner of Police and Fire and delivered Clark Dairy milk; also his mother, Marion Mott, daughter Clark County Sheriff Bill Mott and secretary to Maude Frazier. Concludes with family's Las Vegas residences and his schooling, mission, marriage, and Nevada Rock and Sand. Vignettes about father, George "Bud" Albright, the Las Vegas Park track for horse racing, and a 1958 mid-air collision over Las Vegas. The second part of the interview covers years as a lobbyist (1973-2000), as Assistant Manager for City of Las Vegas (1973-1977), as Clark County Manager (1977-1979), and as member and Chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board (1980-1982). Talks of a 1975 Las Vegas-Clark County consolidation halted only by the courts and his role in lobbying the Legislature in 1973 to join the two jurisdictions' separate police forces into the Metropolitan Police Department; speaks to reorganizing Clark County's governmental structure, hiring a staff of young analysts, and replacing heads of the building department, the planning department, and the fire department. Recalls work in gaming with CircusCircus, the Dunes, and the Aladdin. Also talks of replacing key people at the Gaming Control Board and of the FBI's Operation Yobo sting, FBI agent Joseph Yablonsky, and Federal Judge Harry Claiborne. | yes | 0 |
| Bunker, Robert K. | OH-00294 | 10/11/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Bunkerville, mining and copper mines, Carole Lombard Plane Crash, Salt Mine, Ran Welfare Farm for Mormons, Religion, 1950 's, Atomic testing, Las Vegas history 1955, Brigham Young, Native American Indians, United States Army. | yes | 1 |
| Bunker, Vernon Earl | OH-00295 | 10/19/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history, LDS Church in Las Vegas, religion, First State Bank, Moapa Valley, flood of 1910. | no | 1 |
| Bunker, Wendell | OH-00296 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mormonism, religion. | yes | 1 | |
| Burer, Suzanne | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Burgwardt, Lestor | OH-00297 | 02/09/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education, Navy 1943 - 1946, teacher in Henderson, Henderson, floods of 1954, Lake Mead, Downtown Las Vegas and early entertainment, Atomic Testing, National Science Institute, Las Vegas Convention Center. | yes | 1 |
| Burke, Carey J. | OH-00298 | 02/23/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, casino tokens. Collector: Drew Casale | yes | 1 |
| Burke, Carey J. | OH-00299 | 1981/03/12 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Living in Las Vegas and Henderson in the late 1940s and 1950s. Collector: Terri Goodsell. | yes | 1 |
| Burkey, Elizabeth & Theresa Brickley | OH-00069 | 01/27/2006 | Tap Dancing | Tap Dancing throughout country and in Las Vegas | yes | 2 |
| Burkholder, Lyal W. | OH-00140 | March 1st (Year - Unknown) | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview; Clark County School District, President Kennedy and Senator Johnson visits, Lombard's plane crash, atomic testing, Basic Magnesium Plant | yes | 0 |
| Burns, George | OH-00302 | 04/03/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Las Vegas in the 1940 's and 1950 's. | yes | 1 |
| Burns, George | 06/01/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Burns, George | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 3 | ||
| Burns, George | 10/20/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Burse, Don | OH-00141 | 3/1/2013 | African Americans in Las Vegas: A Collaborative Oral History | Good interview spoke about Unions & Fellowship of church. | no | 0 |
| Burt, Leroy | OH-02065 | 07/01/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Burton, Dave | 01/11/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 | |
| Burton, Joe | OH-00305 | 03/11/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Organized Crime in Las Vegas, Las Vegas Mafia, Downtown Las Vegas, changes and growth in Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Busch, Pearl | OH-00306 | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Las Vegas history, the first Hotels in Las Vegas, Clubs and organizations, Junior League, Desert Inn Country Club, Rotary, Dental Auxiliary, Atomic Testing, Hoover Dam, Nellis Air Force Base, Levi Stouse, "the Strip", Downtown Las Vegas, Solar Energy. | yes | 1 |
| Busch, William John | OH-00142 | 03/01/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview; atomic testing, growth and development of Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Bush, Darrin | OH-02740 | 6/30/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 B877 2016 Photographed Las Vegas over a 25-year period for the LV News Bureau showing the changing streetscapes. Importance of implosions, cruising Fremont Street, and growing up in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Bush, Q.B. | OH-00308 | 05/15/2007 | History of the 1970s | Q.B. was one of the first black dealers on the LV Strip. Talks of the Economic Opportunity Board, the LV black experience and shared photo collection. | yes | 3 |
| Bushell, Garvin | 05/10/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Bustrum, Carol | OH-02312 | 2013 March 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | The Walker Lake Fire and Ambulance Department was founded in 1972 and Bustrum was on the ambulance from 1978 to 1990. | no | 0 |
| Butera, Edward | OH-02783 | 7/28/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 B878 2016 Moderated AIA panel "A City Growing Up" Mechanical engineer with JBA Consulting Engineers; to LV 1972, with JBA since 1974; first casino project Stardust; worked on all Wynn properties; has three mentors: Ralph Joeckel, who founded JBA; Tony Marnell; Steve Wynn | yes | 0 |
| Butera, Sam | 10/16/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment, played for President Kennedy's Inauguration, growth of Las Vegas. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Butera, Sam | OH-00143 | 03/02/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape ' Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Butler, DeRuyter | OH-02831 | 9/15/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 B8784 2016 Architect, AIA, co-founded Butler/Ashworth Architects 2000. Director Architecture, Atlandia Design & Furnishings, Inc., a construction supervision and design company and then a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mirage Resorts 1982-2000. Executive VP Architecture Wynn Design & Development LLC since June 2000. | yes | 0 |
| Butler, Liz | OH-01539 | 9/27/2010 | Subject worked in Las Vegas casinos starting in the 1970s; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 | |
| Butler, Maxine | OH-02657 | 4/22/2016 | AfAm Collab | Good overview of sharecropping as part of the plantation system that extended beyond slavery, migration vicissitudes, and work at various hotels downtown and on the Strip. Career ended at Red Rock with a six figure income. Interview shows the power of "juice," the black church, and the challenges faced in the LV historic black community. | no | 0 |
| Butler, Wendy | OH-02538 | 2007 May 23 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Butterfield, Stella | OH-02685 | 2005 October 14, 25 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 B88 2006 Stella Butterfield's family, the Goldbergs, was Jewish, and she was born in the Bronx. During World War II she worked for the Coast Guard in the steno pool in Washington, D.C. Stella moved to Santa Monica a few years later while the war was still going on and worked briefly as a riveter for Douglas Aircraft and then as a teletype operator for the Air Force but at Douglas Aircraft. Because she had a hard time getting a job because of antisemitism, she changed her name to Gilbert. In December of 1948 she went to the Canal Zone in Panama to be the secretary of the commanding officer of the Panama Supply Depot. Stella was also a law reporter for court martials. She met Frank Butterfield, who was stationed there, and married him in 1952. He was transferred back to the United States, and they lived in Massachusetts. Then they moved to Los Angeles, and in 1953 they moved to Las Vegas, where she was a court reporter at Nellis Air Force Base. Then they moved to Mexico City, then back to California where she worked as a legal secretary. In early 1955 they moved back to Las Vegas, and Stella worked as a federal court reporter for Judge Roger T. Foley. | yes | 0 |
| Buttons, Red | 06/15/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Interviewer: Entertainment LV | no | 1 | |
| Buttons, Red | 06/17/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Buxton, Eddie Ernest | OH-00311 | 03/30/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Law enforcement, personal life history. | yes | 1 |
| Byrne, William | OH-00281 | 04/18/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Cade, Jerry | OH-02539 | 2003-02-08, 2003-05-17, 2003-06-21, 2003-07-26, 2003-11-01, 2003-11-22 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 11 |
| Cadwaller, Ralph | OH-00147 | 10/15/2001 | yes | 0 | ||
| Cadwaller, Ralph | OH-00147 | 10/15/2001 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | School management in Las Vegas | yes | 2 |
| Caesar, Jimmy | 06/23/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Cagley, Lee | OH-02796 | 8/8/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 C33 2016 Interior designer who worked with Tony Marnell before opening his own firm; now teaches design at Iowa State University but returns to LV frequently. Designed Rio interiors and all expansions; Palazzo suites; Mirage remodel; currently Lucky Dragon. | yes | 0 |
| Cahill, Robbins E. | OH-00313 | 06/02/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | F841.C34 A3 General Nevada history, recollections of work in state politics, government, taxation, gaming control, Clark County administration, and The Nevada Resort Association. (Received at UNR by Mary Ellen Glass) | no | 3 |
| Cahill, Robins | 01/31/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Cahlan, Florence Lee Jones | OH-00148 | 02/10/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview. General history of Southern Nevada between 1933 and 1973. Migration to Las Vegas. Journalism in Las Vegas, female writer, Las Vegas Review Journal. Activism in local politics. Reminisces of Boulder (Hoover) Dam including the dam's construction and dedication by President Roosevelt. Brief remarks concerning living in Las Vegas during the Second World War, the atomic testing era, the city's economic development, and the city's evolving demographics, notably the influx of 'Negroes' during the 1940s. Social and interest groups. | yes | 0 |
| Cahlan, John Francis | OH-00149 | 02/18/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas Review Journal, Journalism in Las Vegas, Development of gambling and tourism in Las Vegas, Prostitution, Modes of transportation in the 1940s, How WWII affected Southern Nevada. Interviewed by Lester Wisbrod. | yes | 2 |
| Cahlan, John Francis | OH-00150 | 1977/03/30 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas entertainment. Interviewed by Gordon R. Brusso. | yes | 1 |
| Cahlan, John Francis | OH-00151 | 1978/04/10 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas from 1920-1950, Early Aviation. Interviewed by James W. Weslowski. | yes | 2 |
| Cahlan, John Francis | OH-00152 | 1980/02/27 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Journalism in Nevada and Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal, Water, Railroads, Native Americans and Spanish Padres in Southern Nevada, Buliding of Boulder Dam, Nellis Air Force Base. Interviewed by Radmila Radovich. | yes | 1 |
| Cahlan, John Francis | OH-00153 | circa 1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Journalism in Nevada and Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal.Interviewed by Perry Kaufman. | yes | 1 |
| Cahlan, John Francis | OH-00154 | 1975/07/02 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nellis A.F.B., Nevada Test Site, Prohibition in Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal, Las Vegas history. Interviewed by Larry J. DuRussel | yes | 1 |
| Calas, Charlie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Caldwell, Marguerite "Stormy" | OH-02540 | 2005 March 26 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Caldwell, Richard | OH-00321 | 03/06/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1953-1980. Migration to Las Vegas from Louisiana. Personal history: family, occupation(s), and education. Westside. Development of race relations in Las Vegas. Residential segregation. Discrimination of blacks: no better than the South. Inequality of employment opportunities. Development of the Strip. Black entertainers. | yes | 1 |
| Caldwell, Richard F. Sr. | OH-00322 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General history of Las Vegas between 1931 and 1980, particularly in relation to the city's development. Comparisons between pre- and post-casino Las Vegas. Migration from the South (Louisiana). Labor at and construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam [interviewee worked on the dam project]. Atomic test site [interviewee worked at the test site between 1952 and 1978]. Women's contribution to the test site and Boulder Dam. Las Vegas Casinos. Opinion on prostitution in Las Vegas. Hunting in Las Vegas. Wild horses and other wildlife in southern Nevada. Mining. Westside. Black entertainers. | yes | 1 |
| Calhoon, Dinah | OH-00323 | 10/27/1971 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history of Las Vegas, 1945-1971. Highlighting: reason for relocating to Las Vegas; K-12 education; UNLV in 1959; recreational activities; Helldorado festival; family life; television in the 1950s; occupations; swamp coolers; changes in Las Vegas; El Rancho; penny stores; growth of UNLV. | yes | 1 |
| Callas, Charlie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Callas, Charlie | 12/23/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Callwood, Sabina and Antonio | OH-03188 | 2014 October 13 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | no | 0 | |
| Calvillo, Eric | OH-03692 | 2019 June 19 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 C35 2019 Eric Calvillo was born into a Mexican American household in San Jose, California in 1980. As he recalls, it was there that his fixation with the colors and recurring themes of his family’s Mexican roots told hold of his imagination. Today, this is core to his growing art career. Art has not been his sole ambition. Before moving to Las Vegas in 2005, Calvillo attended a San Francisco culinary school. He relocated to Las Vegas to complete his culinary internship at the prestigious Picasso restaurant at the Bellagio. Eventually, he began to pursue a professional art career as a painter of Día de los Muertos motifs and beautifully portray the Mexican tradition of celebrating the lives of the deceased. Through his use of acrylics and oil on canvas, Calvillo conveys the emotion of his culture and then, being a skilled carpenter, crafts his own frames. Subjects: Art, Mexican heritage, Dia de los Muertos. | yes | 0 |
| Cambeiro, Domingo | OH-02864 | 2016 October 18 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Cuban-born architect arrived in Las Vegas in 1962 from Miami, worked as draftsman for a drafting service and for Errol Hill at Round Up Realty's architectural department before working for Las Vegas architect Julius Gabriel. He talks about how he forged a friendship with Bud Albright at Clark County Special Projects, how Gabriel mentored him, and how he and his brother Arturo formed their partnership in 1970 after obtaining their licenses. He also discusses how Cambeiro and Cambeiro obtained the commission to design their largest project, the original Thomas & Mack Center. | no | 0 |
| Cameron, Deborah | OH-02541 | 2006 August 17 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 2 |
| Cameron, Judy K. | OH-00324 | 04/19/2004 | Principleship Education OHP | Interviewee was a Clark County School District teacher, administrator, and principal. Reminiscences and personal opinions concerning education in Clark County between 1963 and 2000. Topics discussed: motivations; typical workday; principal effectiveness; teacher evaluation; number of students in schools; special needs students. [The transcript is virtually a verbatim record of the oral interview stored on cassette]. | no | 1 |
| Campagna, Bob (Bobby) | OH-00325 | 03/18/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Las Vegas history, Sahara and Charleston, when UNLV was first built, personal awards, Lorenzi Park, Newspapers. City Sanitation, power, and telephone. Church and religion, personal and family history.(Interview on tape inaudible). | yes | 1 |
| Campbell, Chelsie | OH-03545 | 2019 January 09 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 C34 2019 Chelsie Campbell was born in Las Vegas, Nevada to Norah and Alan Campbell. She recalled some of the stories that her mother told her about living in and leaving Cuba. Campbell graduated from UNLV's Law School. She helped create the Student Organization of Latinos. Subjects: UNLV Law, Latin Chamber of Commerce, Fidel Castro, Student Organization of Latinos (SOL), Las Vegas Review Journal | yes | 0 |
| Campbell, Felicia | OH-00155 | 6/28/12 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Career in the educational arena including UNLV | yes | 1 |
| Campbell, Glen | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Campbell, Harry and Judy | OH-02853 | 2016 October 04 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Harry began 1965 as draftsman with LV architect Julius Gabriel, did drawings for 4 Queens, Jerry Mack's house in Las Vegas Country Club, perspective on multi-million $ pie-shaped property at corner adjacent to Caesars Palace that Steve Wynn sold to Caesars. Worked for Zick and Sharpe and JMA before becoming licensed architect and forming HCA Architects with Dave Singer. Designed most of Henderson's civic buildings over 15-year span; architect of record for Fremont Street Experience and Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse. Judy to Boulder City 1974, former husband developed La Dolce Vita condominiums in BC and Lake Terrace in BC (35 Townhouses and 81 Custom home lots overlooking Lake Mead). Became residential and commercial real estate agent and worked with Jane Fielden selling office systems. Judy and Harry married 1989. | no | 0 |
| Campbell, Jesse (J.W.) | OH-00327 | 02/19/1979 | Local Oral History-Roske | Pioche history-including: historical data; personal and family history; benefit of Hoover Dam; decline of mining post-1945; migration to Las Vegas. Las Vegas history- growth of universities in Nevada; Atomic Testing site- personal experience of the first test and fears of residents; Howard Hughes and Las Vegas; air crash involving Carol Lombard; Democratic Party in Nevada; Key Pittman, Pat McCarran, Ed Clark anf federal projects; impact of on Las Vegas; development of Nellis Air Force Base; construction of Hoover Dam; Old Mormon Fort; Basic Magnesium plant; Comstock Lode; old west folktales of life in mining camps/towns; Mormon migrants and settlements; Native Americans. [A helpful "tape summary" of the interview is held on file]. | yes | 1 |
| Campbell, Mary Ellen | OH-00328 | 03/06/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Interviewee b. 1886. History of Pioche (Lincoln County) during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Family history. Migration to the West. Life in Pioche. Transportation (horse and mule). Housing. Mining. Description of undeveloped Las Vegas. Recreational activities. Northern Nevada and the 1918 global flu epidemic. [A helpful summary of the oral interview is held on file]. | yes | 1 |
| Campbell, Robert (Bob) and Patricia | OH-03346 | 2017 November 28, 2018 February 27 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 L354 2017 Session 1: In 1976, Bob Campbell, then city manager of Booneville, Missouri, brought his wife with him to Henderson to respond to the City of Henderson's ad for a city manager. Before the couple could settle in at the Town House Motel on Water Street, Bob was immediately whisked away to an evening City Council meeting. After a tour and job offer the next day, Bob accepted--mainly because he would have the opportunity to create something new on the blank canvas of Green Valley's 8,400 empty acres. After about five years he joined American Nevada Corporation as Senior Vice President and General Manager, mainly serving as liaison with the City. He then worked with Southwest Gas Corporation in public affairs under Bill Laub Sr. and Kenny Guinn before joining other Hendersonites who united with the Bass family of Texas to build Lake Las Vegas in January 1989. From 2004-2009, via The Campbell Co., he assisted with the development of Ascaya. Subjects: City of Henderson, NV; City Manager; American Nevada Corp.; Southwest Gas Corp.; Bass family, Fort Worth, TX; Lake Adair; Lake Mead; Lake Las Vegas; Ascaya; Lloyd Bentsen; Regional Flood Control District; Session 2: Bob's wife Pat joins this session. Her rural Missouri childhood was similar to that of her husband, whom she met while earning her teaching degree at University of Missouri (Mizzou). This session focuses on Lake Las Vegas (LLV), the pace of its development, and the history of the LLV leadership's relations with its employees; its developer, Transcontinental Properties; and the City of Henderson. Subjects: Henderson, NV; Transcontinental Properties; Lake Las Vegas; Lake Las Vegas Resort; Carlton Adair; Bass Brothers; Bass Family; Lee Bass; Sid Bass; Ronald Boeddeker; Henry Gluck; Alton E. Jones; Steve Ainsworth; The Reverend Caesar John Caviglia; Father Caviglia; Shauna Hughes; Bob Swadell; | yes | 0 |
| Campton, Dennis | OH-02316 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After graduating from Ohio State Medical School, Campton moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963 and worked at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. He worked at a private practice until 1970 before moving to Pahrump in 1980 | no | 0 |
| Canarelli, Lawrence | OH-02664 | 5/2/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 C363 2016 Founder and owner of American West Homes, Mr. Canarelli grew up in an Oregon logging town living in a tent. It is his calling to provide shelter for families and he has done that exceedingly well. He relates stories of early home development, how the Las Vegas industry has changed, and his view of the future. | yes | 0 |
| Canfield, Ralph L. | OH-00329 | 03/20/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Las Vegas, 1940-1960. Housing: Carver Park, Victory Village, Townsite, Fisher Addition, Four Mile. Tents houses on the eastside. Mining. Development of Las Vegas from 1950s: hotel-casinos on the Strip and Downtown. Blue Diamond Company. BMI plant and water. Railroad. Class stratification. McCarran Airport. Nellis Air Force Base. Air quality. Water. Lake Mead: water supply and recreation. Prostitution: Roxy's Motel. Atomic testing: radiation. [Summary of oral interview held on file].[Low quality recording]. | yes | 1 |
| Cannito, John | OH-03418 | 2018 April 03 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | John Cannito, Chief Operating Officer of The PENTA Building Group in Las Vegas, is a child of the Northeast. His father's career as a railroad executive meant family moves, so John, a native of Buffalo, NY, was raised in Buffalo; Tonawanda, NY; Fairfax, VA; Washington, DC; and Valley Forge, PA, all of which helped shape his world view. Cannito brings to his work a broad base of work experience and education Lehigh University (B.A. degree in Environmental Science with emphasis in Geology) and University of Arizona (MBA in Business Administration). He talks of ways his early work experience helped to develop useful skills; of working for Parsons Brinckerhoff engineering in Jersey City, NJ; of joining Perini Construction in Phoenix, AZ, and of leaving Perini to form a company with his brother to develop software for construction management. Finally, he speaks to his career at PENTA and the company's 2004 beginnings, its founders, its completed and current projects, its future, and its company culture. Subjects: Perini Construction; The PENTA Building Group; construction, contracting, engineering, management, production, company culture, core clients | no | 0 |
| Cannon, Beverlee & Ivan | OH-00156 | 4/12/2011 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Work at the Nevada Test Site | yes | 0 |
| Cannon, Bob | OH-00331 | 04/07/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, 1941-1960. Promotion of Las Vegas. Early development of the Chamber of Commerce. The North West Tour of 1949 by Las Vegas boosters: the "Tour" included stops at Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, and San Francisco. Gambling and the community. | yes | 1 |
| Cannon, Howard | OH-00332 | 08/28/1998 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Interviewee was a former Senator for Nevada. Family history. Pre-Senatorial career. John Milner. Military career during WWII. Normandy landings. Senate career. Deregulation of the airline industry. Lockheed Martin and the F-117 stealth fighter. Foundation of Nellis Air Force Base. General Zach Taylor. Defense projects: MX missile and nuclear rocket engine. Vietnam War. Lyndon Johnson. Civil Rights. Alan Bible. Walter Baring. Appointment of President Ford and V-P Rockefeller. Southern Nevada Water project. James Santini. 1982 Senatorial Election. (No file) | yes | 2 |
| Cannon, Robert O. | OH-00333 | 03/11/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history from 1941 until the 1960s. El Rancho Hotel and Casino. Thomas Hull. Nick the Greek. Carol Lombard accident. Las Vegas and Boulder Dam during World War II. Change in the business model of Las Vegas hotels. Segregation of African Americans (a white perspective). 1960s: shortage of qualified personnel to manage hotels; creation of a course in hotel administration at the University of Southern Nevada (UNLV): Dr. Johnson, Dr. Valen, Dr. Meek. | yes | 1 |
| Canty Hayes, Dellene J | OH-02041 | 3/13/2015 | AfAm | Growing up in the church, influence of Culinary Union, life in Pahrump | yes | 0 |
| Canty, Hattie | OH-00334 | 02/27/1998; 06/17/1998 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .C35 2007 Las Vegas history, particularly in regard to labor relations, 1970-1998. Personal history of an African American woman in Las Vegas during the last three decades of the twentieth century. Local 226 Culinary Union: organization, recruitment, activism, relationship with the black community and NCAAP. Civil rights and race relations. Interviewee was president of Local 226 between 1990 and 1999 and oversaw the creation of the Culinary Training School. | yes | 3 |
| Canty, Paulette | OH-03481 | 1998 July 02 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Capel, Sigrid Oas | OH-00335 | 02/10/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family and personal history focusing on growing up in Ely, NV, including leisure activities. Living through the Depression: banks closing; unemployment. Agricultural Extension Service. Cattle and drought in northern Nevada during the 1930s. Witness to the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Description of journey from Ely to Norway. Employment history. Gaming Control Board and the Black Book. Occupations whilst in Las Vegas. [File includes personal photographs and news clippings] | yes | 1 |
| Caples, Vernon S. | OH-00336 | 02/25/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Narrator b.1891. Las Vegas history from 1942 to 1979. Las Vegas airfield (Nellis). Prostitution. Hoover (Boulder) Dam: two anecdotes. Effect of WWII on Las Vegas. Hotel/casinos during the 1940s and 1950s. Leisure activities. Eldorado Festival. Lorenzi Park. BMI Plant. Retirement in Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Cappadonna, Evelyn | OH-02228 | 2008-08-01, 2008-08-15 | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 | |
| Cardle, James | OH-00337 | 04/25/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.C32 2007 James Cardle taught engineering at UNLV and worked on earning accreditation for the engineering program. He also did research on the Yucca Mountain Project and on the removal of arsenic from drinking water. He is now a patent attorney in Minneapolis and works part-time as intellectual property counsel to UNLV. Impressions of UNLV, students, engineering program. Preparing for accreditation of engineering program. Research projects whilst at UNLV. New career. Writing, reading, remedial classes at UNLV. Diversification of students in engineering. | yes | 2 |
| Carl, P. Kay | OH-00338 | 11/22/2001 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | School management strategies in Clark County School District | yes | 0 |
| Carlini, Tod | OH-02317 | 2013 February 15 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | A native of Yerington, Carlini received EMS training at Utah State before working for the Yerington Fire Department. He became chief in 1990. In 2000 he became chief of the East Fork Fire and Paramedic Districts. | no | 0 |
| Carlson, Joe A. | OH-00339 | 10/11/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Las Vegas, 1921 to 1960. Businesses on Freemont Street in the 1920s and 1930s. Recreation. North Las Vegas and Indian Reservation. Atomic testing. Gaming. Transportation. Demographic change. | yes | 1 |
| Carlson, Kurt | OH-02318 | 2013 June 05 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Carlson graduated from Queens University Medical School in Kingston, Ontario in 1974. He established a practice in Fallon, Nevada in 1977. In the 1980s, Carlson pushed for advanced ER training for physicians in Nevada and ER services in rural hospitals. | no | 0 |
| Carlson, William D. Dr. | OH-00340 | 03/19/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early history of UNLV (Nevada Southern University) libraries, 1957-1960s. Narrator was the first dean. Maude Frazier Hall. Grant Hall. Collecting of books. Jerry Dye (Head Librarian, 1958-1964). Budget and funding. | yes | 1 |
| Carmichael, Karen | OH-03652 | 2019 December 09 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | With an eye on a career in journalism Karen (nee Rau) Carmichael changed her focus to dance in high school; shortly after she graduated Tibor Rudas hired her to perform in Montreal, where she remained for five years, leaving in 1976 to join her husband, Michael Charrick, in his family's juggling act. The couple arrived in Nevada in 1978 to perform at Circus Circus in Sparks; they arrived in Las Vegas in 1980, the day of the MGM Grand fire. Rau performed with Charrick until their divorce in 1984, when she began dancing at the Desert Inn and other Las Vegas resorts, performing with the likes of Sammy Davis Jr. After forming her own adagio specialty act, Skyline, with Greg Holmes in 1989, the duo performed on Star Search, opened Taj Mahal in New Jersey in 1990 and on New Years Eve at the Mirage in Las Vegas. She talks about working with Debbie Reynolds at her hotel and about costume designers Betty Francisco and Hedy Jo Star. She also talks about her second career as a jewelry artist, Leslie Kay Creations, and about her artistic collaborations with Kelly Burton Gilmore, Lee Rivera, and Swarovsky. Subjects: Tibor Rudas, Greg Holmes, Michael Charrick, the Brunn family, Sammy Davis Jr, Betty Francisco, Hedy Jo Star, Kelly Burton Gilmore, Eileen Hayes, Carolyn Solomon, Skyline, Shriners, Jesters | no | 0 |
| Carmichael, Kent; Carmichael, Karen | OH-03648 | 2019 November 25, 2019 December 02 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Session 1:Sign artist Kent Carmichael was born in December 1933 in Burbank, California. Drafted for Korean War as a football player for the U.S. Navy, also provided extralegal supplies to captive Americans and South Koreans north of the DMZ from the USS Wilkinson DL-5. Discharged 1956 in Long Beach and began working days for Interstate Neon for Max and Mo Oggenblick and evenings doing spotlight for Ice Follies at the Pan Pacific Auditorium. In 1957 Doc and Judy Bayley saw the American flag he projected onto the ice during the finale and brought him to Las Vegas to do spotlights for them at the Hacienda. Now nearly 86, he recalls a career that changed the way Las Vegas looks through his work as a sign builder/installer, electrician, manager, business owner, and contractor; he talks of people he met along the way, and he describes his work with the iconic signs that long-time Las Vegas residents remember with fondness. Subjects: Korean War; Interstate Neon, Van Nuys, California, Max Oggenblick, Mo Oggenblick, Doc Bayley, Judy Bayley, Hacienda, Ed Torres, Benny Binion, Ed Levinson, Wayne Newton, Jerry Newton, Ted Rogich, Andy Lodwick, Arby Alper, Advanced Neon (later AdArt), Steve Wynn, Mint, Algiers,Thunderbird, Caesars Palace, Bonanza, Stardust, Frontier; Session 2: Career from 1968 with Stardust sign and Holiday Inn Riverboat signs, International transition to Las Vegas Hilton, main pylon and interior signs for MGM Grand; 1974 renovation Golden Nugget. Suspended stained glass ceiling at Tropicana. Joined Heath & Co. and did MGM Lion display, Flamingo Hilton bullnose, and Klondike; revamp Four Queens and Silverbird. Young Electric Sign 1983-85. Dewey Sign Company, Manny Cortez, and Las Vegas Convention Center sign. Subjects: International Hotel, Holiday Inn Casino, MGM Grand, Golden Nugget, New Orleans Superdome, Heath & Co., Ed Allen Photography, Four Queens, Young Electric Sign Co., Dewey Sign Co., Advance Sign Company, Raul Rodriguez, Bill Blackard, Steve Wynn | no | 0 |
| Carmody, Sandra E. | OH-00157 | 8/3/2001 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | School management in Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Carnell. Margaret | OH-02260 | 4/30/2014 | Ward 1 | In 1905 Edward "Ed" Von Tobel left Los Angeles with his friend Jake Beckley for Lincoln County, Nevada. They purchased a parcel in the new town of Las Vegas and established the Von Tobel Lumber Company. The company served Las Vegas until it closed in 1976. Von Tobel met and married Mary Hameril, and they had four children, Jake, Katherine Elizabeth, Ed Jr., and George. This is an interview with three of Ed's granddaughters. Margaret Carnell is the oldest of three daughters of Elizabeth Von Tobel and Kenneth Zahn. She manages the Von Tobel family properties. Patricia "Patsy" Brinton is the second daughter of Elizabeth Von Tobel and Kenneth Zahn. She does volunteer work with the Assistance League of Las Vegas and the Junior League of Las Vegas. Sharon Schmitt is the second of four daughters of Edward Von Toble Jr. and Evelyne Leonard. She also does volunteer work with the Assistance League and the Junior League and with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church | yes | 0 |
| Carpenter, Marianne | OH-00342 | 03/02/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal reminiscences of living on Las Vegas. Helen Jane Stewart. Development of Las Vegas. Nixon visit. Clarke Gable. Observations of atomic testing. Brief career history. | yes | 1 |
| Carpi, Elizabeth, Leonard & William | OH-00158 | 1/14/2009 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care | Leonard was the premier contact lense fitter in LV. | yes | 0 |
| Carr, Fannie | OH-02511 | 12/5/2015 | AfAm | Growing up on the Westside; the black church, streets named for pastors, career in gaming and the medical field, and the future depends on family. | no | 0 |
| Carr, Vicki | 10/10/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Carratelli, Susan and Holly | OH-00344 | 06/24/1999 | Las Vegas Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 10 | |
| Carrigan, Chet | OH-00345 | 02/17/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history. Working for the Sherrif. Population in Clark County. Lake Mead. Key roads. Effect of WWII on Las Vegas. The Depression. Floods. Tourism. Animal life. Mount Charleston. Hoover (Boulder Dam). Court House. McCarran Airport. Pioche. John Wayne. Fire and Police Department. El Rancho. Boulder City. Movie Theaters. Cashman Field. Underground lake. Railroad. | yes | 1 |
| Carrillo, Antioco | OH-03689 | 2019 June 27, 2019 July 11 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Oral history interviews with Antioco Carrillo conducted by Rodrigo Vazquez and Monserrath Hernández on June 27, 2019 and July 11, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Carrillo discusses his early life in Jalisco, Mexico. He talks about attending an all-boys school, the braceros program, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1987. Carrillo describes the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Las Vegas, being executive director of Aid for AIDS Nevada (AFAN), and the disproportionate infection rate of Hispanics and African Americans. Carrillo talks about advocating for same sex marriage, his involvement with lawsuits that involve defining marriage in Nevada, and being the first same-sex marriage in Nevada. Lastly, Carrillo discusses the struggles to achieve equality, and living in a heterosexual society. | yes | 0 |
| Carroll, Diahann | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Carroll, Nona | OH-03450 | 2018 July 06, 2018 July 16 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | In 1987, Nona Carroll moved to Las Vegas with Computer Software, Inc. to work with Nellis AFB but the federal government dropped the project's funding. Carroll migrated to Southern Nevada from Las Angeles after living in St. Louis since elementary school. During her 31 years in Southern Nevada, she served the community through the Summerlin Women's Club, Girlfriends, Inc., J.U.G.S. (Justice, Unity, Generosity, Service, Inc.), Shade Tree, and several other organizations. She credits the Summerlin Women's Club with helping to start the Summerlin Hospital. Subjects: Nabisco, May Co., South Central Los Angeles, Compton, Watts, The Lakes, Computer Software, Inc., Summerlin Women's Club | no | 0 |
| Carruth, Ella Earl | OH-00160 | 06/23/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Bunkerville history before 1942. Life in Las Vegas from 1942 - 1975. WWII. Atomic Testing. Travel. Crops and agriculture. Bees. Environment. Social progress. [Cassette tape currently in need of repair] | no | 1 |
| Carter, Benny | 03/07/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Carter, Billy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 3 | ||
| Carter, Channel | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Carter, Leon, Sr.; Carter, Ruth Jimerson; Carter, Leon, Jr.; Carter, Lonnie; Jimerson, Herman, Jr. | OH-03746 | 2021- 01-28/2021- 03-18 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Leon Carter, Sr. migrated to Las Vegas in 1942 at 12 years of age. After attending elementary school on the Westside, he enrolled for high school at Las Vegas High. Because of his schedule, he played baseball with the city team - The Cowboys. Baseball skills let him to play in Canada and Mexico. Later, when he returned to Las Vegas, his job skills in drafting and carpentry took him to the Nevada Test Site and then into the construction industry. When that did not yield enough income, He entered the gaming industry as a dealer. His sons Leon and Lonnie talk about life on the Westside. His daughter-in-law Ruth worked in the gaming industry as well but in a different era making for an interesting contrast. Ruth's brother, Herman, adds knowledge to the Westside experience. Leon Carter's one regret is that he did not follow his father's advice and learn the value of owning land. Subjects: Cowboys; Nevada Test Site; Jackson Ave.; Charles Keller; Baseball 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 |
| Carter, Nell | 05/21/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Carter, Nell | 8/11/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Carter, Nell | 09/21/1989 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Carter, Toni | OH-03482 | 1992 March 06 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | No use agreement on file for this interview. | no | 2 |
| Carter/Chanel | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Casas, Dr. Maria Raquel | OH-03682 | 2019 June 12 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Farmersville is described as a small town between, Exeter and Visalia, California populated by Mexican American farm workers. It is in this small town, where UNLV History Professor Maria Raquél Casas spent her childhood raised along with her sisters and brothers. In her interview, Dr. Casas describes how growing up in this small town with her traditional Mexican family influenced the person she is today. While working alongside her family in the fields, Dr. Casas decided that she would strive to obtain an education. Through hard work and constant support from her sister, Dr. Casas attended Fresno State, where she discovered her love for history. Upon completing her undergraduate program, Dr. Casas made the decision to further her education by pursuing a master’s at Cornell University. At Cornell, she faced discouraging professors who believed she would not be able to complete the master’s program let alone pursue a PhD program. Despite these demoralizing professors, Dr. Casas completed her program and was admitted into University of California Santa Barbara’s history program. Dr. Casas never forgot her roots or the significance of her presence in the majority white academic spaces she attended during her academic journey. When she arrived at UNLV, she continued to strive for more Latino representation in both the student population and in the school faculty. During her tenure at UNLV, Dr. Casas has served as an advisor for multiple Latino student organizations including MEChA and SoL. Dr. Casas has witnessed much progress in Latino representation at UNLV, but she believes there is still much work left to be accomplished. Subjects: MECHa, SOL, UNLV history professor F850.S75 C36 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Casey, Linda & Steve | OH-02088 | 6/4/2014 | Ward 1 | Steve grew up in Las Vegas in the water business, installed drinking water systems in new homes. Linda designed homes in the West Charleston, Ward 1 area. | yes | 0 |
| Casey, Margaret "Peggy" | OH-00347 | 1/13/2005 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .C367 2007 Female workers during WWII. Las Vegas history from 1952. Mesquite Club. Family life in mid-century Las Vegas: grocery stores; restaurants. Leisure activities: entertainment; gardening; golf. Description of atomic testing. Howard Hughes. Transformation of Las Vegas: transportation; downtown. [Helpful index attached to the transcript]. | yes | 1 |
| Casey, Walter | OH-00348 | 11/15/2004 and 1/13/2005 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .C37 2007 History of Las Vegas from 1951 with a business-related perspective. Paradise Valley before development. K-12 education before the creation of the Clark County School District. Chamber of Commerce: Las Vegas News Bureau; Live Wire Fund. The 'Mob' and the rise of corporate gaming. National Association of Manufacturers and lobbying. Leisure activities: Hualapai Club; Kiwananis. 'Myths' of the Atomic Test Site. Yucca Mountain. Moulin Rouge, discrimination and segregation. Howard Hughes. Water: Colorado River Commission; Southern Nevada Water Authority. Modern-day Las Vegas. | yes | 3 |
| Cashman, James Jr. | OH-00349 | Las Vegas Review Journal First 100 Project | Las Vegas Review Journal First 100 Project | no | 2 | |
| Cashman, Timothy | OH-02934 | 2017 January 10 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | As a member of the third generation of Cashman businessmen (son of James "Big Jim" Cashman Junior and grandson of Senior) Tim Cashman was raised in the Scotch 80s and attended Las Vegas Day School and Our Lady of Las Vegas and Bishop Gorman High School before going to Los Angeles to attend Loyola Marymount University. After working his way up in the Cadillac business, he purchased the franchise from his father, sold it, and opened a Harley-Davidson franchise. In this interview, he discusses the importance of transportation and sports to his family and to Las Vegas. | no | 0 |
| Cason, Jack and Maxine | OH-02838 | 9/22/2016 | Building Las Vegas | To Las Vegas in 1950 with an independent gas station operator; founded Las Vegas-based Rebel Oil Co. in 1952; more than 50 gas/service stations and convenience stores in and near Las Vegas. Children now run company. | no | 0 |
| Casper, Elizabeth | OH-00350 | 03/05/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | (11 very good photos) Las Vegas history, 1946-1976. Education: growth of schools in Las Vegas; football rivalry between Ranch and Las Vegas High Schools. Career in teaching: teaching in the Westside (Kit Carson Elementary); discrimination/segregation and 'busing'; drug use in schools. Growth of an art community. Art competition/shows. Churches/religion. Las Vegas High School 'Rythmettes.' Value of a college education. | no | 1 |
| Cassem, Patricia A. | OH-00351 | 5/2/2003 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | School management in Las Vegas school district | yes | 0 |
| Castillo, Martin Lopez | OH-03716 | 2020-01-11 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Oral history interview with Martin Lopez-Castillo conducted by Nathalie Martinez, Elsa Lopez, and Barbara Tabach on January 11, 2020 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Martin Lopez Castillo was born in a small town in the State of Mexico. He immigrated to Phoenix, Arizona in the early '90s where he worked in construction and landscaping. Eventually, he made his way to Colorado where he began working as a cook. He moved to Las Vegas with his family in the early 2000s where he arrived in Las Vegas' Downtown. He worked in the mine by Primm, Nevada before becoming a gardener. His work has allowed him to see the changes that have happened in Southern Nevada, and he recounts the changes that have happened in Downtown Las Vegas since the 2008 recession. He is a self-taught English speaker and an avid chess collector. Subjects discussed include: Immigration, Chess, Landscaping, Teaching, and Downtown Las Vegas. 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. | yes | 0 |
| Castrejon, Brittany Jean | OH-03308 | 2017 November 09 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Native Las Vegan, 28-years old, court reporter. Attended Route 91 with her 14 year old niece and friends. Talks about being near stage and their escape route to Tropicana hotel. | no | 0 |
| Castro, Angela | OH-03706 | 2020 November 05 | Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project | Born and raised in Guam, Angela Torres Castro arrived in Las Vegas in 1998, where she met and married her husband, who is also from Guam. She earned her B.A. in public relations from UNLV and earned her M.B.A. from Regis University. With a background in marketing at Las Vegas Monorail, MGM International, and the Southern Nevada Water Authority, she is Chief Strategy, Policy & Marketing Officer for the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC). Subjects: Guam, family, traditions, Pacific Islander, food, Catholicism, education, discrimination | no | 0 |
| Castro, Erika | OH-03511 | 2018 November 12 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 C37 2018 Erika Castro was born in Mexico City in 1989. At the age of three, she migrated with her family to the United States. She remembers entering Kindergarten without knowing how to speak English. She graduated from the College of Southern Nevada. Castro has since been a political activist. Subjects: PLAN, Planned Parenthood, Environmental Justice, UndocuNetwork, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DREAM Act | yes | 0 |
| Cathcart, Jack | OH-00352 | 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, 1957-1980 focusing on the transformations in the entertainment field. Hotels on the 'Strip,' Fremont Street, and landscape of Las Vegas during the 1950s. Entertainment in hotel lounges. Dancing: change of styles. Reminiscences in connection with Betty Grable, Judy Garland, Liberace, the Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Dean Martin, and the Lennox Sisters. Entertainment at military post during WWII. Change in the way casinos took care of customers. Star performers. [Helpful tape summary on file] | no | 1 |
| Caviglia, Caesar Rev. | OH-00353 | 03/14/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Religion, St Peter 's Church, Catholic Church, Saint Andrew 's in Boulder City, Divisions between Catholics and Mormons in Southern Nevada, Saint Joan 's, Saint Christopher 's, Saint James ', Parochial Schools, Federal Housing and Senior Citizen groups, the need for a community college in Henderson, financing private education. People discussed during the interview: Monsignor John Lambe, Msg. Peter V. Moran, Msg. John Ryan, Fr. John Kenny, Fr. Bill Kenny, Msg. Empey, Mrs. Williams of Pioche, Bishop Lawrence Scanlan (Salt Lake City), Bishop Robert Dwyer, Fr. Vansky (St. Peter's Henderson), Fr. Fisher, Fr. James Sheehy, Fr. Elwood Le Voy, Fr. Toomey (St. Viator 's), Jim Gibson, Bob Richard, George Girard, Steve Nicholson. | no | 1 |
| Cecil, Helen Mott | OH-00355 | 03/16/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history. Schools during the 1920s and 1930s. Occupations. Experiences as a telephone switchboard operator. Fremont Street. El Rancho and Sahara Hotels. Pre-development Las Vegas: streets; ranches; fruit peddlers. Hover (Boulder) City. Old/Stewart Ranch. Helen Stewart. 'Friday night' family nights at 'Strip' hotels. Reasons to live in Las Vegas. Cultural activities. | yes | 1 |
| Cecil, Helen Mott | OH-00356 | 04/24/2007 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .C42 2008 Las Vegas history. Growing up in Las Vegas. Westside. Helldorado parades. Hoover (Boulder Dam). Early Boulder City, NV.: dancing; prostitution and health cards. Las Vegas High School. Career history of the narrator. Farmers' Home Association. Medical care and entertainment in Las Vegas during the 1930s. Divorce. Utah during the 1930s. BMI and Henderson. Atomic bomb testing. Bus system. Downtown and Freemont Street. | yes | 2 |
| Cepeda, Irene | OH-03728 | 2019 April 24 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Irene Cepeda is a woman dedicated to serving the Latinx as well as all minority groups in education in Southern Nevada. As a Las Vegas native, she grew up alongside the Latinx community here and is a proud Latina from Nicaraguan roots. She is dedicated to uplifting the Latinx community through her work with the Latino Youth Leadership Conference and college access specialist at Nevada State College. Now, as representative of District D on the Clark County School District Board of Trustees, she seeks to tackle the issues the district faces from acts of White supremacy to a lack of funding for English Language Learner families. Subjects: Nicaragua, Clark County School District, Latino Youth Leadership Conference, North Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Chacon, Juan | OH-00161 | 8/28/2012 | African Americans in Las Vegas: A Collaborative Oral History | no | 0 | |
| Chadwick, Verna | OH-00358 | 02/24/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Descriptions of Las Vegas and Boulder City in 1947. Las Vegas utilities during the 1950s, particularly water. Las Vegas hospital. Growth of schools. Scouts. Mormon Church. Working in a voting booth. The city's response to the death of JKF. Leisure activities. Changes and development: hotel-casinos on the 'strip'; street names; increase in shop malls; young people; physical growth of the city; property taxes. [Abrupt end to the interview]. | yes | 1 |
| Chambers, Dwight | OH-00359 | 02/26/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, between 1960 and 1981. Working in Las Vegas hotel-casinos: high rollers; establishing credit line; memory of a high roller. Caesar's Palace: fountains known locally as the "$25 million car wash." Unions. Mafia and casinos. House odds for table games. Hotel administration: house-keeping; customer service; hotel room theft; price of rooms; fire regulations and hotel safety. Duties of management. Plans for expansion of the Landmark Hotel. Gasoline prices. Impact of Atlantic City. [Helpful tape summary on file] | no | 1 |
| Chambers, Marilyn | 07/02/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Chambers, Michael and Alison | OH-00174 | 10/03/2013 | West Charleston Ward 1 | Renovated this McNeil home leaving exterior as close to the original as possible. Talked about coffee on the curb, neighborhood block parties, and use of social media to promote community. | yes | 0 |
| Chanderraj, Radha | OH-03707 | 2020 November 09 | Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project | Born and raised in a large, professional family in Bombay (Mumbai), India, Radha Chanderraj arrived in Las Vegas in 1981, shortly after marrying in her husband's home town of Hyderabad. The couple first lived near Arville between Charleston and Sahara but later moved closer to Sunrise Hospital and the cardiology practice of her husband, Raj. They socialized with about five other local Indian families--a few physicians, UNLV professors, and Nevada Test Site scientists. Although she had completed law school in India, Nevada did not recognize her degree; she enrolled in accounting classes and earned her CPA. In 1999 Gov. Kenny Guinn appointed her to the Nevada Gaming Commission, on which she served until 2010. She and her husband raised three sons. Subjects: Bombay (Mumbai), Diwali, Hindi, Friends of India | no | 0 |
| Chandler, Allin | OH-03186 | 2013-02-05 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .C43 2012 Rancho High School Class of 1962. | yes | 0 |
| Chandler, Allin O. | OH-00361 | 12/09/2002 | Principalship Project and BELVOHP Rancho HS | CT247 .C43 2012 Interview part of Dr. Carlton's (UNLV) Oral History of Public School Principalships. Education and career history. Teacher and educational administrator in Las Vegas, 1968-1990. Clark County Association of School Administrators (CCASA). Instructional philosophy: Madeline Hunter's method of teaching. Dr. Brian Cram (Superintendent of CCSD, 1989-2000). Robert E. Wentz (Superintendent of CCSD, 1982-1989). Developments in education. Philosophy and duties of a school principal. Development of personal writing and public speaking skills. Instructional leadership. Developments in school administration. Parental responsibilities. Daily pressures of a principal. Role of the Executive Director of CCASA. Nevada State legislators and lobbying in Carson City. Mentors. | yes | 2 |
| Channing, Carol | 02/28/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Chapter, Richard "Dick" T. | OH-00362 | 03/06/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, 1940s and 1950s. Original hotel-casinos. Changes in the form of hotel-casinos. Transport: roads. Climate and humidity. Crime rate and law enforcement. Recreational activities at Lake Mead and the Las Vegas Wash. Floods (1955) and snow. Expansion of school construction. Atomic testing: 'circus blasts.' Expansion of McCarran airport. Reflections on operating a small business. Stewart Ranch. | yes | 1 |
| Charles, Ray | 11/20/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Charlton, Nicole | OH-03440 | 2018 May 23 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Nicole grew up in Carlin, NV, and has lived in Las Vegas since 1990. She is the Executive Secretary to the Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg. She was among the first from the Coroner's office on the scene of the Route 91 shooting. Subjects: Family Assistance Center, Coroner's Office, mass casualty training | no | 0 |
| Charo | March 1984 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Chase, Linda | OH-00176 | 4/1/2008 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Lived in Bonanza Village, talked of NV Test Site and its impact on her writing and research, recreation as a child, and the changing attitude about gaming. | yes | 0 |
| Chase, Richard D. | OH-00364 | 10/17/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Las Vegas, 1945-1972. Housing shortage during the 1940s. Location of housing. Bill Moore: Sliver Slipper; Last Frontier Village. Birdcage Theater. The Red Rooster: Grace Hayes. Bugsy Siegel. Downtown. Traffic lights. Banks. Sam Larson: owner of Vegas electrical and telephone companies. Decline of electrical and telephone service during the 1950s. Ira Goldring: Pioneer Construction Co. Atomic bomb testing: concrete bunkers. Labor Unions. Carol Lombard. Eisenhower and Nixon visits. Evaporated cooling. Social changes. Knife and Fork Club. Nevada Governors. Environment: dust; smog. Mormonism. | yes | 1 |
| Chatterson, Harold | OH-00745 | 1972 October 17 | Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas | Herman Grijalva interviews Harold Chatterson (born in Miles City, Montana) about the history of Southern Nevada. Chatterson made a permanent move to Nevada on December 9th, 1950. After living in California he relocated to Las Vegas for construction work opportunities. As a construction worker, he built houses and worked on some of the buildings on Nellis Air Force Base. Economically, he recalls that the first and only bank in Las Vegas at the time was the First National Bank of Nevada and that homesteading was common practice when it came to land ownership. Chatterson describes witnessing the first early above ground atomic test explosion in Las Vegas. He mentions Howard Hughes, the development of the Strip, Downtown and the Union Pacific Railroad. A major local event that he remembers during that time was the Helldorado Parade. He also recalls the 1942 crash of Carole Lombard’s plane. | yes | 1 |
| Chavez, Freddy | OH-03557 | 2019 February 07 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Freddy Chavez was born in Bolivia where some of his earliest memories centered around putting together parade floats with the local neighborhood kids. Chavez left his home country in the pursuit of liberty and found himself in Brazil. After spending a few years in Brazil, Chavez came to the United States on a student visa to learn English. Chavez arrived in Florida where he met his wife. After a divorce, Chavez made his way to Las Vegas where he found his calling. While in Las Vegas, Chavez founded the international carnival parade. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Bolivia, Las Vegas, carnival, International Las Vegas Carnaval parade | no | 0 |
| Checker, Chubby | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Cheel, Mrs. Chester | OH-00365 | 02/20/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history. Church activism. Swamp cooler. Changes in Las Vegas: social; economic; environmental. Insight into 'white' approach towards minorities. Mormonism. | yes | 1 |
| Chenin, Suzie | OH-02693 | Sept. 29, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Daughter of one of the first Jewish dentists in Las Vegas; came here when he was stationed at Nellis AF Base. Suzie was active real estate agent and sold advertising for the Las Vegas Sun. F850.J5.C42 2014//An edited version of this transcript is available for research use, but access to the sound recording and supplementary information are closed for 50 years from the interview date. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information. | yes | 0 |
| Cherry, Don | 7/1/2003 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. | no | 2 | |
| Cherry, Don | 12/30/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Cherry, Hon. Michael | OH-00178 | 2006 | I Remember When: Recollections from LV Jewish Leaders | F850.J5.C44 2006 Nevada attorney since 1970; elected to State Supreme court in 2006. | yes | 0 |
| Cherry, J.C. (Jack), MD | OH-00368 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history from the perspective of medical care. Senator Pat McCarran aiding patients. Water. Charleston Blvd underpass. Influx of specialists beginning in the 1950s. Expansion of valley hospitals beginning in the 1950s. Southern Nevada Memorial and Las Vegas hospitals. Working in the Clark County jail. Reflections on living in Reno, Goldfield, and Tonopah. Walker Scott and Scotty's Castle. Sunday services during the construction of Scotty's Castle. Comparison of medical care between Reno and Las Vegas. Local gaming. Bugsy Siegel's mistress. Critic of modern doctors. Reno medical school. | yes | 1 |
| Cherry, J.C., M.D. | OH-00179 | 06/17/1972 | Local Oral History Project: Roske | [Note: Transcript recounts only the second half of the interview] Recollection of an atomic bomb test. Environment: smog; water. Brief career history as a medical physician before arriving in Las Vegas. Goldfield. Scotty's Castle. Arrived in Las Vegas in 1942. Career history as a medical doctor whilst in Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Cherry, Michael | OH-02160 | Sept. 19, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Nevada Supreme Court Justice Michael Cherry talks about his Jewish heritage, Missouri background and successful legal career in Las Vegas. He is an active member of the Jewish community, former synagogue president, ADL and more. F850 J5 C44 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Chestovich, Paul J. | OH-03403 | 2018 March 07 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Trauma surgeon at UMC, Dr. Chestovich arrived in Las Vegas in 2013 to join the UNLV School of Medicine as an instructor. AT home the night of Oct. 1, when he heard the news of the shooting, he knew he would be needed. Describes arrival at hospital about an hour into the aftermath and how he participated in caring for victims. Subjects: Trauma surgeon, UMC Hospital, emotions, medical team work | no | 0 |
| Chicas, Victor | OH-03564 | 2019 February 15 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Victor Chicas describes his childhood as strenuous and full of violence. He grew up in war-torn El Salvador during the late sixties. Victor was very involved in the politics at the time, and was frequently caught up in dangerous protests against the Salvadorian police forces. Mass riots at Victor's university coupled with financial insecurities made it impossible to finish school, so he dropped out during his last year to make the journey to the United States. Victor recounts the arduous trek to reach Los Angeles. Victor talks about the different states his family has lived in and compares them to the quality of life he has found in Las Vegas. Victor lives here with his five children who either live with him or nearby. He currently works at the Mandalay Bay. He also describes the night of October 1st. Tragedies like the Route 91 festival are among some of the reasons Victor remains very political. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: El Salvador, Culinary Union, Campaigning, Politics, Mandalay Bay | no | 0 |
| Childers, Buddy | 11/16/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Childs, Jean S. | OH-00182 | 12/2/2013 | AfAm | Worked 25 years for Head Start at EOB. Explains how EOB works, people involved, ideas of why it downsized. Grew up in Berkley Square. | yes | 0 |
| Chrétien, Jeanne P. | OH-00370 | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, 1939-1979. Nightlife. Buildings. Schools. Change in teenage student attitudes. Career history. Narrator's husband served as an assistant to Senator James C. Scrugham. Activism in social organizations. Highways. Tule Springs. Helldorado Days festival. Leisure. Attraction of Las Vegas. Block 16 and prostitution. Dating. Atomic testing. Family during WWII. BMI and the growth of Henderson. Weather in Las Vegas: snow and flash floods (Nelson Landing, 1974). Forest fires on Mount Charleston. Religious activism. Student at UNLV. Environmental and climatic changes. Department stores. Raising children in Las Vegas. [Interview summary on file] [Side 2 of tape 1 inaudible]. | yes | 2 |
| Chrestensen, Andrea | OH-02497 | 1995 July 11 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784; On July 11th, 1995, Margaret Louis interviewed distance learning student, Andrea Chrestensen (born March, 23rd, 1948, in Carson City, Nevada) at Northern Nevada Community College. During the interview Chrestensen discusses nursing education and her job as a school nurse to kindergarten and grade one students. She expresses her aspirations of becoming a nurse practitioner working in emergency rooms in hospitals. She is a fifth generation Nevadan. Her family was one of the founding families of Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Christ, Billy | OH-00183 | October 9, 2007 | ML394 .C57 2008 | yes | 0 | |
| Christensen, Carrie (and "Buster" Stevens) | OH-00372 | 02/04/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | [Note: This entry comprises of two interviews conducted on the same day. Carre Christensen is present in both interviews. Her brother-in-law, Buster Stevens, contributes to the discussion in the first interview]. Both interviews provide observations of Las Vegas from an African American perspective. First Interview: Family history and migration to Las Vegas. Observations of living in Las Vegas before 1933. Segregation in Boulder city during the construction of the Hoover dam. No experience of segregation in Las Vegas until Hoover Dam was built. African America to a restaurant in Las Vegas. Grandfather was a scout for the US Calvery. Black Mormon heritage. Interaction with Native Americans. Life in the West during the early 20th century, focusing on cattle and horses. Religion and personal experiences of 'finding' God. Westside and the Community. Union Pacific Railroad. Second Interview: Personal history and observations of life in Las Vegas. Religious beliefs. Influx of migrants during WWII changed the town. Drug activity in Las Vegas. Senior Citizen Action Group. Block 16. Changes in Las Vegas, 1933-74. Growth of the construction of churches, coinciding with WWII migration to the city. Condition of Westside before WWII. Grandmother born during slavery. Jim Crow and segregation. [Note: These interviews offer an insight as to where migrants to Las Vegas came from. There is a great deal of repetition during the first interview. Reading the transcript is recommended. The first interview has been transcribed on white paper and the second on yellow colored paper]. | yes | 6 |
| Christensen, Doris Mae | OH-00187 | 02/16/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family and career history. Economic, environmental and social changes in Las Vegas. WWII and the USO. Mormon Fort (Old Ranch, formerly the Stewart Ranch). | yes | 0 |
| Christensen, M.J. | OH-00374 | 10/23/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, 1941-1974. Career history: narrator established a jewelry store in Vegas that continues today (2012). Locations of the jewelry stores and abodes. Involvement within the LDS Church. Political activism: narrator was a state Assemblymen and Senator. Activity with social organizations. Leisure activities. Reflection of atomic testing. Economic change in Las Vegas. Gambling essential to Nevada. Mob influence in Vegas. Drawbacks of economic and population growth. Visit to Vegas of the President of Turkey. | no | 1 |
| Christensen, Norman G. | OH-02319 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After completing his residency at the University of New Mexico, Christensen moved to Ely, Nevada in 1968. In 1969, he began conducting training exercises for emergency situations. Christensen serves as medical director for the county system and for the Ely City fire and ambulance service. | no | 0 |
| Christensen, Paul J. | OH-00188 | 02/19/2008 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .C47 2007 Personal history of Las Vegas through the eyes of a public servant. Growing up in Las Vegas during the 1940s. Education history and childhood memories. Downtown. Experiences in the US Air Force: flying B-47s loaded with nuclear bombs; training. NV Test Site. Family jewelry business in Las Vegas. Election to the board of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. Election to the Las Vegas City Council and the beginning of a career in politics. 'Jam auction.' Tussle with the Clark County Commission over wastewater in the valley: details of the dispute, extended to the state and Environmental Protection Agency. Move to the County Commission and why? The Mob during the 1950s and 60s. The Mormon community in Las Vegas. Howard Hughes. Experiences sitting on the County Commission. Chairman of the Convention Authority. Remarks on Las Vegas' future water supply. Election defeat. Corruption on the County Commission (Erin Kenny). 'Distinguished Nevadan' award. County Hospital. Quick Care Centers. Opinion on the growth of Las Vegas. Speedway Children's Charities. Dina Titus. Experiences with African Americans. Lucy Stewart. Beaver, NV. | yes | 0 |
| Christian, Ray | OH-00376 | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, 1940s-1978, from an African American perspective. Education of narrator. Schools in Las Vegas. Sunday school. Leisure activities. Utilities. Boy scouts. Cleaning job at El Portal. Race relations and racial conflict in Las Vegas with a focus on schools'a couple of stories from narrator. Westside. Relations between white and black baseball teams. Depression during 1947-1948 depression. Narrator was the first black mail carrier in Las Vegas. Philosophy of a successful marriage. Segregated theatres. According to the narrator, white and black veterans were influential in improving of race relations in Las Vegas. [No file] | yes | 1 |
| Christiansen, Norman R. | OH-00377 | 11/28/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family history. Red Lodge, MT mining disaster in 1943. Philosophy of life. Transition from residing in Montana to living in Las Vegas. Changes in Las Vegas: highways; construction; schools; pollution. Teaching in Las Vegas. Change in the attitudes of students. Comparison between Montana and Las Vegas. Price of entertainment on the Strip. Comparison between the Las Vegas of the late 1950s and the city in the 1980s: teaching. Reminiscences of working at the Nevada Atomic Testing Site. Economic and environmental changes. Strengths of Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Christie, Gordon | OH-00378 | 06/30/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, 1959-1975. Narrator moved to Las Vegas from Los Angeles in 1959. Narrator was a carpenter, specializing in the crafting of high end furniture. Worked on the construction of the several high rise casinos including the original MGM hotel, Desert Inn, Frontier, and the Landmark. In the 1950s Las Vegas became a ghost town during the week, once Californians returned to their state. Meeting with Governor O'Callaghan. Reflections on atomic testing. Influence of Howard Hughes. Standard of living in Las Vegas. Northern Nevada. Narrator's salary in 1959 compared with 1975. Leisure activities: fishing in the Colorado River; hunting in northern Nevada, for example the area around the town of Midas. El Rancho fire.[Interview summary on file] | yes | 1 |
| Chuc, Hugo | OH-03527 | 2018 December 06 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Growing up in Guatemala, Hugo's life was often unstable due to economic difficulties. His mother raised six children including Hugo, and because of their financial struggles Hugo and some of his brothers had to begin work at a young age. Hugo's early life was a combination of school, working on the coffee bean farms, and playing with his best friend Tonyo. Once Hugo turned nineteen, he decided to make the journey to the United States. He said farewell to his family and started the ten day journey to Santa Ana. He found work and supported himself for a few years before meeting his future life partner, Annalisa, in church. The couple was very happy in California, but eventually the cost of living became too much, so they moved their growing family to Las Vegas. Hugo found work at the Apex construction, which was where he was first introduced to the Culinary Union. He became increasingly involved in union work, despite the backlash he received from his employers. Hugo is grateful for the training he has received at the Union because now he feels capable of informing even complete strangers about the importance of being unionized. Hugo firmly believes in standing up for your rights, especially when others are trying to hold you down. Interview is in Spanish. Subjects: Guatemala, Apex Construction, Laundry workers, Union protests | no | 0 |
| Ciccolo, Michael | OH-03480 | 2018 September 18 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Dr. Michael Leo Ciccolo worked at Sunrise Hospital in the early morning after the mass shooting on October 1. He participated in two surgeries, one lasting four hours that repaired the heart of a survivor. Though he never met that person, he did witness the later return of one person who came back to thank the hospital staff. Although one side of her face was paralyzed, she only expressed gratitude. As a doctor trained in Iowa, Arizona, and California, Mike and his family love Las Vegas. He trained at the University of Iowa, University of Arizona, and University of Southern California. Medicine brought him to the desert. His thoughts after the October 1 tragedy, include the belief that as a society, we are not grateful enough, not just for the big things in our lives but for the tiny things. The other emotion he discussed is anger. Believing that anger triggered the actions of the shooter even though seemingly Stephen Paddock enjoyed the American dream. Mike is torn about the issue of guns. He grew up where guns were a part of a hunting and sporting culture. While he believes that guns are almost essential for home protection, there is a responsibility that goes along with ownership of a weapon. Subjects: Iowa City, Denver, guns, cardiology, Sunrise Hospital, UMC, gratitude, anger | no | 0 |
| Cicero, Cynthia | OH-00117 | 3/28/2014 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Work at airport in 1960s and 1970s. LV entertainment. Group interview with Tina Boag, Betty Brown, and Joanne (Jan) Ravetti. Audio and Video | yes | 0 |
| Cicero, Cynthia | OH-00117 | 3/28/2014 | West Charleston - A Ward One OHP | This interview with four women - Cynthia, Tina Boag, Betty Brown, and Joanne Ravetti - contains stories of Las Vegas from the late 1960s. They discuss jobs, entertainment, dating, and what the MOB meant for locals. | yes | 0 |
| Cichoski, George D. | OH-00380 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of the Cumorah Credit Union'served members of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Background to the Credit Union's establishment in 1965. Notable charter members: Gerry Schneider (President), Edward Bunker, A. A. Stevenson, and Virgil Slade. Development of the Credit Union from 1966-1981. Financial Institutions Act (1980). Future of credit unions and Cumorah Credit Union itself. [Interview summary on file] | yes | 1 |
| Ciliax, Betty & Gus | OH-00381 | 03/02/1977 | Local Oral History Project- Roske | An interesting, detailed, and entertaining recollections at Las Vegas during the early 1930s encompassing many topics. Small population and close community. Softball teams. Swimming pool and local prostitutes. Prostitution and Block 16 and 'Four Mile.' Local economy'Nellis AFB, Boulder Dam, and railroad. Mr. Tomiasu (?) a Japanese resident. Vineyards in Las Vegas. The Street Shop'a gathering place for the whole community. Flora in Las Vegas. Gambling. Keeping cool! Hellorado festival. Lorenzi Park dance. First radio station. St. Thomas (city, near Overton, evacuated and submerged under water as part of the Lake Mead project). Family relative travelling to Las Vegas in 1909. Tourism. Frank Williams. Clara Bow and Rex Bell. Carol Lombard airplane crash. Flight to LA in 1940. Medical facilities. House purchase in 1942. Japanese internment. El Rancho and shows. Racial segregation. [Helpful interview summary on file] | yes | 1 |
| Ciliax, Carl | OH-00382 | 03/08/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, hunting, water, Spring Range Mountains, Goodsprings, Test Site Contamination (Atomic Testing), trail mapping - surveys, Lake Shore Road, Pollution, Conservation. | yes | 1 |
| Clancy, Alan | OH-02261 | 2/12/2015 | BELVOHP | Danced in the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana for 3 years. Started with Vassili Sulich in Nevada Dance Theater. Opened store, Vintage Madness. | no | 0 |
| Clancy, Alan | OH-02264 | 2015-02-12 | Boyer Early Las Vegas | CT247 .C53 2015 Danced in the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana for 3 years. Started with Vassili Sulich in Nevada Dance Theater. Opened store, Vintage Madness. | yes | 0 |
| Clark (Bearden), Betty Joyce | OH-00383 | 02/16/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, General Family history, Charleston Blvd., "the Strip", Las Vegas High School, Rancho High School, 1953 - 1954 Rancho High School, Jim Bilbray, Roy Parrish, Hyde Park, Twin Lakes, 1947 - 1953 life in Las Vegas, early Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, Rose De Lima Hospital and Woman 's Hospital in 1959, El Rancho, Helldorado, growth from 1950 's and 1960 's, Railroad, Mormon Fort (Stewart Ranch), Mormon Church (religion), old McCarran field (Nellis Air Force Base) between 1940 's and 1950 's, Blacks in Las Vegas, Las Vegas Police Department, Clark County Law Enforcement, Crime in Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Clark Toni | OH-02781 | 1996 July 02 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Toni Clark, who was born Lena Gaglionese, was the wife of Wilbur Clark, who created the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino. He also owned the El Rancho Vegas casino, the Monte Carlo Club, and the Players Club. Toni entertained guests and dignitaries, created special celebrations, and remained active in the social life of Las Vegas even after her husband's death in 1965. She was especially active in the Variety Club. She died in 2006. | yes | 0 |
| Clark, Dick | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Clark, Dominic | OH-00384 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | ||
| Clark, Georgie | OH-00385 | 03/02/1980 | Glenn Canyon Dam "River Runner" | Glenn Canyon Dam "River Runner", Colorado River and Lake Mead, changing water levels 1944 - 1980, Swimming in the Colorado River, Las Vegas in the late 1940 's, Phantom Ranch, Native American Indians in the Area, Rules and regulations of the River, Current Issues and Future of the River, Outlawing Motors on the river - Congressional Bill. | yes | 2 |
| Clark, Helen M. | OH-00386 | 03/05/1979 | Gambling, Boulder Dam Prohibition | Gambling, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam, Prohibition, Education, Women's Occupations, Depression Years, early WWII, early casinos, Nellis Air Force Base, Red Light District (prostitution), Helldorado, Atomic Testing, development of hotels, growth of Real Estate. | yes | 1 |
| Clark, Phyllis Webb | OH-00387 | 10/23/1972 and 04/07/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Changes in Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Clark, Roy | 09/10/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Clark, Roy | 01/13/1989 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Clark, Virginia | OH-00197 | 06/20/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Clarke, Angela Dr. | OH-00205 | 10/03/2008 | Heart to Heart:: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.C344.A3 2009 Dr. Angela Clarke is a board-certified family practitioner who moved to Las Vegas in 1976; became head of the County Medical Association. | yes | 0 |
| Clarke, Steven | OH-02903 | 2016 November 17, 2016 December 08 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Talks about growing up in suburban Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he also went to architecture school, and later practicing in Vancouver. He came to Las Vegas in 2011 as an assistant professor in the UNLV School of Architecture and in 2014 became the director of the Downtown Design Center. In that role, he directed his students to create The Hundred Plan for the Historic Westside Community (Historic Urban Neighborhood Design Redevelopment). | no | 0 |
| Clary, Ernest Henry | OH-00390 | 02/10/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing, President Johnson and Carole Lombard crash, economics and environment of Las Vegas, History of Illnesses, Surveying acreage, minerals in Nevada, Jim Henry (prospector), Mark twain, Comstock Lode, Geothermal in Southern Nevada, Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch), Geological Tests, Henderson Housing, "Strip" Hotels. | yes | 1 |
| Clary, Pat and Diane | OH-00207 | 5/20/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Spoke of early city and state leaders and figures who owned early Strip hotel casinos. | yes | 0 |
| Claxton, eunice | OH-01119 | 6/4/2015 | AfAm | F850.N4 C53 2012 Lived in LV and Reno, attended Westside School, worked as shield in El Morocco, and memories of Jackson Street life. Donated small collection containing photographs; memorial programs containing some history of COGIC; and two bulletins of regional COGIC convocations, one at Nucleus Plaza; and the Gully Family History. | yes | 0 |
| Clayton, Clifford R. | OH-02208 | 11/11/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Mechia Sydnor) | Arrived in LV at 20 years of age, stationed at Nellis AFB. Later worked for Sears, EG&G. | no | 0 |
| Cleaver, Julie | OH-03185 | 2017 May 19 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Discusses Durham, NC, childhood, business degree at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and landscape architecture degree from The Ohio State University. She traces career in landscape architecture, design, development, branding, planning, and master planning from 1985 to 2005, which includes about three years of commuting from Denver to consult with American Nevada Corporation to plan Green Valley. In 2005 she arrived in Las Vegas for the second time to become Vice President, Planning & Design for Summerlin--a position that utilizes all of her previous and varied work experiences. | no | 0 |
| Clegg, Bill | OH-02320 | 2012 December 03 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Clegg moved to Fernely, Nevada in 1971 and worked for the volunteer fire department. | no | 0 |
| Cleman (Conner), Rosemary C. | OH-00392 | 03/08/1981 | Educator | Teacher at Nellis, physical changes in Las Vegas, Blacks in Las Vegas, Employment of Blacks on "the Strip", Mormon influence, semi - Integration, entering the Coffee Bean business in Las Vegas, Parole counseling - contact with Judges - early days of the girls school in Caliente, teaching emotionally disturbed and handicapped children, work with the YMCA, Nevada as the Las Frontier, drug programs, Dr. Ravenholt influence, George Franklin 's help, Boulder Dam project (Hoover Dam), Boulder City resistance to growth, Elko, Mining industry, Tonopah - Mining - MX missile, Political Leaders (Grant Sawyer, Paul Laxalt, Mike O'Callaghan). | yes | 1 |
| Clement, Jonce T. | OH-00209 | 03/07/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Clemmens, Martin A. | OH-00211 | June 19 (Year - Unknown) | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Clinesmith, Kathie | OH-00395 | 10/30/2010 | 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 | 1 |
| Cloe, Don | 12/05/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Clooney, Rosemary | Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |||
| Close, Hilda | OH-00215 | 11/26/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Cloud, Barbara | OH-00397 | 05/30/2006 | UNLV | LD3745 .C46 2007 | yes | 2 |
| Cluff, Danny | OH-03364 | 2017 December 08 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Danny Cluff is a ware-houseman at the MGM Grand Hotel Casino. He likes country music because it's about peace and love where Rap is negative. And Route 91 demonstrated that love and peace until the third evening at almost ten o'clock. Shots rained down disrupting the tranquil festival. Danny and his girlfriend, Melissa, got separated from his eighteen-year old nephew. But via cell phone he discovered that his nephew was home in Henderson, through the mercy of strangers, before eleven o'clock. He had protected Melissa with his own body and then they ran. The route of Danny, Melissa, and two random strangers, now friends for life, veered to the Tropicana and on to a darkened stairwell in Hooters. They hid. Danny made light of the situation to push back the fear. Finally, they left that makeshift sanctuary and ran across Tropicana Avenue where they had parked their car. It was 3:00 o'clock in the morning. Danny is a poet who has 58 more reasons to pray at night and 58 more reasons to change his life. He wants to write and write, he will. Subjects: MGM Grand Hotel Casino, Tropicana Hotel, Hooter Hotel Casino, Sam Hunt, Jake Owens, Brett Young, Eric Church, Jason Aldean, William & Kim King, Monte Carlo, poetry | no | 0 |
| Coates, Della | OH-00398 | 03/18/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Public Services, Phone Company and its growth from 1952, Atomic testing, Nellis Air Force Base, Education, School System, people of Las Vegas, Military, difference in wages and wage changes. | yes | 1 |
| Cobeaga, Mitchell A. | OH-00399 | 03/14/1976 | Retirement in Nevada | Early life in Nevada, development and growth of Nevada State Bank in Las Vegas, Nevada ranch life, schools in the 1920 's and 1930 's, University of Reno (UNR) in the 1930 's. | yes | 1 |
| Coblentz, Thelma | OH-00400 | 02/17/1980 | Early Las Vegas-Roske, Jewish, Indians, Basque, WWII | Lovelock 1936, Lavant Lovelock, Ruth Ruddell, Alfalfa Crops, Basques for sheep herding, prostitute shakes owned by Ruth Ruddell, Medical Care to the Indians(Native Americans), Native American Indian childbirth, Sheriff Chapman, Dr. Ballinger (dentist), Mr. Gardner (Newspaper publisher), Jewish community and Nellis during WWII, Ladies Hebrew Society, El Cortez, CCC Organizations, Last Frontier, Twin Lakes Pool, Depression, John S. Park School, Training area for flyers during WWII, Basic Magnesium in Henderson, changes Downtown, Huntridge Home prices, Charleston home build by George Franklin 's father, Downtown Sears store, development of Maryland Parkway, Cloudbursts, Dust Storms, early entertainers on "the Strip", opening of the Flamingo Hotel, Elvis performance, Liberace 's first performance, early physicians, Doctor Woodbury, Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, El Rancho Hotel. | yes | 1 |
| Cochrell, Jinx | OH-00401 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Old Cowboy statue, first hotel, Navy, Airplanes, Airport, Airlines, Reservationist, Howard Hughes, entertainment, Mt. Charleston, weather, Underworld Figure, Equipment at airport, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), Secretary at UNLV, ranches, Chuck wagon, Mob. | yes | 1 |
| Cody, Agnes | OH-03467 | 1992 February 17 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | No use agreement is on file for this interview. | no | 2 |
| Coe, David Allan | 09/23/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Coffin, Bob | OH-00220 | 01/29/2010 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 C66 2010 Bob Coffin arrived in Las Vegas in 1951. His family moved to the John S. Park Nieghborhood in 1960. He and his wife Mary Hausch, who also has been interviewd as part of this porject, bought the Gubler home in that neighborhood in 1987. He worked as a janitor at the Nevada Test Site as as a journalist for Las Vegas Review Journal. Bob was elected to the Nevada State Assembly in 1982 and to the State Senate in 1986. He has a special interst in neighborhood preservation | yes | 0 |
| Coffin, Bob | OH-03218 | 2017 August 08 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Born in Anaheim, Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Coffin moved to the Huntridge area of Las Vegas at nine years of age in 1951. His father owned Western Petroleum Distributors, which delivered heating oil to businesses and residences. Bob attended local schools, graduating from Bishop Gorman High School and UNLV. Talks of mentor Grant Sawyer, managing political campaigns (1972-1979), first run for Assembly 1982, and subsequent political career to present. Talks of Nicaragua, Fremont Street Experience, homelessness, and 1989 vote to increase legislative pensions by 300 percent. | no | 0 |
| Cohen, Burton | OH-02592 | 05/31/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Cohen, Burton | OH-00230 | 01/09/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .C63 2007 Burton Cohen served in management of some of Las Vegas's most famous casinos starting with his involvement in the transformation of the Frontier Hotel in the mid-1960s | yes | 0 |
| Cohen, Burton | OH-00221 | 2005 | I Remember When: Recollections from LV Jewish Leaders | F850.J5.C63 2005 Cohen served as a casino executive for several Strip locations; great knowledge of early casino operations and community involvement of those owners. | no | 0 |
| Cohen, Burton | OH-01438 | 1/26/2010 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Cohen, Gil | OH-02148 | 8/5/2014 | BELVOHP | Grew up at LV Country Club. Worked at the Stardust learning the casino business after college at UNR. Currently at Monte Carlo. F850.J5.C666 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Cohen, Malcolm (Rabbi) | OH-02521 | Dec. 15, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Malcolm Cohen moved to Las Vegas from London, England in 2009 to become the clergy for Temple Sinai. He talks about local Jewish community and the growth of Temple Sinai, which is a merger of sorts between two smaller congregations: Adat Ariel and Temple Beth Am. F850.J5.C635 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Cohen, Myron | OH-02591 | 11/25/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Cohen, Oscar | 05/21/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Cole, Natalie | 08/12/1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Cole, Tom | OH-02251 | 1/22/2015 | BELVOHP | Moved to Las Vegas in 1955. Caretaker of Kiel Ranch for a year in the early 1960s. Limo driver, dealer, and family man who believes in close kinship ties. He tells a story that demonstrates the power of love. | no | 0 |
| Cole, Woody | 11/22/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Coleman, Mark | OH-02950 | 2007 April 24 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Coleman, Rachel | OH-00234 | 07/24/1996 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | CT247 .C636 2007 Worked in the back-of-the-house for various gaming venues, moved up the ranks of the Culinary Union Local 226; management position at Union Plaza as the head of housekeeping. | yes | 2 |
| Coleman, Samuel & Sherrill | OH-02590 | 2/16/2016 | AfAm | F850.N4 C643 2012 Samuel worked as a Pullman Porter. Born in Mississippi, migrated to Chicago, and became a man through the mentoring of other porters. Retired to Las Vegas where he and Sherrill live as active seniors in a complex in Summerlin. | yes | 0 |
| Coleman, Willie Del | OH-02255 | 11/25/2014 | AfAm - Student | Cook at the Landmark Hotel for 14 years; Culinary Union, became a drug lord and served 7 years in prison, returned to the community and educated his son sending him to UNR. | no | 0 |
| Coletti, Cynthia (Cindy) and Fordham, David | OH-02881 | 2016 October 27 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 C663 2016 This son of working-class divorced parents was raised by his mother in subsidized housing in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He talks about putting himself through college and moving to Las Vegas to live with his father in the summers. He recalls helping to raise his sisters, attending law school in Michigan, returning to Las Vegas, and working with and learning from zoning and land use attorneys Chris Kaempfer and Mark Fiorentino. He discusses moving from representing owners of billboards and telecommunication towers to representing clients to the cities of Henderson and North Las Vegas for such developments as Faraday Future, Aliante, and Skye Canyon. | yes | 0 |
| Coller, Jeffrey | OH-03210 | 2017 July 25 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Jeffrey Coller grew up in Las Vegas attending catholic schools. His priest saw great potential and sent Coller on scholarship to St. Joseph's in California for two years. He blossomed, returned to Las Vegas, and completed high school at Bishop Gorman while living as as emancipated minor and working at the El Cortez. After marriage and the Marine Corp, he landed at Harrah's in Reno where he moved through the hotel side of the house from change boy to Assistant Hotel Manager. His next adventure took him into real estate development and eventually in 1992 Coller moved back to Las Vegas and expanded his real estate business into land syndication. | no | 0 |
| Collier, Sylvester | OH-03183 | 2017 May 17 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Sylvester Collier has worked as an artist all his life including 20 years in the Air Force. After his last military assignment, Las Vegas, Collier found himself into the classroom of the Clark County School District teaching art after acquiring a master's degree at UNLV. Instrumental in helping Vicki Richardson and Harold Bradford start the Left of Center Art Gallery, Collier currently does most of his painting in his home studio unless he's at his summer home in Oregon. | no | 0 |
| Collins, Ed | OH-00406 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal background living in Las Vegas, how females came to be in Casinos, the first female jobs in Casinos, how the Culinary Union Came to help the workers in the Hotels, how showrooms became an important part in the casino business, helping Nick Kelly, dealer, gaming and gambling, hotel operations and incidents. | yes | 1 |
| Collins, Gene | OH-00144 | 08/31/2000 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .C64 2007 Gene Collins worked as an operator's engineer at the Nevada Test Site and later trained as an engineer. He worked with youth groups in Las Vegas, was a state assemblyman, and was instrumental in getting the Martin Luther King holiday bill passed. He was president of the Las Vegas chapter of the NAACP | yes | 3 |
| Collins, Gene | OH-02697 | 2009 July 16 | Boyer Early Las Vegas | Mr. Gene Collins came to Las Vegas to stay around 1966. He discusses the job market here and delineates his work experience and career as culinary employee, operation engineer, and finally as electrician at the Nevada Test Site. Gene first joined the NAACP at the age of 21 and credits his grandfather's example as motivation. Coaching Little League sports and interacting with those young people convinced him that he could make a difference by speaking up for them. He became a Nevada State Assemblyman to help bring diversification, jobs, and businesses to the black community. Mr. Collins was voted in as president of the NAACP in Las Vegas from 1998 to 2001. He details the accomplishments of the NAACP during those years and discusses the means by which they were met, including marches and protests. He mentions the Most Improved commendation from the national association, meeting with Winnie Mandela, and kudos from Terry Lenny for the NAACP's part in being able to introduce gaming into Macau. Mr. Collins' closing comments include thanks to past generations, his wish for future generations, and mention of Assembly Bill 99. He also refers to President Obama's address to the NAACP National Convention in 2009. | yes | 0 |
| Collins, Will | OH-00407 | 05/04/1998 | Dennis McBride Oral Interview | yes | 8 | |
| Collins, Will | OH-02542 | 2005 June 8 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Colton, Annie Victoria | OH-00245 | 02/28/1973 | *NO TAPE* TRANSCRIPT ONLY General Nevada History 1905 - 1973 | yes | 0 | |
| Colton, George Gordon | OH-00246 | 10/09/1973 | *NO TAPE* TRANSCRIPT ONLY Searchlight Nevada, Original Gold Strike in Searchlight. Development of the Duplex Mine. History of Searchlight Nevada. | yes | 0 | |
| Colton, Gordon | OH-00246 | 10/03/1973 | *NO TAPE* TRANSCRIPT ONLY The history of Searchlight Nevada | yes | 0 | |
| Colton, Rodney A. | OH-00249 | October 1973 | *NO TAPE* TRANSCRIPT ONLY General History of Southern Nevada and Las Vegas 1918 - 1973 | yes | 0 | |
| Community Conversations | OH-02650 | 3/30/2016 | AfAm Collab | Panel composed of students and community narrators who discussed working with each other, the value of the interchange, the value of oral history, and they related stories of the experience. | no | 0 |
| Cone, Regina; Cone, Lotea; Cone, Maurice | OH-03400 | 2018 March 01 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | This is a family from Fordyce, Arkansas, one of the primary migratory feeder towns to funnel blacks into Las Vegas. Lotea, born in 1922, migrated to Las Vegas in 1953 with her 5 year old daughter, Regina. Maurice, a nephew and first cousin to Regina was born in Las Vegas in 1962. The three generations of one family told three different stories that included collective memories of the Westside business area - Mr. B's Clothing Store, two Mexican stores, the Heritage Lounge, Gilbert's, and many other businesses. Maurice shared memories of gangs coming into the neighborhood and attending high school and Rancho. Regina told the popular coming of age narrative of a happy, well-adjusted young women attending Las Vegas High School. Subjects: Big Jim Tatum, Nellis, Jackson Street, segregation, Snyder's, Willie Mae, Jesse Scott, John Edmond, Loyce Cone | no | 0 |
| Conedy, Cliff | OH-02729 | 2015 June 02 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | Circus Circus; Fremont; Little Caesars; Fremont; Mint; El Rancho; Imperial Palace; MGM Grand (new); Flamingo; Caesars Palace | yes | 0 |
| Conerly, Evelyn | OH-03578 | 2019 March 11 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | From Tallulah, Louisiana, Evelyn Conerly migrated to Las Vegas with her family in early childhood. Her memories include Helldorado parades, being bused to school, and participating in a pen pal program. She was only taught by white teachers until high school at Las Vegas High School where she joined the Spirit Club, Future Business Leaders, and the Soul Club. in a field of 36 girls, she became a debutante in 1978 through the Les Femmes Douze organization. Conerly's work life included three years at the EPA and a long career in banking. Today, she is the author of Wrapped Up in Clovers, a book of love and faith. Subjects: Helldorado, Sixth Grade Centers, New Jerusalem Worship Center, Bishop Rogers, Tallulah, Louisiana, First Interstate Bank | no | 0 |
| Congregation Ner Tamid roundtable | OH-02902 | 2016 September 21 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, Gerald Gordon, Bob Unger, David Wasserman, Renee Diamond and Gilbert Shaw discuss the founding of Congregation Ner Tamid in 1974. It became the first Reform synagogue in Las Vegas. The conversation includes discussion about the first meeting, the move into the current location, and the hiring of Rabbi Akselrad. | yes | 0 |
| Conley, Marge | OH-03168 | 1998 May 06, 1998 July 09 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Culinary Union | no | 0 |
| Connell, Daniel | OH-02085 | 11/18/2013 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | F849.L35 C664 2014 Westleigh neighbor of West Charleston. Built in 1952 as the only 2 bedroom home. Owned a restaurant, sold interest, then worked for Papa Gar. then worked 28 years for Metro. Treatment of casino cheats, the LV dress code, early casino owners, and the influence of Howard Hughes. | yes | 0 |
| Conner, Gerald L. | OH-00411 | 02/22/1977 | Red Rock School/Nellis Air force | Nevada growing from the 1950 's, Nellis Air Force, Lake Mead, changes in UNLV since the 1950 's, churches and religion in Nevada, social clubs in Nevada, problems in the school districts, progress of hotels and gambling in Nevada, Horse Racing in Las Vegas, El Rancho hotel fire, the first earth quake in Nevada, early Atomic testing and how it affected Las Vegas, active in politics and elections, the Rodeo in Nevada, changes in Nevada. | yes | 1 |
| Conner, Marjorie | OH-00250 | 2002 April 18 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Conners, Louis | OH-03170 | 2013 March 22 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Connor, Nadine; Watson, Harriet | OH-03443 | 2018 May 29 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Nadine Connor and Harriet Watson are migrants to Las Vegas without a lot of the typical historical memories. They arrived in the 21st century after years of employment in other places. Watson and her husband planned to move here while they worked in Los Angeles county; she as a teacher and he as a dentist. They purchased a house here in 2003. Her husband passed away before their plans could be completed but Harriet decided to try living out-of-the-box that they had created in California and struck out on a new life. She moved alone to Las Vegas in 2009 and the city proved itself to be the shelter, the change-agent she needed. Her new life includes joining organizations that gives us a look into black women's modern social and civic work in the West that can be compared to the traditional clubwomen of other eras especially in the East. Connor moved to Las Vegas following many family members who determined that harsh winters could be avoided. In 2005, her husband suffered an injurious fall on slippery snow encouraging their move. Though they missed a few elements of the old life, they never regretted the decision. Nadine worked for a few years with the Clark County Election Department but resigned early in 2017 after earning a transfer to the training department. The work was too physically demanding because voting equipment had to be taken to locations throughout the county to train volunteers and sometimes work days stretched to 16 hours. Now she is full-time Charms, Inc. As the founder of the Las Vegas chapter of Charms, Inc, Nadine Connor brought together a group of women to concentrate on the family and bettering the community. They engage in activities to feed the hungry, assist homeless youth, provide personal items for Shade Tree and Safe Nest, engage in a Unity Walk, and provide funding for education beyond high school. First, the 1952 group of Pittsburgh women with young families named themselves the "Midnighters" because of work and family responsibilities they couldn't have their monthly social gatherings until late in the evenings. The name changed to the Squaws and in 1997 to Charms, Incorporated. Husbands are Charmers and children are Gems. This non-profit social, civic, and cultural organization of women is dedicated to high cultural standards and humanitarian service that will improve the quality of life for all. Subjects: Charms, Inc., Ruby Garland, the Girlfriends, 100 Black Women, Beta Phi Sigma, Guilty Pleasures, Unity Walk, National Conclave, Lady S | no | 0 |
| Conover, Barbara | OH-00412 | 11/28/2003 | Blue Diamond | yes | 2 | |
| Conover, Barbara | OH-00413 | November 28, 2003 | 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 | 4 |
| Conover, Willis | 08/06/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 2 | |
| Constancio, Teresita | OH-00262 | 9/4/2012 | Boyer Early LV OPH - Library | Tessie came to work in public services at UNLV Library as a young woman from the Phillipines and worked in the libraries for 25 years under a long list of library directors. | yes | 0 |
| Constancio, Teresita | OH-00262 | 7/4/2012 | BELVOHP | Early life in the Philippines, coming to Las Vegas, hiring process at UNLV Libraries, early members of library staff, and changes over time | yes | 0 |
| Conti, Charlotte | OH-00415 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas in 1955, Atomic Testing, Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch), Downtown and Showboat area, Lake Tahoe, Helldorado, Mormon Church and Las Vegas history - Mormons Religion. | yes | 1 |
| Contino, Dick | 03/19/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Contino, Dick | 11/05/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Convey, Bert | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Conway, Debbie | OH-00263 | 03/13/13 | AfAm Collaborative - LV Black Experience | F850.N4 C65 2012 | yes | 0 |
| Cook, Phillip L. | OH-00418 | 03/03/1977 | Family history, Las Vegas in the early 1940 's, hotels and gambling, the "Red Light Districts", prostitution, recreation in Las Vegas, television and radio in Las Vegas, early prices in Las Vegas, state and local politics, Ranch Life, the Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch), Education UNLV - Discrimination and culture, Convention Center and the Tourist Trade, energy crisis, local and state government and the Mafia, drugs and drinking in Las Vegas. | yes | 1 | |
| Cooke, Augusta Jane Carter | OH-00266 | Unknown | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Cooke, Mary B. | OH-00420 | 03/18/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Radar - Site job, Nellis Air Force Base, growth and development of Las Vegas, change in people of Las Vegas, family background, housing, hospitals and health centers. 1978 "current" issues: Equal Rights Amendment, Prostitution, Homosexually. Job market and welfare, prejudices, youth of Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Coombs, Joel | OH-00267 | 2/22/2014 | AfAm | Reared in Las Vegas with white father and black mother; schoolmates thought he had a maid. Riots at Valley High School, known as school where the rich kids attended; though affluent neighborhood, drugs damaged the neighborhood and were easily available at Valley HS and at Bishop Gorman. | yes | 0 |
| Cooper, Alice | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Cooper, Eldon G. | OH-00422 | 03/03/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Las Vegas and Nevada history. | yes | 1 |
| Cooper, Larry B. | OH-03404 | 2018 March 05 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Larry Cooper graduated from Las Vegas High School with honors and matriculated at Arkansas AM&N College (Agricultural Mechanical & Normal) in 1965. After teaching high school Mathematics in Kansas City for several years, he decided to returned to Las Vegas but was waylaid by an offer to join Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. It was an offer he did not refuse. After a series of promotions over 33 years, in 2000, he reached the position of Vice President of Emerging Markets. The Cooper family was a family that prayed together. Even today, they assemble for prayer at the family home. Nine of the ten children earned degrees beyond high school diplomas. Growing up on the Westside, his community mentor was Jimmy Gay who he talks about as a person who found jobs for many people in the African American community. He shares vivid memories of Westside businesses - The Brown Derby, Jackson Barber Shop, The Cotton Club, Larry's Sight and Sound, The Cove, and Hamburger Heaven. His father worked in the construction industry and built both houses that the family occupied. The second one is still occupied by a sister. His father went on to work at the Nevada Test Site and retired from the City of Las Vegas. After retirement, Larry returned to Las Vegas where he owns a car dealership. Subjects: Las Vegas High School, Jimmy Gay, Arkansas AM&N, Nevada Test Site, The Brown Derby, Jackson Barber Shop, The Cotton Club, Larry's Sight and Sound, The Cove, Hamburger Heaven | no | 0 |
| Cooper, Pat | 11/01/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Cooper, Pat | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 4 | ||
| Cooper, Pat | 03/19/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Cooper, Pat | 07/02/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Cooper, Pat` | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Cooper, Wilma (Pease) | OH-00423 | 02/27/1977 | Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas | Life in Boulder City and Henderson since 1936 to 1977 | yes | 1 |
| Cope, Cecil | OH-00425 | 11/06/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 2 | |
| Cope, Cecil | OH-00424 | March 30, 2007 | Dlue 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 | 2 |
| Cope, Frank | OH-00426 | 03/15/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Blue Diamond Water Company, Boulder Dam being built (Hoover Dam), the Meadows Water Hole, hunting, fishing, gold, motorcycle racing, Elks Lodge, Gypsum Mines, teaching classes for the water company, the Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch). | yes | 1 |
| Corash, Jan | OH-02226 | 7/13/2007 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Corash, Larry | OH-02227 | 7/12/2007 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Corbett, Stavan | OH-03509 | 2018 November 06 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Stavan Corbett is a member of the Latino community that has served as an educator and politician in Las Vegas. Growing up in Las Vegas, Stavan was exposed to various environments that all helped him shape his Latino identity. Stavan was able to appreciate the Catholic and Jewish cultures as well. During the 70s and 80s his experiences with first and second generation Latinos, played a large role in his identity formation especially as a student. He was the first in his family to graduate from high school and college. Stavan worked in the hotel industry and moved on to work with troubled youth to eventually become a member of the Nevada State Board and the Clark County School Board. His continued work with the Latin Chamber of Commerce has also allowed him to be involved with the Latino Youth Leadership Conference. Subjects: Identity Struggle, Interracial Relationships, Working in the Hotel Industry, Clark County School District, Cultural Assimilation | no | 0 |
| Corbisiero, Judy | OH-02543 | 2003-09-05, 2004-05-21, 2004-07-02, 2004-12-10 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 7 |
| Corderman, Margie Joanne | OH-00427 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Living in Boulder City, changes and growth in Boulder City, social life - recreation, Frank Crowe Statue - Historical Museum, pollution - Henderson, heating and cooling systems, Elton Garrett, MX Missile, Sagebrush rebellion, women in untraditional roles, controlled growth ordinance. | yes | 1 |
| Corimby, Bertine & Corimbi, Vita | OH-00270 | 4/22/2009 | Boyer Las Vegas Oral History | The era of live music on the Las Vegas Strip. | yes | 0 |
| Cornell, Jack W. | OH-00429 | 02/18/1979 | Boulder City | Historical happenings in Boulder City and Southern Nevada, structural change in schools, military, Depression, Civilian Conservation Corps, working in Tonopah, politics, Hoover Dam, gambling, recreation, Atomic Testing, changes. | yes | 1 |
| Cortez Masto, Catherine | OH-03458 | 2018 August 10 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Catherine Cortez Masto grew up in Las Vegas near where the town ended and the desert began, which at that time was near Decatur and Pennwood. She grew up playing in the streets and riding horses and motor bikes with girlfriends and cousins. Her father, Manny Cortez, began as a valet at the Dunes before entering politics. He served 16 years on the County Commission and then 13 years as the chief of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. As the head of the LVCVA, Manny oversaw campaigns to increase tourism, enlarge McCarran International Airport, improve taxicab service, and served as a visionary for the entire region. Catherine followed in her father's footsteps while being her own woman and making her own mark on the region. She attended college at UNR and law school at Gonzaga University School of Law. After a clerkship, she worked for a small local Las Vegas firm for 4 - 5 years, then moved to the governor's and then served two terms as Nevada's Attorney General. Currently she's in the US Senate with committee assignments that include Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Energy and Natural Resources; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Rules and Administration; Indian Affairs, and the Committee on Aging. Subjects: Dunes, Manny Cortez, County Commission, LVCVA, Judge Carl Christensen, Judge Mendoza, Taxi Authority, Tourism, Mike O'Callaghan | no | 0 |
| Cortez, Jocelyn | OH-03669 | 2019 March 18 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Oral history interview with Jocelyn Cortez conducted by Nathalie Martinez on May 18, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Cortez discusses her family history in El Salvador and her parents' emigration to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1980. She talks about the challenge of adjusting to city life, growing up on the Eastside of Las Vegas, and her educational experience. Cortez describes her involvement in the Student Organization of Latinos (SOL), and attending law school at the University of Arizona. Later, Cortez discusses the challenges of being an immigration attorney, and being elected president of the Latino Bar Association. Lastly, Cortez talks about changes in Las Vegas and the Latinx community. | yes | 0 |
| Cortez, Joseph | OH-03523 | 2018 November 29 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 C67 2018 Joseph Cortez was born in Spanish Harlem in 1943. Cortez recalls growing up in the tough neighborhood, walking through gang territory in order to get to school. Cortez found himself interested in boxing at an early age and he attributes the boxing gloves hanging from his backpack as the reason he was left alone by the bullies in his neighborhood. Cortez won several Golden Glove tournaments during his amateur career. Cortez then turned pro, winning several fights before joining the military. Once Cortez left the military he left boxing to start several businesses before ultimately returning to boxing as a ref. Cortez career as a ref has spanned decades, participating in several elite level boxing matches with several of the biggest names in boxing. Cortez is the first and only Latino to be inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame as a referee. Subjects: Boxing, Puerto Rico, Spanish Harlem, Golden Gloves Tournament, Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Cortney, Francis | OH-00430 | 2/16/2001 | The Public School Principalship | CCSD Principalship | yes | 0 |
| Cosby, Bill | 11/01/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Cosby, Bill | 01/06/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Cosgrove, Ellen | OH-03641 | 2019 August 19 | UNLV School of Medicine Oral History Project | Ellen Cosgrove, MD, grew up in Pennsylvania and lived there through medical school where she met her husband. She and Jeffrey Fahl, MD, sat together because classes were arranged in alphabetical order. She and her five sisters are all well educated and working in "helping" occupations. She chose internal medicine over Russian History and has enjoyed her journey into medical school curriculum development. Because of her work, the UNLV School of Medicine has an educational program based in bioethics, community engagement, wellness, and problem-based learning. The first class of the new medical school will graduate after she leaves the city for a position in Albany, NY. Subjects: Barbara Atkinson, Jeffrey Fahl, Allentown, PA, Hahnemann Medical College Medical College, EMT, bioethics | no | 0 |
| Cosgrove, Sondra | OH-02261 | 2/11/2015 | BELVOHP | President of League of Women Voters, professor at CSN, former chair of Faculty Senate where she lobbied for college at State Legislature, LV Historic Preservation Commissioner, ACLU affiliation, many other community and state commitments. | no | 0 |
| Cotton, D.D. | OH-00278 | 03/21/1997 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F850.N4 C68 1998 Dancer who became one of the first two black cocktail waitresses at Caesars Palace in 1966 and later worked at The Tropicana as a floor manager in the pit. | yes | 3 |
| Cougar, Douglas R. | OH-00431 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | ||
| Countess, Jerome (Jerry) | OH-02177 | Oct. 28, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Came to Las Vegas in 1976 to take a job with what became the Jewish Federation. Started the local Jewish Reporter. | yes | 0 |
| Counts, Betty | OH-00432 | 10/29/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early days activities for children in Las Vegas, Atomic testing, politics, small stores and companies in Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Cowan, Susie | OH-00433 | 01/13/2006 | Living to Dance-Tapping in Las Vegas | CT247 .C68 2012 Tap Dancing | yes | 2 |
| Cox, Lew | OH-00288 | 02/26/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Cox, Lois | OH-00435 | 03/18/1978 | Life in Las Vegas | Family background, personal history, Clark County School District and education in Las Vegas, Politics in Nevada, Basques in Nevada, growth of Las Vegas, "the Strip" and gambling, industry, Las Vegas "Strip" entertainment and changes, Lake Mead and Mt Charleston. | yes | 1 |
| Cox, Owen Earl | OH-00436 | 03/06/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | St. George Utah, Las Vegas in 1928, homes in 1931, wages of Road Workers in 1932, Old Arrowhead Trail, LDS Church and Mormon Church in Las Vegas 1932 (Religion), Wells Nevada, mining company in Gold Hill Nevada, working at the Basic Magnesium Plant, WWII, housing shortage in 1942, hospitals in 1942, development of sponge ore, steam engines, Tent City, gambling, building hotels in the 1940 's in Las Vegas, Vegas Village, transportation of goods in the 1950 's, air conditioning and cooling in the 1950 's, LDS Church in the 1950 's, population growth, Nellis Air Force Base, tourist trade and growth, crime in the 1950 's, Cattle Ranch, school system in Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Cox, Suzette M. | OH-00437 | 03/15/1981 | Divorce in Las Vegas and NV History | Life of single woman in Nevada. Interviewed by Andrew Lazarus | yes | 1 |
| Cox, Suzette M. | OH-00438 | 1979-03-02 | Roske | History of Las Vegas. Interviewed by Lance Cooper | yes | 1 |
| Crabbe, John W. | OH-00292 | May 5, 206 | 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 | 1 |
| Crabbe, Margaret Eleanor Bain | OH-00300 | January 19, 2004 | 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 | 3 |
| Cracraft, Nadine | OH-03333 | 2017 November 27 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Marriage & Family therapist who volunteered the day after the shooting. She was referred by the police department to contact Ballroom at Circus Circus, who in turn assigned her to Aria. Describes how the "readiness factor" may have limited the number of people seeking assistance. Also, she volunteered at a booth set up at First Friday. | no | 0 |
| Craddock, John E. Dr. | OH-00441 | 04/14/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Dentist at Nellis Air Force Base, homes of Las Vegas, economy, hotels, Mines in Twin Lakes, Twin Lakes Motel, Old Land Mark Golden Nugget, Red Rock, Atomic Bomb experience as a Navy Commander, hunting in Mt. Charleston, prohibition in Mt Charleston, Argentine mine, Wagon Train story and making a tooth brush, Airport in 1952 in Las Vegas. | yes | 1 |
| Craddock, Nancy | OH-02483 | 10/06/2015 | BELV- Girl Scouts | First interview in a series that will be collected by Las Vegas Girl Scouts. Craddock is 93 years of age, a 1939 Golden Eaglette, and lifetime advocate for the real life benefits of being a Girl Scout. Talks of the badges, honors, camping excursions, and lessons that change lives. | no | 0 |
| Craddock, Nancy Lee | OH-00442 | 03/16/1976 - 04/14/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas "Frontier" Dentists, opening night of Sands Hotel, Flooding, Twin Lakes Estates, Topography and drainage problems, early clubs and groups, Nellis, Girl Scouts, Sunrise Hospital, Sky Harbor Airport, Leona Mack, James R. Dickerson, Alpine Village, Community Swimming Hole, 1955 Las Vegas, Tule Springs Digs and Margaret Wheat, exploring the mines. | yes | 1 |
| Craddock, Patricia Carmichael | OH-00443 | 03/02/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education Las Vegas History, "Occupational Residence and Travel History", Home life community, Helldorado, city growth. | yes | 1 |
| Craft, Nancy | OH-02446 | 7/28/2015 | BELVOHP - Rhythmettes | CT247 .C73 2012 LV High School in the mid 1950s as a member of the famed marching / dancing group, the Rhythmettes. Philosophy of life taught by group's founder, Mrs. Evelyn Stuckey. | yes | 0 |
| Craft, Norman | OH-02442 | 8/6/2015 | BELVOHP | Great memories of early Henderson, Victory Village, Townsite housing and school, sports in high school and returning after college to teach in Las Vegas. Rancho HS riots and not understanding that there was a racial divide. | no | 0 |
| Craig, Junior | OH-00444 | 1974 and 02/15/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Searchlight, Mining, Prostitution, Gold Mining, Casinos, Boulder (Hoover) Dam | yes | 2 |
| Cram, Brian | OH-02883 | 2016 October 28 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 C728 2016 Discusses his early life as a native Nevadan, born in Caliente 1937 and growing up in Las Vegas since 1939. Recalls attending Fifth Street Elementary School and Las Vegas High School, graduating in 1955. This son of the school custodian at Robert E. Lake Elementary School served as Clark County School District Superintendent 1989-2000 and participated in and presided over the growth of the District from 111,000 students to more than 215,000 students. | yes | 0 |
| Crawford, Cranford | OH-02706 | 5/27/2016 | AfAm Collab | Arrived in Las Vegas in 1964. Career work with Clark County Dept of Family/Youth Services - Assist Director. Served with many community groups including the NAACP and the Masonic Lodge. Interesting history of Jackson Avenue, black community organizations, and the consent decree of 1971. | no | 0 |
| Crawford, Ernest O. | OH-00445 | 10/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Stewart Ranch, Las Vegas history, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), "The Strip", Fremont, Kyle Ranch, Stewart Ranch, Southern Nevada and Changes in and around the Dam | no | 1 |
| Crawford, Richard T/ | OH-02092 | 4/30/2014 | BELVOHP | Business operations in Las Vegas. importance of business collaboration, History of Green Valley Grocery Stores, supporting the arts | yes | 0 |
| Credico, Randy | 11/05/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Creighton, Stella | OH-00301 | 01/28/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Crickman, Oliver | OH-00447 | 03/03/1979 | Prostitution | Prostitution, Cooking in Las Vegas (1955 - 1979), Restaurant Industry 1955 - 1979 | yes | 1 |
| Crine, James D. | OH-00303 | 02/08/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Crisp, Robert | OH-00307 | 06/22/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Cristie, Lou | 12/12/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Gwen Castaldi | no | 1 | |
| Crocker, Clark | OH-00450 | 03/03/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson, Education, general Las Vegas History, Las Vegas 1932 - , Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), Pahrump, Religion and Organizations, Pilot and Navigator in Navy, School System | yes | 1 |
| Crockett, Peg | OH-00309 | 2012 May 21, 2017 August 24 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History | Peg Crockett married the man who started our airport, George Crockett. Quitting high school early, Peg was given a ride on a small plane and was smitten with flying. She worked at the airport, learning to fly, after growing up on the Hidden Wells Ranch that eventually became portion of the airport through the eminent domain process. She names many Hollywood guests, authors, and performers who stayed at Hidden Wells over the period that the family owned the ranch with buildings that were designed by her father, an architect from Pasadena. Her husband was close to and trusted by Howard Hughes. Compares the valley's growth over the years from 1937 to the present. Subjects: George Crockett, Virginia Richardson, Hidden Wells, McCarran, Harry Reid, downtown, Edna Best, Monte Carlo, Rotary Club, Mesquite Club | yes | 0 |
| Crosby, Gary | 07/25/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Crosby, Kathryn | 12/05/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Crosby, Kim | 04/07/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Crosby, Norm | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Crowe, Cecile | OH-00452 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder Canyon, Boulder Canyon Project, Technical Data, | yes | 1 | |
| Cruz, Belia C. | OH-00453 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | no | 1 | ||
| Cruz, Jaime | OH-03677 | 2019 July 03 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Cruz was born in Lima, Peru to Carmen, who retired from CCSD as a teacher’s aide, and Jaime, who was a professional soccer player. When young Jaime emigrated to the United States in 1987, it was to join his mother and brother in Las Vegas. The culture shock was significant, but he was undaunted. And, despite his engineering degree, the only employment he could secure was that of dishwasher. Cruz quickly understood the employment barriers that he would encounter and thankfully with the encouragement of mentors he improved his English skills and never omitted his degree from his resume. Eventually, it was noted and the decision to take a position that utilized this training would be one he never regretted. Today Cruz is the Executive Director of Workforce Connections, Southern Nevada’s Local Workforce Development Board. Subjects: Peruvian heritage, Workforce executive, Peru Merchant Marine, former busboy and dishwasher. F850.S75 C78 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Cruze, Charlene Cox | OH-00310 | 08/09/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .C78 2007 Charlene Cox Cruze was born in Las Vegas. Her early ancestors traveled through the area in the 1850s, and her grandparents settled in Las Vegas in 1905, the year it was founded. She is a registered Cherokee, Daughter of the American Revolution, and Daughter of the Utah Pioneers. She is a Las Vegas tour guide and talks of her memories of the evolution of Las Vegas from a small town to a city with casinos owned by corporations | yes | 0 |
| Culinary Workers Union Local 226 roundtable discussion | OH-02127 | 2015 March 26 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Culver, Mary Ann | OH-00455 | 03/22/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas Sands, Culinary Union - Sands Silverbird, 1950's Union, Entertainers, Showrooms, Strikes, Organized Crime, Elvis, shows at T-Bird 1960 's, Frank Sinatra, Joe Wells, Zigfield Follies", Smog in Las Vegas, "Ice Follies", , Weather, Bus System, traffic, Howard Hughes, Sands Entertainers 1950 's (Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin), Filming "Ocean's 11", Al Bramlett, Casinos Uptown and on "The Strip", Cash Registers in early 1950 's, | yes | 1 |
| Cummings, Arthur | OH-03179 | 2017 April 26 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Realtor Arthur Cummings arrived in Las Vegas from Long Island, NY, in 1994 to take advantage of Southern Nevada's growth and good weather to sell housing in the southwest portion of the valley and Summerlin. He speaks to the idea of preparedness as a way to avoid legal problems. | no | 0 |
| Cummings, Lavern & Midnight | OH-00456 | 08/29/2000 | Oral History Interview-Dennis McBride | yes | 2 | |
| Cummings-Schmidt, Nancy | OH-02865 | 2016 October 18 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 C843 2016 Fourth-generation Nevadan talks about arriving in Henderson in fourth grade, moving with family to Las Vegas the following year, and graduating LVHS in 1956. Talks about her education and her work as a library aid at Nevada Southern University and a librarian with Clark County Library District (1969-1981) before leaving to become the library director in Yuma, AZ. | yes | 0 |
| Cunningham, Don | OH-02943 | 2017 January 13 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Don Cunningham is a performer who entertained all over the world. He and his wife (deceased 2016) were known as "The Cunninghams" and "Don Cunningham & Company." They were widely known for the refined art of scatting. | no | 0 |
| Cunningham, Eldon W. | OH-00458 | 1981/03/14 | Testing and Nevada Test Site, Atomic Testing, travel, Air Fields, the MX in Nevada, Testing Rockets, U-2, Hunting, Fishing at Twin Lakes, Prospecting in Nevada, Setting up Bylaws. Interviewer: Randall L. Williams | yes | 1 | |
| Cunningham, Eldon W. | OH-00457 | 11/30/1975 | Mining, Gambling in Searchlight | History of Las Vegas 1943 - 1975, Henderson, Las Vegas in the 1950 's, Prospecting and Gambling, World War II (WWII) Tape 2: Testing and Nevada Test Site, Atomic Testing, travel, Air Fields, the MX in Nevada, Testing Rockets, U-2, Hunting, Fishing at Twin Lakes, Prospecting in Nevada, Setting up Bylaws | no | 1 |
| Cunningham, Erma | OH-00312 | 07/04/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Curley, Elmer | OH-00314 | 11/1/2011 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OPH - Library | CT247 .C87 2007 Elmer Curley came to work in public services at UNLV Library in 1967 and worked in the libraries for a number of years under a long list of library directors. | yes | 0 |
| Current, Ron | OH-00315 | 3/16/2012 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OPH - African American Experience | F850.N4 C87 2012 Las Vegas Black Panther Party. | yes | 0 |
| Curtis, Archie | OH-00462 | 03/07/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | General Las Vegas History, Atomic Testing, Discrimination, Politics, UNR (University of Reno, Nevada), Sports in High School, Boxing in the Olympics, Children in the Casinos, Hotels in 1959 and 1979, Bob Rose campaign, Atomic Testing, Weather Changes | yes | 1 |
| Curtis, Elmore B. | OH-00463 | 03/01/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | 1942 Las Vegas, Early Test Site Manager, Atomic Testing, Tourist Industry, Life in Nevada since 1942 | yes | 1 |
| Curtis, Hal G. | OH-00464 | 02/24/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas, Agriculture, property values, Lombard Plane Crash, construction of El Rancho Hotel, Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Spring Mountain Ranch, prostitution, Mormons (Religion), early Downtown Las Vegas, Cashman Field. Tape 03/09/1978: Early recreation in Las Vegas, Lake Mead, work in Henderson, pay rates and money value, Goldrange Mountains, Old Ranch, Indian Grave sites, Downtown in the 1930 's, "Block 16" "Cat Houses" (prostitution), Blacks in Las Vegas, Native American Indians in Las Vegas area, the first Unions in Las Vegas, Construction Work, Union Violence, Races in Unions, Los Angeles Times Building Destroyed, Magnesium Plant (BMI), Las Vegas during the Depression. | yes | 1 |
| Curtis, Hal G. | OH-00316 | 1978-03-09 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Early recreation in Las Vegas, Lake Mead, work in Henderson, pay rates and money value, Goldrange | no | 1 |
| Curtis, Isabella | OH-00466 | 02/15/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Waitess Sandy Valley, Emma Curtis, Atomic Testing, Telephones in Las Vegas, Helldorado, The Roundup, The Showboat, The Tropicana, Sandy Valley, Energy Crisis 1973 - 1974, | yes | 1 |
| Curtis, Joe | OH-02322 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Curtis moved to Virginia City, Nevada in 1958 and worked for the Silver City Fire Department and the Virginia City department. | no | 0 |
| Curtis, Ken | OH-02321 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Curtis serves as a member of the Professional Rescue Instructors of Nevada to train first responder groups in Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Cuti, Frank | OH-00467 | 02/25/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming 40's and 50's, Early Gaming, Casino Dealer, wages and salary in the 1940 's, Boulder Club, Frontier Club, Apache, Westerner, Magnesium Plant, WWII, Tommy Hull - El Rancho Las Vegas, Development of "The Strip", Benny Siegel and The Flamingo, Downtown VS "The Strip" - 1940 's and 1950 's, Development of Gambling houses, Organized Crime and The Mafia, Desert Inn, Sam Boyd, Unions (AFL - CIO), Riviera Casino, Caesars Palace, Liberace, Elvis Presley, Howard Hughes, Teamsters Union | yes | 1 |
| Cutright, Ray M. | OH-00468 | 04/22/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Colorado River, Boating on the Colorado River at Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) | yes | 1 |
| D'hondt, Ruth Eppenger | OH-00446 | 8/25/2011 | AfAm Collaborative - Black Experience in LV | F850.N4 E66 2012 Family business on Jackson Street - restaurant. One of first families with house in Berkley Square. President of Berkley Square Neighborhood Association. | yes | 0 |
| Daffner, Max | 10/27/2003 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 3 | |
| Dahan, David | OH-02704 | May 26, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 D33 2014 CEO of Orgill-Singer & Associates; Past chair of Henderson Chmaber of Commerce; past president of Jewish Federation; member of many local boards and recipient of several civic honors for his contributions. Tells story of family's escape from Morocco and how they came to settle in Las Vegas. Established Yaffa Dahan Nursing Foundation in honor of his late wife, an active Las Vegas nurse. | yes | 0 |
| Dailey, Debra | OH-02323 | 2013 February 01 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Dailey began working with Mercy Ambulance in 1988. She took EMT classes during an unsuccessful attempt to join the Henderson Fire Department, so she remained with Mercy. She now works as a dispatcher and owns an EMS training center. | no | 0 |
| Dalitz, Moe | OH-02067 | November 4, 1977-March 30, 1978 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | yes | 0 | |
| Dallas, Pamela | OH-02544 | 2004 February 7 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Dalton, Marian | OH-00317 | 02/11/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Daltry, Roger (The Who) | 1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | |
| Daly, Ralph | OH-00318 | 02/25/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Prostitution, Block 16, Arizona Club - Last Frontier Hotel, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) Construction, Gambling - Boulder Club, Las Vegas Club, Cal Hauser, Miss Thurman, Miss Allen, Mrs. Roosevelt, US Army and Prostitution, Black and Spanish People in Southern Nevada, Golden Nugget, Guy MacAfee, Railroad division, Ice Plant, Air Conditioning, Hotels on Fremont Street | yes | 1 |
| Daly, Sandy | OH-00319 | 06/20/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 2 | |
| Dane, Walter | OH-00320 | 03/11/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Indian Springs and Las Vegas history, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), World War Two (WWII), Railroad, Will Rogers, Mayo Brothers, Scotty 's Castle, Death Valley, Corn Creek Ranch, Tule Springs, Gill Crease Ranch, Lorenzi Park, Prohibition and Moonshiners, Native American Indians and Piautes, Nuclear Testing, Boulder City and Henderson, Mining | yes | 1 |
| Dangerfield, Rodney | 06/17/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Dangerfield, Rodney | 01/28/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Daniel, Faye | OH-00326 | 10/18/1998 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F850.N4 D36 1998 Faye Duncan Daniels worked in mid-level management positions in the LV Hotel industryvas one of the first black women to do so. Talks of training, mentors, and the black experience in LV. | yes | 2 |
| Daniels, Ace (Amilcar) | OH-03685 | 2019 June 15, 2019 June 22 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Oral history interviews with Amilcar “Ace” Daniels conducted by Rodrigo Vazquez and Monserrath Hernández on June 15, 2019 and June 22, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In the first interview, Daniels discusses growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada and shares his parents' emigration story from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the early 1980s. He talks about attending the College of Southern Nevada (CSN), the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Later, Daniels speaks on his career in hospitality, his passion for live theater, and his advocacy for the performing arts in Las Vegas. He talks about being a minority person in the hospitality industry, the importance of maintaining his cultural identity, and Latino representation in theater. In the second interview, Daniels discusses his involvement with the non-profit arts organization Super Summer Theatre, and participating in the Las Vegas Pride Festival. Lastly, Daniels talks about issues of colorism in the Latinx community. | yes | 0 |
| Daniels, Billy | December 1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Daniels, Billy | 02/06/1971 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Daniels, Jinetta | OH-02209 | 11/30/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Rani Dunn) | Culinary Union member, Worked at Dunes Hotel as a maid. Member of victory Baptist Church, property owner. | no | 0 |
| Daniels, Raul | OH-03686 | 2019 July 13 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 D36 2019 Born in Chihuahua, Mexico in 1979, parents immigrated to US when he was pre-school age. By 1989, they had moved to Las Vegas where father got a construction job. Today, Raul is Vice President of Catering with the Station Casinos/Hotels. Married to Ace Daniels. Subjects: Hotel industry, Mexican roots, Las Vegas High School, LGBTQ | yes | 0 |
| Danzinger, Edwina E. | OH-00330 | 02/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Plane Crash UNLV, Bishop Creek deer Hunting, working at University of Las Vegas, Mercury Nuclear Test site (Atomic testing), Baker Creek, Snake Creek, Weaver Creek, Mount Wheeler, Buckley Amendment | yes | 1 |
| Dark, Johnny | 03/31/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Dark, Johnny | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Darnell, Marshall | OH-00341 | 11/ 7/2001 | The Public School Principalship | CCSD principalship | yes | 0 |
| Darren, Bobby | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Darren, James | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 4 | ||
| Darro, Joe | 01/10/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Darro, Joe | 10/09/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Daseler, Helen | OH-00343 | 10/19/2007 | Boyer Early Las vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .D37 2007 Helen and her husband Jack are both certified teachers, and they founded the Las Vegas Day School. Helen taught in the school and her husband assumed the administrative and management duties. They also played a role in school integration in Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Daseler, Helen | OH-00343 | 10/9/2007 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | The Daseler family founded one of the early private schools in Las Vegas - The Las Vegas Day School. Contains copy of photos and early documents. | no | 2 |
| Datke, Albert | OH-00346 | 10/02/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | First IRS Agent in Southern Nevada | yes | 1 |
| Davis, Billy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Davis, Bonnie | OH-00357 | 02/25/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Davis, Chester | OH-00482 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Davis, Chris; Davis, Debbie; Smith, Mynda | OH-03442 | 2018 May 24 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Neysa Davis Tonks was murdered at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival on October 1, 2017. Her parents, Debbie and Chris Davis and sister Mynda Smith, are forming a Foundation, Fifty-Eight Loved and Never Forgotten, to help educate the children of all 58 families. Neysa, a single mother, leaves behind three sons, 24, 18, and 15 years of age. Debbie and Chris have moved into her home to assure love, support, stability, and constancy in their grandsons' lives. On the Sunday evening of the tragic event, Neysa's friend covered her body with his own even after knowing the shot to her head had been fatal. He was wounded with shrapnel completely down one side of his body. Mynda was awakened by a phone call from Greysen, Neysa's youngest son and the family began to gather. The next morning, Debbie and Chris flew in from their vacation and the family began the search for Neysa's body. Twenty-four hours after the shooting had begun, she was located at the coroner's office listed as a Jane Doe. She was beautiful. Technologent, the company where Neysa worked, arranged the Red Rock memorial for the family. The family learned for the first time how important Neysa's role in the company had been. They were in awe, admired her even more, and now understood her naps during family gatherings. Debbie, Chris, and Mynda believe that "darkness cannot exist in the presence of light. Neysa's light will shine forever." Subjects: Acts of Kindness, Neysa Davis Tonks, crosses, 58 Loved and Never Forgotten Foundation, Fabulous Freddy's | no | 0 |
| Davis, Gerald; Davis, Dianna | OH-03764 | 2021-05-10 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Gerald Davis was falsely arrested on a Sunday afternoon in October 1969, taken to jail, and spent the night there even though one police officer tried to correct the disrespectful behavior of his partner. This action led to a 3-day riot in the Black Westside community of Las Vegas. Davis was born in Las Vegas in a home at 1223 North H Street and remembers businesses like the Cove, the Louisiana Club, Hamburger Heaven, Town Tavern, and the Brown Derby, his favorite night spot even when he was too young to enter the establishment. HIs work included Republic Service and the Clark County School District (CCDS). Dianna Davis also worked at CCSD after a short stint as a maid where she was accosted by a hotel visitor and worked in fear afterwards. But CCSD was better. She became a baker at the location that supplied food for all the schools in the county. Her fond memory is her favorite teacher, Mrs. Moten, who instilled a pride in blackness in her African American students. [Mrs. Moten is the mother of Fred Moten, the critical thinker of our times who is Professor of Performance Studies at NY University.] Subjects: 1969 riot; Jackson Av; Officer Arrington; Westside School; Charles Wyatt; Moten 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 |
| Davis, Henry Clay | OH-00360 | 03/15/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Railroads, Casinos Union Membership, Helldorado, Davis Dam, Lake Mead, Mining Towns, Roads and Highways, Hunting. | yes | 1 |
| Davis, Kenny | 04/09/2004 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Davis, Mac | 03/13/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Davis, Marva Bunker | OH-00363 | 04/16/1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Davis, Sammy | OH-02593 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Davis, Wes | OH-02545 | 2008 July 13 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 3 |
| Dawson, Marshall Mack | OH-00366 | 11/01/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history up to 1960 | yes | 1 |
| Day, Jack | OH-02443 | 8/19/2015 | BELVOHP | Involvement with Manpower, beginning of Vo-Tech High School, disturbances at high schools in the 1960s, entering CCSD administration, coaching sports, and social interactions among high school kids. | no | 0 |
| Daybell, Kenneth M. | OH-00367 | April 5, 2010 | 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 | 1 |
| Daybell, Randy | OH-00369 | 04/01/2010 | 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 | 1 |
| Dazzio, Russell | OH-00371 | 11/04/2013 | West Charleston Ward 1 | Interview conducted in Hotel College classes regarding attending school at UNLV, working at the Stardust, position at ITT Sheraton. Second session will concentrate of life in Ward 1. Sent to transcriber 11/7/2013. | yes | 0 |
| de Becker, Hal | OH-00373 | 06/23/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .D43 2007 Hal de Becker was part of a theatrical family and acted as a child in Hollywood. He trained as a ballet dancer and danced in shows in Europe, Lake Tahoe, and Las Vegas. He also wrote about dance, produced shows, and owns a detective agency and a dance studio | yes | 0 |
| de Haven, Rene | OH-00375 | 08/02/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .D45 2007 René De Haven was a dancer in shows in Las Vegas starting in 1959 and in Los Angeles and also was in some movies. He has also been a choreographer | yes | 0 |
| De Leon, Fermin | OH-00379 | 03/15/1981 | Filipinos' in Las Vegas | Filipinos' in Las Vegas, Personal History, History of Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| De Long, Angie | OH-00118 | 12/01/2003 | Las Vegas History | Las Vegas History | no | 2 |
| Deacon, James | OH-00388 | 08/24/2006 | UNLV | LD3745.D398 2007 UNLV Professor | yes | 2 |
| Deacon, James | OH-00918 | 2008 September 04 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Deacon, Mary Dale | OH-00389 | 06/21/2006 | UNLV | LD3745 .D42 2007 | yes | 1 |
| Deaner, Charles W. | OH-00391 | 4/4/2011 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History | CT247 .D42 2007 Charles Deaner came to Las Vegas to practice law in the 1950s. He has also taught law. | no | 0 |
| Deaner, Nancy | OH-03445 | 2018 June 05, 2018 June 11 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Nancy Deaner is a Nevadan who grew up in both Reno and Las Vegas. She enjoyed a childhood packed with fun activities and good friends. She loved the smells after a rain shower, Big Rock Candy, and the elegance of the Sands where her father worked as a 21 dealer. As a teenager, she worked in advertising for businesses like Von Tobel's Hardware store, Ronzoni's, Montgomery Wards, and the Boulevard Mall. After her daughter was born, Nancy entered the gaming industry as a cocktail waitress and worked at the Mint for four years while sometimes adding hours at Circus Circus Hotel Casino. After living in Hawaii and Reno, she returned to the city, remarried, assisted in making Shade Tree a respected household name, and entered college at UNLV earning a bachelor's degree and in 1991 her MFA. Before graduation though, she was offered 'the' job with the City of Las Vegas that piggy-backed on the gallery work she had relished and successfully executed at UNLV. She soon became the Cultural Affairs Director for the City. Her contributions to our city are numerous. As the Cultural Affairs Director, she began the intricate ground-floor work on both the Neon Museum and the MOB Museum. Then came the Arts District. Nancy Deaner's work made a profound contribution to Las Vegas and her memories are exceptional. Subjects: Nevada Institute of the Arts, Shade Tree, MOB Museum, NEON Museum, La Concha Motel Lobby, Culinary Union, Carol Goldstein, Robert Chattel, Berry, Arts Council, Arts District, College of Southern Nevada | no | 0 |
| Dearing, Jo Ann | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| DeArkland, Deanna | OH-03662 | 2020 June 05 | The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic | Moved to Las Vegas from Southern California in 2005 and became an elementary school teach for 13 years, mostly with charter schools. Active in her synagogue, school Covid-19 planning committee, when not busy raising her two school age daughters. Married to Ryan DeArkland. Subjects: Education, homeschooling, remote instruction, second grade, stress, routines | no | 0 |
| Deaton, Gloria | OH-00393 | 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, Gaming and Tourism Industry, Women in the Gaming Industry, job as a "Lady Pit Boss" Pony Express, Gold Strike Inn | no | 1 |
| Deaver, Jim | OH-00394 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| DeBecker, Hal | OH-00373 | 06/23/2003 | Dancer | yes | 2 | |
| Decaro, Marian Beltran | OH-00402 | 02/27/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Southern Nevada History, Las Vegas history Mexican Restaurants, "Mexican Kitchen" "El Tampico", Sal Sagev, Clark Gable, Bugsy Siegel, Downtown Las Vegas, Nellis Air Force Base, Blacks in Las Vegas, El Dorado Days, Atomic Bomb - WWII | yes | 1 |
| DeCastro, Cheri | 02/28/2005 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| DeCastro, Cheri | 02/29/2005 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Decker, Retta | OH-00403 | 11/01/1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal History, Historical Perspectives in Nursing, working as a Nurse | no | 1 |
| Deering, Tommy | 09/10/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Degarmo, Chuck and Chen, Po-Sun | OH-02938 | 2017 January 13 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 D43 2016 Discusses southern California childhood, early interest in landscaping, and Bachelor of Science degree in Ornamental Horticulture at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, with concentration in Landscape Construction. Gives personal work history in landscape construction, maintenance, and development and its intersection with ValleyCrest Landscape Development (now BrightView), and how this history landscaped the largest hotel properties on the Las Vegas Strip, the Strip median, Summerlin Parkway, Station Casinos, and other Las Vegas Valley locations. | yes | 0 |
| Deiro, Count Guido R. | OH-00405 | 2001 January 30, 2017 November 20 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | F849.L35 D45 2018 | yes | 3 |
| DeJong, Michael | OH-02741 | 2016 July 06 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dave Schwartz. Mirage, Bellagio, New York-New York, Wynn Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Del Monte, Haydee | OH-00408 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history and Tahoe, Howard Hughes, Frank Sinatra, school in Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Del Valle, Anthony | OH-02546 | 2005 January 28 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| DeLand, Ellen | OH-00216 | 1996 January 19-20 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Delaney, Joe | 08/06/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Delaney, Joe, Bill Willard | 07/22/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Interviewer: History of LV Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Delaney, Joe, Louie Bellson | 12/14/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: All That Jazz | no | 3 | |
| Delaney, Joseph P. | OH-00409 | 10/24/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Entertainment in Las Vegas from 1946 to 1979, costs of rooms, price of shows, Sahara, Frontier, Entertainers | yes | 1 |
| Delibos, John | OH-00410 | 10/2/2012 | Boyer Early Las vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .D455 2012 Work in Las Vegas, Liberace, entertainers, movers and shakers of the city. Moved with his family from Wisconsin in 1959. After he graduated from Cornell University, he returned to Las Vegas and worked in various casinos in various jobs. John retired from gaming and became a full-time interior designer | yes | 0 |
| Dell'Olio, Franca | OH-00416 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 3 | ||
| Dell, Gloria Freeman | OH-00414 | 4/5/2011 | Boyer Early LV OHP | Dancer, photographs. Worked at the Dune, Flamingo, Sands. Story about Sinatra and Morelli, the bandleader. | yes | 0 |
| Deluise, Dom | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 6 | ||
| Delvin, Gary L. | OH-00417 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | ||
| DeMeis, Joseph | OH-03656 | 2020 January 3; 2020 January 14 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Joseph DeMeis Mr. DeMeis has 40 years of professional experience in design work. Before retirement, he developed imaginative and artistic themes while also addressing retail centers, such as Caesar's Palace Forum Shops and the Magical Empire. He was responsible as senior art director for completing the Red Sea Astrarium project in Jordan for RGH Themed Entertainment. Mr. DeMeis has had the opportunity to work with the best designers and art directors in the industry on such projects as The Wonderful World of Oz, Ghostbusters in Universal Studios, Florida, Fantasia Lagoon in Bangkok, Thailand and Walt Disney Imagineering. As an Imagineer, he developed attractions for Tokyo Disney, Disney World, Disneyland and EPCOT Center. He has learned a great deal and hopes to pass on his knowledge to the next generation. He considers working for Walt Disney to be one of the highlights of his career, in addition to acting as one of the original founders of Landmark Entertainment. While with Landmark, he had a hand in the creative concept development and art direction for a range of projects, including themed hotels, motion pictures, Broadway theatrical productions, and major destination theme parks and museums. He was happy to have been a part of developing a destination resort with RGH, where he worked internationally, as well as within the U.S. His plans now are to further his career on a new venture to developing other themed attractions for the country and the world. Subjects: Downey Children's Theater, Disneyland, Landmark Entertainment Group, Barker Brothers, Caesars World | no | 0 |
| Denis, Moises "Mo" | OH-03547 | 2019 January 11 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Moises "Mo" Denis is a Cuban American born in Brooklyn, New York. He served as the first Latino Majority Leader in the Nevada State Senate and has been involved in public service for over 30 years. As a leader in the Church of Latter Day Saints and his involvement with supporting Latinx initiatives, Mo has been able to increase the representation of Latinos in politics and support educational reform. While early on his family moved around a lot, they finally settled in Las Vegas and have continued to grow their family. Mo is a Rancho High School alum and went on to graduate from Brigham Young University as a music major. He first started his career by opening a music store, but later began working in the tech industry. Eventually, through his involvement in the PTA, Mo was appointed to serve on the Clark County Library Board. There he was involved in increasing access to libraries and advocating for the East and North Las Vegas community. Afterwards, he gained a seat as an assemblyman for the Nevada Legislature where he would eventually continue his career as a Nevada State Senator. Currently, Mo is in his final term as a state senator and working on reforming the funding formula for public education in order to improve education quality in Nevada. Subjects: Church of Latter Day Saints, Nevada Senate, Cuba, Education F850.S75 D46 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Denning, Teresa Jones | OH-00419 | 02/26/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Overton, Las Vegas, Boulder City, Moapa Valley, 1918 Flu epidemic, Cantalope Crops in Moapa, Silent Movies, 1931 signing of the bill for the building of Boulder (Hoover) Dam, first Atomic Bomb, Boulder Highway, heating and cooling systems, Entertainment, Purchase of Boulder City from government, member of Charter Committee, City Government | yes | 1 |
| Dennis, Alan | OH-03177 | 2017 April 20 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project (casino gaming) | Experience as casino valet. Note for researchers: Approximately first minute and a half of interview is un-listenable (ambient noise-wind). Occasionally hard to hear throughout. | no | 0 |
| Dennison, Merna | OH-00421 | 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Sloan, WWII, Atomic testing, small business, Utah, personal and family history, growth of Las Vegas, Public Officals of Nevada, Landmarks of Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Denson, Andre | OH-02951 | 2006 April 27 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Denton, Ralph | OH-00428 | 02/24/1980 | RJ Series & Book First 100 | no | 2 | |
| Denton, Ralph | OH-00434 | approximately 1999-2000 | yes | 2 | ||
| Denton, Ralph | OH-02547 | 2007 June 5 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Denton, Sara | OH-02452 | 7/13/2015 | BELVOPH - Women of Boulder City | CT247 .D456 2012 Active in charity activities in Boulder City, especially Art in the Park. Significant political contacts - Cannon, Grant Sawyer, etc., married to Ralph Denton. | yes | 0 |
| Devere, Mike | OH-00439 | 09/24/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education UNLV, Washo County, "Gambling Racket", Politics on UNLV campus, Elections, | yes | 1 |
| Deverell, George A. | OH-00440 | 04/26/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming Industry, working in the Gaming Industry, General Nevada History, WWII, Mormon Religion | no | 2 |
| Deverell, Patricia | OH-00126 | 1986 April 26 | Moved to Nevada in 1937, attended Las Vegas HS, worked at the Golden Nugget, Observed nuclear testing | yes | 0 | |
| Dewhurst, Sally | 10/23/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Diamond, Renee | OH-03231 | 1997 November 17, 1997 November 20, 1997 November 27, 1997 November 30 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Renee Diamond is an activist who has worked for a variety of social and political causes, including early childhood education, welfare rights, fair housing, and the Equal Rights Amendment. | yes | 0 |
| Diamond, Renee L. | OH-02188 | November 20, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Resident of Las Vegas since 1972. Community activist and justice advocate; Jewish Reporter editorial board; and much more. Spouse was Leo Diamond. F850 J5 D52 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Diaz, Sam | OH-03710 | 2020 January 03 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Sam Diaz was born in Los Angeles California, but was raised in Chula Vista, California. He is a police officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and has worked for LVMPD since 2007. He has served in in the U.S. Air Force Reserves since 2008, and served in the U.S. Air Force from 2001 to 2007. Diaz describes his multi-cultural upbringing and growing up in such close proximity to the U.S.-Mexico border. He describes his passion for serving which he had since a young age. He describes his incorporation within every community he has been a part of and talks about the ways he has worked to serve the Las Vegas community since moving here in 2007. He recounts the tragic night of 1 October, the mass shooting that occurred during the Route 91 Harvest music festival on October 1st, 2017 on the Las Vegas Strip. He talks about the various changes that happened within LVMPD since 1 October, and changes that he has seen in the Latinx community throughout the Las Vegas Valley. Diaz also describes the process of adopting two children and raising a multi-racial family with his wife in Las Vegas. Subjects: Subjects: 1 October, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, U.S. Air Force, Adoption, multi-racial family, Latinx | yes | 0 |
| Dickerson, Douglas L. | OH-00448 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Dickerson, George | OH-00449 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Dickerson, Perry D. | OH-00451 | 02/21/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Telephone Company Improvements, City and Airport Growth, Boat Races at Lake Mead, Water Table and its effects on building, Golden Nugget, Boulder Club, Greyhound Depot/ Union Plaza Site, Mint 400, Caliente, Plane Crash near Sloan Highway, Nellis, Lorenzi Park, Old Salt Lake Highway, Downtown Las Vegas, Fremont Hotel Foundation, Stardust Raceway | no | 1 |
| Dickhudt, Timothy | OH-03409 | 2018 March 13 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | A native of Minnesota, Dr. Timothy Dickhudt arrived in Las Vegas to be a Fellow at UMC in Trauma/Acute Care in the Fall of 2017. He had just left his shift when his pager indicated several shootings had occurred. He talks about rushing back and how he ended up doing surgery on a past "neighbor" from Minnesota. Subjects: Trauma/acute care Fellow, UMC, surgery | no | 0 |
| Dicotignano, Jay and Jayson | OH-02548 | 2006 November 5 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 3 |
| Diede, Don | OH-02324 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | A native of Yerington, Nevada, Diede joined the Hawthorne Volunteer Fire Department in 1969. He stopped working for the ambulance service in 1976. | no | 0 |
| Diederich, Harvey | OH-00454 | 1999 January 04 | RJ Series & Book First 100 | On January 4, 1999, Harvey Diederich (b. 1920 in Chicago, IL) was interviewed in his home by K.J. Evans about his experience as a publicist in the gaming industry. Diederich first discusses his background and education in journalism and later discusses the relationship between the Las Vegas News Bureau and hotel/casino publicists. Evans questions Diederich about some of his specific projects, such as those dealing with celebrities and particularly the ones that stood out as the most successful, most unsuccessful, and most creative. Diederich also mentions some of the individuals for whom he worked as well as the various cities to which he travelled for work. | yes | 1 |
| Dielman, Ruth & Jake | OH-00459 | 11/15/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early days in Searchlight and Boulder City. General Las Vegas History | yes | 1 |
| Digilio, Don; Mann, Dena | OH-03646 | 2019 November 15 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | A native of Omaha, Nebraska and journalism graduate of University of Nebraska, Don Digilio arrived in Las Vegas in 1958 to take work at the Las Vegas Sun and shortly afterwards at the Review - Journal. He worked for the R-J as a reporter, columnist, managing editor during the 1960s- 1980s, followed by a career in Public Relation at the Aladdin Hotel/Casino. Subjects: Las Vegas of the 1960s-1980s; Las Vegas Sun; Las Vegas Review - Journal; public relations; Aladdin Hotel; Sheriff Lamb | no | 0 |
| Diglis, Joseph | OH-00460 | 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | UNLV Newspaper, Sports Editor of the Las Vegas Sun Newspaper, City Editor, Joined the Las Vegas Review Journal (LVRJ) in 1957, Editor in Chief of LVRJ 1964 - 1966, Dickenson Library, Nevada Resort Association, two sessions with state legislature, May Advertising creative coordinator in 1971, Riviera and Fremont Hotels, Del Webb, Perry Thomas, Paul Laxalt, Howard Hughes, early years of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Grant Hall building and Archie Grant, Maude Frasier, Bill Carlson, World Congress of Flight in April of 1959, Joe W. Brown, Dr. Donald Ramsey and Archpishop of Canterburry, Danny Thomas, Hank Greenspun, Al Kalin, Airplane crash near Blue Diamond, Las Vegas Sun, assasination of President John F. Kennedy, Valley Times | no | 1 |
| Dill, David Bruce Dr. | OH-00461 | 01/20/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Physiologist, UNLV Desert Research Institute. Interviewer: James Greene | yes | 1 |
| Dill, David Bruce, Dr. | OH-00396 | 1976/05/04 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Desert Environment and human adaptation. Boulder Dam Bureau of Mines. Interviewer: R.C. Turner | no | 2 |
| Dill, David Bruce, Dr. | OH-00465 | 1975-03-13 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Desert Environment and human adaptation. Boulder Dam Bureau of Mines. Interviewed by Luise A. Soholt | yes | 1 |
| Diller, Phyllis | 06/19/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Diller, Phyllis | 07/08/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Diller, Phyllis | 02/13/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Dillingham, John & Mabel | OH-00469 | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Early Las Vegas, Henderson, Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch), Building of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Girl Scouts - Brownies - Campfire Girls, Higher Education in Las Vegas, Transportation, Religion and the size of Churches, Water problems, Hunting and Fishing, Air Travel, Red Light District - Block Sixteen (prostitution) | yes | 1 |
| Diskin, Amber DeLillo | OH-03375 | 2017 January 05 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Native of southern Nevada and has been a real estate agent since age 19, Amber is a country music fan and has attended most of the Route 91 festivals. She attended with four girlfriends, escaped physically unhurt and recalls vividly the details of finally getting home to her husband and sons. She talks about the effect on herself and others, effort it takes to regain normalcy in life and pride in Las Vegas community. | no | 0 |
| DiStephano, Sam | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| DiStephano, Sam | 03/08/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Dobro, Marko | OH-00470 | 08/08/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | WWI (First World War), Goldfield, Tonopah, Personal history. Interviewed by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick. | yes | 2 |
| Dokter, Betty | OH-00471 | 02/27/1977 | Las Vegas in the 1930's | Early Las Vegas history 1930 's, Church (religion), Gambling, early Clubs, construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Saint Thomas, Union Pacific Rail Road (UPRR), Native American Indians, Adult Entertainment, Mount Charleston. | yes | 1 |
| Domineck, Kathryn | OH-00472 | 02/29/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic testing, Politics, Pony Express, James Smith Abbott - Pony Express Rider, Bunkerville, Economic "Slump" in Las Vegas, Real estate Market in Las Vegas, Political Climate in Las Vegas (Politics), Changes in Population | yes | 1 |
| Dominguez, Andres | OH-03556 | 2019 February 11 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Andres Dominguez was born and raised in Las Vegas. His early childhood memories include visiting his grandfather's barbershop in El Cortez Hotel and Casino. Dominguez recalls his first job being a floor sweeper for his father's shop. As he got older, Dominguez decided to leave behind college and follow his grandfather's footsteps. After investing years in the profession, Dominguez was able to secure his grandfather's original location and reopen the chop his grandfather worked decades earlier. Subjects: El Cortez, Barbershop, Eastside Las Vegas | no | 0 |
| Donaldson, Ellen | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Dondero, Harvey N. | OH-00473 | 03/02/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | *Hand Written Interview - Transcript* 03/02/1973: World War Two (WWII), Economic Changes in Nevada, BMI (Basic Magnesium), Chinese People in Northern Nevada, Piaute Native American Indian... Tape 02/26/1981: Las Vegas (1950 - 1980), Growth, Howard Hughes, Education, Gaming, Vietnam War, Henderson during WWII (World War Two), Sierra Nevada Ranch, public transportation, "Block 16" (Prostitution)... Tape 08/09/1984: Growth of the School System in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Dondero, Harvey N. | OH-00474 | 1981/02/26 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Las Vegas (1950 - 1980), Growth, Howard Hughes, Education, Gaming, Vietnam War, Henderson during WWII (World War Two), Sierra Nevada Ranch, public transportation, "Block 16" (Prostitution). Interviewer: Iskandar Batlouni. | yes | 1 |
| Dondero, Harvey N. | OH-00475 | 1984/08/09 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Growth of the School System in Las Vegas. Interviewer: Elizabeth Nelson Patrick. | yes | 1 |
| Dondero, Thalia | OH-00476 | 03/13/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family History and life in Henderson and Las Vegas, P.T.A., Fantasy Park, Girl Scouts, State Park Commission, Petrogliphs at Valley of Fire, start in Politics, work as County Commissioner…Interviewer: Mary Germain Tape 03/18/1978: Life of a Woman County Commissioner, Nevada State Park Commission, Crippled Childrens Society, Mental Health Group, Service League, County Commission, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association), "The Strip" - Liscensing Corporations for Gaming etc., Downtown area, Lobbying, Legislature of Nevada, Buildings around the town, United Way, Water District, Sanitation District, Airport Authority, Gaming Board, Lake Mead water clean up. | yes | 1 |
| Dondero, Thalia | OH-00478 | 3/6/2014 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .D65 2012 Thalia's early life and move to Las Vegas to work at BMI. Stayed at a boarding house near the El Cortez, began to meet early movers and shakers. She was first woman to serve on Clark County Board of Commissioners. Served on board of Girl Scouts of American and Nevada Board of Regents. | yes | 0 |
| Dondero, Thalia | OH-00477 | 1978/03/18 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Life of a Woman County Commissioner, Nevada State Park Commission, Crippled Childrens Society, Mental Health Group, Service League, County Commission, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association), "The Strip" - Liscensing Corporations for Gaming etc., Downtown area, Lobbying, Legislature of Nevada, Buildings around the town, United Way, Water District, Sanitation District, Airport Authority, Gaming Board, Lake Mead water clean up. Interviewer: Susan Scott | yes | 1 |
| Dondero, Thalia | OH-03232 | 2008 March 10, 2008 August 22 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Donegan, D. | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Donerly, Ralph | OH-00479 | 06/30/2006 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 3 | |
| Donerly, Ralph | 06/02/2004 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Donnerly, Ralph E. | OH-00479 | June 30, 2006 | 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 | 3 |
| Donoho, Ron | OH-00480 | 02/28/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Sheriff, First woman Deputy United States Marshall, the Earp Family, Don Baray, Showdowns in the Street, terms of being a Sheriff, Law Officers in Searchlight, Information on Keats, Glenn Jones, Sheriff Leopold, Ralph Lamb, Bill Thomas, Peace Officers killed, Union Pacific Railroad Police, Chalice Dales - First United States Deputy Marshall. | yes | 1 |
| Donovan, Lisa | 12/09/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Doolittle, Alice M. | OH-00481 | 03/21/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Work as Dental Assistant for Doctor Parks, living at "Old Ranch" (Stewart Ranch), Helen Stewart, Harley Harmon, Vontobel, Keats | yes | 1 |
| Doty, Irene | OH-00483 | 03/20/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Goodsprings (employment, populace, living conditions), Las Vegas history, Fremont Street, North Las Vegas and Nellis Gunnery School, The Silver Cafe, Pop 's Oasis, White Spot, Mines and Rock Quarries (Mining), Searchlight, farming in Sandy Valley, WWII (World War Two), Wartime in Las Vegas, grocery stores, building roads and buildings, clothing and apparel, blacks in Las Vegas, Rose garden on Stewart Ranch, El Rancho and Last Frontier, Japanese family raising vegetables, roads in Boulder City, Pop Simon, Theaters and Entertainment, Medical Facilities, Churches (religion), Railroads, "Judge McNamee" and Judge Henderson, Molly Kay, "Big" John Eubanks, Barbecued Burro, housing construction in Las Vegas, gaming, Red Light District (prostitution) | yes | 1 |
| Douglas, Mark | OH-00484 | 05/16/1999 | Oral History Project-Dennis McBride | yes | 3 | |
| Douglas, Mike | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Down, James Jr. | OH-00485 | 04/07/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas History, work at Las Vegas Review Journal 1938 - 1941, work as Justice of the Peace 1951 - 1953 | no | 1 |
| Down, Lucille | OH-00486 | 02/21/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history 1930 's, Las Vegas history 1919 - 1972, Las Vegas High School (graduated 1929), 3-8 Las Vegas Grammar School, Southern Nevada Telephone Company 1929 - 1931, Childhood recreational activities, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), environment, rapid growth and social changes. | yes | 1 |
| Downey, Dwight (D.A.) | OH-02571 | 2/5/2016 | AfAm | Growing up in Tulsa, Okla - The Black Wall Street. Moving to Las Vegas, work at the early Von Tobel hardware store, connection and work with various stars including Bill Cosby, Sammy Davis, and Liberace. Work in food service at UNLV leading him back to his roots. | no | 0 |
| Downing, Nel | OH-00487 | Unknown | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson, gambling | yes | 2 |
| Drake, Allan | 10/08/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Drake, Ron | OH-02325 | 2013 January 31 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Drake joined the Clark County Fire Department in 1966 and then again in 1971 after returning from military service. During the 1970s he helped establish the rescue test for the department. He retired in 1996. | no | 0 |
| Drake, Ron | OH-02325 | 2013 January 31 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Drake joined the Clark County Fire Department in 1966 and then again in 1971 after returning from military service. During the 1970s he helped establish the rescue test for the department. He retired in 1996. | no | 0 |
| Drakulich, Michael (Mike) | OH-00488 | 10/02/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | 1955 - 1972, Rancho High School basketball coach... | yes | 1 |
| Drakulich, Michael (Mike) | OH-00489 | 1979/05/08 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Athletics UNLV (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), personal background and family history, changes at UNLV, Land Bank, history of coaches, Basketball Coach, Baseball Coach, Athletic Director, Academic Changes, Athletic programs, casinos built, presidents visits, memorable stories of UNLV campus, first Basketball game. Interviewer: Jane Finfrock | yes | 1 |
| Dreesden, Tom | 01/11/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Dreitzer, Howard | OH-02732 | 2015 June 04 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | Nevada Club, California Club, Mint, Flamingo, Frontier, Sands AC, Golden Nugget AC, Golden Nugget LV, Trump Plaza, Showboat AC, Harrah’s New Orleans, Conrad Jupiters, Seminole Gaming | yes | 0 |
| Drew, Barbara Jean | OH-03780 | 2021-05-17 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Barbara Drew is the dean of the Academy for Ministers, teaches Bible study, and performs other spiritual work at New Jerusalem Worship Center. Drew migrated to Las Vegas from Fortune Fork, Louisiana, just two miles outside the city limits of Tallulah. She traveled by car where passengers slept, ate, and talked about their new lives-to-be. She lived with an aunt on D and Monroe in a shack with a butane stove and no indoor toilet. Her first job was at American Linen. This interview covers life in the Black community beginning when Drew arrived in 1961. She spoke about the importance of businesses like the Brown Derby, Hamburger Heaven, and the Town Tavern that hosted jazz on Sunday afternoons with a dance floor that she enjoyed. The job that taught her about life was running a Dry Cleaners owned by Phil Shapiro who taught her everything about business operations, purchasing property for her family, bookkeeping, and the importance of having a bank account. She spoke of a neighborhood where neighbors helped neighbors and opportunities that flourished throughout the Black community. Subjects: Jackson Av; Town Tavern; New Jerusalem Worship Center; Kasper Park; Berkley Square; Phil Shapiro 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 |
| Driscoll, Joan | OH-03573 | 1997 April 10 and 17 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | No use agreement on file for this interview. | no | 0 |
| Drohobyczar, Martha | OH-00490 | 03/24/2009 | Heart to Heart : A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.D76.A3 2009 Martha Drohobyczar was a nurse midwife and a nursing professor at UNLV | yes | 0 |
| Duarte, Jay | OH-02980 | 2017 January 27 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | Install manager, Station casinos, Green Valley Ranch, Konami Gaming, Red Rock, Santa Fe Station, Boulder Station, Thunder Valley (California). | yes | 0 |
| Dubac, Bob | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| DuBarton, Hazel F. | OH-00491 | 11/13/1979 | Nuclear Testing Las Vegas | Las Vegas History Local Politics, Atomic testing, Helldorado | yes | 1 |
| Dudley, Roger H. | OH-00492 | 03/07/1981 | Growing up in Las Vegas | Recollections: Growing Up in Las Vegas, WWII (World War Two), Atomic testing, Mesquite Club, Rodeos, Howard Hughes, changes in Las Vegas, development of Paradise Valley, Korean War, "The Strip", changes in gambling - expansion of games and new games | yes | 1 |
| Duke, Forrest | OH-00493 | 03/02/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Burning of El Rancho Vegas, early acts in Las Vegas, first topless show in Vegas, building of Flamingo Hotel, early Fremont Street, entertainment Act's salaries, Howard Hughes, Union problems with hotels, Elvis Presley, Land Values, Nat King Cole, Mobs - Mafia, Grace Hayes / Hoot Gibson, environmental changes, Atomic Testing in Southern Nevada | no | 1 |
| Dula, Gladys Inez Keate | OH-00494 | 02/21/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape ' Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Dunbar, James, Figgins, Benny, and George, Pete | OH-02748 | 2016 July 19 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by David Schwartz. Group interview conducted with three longtime employees (James Dunbar, Benny Figgins, and Pete George) of Caesars Palace. | no | 0 |
| Dunbar, Leo | OH-00495 | 02/24/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske-Dennis McBride | Construction of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam)... | yes | 1 |
| Dunbar, Leo | OH-00496 | 1975/05/05 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Growth of Boulder city, Early Days of Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam)construction and Boulder City... WWI (World War One). Interviewer: Jay Brewer | no | 1 |
| Dunbar, Leo | OH-00497 | 1985/05/24 | Ralph Roske Interviews | no | 1 | |
| Dunbar, Leo | OH-00498 | 1986/06/16 | Boulder City Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride. | no | 2 |
| Duncan, Katherine | OH-00499 | 11/30/02004 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .D85 2007 Katherine Duncan moved to Las Vegas in 1977, she worked with the Nevada Motion Picture Services, she owned a travel agency, and she worked at the Riviera as a paymaster. Sarann Preddy and Sam Armstrong teamed up with her to create an African American cultural/history tour of Las Vegas. | yes | 2 |
| Duncan, Margaret | OH-00500 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas History, Blacks in Las Vegas, "The Strip", Flamingo and Sahara Hotels, Fremont Street, the First Black entertainers on the Strip, Sammy Davis, the opening of the Sands Hotel, Racial experiences in the 1960 's, Gold and Silver Mines, Building of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Howard Hughes, Atomic Testing, Gambling, Discrimination in the hotels | no | 1 |
| Duncan, Ruby | OH-00501 | 02/13/2007 | History of the 1970's | F850.N4 D82 2012 Ruby was the leader of the Las Vegas Welfare Rights Movement; this interviews tells of her early life, work in Las Vegas, disability because of an accident in the kitchen of a Strip property, and protest to the meager way Nevada cared for the poor family. Instituted the first library on the Westside, lobbied the legislature, and traveled the world on behalf of women's rights. | yes | 4 |
| Duncan, Sandy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Duncombe, Beth | OH-00502 | 2005 October 24 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Dunlap, Renila | OH-00503 | 03/09/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal and family history, occupational history in Las Vegas, Church Membership (religion), Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch), Education | no | 1 |
| Dunn, Leslie & Joan | OH-02717 | 2016 June 20, 2017 May 30 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 D85 2014 Arrived in Las Vegas in 1964, a young married couple. Les was in Navy and was assigned to work for US Public Health Services at the Test Site; a 20 year career there. Joan set aside her career to begin a family; later a business partner with her husband. Upon retirement from the military, Les launched into a building and development business; responsible for such projects as the Galleria Mall in Henderson. | yes | 0 |
| Dunton, Larry | OH-02326 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | A native of McGill, Nevada, Dunton began managing a group of physicians in 1962. In 1973, Dunton began EMT classes, and by 1982 had begun teaching the classes. He performed ambulance duties until 1993. | no | 0 |
| Dupalo, Dean M. | OH-00504 | 10/24/2005 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .D86 2007 Martin Dean Dupalo lived in Las Vegas starting in the 70s. He attended UNLV, served as an intelligence officer in the Air Force, and now teaches at UNLV | yes | 2 |
| Dvorak, Jacque | OH-03151 | 2017-03-09 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 D86 2014 As a young teen she moved to Las Vegas in 1957 and has lived her most of the past decades. Recalls being a member of Jewish youth organizations at Temple Beth Sholom; early episode of antisemitism; opening of MGM; raising Jewish children in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Dwyer, Kay | OH-00505 | 08/16/2000 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .D88 2007 Kay Dwyer moved to Henderson in 1942 when her father got a job with Basic Magnesium, Incorporated. She went to UNLV when it was Nevada Southern University, and she was a high school teacher in Las Vegas | yes | 2 |
| Earl, H. Wayne | OH-00506 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history, 1940 through the end of WWII (World War Two), North Las Vegas Politics, Chamber of Commerce, Lake Mead road, Mormon Church (religion) - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Old Fort/ Stewart Ranch, White Spot Rest, Fremont Street, Prostitution and Block 16, Scott and Martin Hardy, Las Vegas Hospital, Hoover (Boulder) Dam, High School Entertainment - "Thrill Hill", George Crockett - founder of Alamo Airlines and other airlines, Charleston Blvd, San Francisco Avenue, Horace Tucker - North Las Vegas Mayor, Jaycees, North Las Vegas Police Department, Junior Chamber of Commerce, growth of town - old Nudist Camp | yes | 1 |
| Earl, Marion | OH-00507 | 04/14/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Earl, Marion B. | OH-00508 | 03/13/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas, Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, Justice of the Peace, appointed member of Selective Service Board in Clark County, appointed member of State Appeal Board in Clark County, Gambling, Mining Industry in Southern Nevada - Searchlight and Lincoln County, power of Unions in Southern Nevada, Crime in Clark County, Mormon Church (religion), Edward Bunker Senior, Utah Militia, State Government and Las Vegas (taxes and money interests), early railroad in Las Vegas, Boulder (Hoover) Dam | yes | 1 |
| Earl, Sam S. | OH-00509 | 03/09/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | First Helldorado Days, Las Vegas history, work on Boulder (Hoover) Dam, Gambling and Casinos, Crime, Telephone company, "The Strip", Airport, Fire Department, Railroad and Streets, Truck driving and weather conditions, living conditions | yes | 2 |
| Early, Charles Alvin (Todd) Jr. | OH-00510 | 03/25/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, School Systems and Education, Native American Indians, Agriculture, Politics and the Roosevelt election, The Depression in Nevada - the Plants that brought Nevada out of the Depression, 1951 - 1953, Mapps Hotel, Central Credit, organized crime in gambling (Northern Nevada Lincoln Fitzgerald), "Herold "Pappy" Smith", Reno, Lake Tahoe - South Tahoe Country Club, expansion of Reno and Las Vegas - rivalry between North and South, Tourism, Divorce Capitol, Transportation to Las Vegas - trains and airplanes, Gambling During Wartime, Boulder City, Europeans in Nevada, Chinese in Nevada | yes | 1 |
| Early, Helen R. | OH-00511 | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal History of Las Vegas, Fremont Street, Landmarks, Federal Building and Downtown Schools, High Schools, Howard Cannon and Cultural Activities, Service Leagues, Old Shops in Fremont and Four Queen, Main Post Office, Old University (Southern Nevada University), Maude Frazier, Union Pacific Railroad, Boulder Highway, Red Panther Club, Green Shark Restaurant, Sahara and Bingo Club, Last Frontier, Howard Hughes, El Rancho Vegas, McCarran Airport, Old Stewart Ranch, Indian reservation and Southern Nevada Paiutes (Native American Indians), Bugsy Siegel and Flamingo, Churches and religion - 1st Baptist Church and Southern Methodist Church and 1st Christian Church, Billy Graham Crusade, Helldorado Parades | yes | 1 |
| Earnest, Lester D. | OH-03237 | 2017 August 08 | Competitive Video Gaming Oral History Project | Interviewed by David Schwartz. Artificial intelligence and the computing environment at Stanford University in the 1960s. | no | 0 |
| Eaton, Bruce | OH-00513 | 04/24/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | 04/24/1975: Growth of Boulder City... | yes | 2 |
| Eaton, Bruce | OH-00512 | 1985/03/06 | no | 1 | ||
| Eaton, Bruce & Mary | OH-00514 | 1977 | Living in Boulder City | Early Boulder City history, Hoover (Boulder Dam) Construction. | yes | 2 |
| Eaton, Mary | OH-00515 | 11/15/1986 | Dennis McBride Interview | yes | 1 | |
| Ebarb, Jaunice Rankin | OH-00516 | April 25, 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 | 1 |
| Eckert, Donald (Don) L. | OH-00517 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Moapa Valley History, Gaming, recreation, schools, size of Las Vegas, Railroad. | yes | 1 |
| Eckstine, Billy | 08/07/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Edmond, John | OH-00518 | 2/19/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | The Edmond family is from Tallulah; early migration maybe before BMI. Edmond worked as a young boy at the local bowling alley, attended college in Seattle, Washington. Edmond returned to LV and became the first black baccarat dealer at the Stardust working for Rosenthal. Later owned the largest shopping center in the city. | yes | 0 |
| Edmond, Shirley R. | OH-00519 | 06/24/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .E35 2007 Shirley Edmond talks about growing up in the Westside neighborhood of Las Vegas. She was the first African American woman in southern Nevada promoted in mail processing in the post office as a supervisor | yes | 0 |
| Edmond, Shirley; Edmond, Mackie; Taylor, Althia Loreece; McCollum, Larry C. | OH-03757 | 2021-03-30 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Shirley Edmond and Althia Taylor grew up on Jackson Avenue where their parents owned Johnson's Malt Shop. Both women worked in the postal service until their retirements; Shirley worked for 36 years and Althia for 32 years. Shirley went into management but Althia loved mail delivery even after 14 dog bites. Mackie Edmond worked for the Stardust and interacted with MOB figures like Frank Rosenthal. He explains why people thought that era was better than corporate ownership. Larry McCollum, Althia's son, worked for CCSD and Parks & Recreation mentoring children, as he coached sports across the valley, regarding college and many other topics. All narrators joined in a lively discussion about the locations of Westside businesses - Irene's Drive-In (1500 E St), Hughes Grocery, the nicest club - the El Morocco (Jackson & E), Sleepy's Shoe Shine Parlor (507 Jackson), the Mexican Store, Ranch Market (Van Buren & F), Earl Cage Beauty Shop (Jackson between E & F), Black Orchid, and Survivor's Fish Market at D and Jackson. They also named Westside churches in the 1950s and 1960s. The conversation ends with a discussion of the impact of COVID-19 on the family. Subjects: Post Office; Stardust; Parks & Recreation; CCSD; COVID-19; Westside businesses 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 |
| Edner, April | OH-02467 | 1996-06-21 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | Longtime secretary to Robert Oliver; Oliver Ranch History | yes | 0 |
| Edwards, Elbert B. | OH-00521 | 06/30/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Interviewed by Roger Armstrong. Life in Panaca Nevada, Lincoln County, Native American Indians, Mormon Life, Mormon Religion, Meadow Valley, 1849 - Bennett - Arcane: Death Valley Party, George Washington Bean, William H. Dame, Edward Bunker, Dudley Leavitt, Samuel Knight, Francis Lee, George Washington Edwards, "William Henery Edwards", Jane Bale Johnson Lee, Walter E. Clark. | yes | 1 |
| Edwards, Elbert B. | OH-00520 | 1972 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Interviewed by Ronald Johns. | yes | 1 |
| Edwards, Elbert B. | OH-00522 | 1986-10-16 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Education and Early Nevada History. Interviewer Layne Covington. | yes | 2 |
| Edwards, Elbert B. | OH-00523 | 1988/01/25 | Topic: West Point, Nevada. Interviewed by William White and Martha Roberson. | no | 1 | |
| Edwards, Elbert B. | OH-00524 | 1986/11/12 | Interviewed by Dennis McBride. | no | 1 | |
| Edwards, Leslie W. | OH-00525 | 03/19/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Edwards, Marcy Theede | OH-00526 | 2004 May | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Edwards, William M. | OH-02057 | 2001 August 01 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Interviewed regarding the Principalship Project; discussed curriculum articulation, trust and care of teachers, societal influence in classroom, and teach beyond measured ability. | yes | 0 |
| Egger, Patrick | OH-03415 | 2018 March 20 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Baltimore, Maryland, native Patrick Egger arrived in Las Vegas in 1968 as an electrician with the US Air Force. Fifty years later, he draws upon more than forty years of public and private, local and national experience in planning, consulting, and appraisal. Certified General Appraiser with 35+ years experience in valuation, consulting and urban real estate studies. From 1986 to 1995, he served as Vice-President of Market Analysis and Valuation for PriMerit Federal Savings Bank (formerly Nevada Savings & Loan). Prior to entering the appraisal profession, he was a staff member of the Clark County Regional Planning Council where he worked on demographic, housing, and economic studies. Patrick is a past Program Chairman of the Southern Nevada Land Faire Real Estate conference and was an original member and 2-term Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies at UNLV. Talks of McGuire Sisters; Clark County Regional Planning Council; Dual Independent Mapping Encoding (DIME), forerunner of Geographic Information System (GIS); Nevada Savings and Loan Association; Nevada First Bank; PriMerit Bank; time-value of money; savings and loan crisis; Southwest Gas; Nevada Power; Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP); Appraisal Standards Board; The Lakes; Painted Desert; Lake Las Vegas; Claudine Williams; Subjects: McGuire Sisters; Clark County Regional Planning Council; Dual Independent Mapping Encoding (DIME), forerunner of Geographic Information System (GIS); Nevada Savings and Loan Association; Nevada First Bank; PriMerit Bank; time-value of money; savings and loan crisis; Southwest Gas; Nevada Power; Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP); Appraisal Standards Board; The Lakes; Painted Desert; Lake Las Vegas; | no | 0 |
| Eglash, Jach | 8/2/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Eglash, Jack | 02/02/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Eglington, Earle Frost | OH-00527 | 10/30/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | On the tape/interview with Olive Lake Eglington | no | 1 |
| Eglington, Olive Lake | OH-00528 | 10/30/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Stewarts Old Ranch (Stewart Ranch) and Early Las Vegas History | yes | 2 |
| Eglington, Olive Lake | OH-00529 | 1984/07/01 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Stewart Ranch, Robert Lake, Wilson Ranch. | yes | 4 |
| Ehlen, Tom | OH-00530 | January 10, 2008 | ML394 .E35 2008 Professional trumpet player. He played with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Burt Bacharach, and many others. He made his home in Las Vegas and played in the bands of various casinos. Tom now plays for the Las Vegas Classic Jazz Band at the Gold Coast and in shows such as The Producers | yes | 0 | |
| Einbender, Alvin | OH-00531 | 02/08/2007 | Jay Sarno Project | yes | 0 | |
| Eisen, Steven | OH-02830 | Sept 14, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 E567 2014 Born and raised in Las Vegas; CEO of Childrens Heart Center Nevada. Talks about growth of the Center. Childhood memories of growing up in Las Vegas and of being of Jewish ancestry. Parents moved here in 1963. | yes | 0 |
| Eisenberg, Dorothy | OH-02176 | Oct 23, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Arrived in Las Vegas 1964 with husband Paul and children. Active in League of Women Voters, United Way, Clark County Schools (school named for her in 1992); and first woman president of Jewish Federation. F850.J5.E57 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Eisenberg, Dorothy | OH-02667 | 2006-11-14 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F850.J5 E57 2007 Dorothy Eisenberg is a full-time volunteer. She worked on various causes as a member of the League of Women Voters and led the fight for integration of the Clark County School District as League president in the early 1970s. Dorothy directed the Citizens Governmental Forum and served as vice-chair of the Citizens Committee on Consolidation. Governor O'Callaghan appointed her to the Local Government Employee Management Board in 1977, and she traveled across the state of Nevada arbritrating cases between state employees and local governments. In 1979 Dorothy was the first woman to be elected president of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas. In 1978 she formed the Silver State PAC, a political action committee backing federal candidates who were supportive of Israel. In 1988, Governor Bryan appointed her county commissioner for the short-lived Bullfrog County. | yes | 0 |
| Eisenberg, Dorothy | OH-02897 | 2017 March 08 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 E57 2017 Talks about how growing up as a first-generation American in Philadelphia inspired strong feelings of patriotism and a desire to participate in the democratic process. Widowed at 32 with four young daughters and only a high school education, earned teaching degree at Temple University and moved to Las Vegas in 1964 with second husband. Discusses becoming involved in League of Women Voters and via LWV, the racial desegregation of the Clark County School District; the welfare mothers' strike on Caesars Palace; also talks about the Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School near Desert Shores and the changing demography of its service area. | yes | 0 |
| Eisinger, Don | OH-00532 | 02/13/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Labor - Nevada, Teamsters | no | 1 |
| Eisinger, Marilyn | OH-00533 | 1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Elexpuru, Sylvia | OH-02498 | 1995 July 11 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Eliot, Valerie Chapman and Pooley, Connie | OH-02435 | 2013 January 30 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Elique, Jose | OH-03548 | 2019 January 14 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 E45 2019 Jose Elique was born in Manhattan. Elique did all of his school in New York, after which he enlisted in the Navy. During his time in the Navy, Elique briefly served in Vietnam before he was injured and honorably discharged. Elique than joined the New York Port Authority where he quickly raised up the ranks becoming the 2nd highest ranked officer on the force. After retiring from the New York Port Authority Elique arrived in Las Vegas and became the Chief of Police for UNLV campus police. Subjects: New York Port Authority, Puerto Rico, National Latino Peace Officer Association | yes | 0 |
| Elizalde, Yazmin Beltran | OH-03554 | 2019 February 04 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Yazmin Beltran Elizalde was born in Mexicali, Baja California. Soon after her arrival in Nevada in 2003, Yazmin began as a Spanish contributor for a publication in Reno, and would ultimately become a writer for Spanish publications in the Valley, including El Tiempo and El Mundo. Her work for Univision would ultimately lead Beltran to Texas where she would cover events and crises including the 2018 child separation occurring at the U.S. border. Today, back in Las Vegas, Yazmin is a journalist for The Nevada Independent continuing to report in Spanish. Yazmin will continue to improve her writing in English with the goal of one day writing for a nonprofit news source like ProPublica. Subjects: Journalism and Media, Bilingual Communication, Immigration | no | 0 |
| Elliott, Bob | OH-02327 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Elliott arrived in Tonopah in 1980 when he was assigned to a nearby Air Force site. He joined the ambulance service and received EMT training from the Air Force. | no | 0 |
| Ellis, Diane | 11/04/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Ellsworth, Charlotte | OH-00534 | 1977-03-22, 1980-12-16, 1981-12-28, 1987-08-06, undated | Local Oral History Project-Roske | 03/22/1977: Elmo Ellsworth, family background, mission, marriage, Henderson, Carl Hyde, 1942, BMI Plant (Basic Magnesium), WWII (World War Two), OPA Al Colan, War Assets Administration, War bond drives, Red Cross Drives, War surplus, Oakey Theaters, Chamber of Commerce, Convention director, sales, Riviera, Reno, Trade Shows, "Western" Clothes, illness, death, Flamingo Hotel; 12/26/80: Canada, Salt Lake City, Washington DC; 12/28/81: Gamblers, Hotel business; undated tape: San Francisco, Henderson, Las Vegas, Marriage; 8/6/1987: family memories, relatives | no | 5 |
| Ellsworth, Emma | OH-00535 | 03/04/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Life in Utah, movement to Nevada, Life in Las Vegas, Children and Grandchildren, Insurance of work. | yes | 1 |
| Emerson, Charles | OH-03317 | 2017 December 21 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Charles Emerson is the Executive Director with the American Red Cross. On 1 October, he returned to Las Vegas after 3 weeks working with the Houston Flood disaster. He turned his phone off and enjoyed a night's sleep in his own bed. The next morning, his cell phone was blinking uncontrollably. Because of superior training, his team had gone into action immediately after the firing had ceased the night before. Led by Jeff Barnes from Henderson, the response was flawless as the Red Cross coordinated operations. Years before, Barnes had coordinated operations at Ground Zero in New York. The wonderful back-stories are astounding. As soon as Emerson arrived at his desk, calls poured in from businesses across the valley wanting to know what the Red Cross needed. One response was to give blood. Other companies like Southern Wines and Spirits were asked for plants and trees to decorate the Family Assistance Center in the Las Vegas Convention Center because the empty space looked like a deserted concert venue. The company obliged and assumed all costs. Emerson does not want to forget the 22,450 concert attendees who were not killed or physically injured, those who will carry invisible scars for the rest of their lives. His solution for the future is for all of us to get to know our neighbors. How do you know when someone is acting out-of-character when we have no idea what his/her normal behavior is. Charles Emerson grew up in Clinton, Missouri, population 9,000. It was there that he learned to treat every person as he wanted to be treated. As a member of the small, local police department, he increased arrests for burglaries from the national average of 5% to 75% by training police officers to interact and get to know citizens. He still believes that this is the answer to our safety, our peace, our well-being in the busy, modern world. Subjects: Clinton, Missouri, American Red Cross, United Way, Southern Wines and Spirits, Family Assistance Center, Jeff Barnes, Department of Justice, fundraising | no | 0 |
| Emerson, David W. | OH-00536 | 12/21/2005 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project] | LD3745.E442007 Dr. Dave Emerson taught chemistry at UNLV, was the dean of the College of Science, Math, and Engineering, and worked on earning accreditation for civil, mechanical, electrical, and other areas of engineering | yes | 2 |
| Emery, Horace | OH-00537 | 03/02/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nelson, Nelson local events, corn cob pipes, boats on the Colorado River, price of silver and gold, cost of mining gold ore, Roosevelts National Recovery Plan, building the Davis Dam tunnels, Lake Mohave, Lake Mead, early Transportation, mines and mining, local mines (gold and silver), roads in 1935 | yes | 1 |
| Emery, Murl | OH-00538 | 10/18/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history, Early days of Nelson Nevada, personal history | yes | 1 |
| Emery, Murl | OH-00539 | 1976/04/02 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Personal Life history. | yes | 2 |
| Emmett, Jessie | OH-03574 | 1996 October 16 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | No use agreement. | no | 0 |
| Endlein, A.C. | OH-00540 | Unknown - 1974 or 1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape ' Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Engel, Jerry | OH-02617 | March 1, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 E62 2014 CPA who moved to Las Vegas in 1953 to partner with his brothers Phil and Morris. Of Jewish ancestry. Talks about city history, racism, being accountant for Moulin Rouge. His mother was one of the early investors. Did audits for Desert Inn. | yes | 0 |
| Engelland, Deryk; Engelland, Melissa | OH-03620 | 2019 May 23 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Las Vegas became home to the couple during the course of the courtship that began here. Deryk is a professional hockey player and emotional leader for the Vegas Golden Knights expansion team; became team spokesperson when they honored first responders, casualties and the entire community after the shooting on 1 October. Melissa and Deryk established Engelland Vegas Born Foundation to honor community heroes. Subjects: Vegas Golden Knights, Engelland Foundation, Las Vegas healing | no | 0 |
| England, Dave | OH-02328 | 2013 March 08 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | England was interviewed by Elwood Schmidt for Schmidt's book "A History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada." | no | 0 |
| Engler, Art | 12/24/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| English, Donald | OH-00541 | 03/12/1997 | no | 2 | ||
| Entsminger, John | OH-03189 | 2017 May 31 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | After graduating law school and completing a fellowship in Natural Resources Law at University of Colorado School of Law in 1999, Entsminger arrived in Las Vegas to work on water rights as part of Southern Nevada Water Authority's legal team. For nearly twenty years, Entsminger, now SNWA general manager, has shepherded multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects and negotiated multi-jurisdictional regional and international agreements that protect the region's safe water supply into the future. | no | 0 |
| Enzo, Stuarti | 01/22/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Eppenger, Jerry | OH-00542 | 9/14/2011 | AfAm Collaborative - LV Black Experience | CT247 .E66 2007 Life in 1960s for progressive young blacks. Worked on Strip as a dealer. | yes | 0 |
| Epstein, Ike Lawrence | OH-03227 | 2017 August 24, 2018 February 02 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 E673 2014 Native Las Vegan, born in 1966. Currently is COO of UFC. Returned to Las Vegas after graduating from Vanderbilt Law School. Subjects: Kenny Epstein (father); legal perspectives of UFC & MMA, professional boxing; becoming bar mitzvah in Israel; Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board, Meadows School founding, Jewish influences, Las Vegas' professional sports boom | yes | 0 |
| Epstein, Kenneth | OH-02290 | 5/1/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 E67 2014 Owner of El Cortez; mentored by Jackie Gaughn. Arrived in Las Vegas as a teenager and worked in casinos as a dealer. | yes | 0 |
| Erb, John E. | OH-00543 | 02/23/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Work in Geology and Construction in Colorado, Arizona, and Las Vegas. Navajo reservation in Arizona, Union Plaza Train Station, Mercury Test Site roads, Saddle Island Project and waterways, Union Plaza Hotel, University Building, Fremont Hotel, Downtown, underground water, water on Mount Charleston, waterline from Alaska to Gulf of Mexico, Hughes site property water problem, International Hotel - Hilton Hotel water problem, Thunderbird Hotel - Silverbird Hotel racetrack, Stardust Hotel racetrack flood, flood at Caesars Palace, Native American Indians, Mahilia Jackson, Valley of Fire, Clark County Gem society, Elks Club, Sertoma Organization, air races in 1965, Boulder Beach Pavilion, Flood Control. | yes | 1 |
| Erbe, Chris A. | OH-02058 | 2011 November 15 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Erbe, Lero | OH-00544 | 2/4/2014 | Boyer Early LV OHP | Worked in the first LV Head Start program as teacher; signed up original Westside families for the program. Husband served in principal in 6th Grade Centers. Grandmother of Bo Bernhard, UNLV Professor. | no | 0 |
| Erbe, Richard | OH-00545 | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education in Las Vegas, Education as an occupation, changes in Nevada | yes | 1 |
| Erickson, Hal | OH-00546 | 04/01/1998 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Ertegun, Ahmet | 03/01/1969 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Ertegun, Ahmet | 01/29/1978 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Escobedo, Eddie | OH-03566 | 2019 February 25 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 E83 2019 Eddie Escobedo was born in 1961 and two years later, he and his family immigrated to the United States. He fondly remembers his father, Edmundo Escobedo. Escobedo is currently in charge of the newspaper that his father started, El Mundo Newspaper. Subjects: El Mundo Newspaper, El Rancho Movie Theater, National Association of Hispanic Publications | yes | 0 |
| Eshelman, June | OH-00547 | 03/13/2003 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Euchner, Muriel | OH-00548 | 12/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Tonopah Lost Generation, Tonopah Life as child in early 1900's | no | 4 |
| Evans, Casner | OH-00551 | 08/05/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Interviewed by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick. | no | 1 |
| Evans, Doris D. | OH-00550 | 03/12/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City and Las Vegas after 1937, Hotels, Politics, Real Estate, Atomic/ Nuclear Tests, early Transportation, Marriage, Environmental changes, social and recreational life, crime | yes | 1 |
| Evans, Dorothy M. | OH-00551 | 08/05/1981 | Nevada Humanities Committee Project Pioneer Tapes | No Tape ' Transcript Only: Dorothy Pellissier Casner Evans Life as a House Mover | yes | 0 |
| Evans, Earl A. Jr | OH-00552 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas and Nevada history, Transit system in Las Vegas, "Hobo's" in Las Vegas, L.D.S. Church (Religion), Las Vegas Dump, growth of Gaming, jobs for students, Real Estate, Railroad Express, work at Sears, Weather, Fremont, drugs in High School, youth problems, economic changes, School Board, Racial employment | yes | 1 |
| Evans, Jacqueline Dwyer | OH-00553 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas History, Indian Affairs, Politics, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War, Building and Roads, Entertainment and Lifestyle, Wild Horse Round-up, Wind and Floods, cultural growth, Ruby Duncan, Hospital Care, Family Life, Landscape, Business in Nevada, Lake Mead, Mount Charleston, Environment | yes | 1 |
| Evans, Jessie (Mrs. Willis Sr) | OH-00554 | 01/18/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Native American Indian, Shoshone, Owyhee Reservation (Nevada), Saint Thomas (Nevada), Minnemucca (Nevada. 5 tapes 4 missing. | no | 5 |
| Evans, Louis F. | OH-00555 | 02/17/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal History of Nevada | yes | 1 |
| Evans, Steve | OH-00556 | 6/15/2010 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 E83 2010 Steve Evans was born in Henderson, Nevada, and lived in the Carver Park community. He owns a home in the John S. Park Neighborhood formerly owned by Flora Dungan, who founded Focus, a youth counseling program where he worked. He has also had a career in social justice and activism and now is involved in community service | yes | 0 |
| Evans, William L. | OH-00557 | 09/02/2004 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Evans, Willis | OH-00558 | 12/02/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Hand Written Transcript | yes | 2 |
| Everett, Dale Duane | OH-00559 | 03/07/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Prostitution, Drugs, Labor Problems (strikes, pickets, etc.), Cab companies, expansion in the 1960's, wildlife in Las Vegas, racial problems, Blacks in Las Vegas, Bussing, recreation. | yes | 1 |
| Fabbi, Don | OH-02329 | 2013 March 14 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | A native of Tonopah, Nevada, Fabbi worked for the Nevada Power Company after graduating high school in 1953. In 1961, he was badly burned, and when he returned to work he became the safety director. In the late 1960s, he began teaching at Clark County Community College. | no | 0 |
| Fabbi, Donald | OH-03263 | 2017 October 24 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Donald Fabbi is of Italian descent with a paternal grand father who immigrated to Tonapah, Nevada as a miner in the mid 19th century. His father, Baptiste was born in Tonapah but migrated to Silver Peak and then to Las Vegas. Donald did not enter his father's profession as a dealer but went to work after high school at the Las Vegas Power & Telephone Company. a staunch Catholic, Donald eloped with Barbara, a member of the LDS church. Donald recounts memories of 5th Street School, the four homes that he enjoyed, Helldorado week-end, Sheriff Glen Jones, and the Saddle Club. Subjects: Saddle Club, Glen Jones, the MOB, Silver Peak, Moulin Rouge, Helldorado | no | 0 |
| Fabbi, Pete | OH-02494 | An Italian immigrant who ran a bakery in Tonopah circa 1890s-1920s | no | 1 | ||
| Fabre, Ronnie | 10/22/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Fagel, Harry | OH-02651 | 2016 April 14, 2017 January 13 | Southern Nevada Jewish Community Digital Heritage Project | F850.J5 F33 2014 Police lt. Born and raised in the Jewish community of Las Vegas. Published poet. | yes | 0 |
| Fahl, Jeffrey | OH-03638 | 2019 August 05 | UNLV School of Medicine Oral History Project | Biography from UNLV Today upon his retirement form UNLV School of Medicine: "Jeffrey Fahl, MD, is professor of pediatrics and chair of the anatomy program for the UNLV School of Medicine. He is responsible for planning and delivering the anatomy curriculum, which includes the use of virtual anatomy tables that provide a multidimensional learning experience to students. Dr. Fahl brings to the UNLV School of Medicine years of clinical and academic experience in pediatric gastroenterologist and a sustained interest in radiology and anatomy, all of which have helped him build a robust anatomy curriculum. In addition to directing the anatomy curriculum, Dr. Fahl will mentor pediatric residents to help them learn their specialty as it relates to children with feeding, nutrition, and digestive issues. After graduating from Beloit College, Wisconsin, Dr. Fahl attended Hahnemann Medical College (now Drexel College of Medicine), Philadelphia. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Hahnemann Hospital, and then his pediatric gastroenterology subspecialty training at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He then joined the faculty at Hahnemann Hospital. Dr. Fahl has been a practicing pediatric gastroenterologist for more than 35 years and has taught his specialty at Monmouth Medical Center, New Jersey; University of New Mexico School of Medicine; and the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2014 he was recognized as one of the region’s top doctors." Subjects:Anatomy tables, Hahnemann, Spanish Oaks, Best Doctor in America List | no | 0 |
| Faiss, Linda | OH-02449 | 7/13/2015 | BELVOHP - Women of Boulder City | Partner in successful PR firm, Board of Trustees Boulder City Hospital, explains quality of life in Boulder City, married to Bob Faiss. | no | 0 |
| Falana, Lola | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 7 | ||
| Falana, Lola | 01/05/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Falana, Lola | 01/16/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Falcone, Vincent | 01/22/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Farei, Mae | OH-00560 | 02/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Marriage, Las Vegas history, work experience and leisure description of Las Vegas 1955 - 1980, life at Lake Tahoe, Twin lakes Lodge (Lorenzi Park), work in hotels on "Strip", the "Strip" in 1960, recreational areas, marriages and homelife, Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) | yes | 1 |
| Farias, Jahaira | OH-03684 | 2019 April 19 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Jahaira Farias is a graduate of Western High School, a Marine Corps veteran, and a founder of a local chapter of the Women Marines Association. At the time of this oral history, Jahaira worked for US Congresswoman Susie Lee. Jahaira Farias was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and grew up on the west side of town. She has summertime memories of her travels to Mexico, where she was able to connect with her family’s heritage and language. During her years at Western High School, she participated in varsity sports and was the armed drill team commander. After graduation, Jahaira enlisted into the Marine Corps, where she specialized as a transport operator and hazardous material transporter and served two deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Her transition to civilian life included work in security at Caesars Palace. When she took a position with as district representative for Congresswoman Susie Lee, her focus was to assist veterans and immigrants. She helped Rep. Lee develop community outreach towards the Latinx community and Veterans. Jahaira is the president of the Las Vegas NV-3 Sagebrush Marines chapter of the Women Marines Association, an organization she helped establish and rebuild. The WMA helps veterans find their footing again through mentoring and support, and conducts community engagement by fostering the same camaraderie found in the Corps. After surviving a motorcycle accident, Jahaira’s recovery is nothing short of miraculous, going from being in a wheelchair to competing in Tough Mudder. Now extremely active, Jahaira is an avid hiker and certified yoga instructor, specializing in trauma recovery. A polyglot, Jahaira formally studied Arabic and Russian, and speaks English, Spanish, and Pashto, and received an associate degree in Russian from the College of Southern Nevada. Subjects: Women's Marine Association, veteran, multi-lingual, Mexican heritage F850.S75 F37 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Farmer, Orville | OH-00561 | 09/24/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Lost City, work at Test Site as welder | no | 1 |
| Farnsworth, Frances | OH-00562 | 05/27/1982 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mesquite Club, one of the three founding members | no | 1 |
| Farwell, Danit | OH-03417 | 2018 March 27 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Danit's life traverse many destinations, from birth in Morocco to being raised in Israel to ultimate migration to the United States -- and a life in Las Vegas from 1974-1980 as a teacher at Temple Beth Sholom and a part-time dealer at the casinos. She retired to Las Vegas with her husband in 2010. Subjects: Temple Beth Sholom, Jewish educator in 1970s, Israeli raised | no | 0 |
| Favela, Justin | OH-03643 | 2019 May 16 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | A native Las Vegan, Justin Favela reminisces about growing up on the east side of the Las Vegas Valley. Favela provides insights about what he refers to as the caste system he is part of, how skin color makes a difference in social hierarchies, and his personal evaluations of the litany of terms such as Latinx, Latino/a, Hispanic etc. He discusses values impressed upon him by his family, especially his grandmothers; one is Guatemalan and the other Mexican. Favela was born in 1986 and discusses his universe where pop culture, gender, ethnicity, history, and Latinidad mix. He talks about his personal artistic expressions and the two podcast series he has created and hosts. F850.S75 F38 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Favor, Bob E. | OH-00563 | 1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | light plane crash into Convention Center 1968, El Rancho fire, Casino Changes - lounge shows | no | 1 |
| Fayle, Leonard | OH-00564 | 03/06/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family history, life in Gene, education, early Gene and Goodsprings, Sandy Valley, involvement in organizations, early mines and mining, religion, prostitution in Goodsprings | no | 1 |
| Feinberg, Mirta | OH-00566 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Feldman, Alan | OH-02163 | 9/24/2014 | BELV - Cul | CT247 .F44 2014 Steve Wynn, John Wilhelm. Work of the Culinary Union Local 226 with Wynn Properties; PR work in Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Feldman, Don | OH-00567 | 03/05/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Las Vegas, Family History, Changes in economy, employment, education system, population, tourism and gambling industries. | no | 1 |
| Felix, Ben | OH-00568 | 10/02/2000 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | no | 0 | |
| Felt, Gaelen | OH-00569 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Fender, Freddy | 07/09/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Feour, Nellie | OH-00570 | 03/25/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas History | no | 1 |
| Ferguson, Edna M. (Edna Jackson-Ferguson) | OH-00571 | 04/21/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Pioneering on the Hoover Dam Project | yes | 1 |
| Fernald, Charles Nur | OH-00583 | 2014 May 31 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Dancer Charles Nur Fernald first came to Las Vegas in 1963 to perform for five weeks in the Kay Starr Show at the Sahara Hotel and again in 1964 working with Donn Arden for three months at the Desert Inn Hotel. In January 1968 Charles came to Las Vegas to perform with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca at the Flamingo Hotel. After the show closed Charles auditioned for Donn Arden to dance in the Lido de Paris show at the Stardust Hotel, where he remained for sixteen years, 1968 through 1984. He remains the only male dancer who performed with Lido through five different, consecutive productions. | yes | 0 |
| Fernandez, Edith | OH-03486 | 2018 September 27 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Dr. Edith Fernandez is a native Las Vegan Chicana American, born and raised in the Charleston Heights neighborhood. Her great aunt immigrated to the Las Vegas area from Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico in the 1920s, and later her parents followed in the 50's. She recalls growing up in a predominantly White community, and being one of the few Latinx families in the area. Her father worked as a waiter at the Sands Hotel, and her mother was a bank teller. She remembers her father sharing stories of serving Elvis Presley, him being active in the Culinary Union, and going on strike in 1984. While in elementary school, a teacher tried tracking Edith into the special education program, but her mother Maria insisted for her children to receive a quality education. With the mentorship of her sister and encouragement of her family, Edith went on to graduate with her B.A. from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), earn two masters degrees, one from University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Harvard. She later received her PhD in Higher Education from the University of Michigan. Dr. Fernandez has a 25 year record of serving the Las Vegas community and increasing access to higher education for students of color in the Valley. She helped open the Cambridge Center, has served as a recruiter to increase diversity for UNR, support the Latino Youth Leadership Conference, and been the District Director for Representative Steven Horsford. She now serves as the Associate Vice President at Nevada State College where she specifically focuses on supporting diverse student populations. Subjects: Chicana, Higher education, Las Vegas Native, Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), Culinary Union, LYLC | no | 0 |
| Ferrell, Al | OH-02330 | 2012 October 16 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | A native of Hawthorne, Nevada, Ferrell joined the Mineral County Fire Department in 1977 and took EMT training in 1978. He worked for both the US Navy base in Hawthorne and the MCFD. | no | 0 |
| Ferrell, Lee | 06/10/2003 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Ferris, Edward | OH-00572 | 03/16/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Las Vegas, Recession 1952-1953, The Last Frontier, Victory Village, growth of businesses and community, Sheriff Glenn Jones and City Police, effects of gambling on businesses, Old Time Politics | no | 1 |
| Feuer, Rusty | OH-00573 | 11/2/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Dancer when the girls dressed the casino at the end of shows. "I would often see a guest speak to the maitre'd and look in my direction and the maitre'd would nod his head 'no' because I wasn't a player." | yes | 0 |
| Fielden, Jane and Robert (Bob) and Laura | OH-02705 | 5/27/2016 | Building Las Vegas | Bob is an architect and Jane a commercial interior designer. Bob worked on projects for the library district, UNLV, Maryland Parkway Redesign, and many private projects. Worked for JMA and formed family company - RAFI. Jane's business took her to several states. In addition to the business success, Jane has served as "artist in residence" for Nevada. They created the neon sign for the Stardust and the Silver Slipper. For the second session, Laura Spina, the daughter joined the interview with stories about high school in Las Vegas, long college career and then finding Architecture as a calling. She is the president and CEO of RAFI. She outlines their work in building Las Vegas. | no | 0 |
| Fields, Totie | OH-02595 | 04/07/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Fields, Totie | OH-02594 | 11/06/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Figler, Dayvid | OH-00574 | 7/28/2010 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 F524 2010 Dayvid moved to Las Vegas with his family when he was three years old. After he got his law degree, he moved back to Las Vegas in 1991. In 2000 he purchased a home built in 1951in the John S. Park Neighborhood | yes | 0 |
| Figler, Dayvid | OH-02738 | June 22, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 F53 2014 Dayvid grew up as a "casino kid" in the shadow of the Strip; family moved here in 1971 when he was pre-school age. Recalls his encounter with Jewish heritage and schooling, friends, and coming back to Las Vegas after law school. | yes | 0 |
| Fikes, Mildred Michele | OH-00575 | 05/14/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history from 1942 - 1975 | no | 2 |
| Fildes, John, MD | OH-03777 | 2021-06-10 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. John Fildes, MD, FACS, FCCM, FPCS (Hon) is the Associate Dean for External Affairs at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. In addition, he is Professor and Inaugural Chair of the Department of Surgery. He serves as Interim Dean from September 2019 through April 2020. When Fildes completed college, medical schools were very selective, finally ensuring that medical students of color were admitted in an attempt to have medical schools look more like the American population. John was accepted at Santo Tomas in Manila (1978-1982) and graduated with the highest honors in his class. Returning to the US, he completed his residency in General Surgery at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in the South Bronx. The city was like an apocalyptic waste land. He survived by always wearing his lab coat and that strategy continued during his Cook County fellowship in Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care. Crack cocaine had devastated the South Bronx and portions of Chicago. In 1995, Fildes was hired to come to Las Vegas by Dr. Dale Harrison. Fildes instituted policies and procedures that proved to be effective on 1 October 2017 when 60 people attending the Route 91 Harvest Music Festive were murdered and hundreds injured by more than one thousand rounds of ammunition fired from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. All those alive upon arrival to UMC survived. Dr. Fildes and his team used all their skills, strategies, and medical acumen to ensure those results. Subjects: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV; Trauma; Santo Tomas in Manila; Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Cook County Hospital; UNR School of Medicine 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 |
| Finder, Esther Toporek | OH-02710 | June 8, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Community Digital Heritage Project | F850.J5 F537 2014 Active in Holocaust remembrance and education locally, nationally and internationally. Esther is founder of Generations of the Shoah and a child of two Holocaust survivors. Talks about local Holocaust survivors community, educational activities and commemorations that she has helped organize in Las Vegas. Has conducted over 200 interview for the Shoah Foundation and continues to do so; talks about being an oral historian for the survivors. | yes | 0 |
| Fine, Fran (Ventura) | OH-02281 | 3/4/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Attorney and former family court judge; active in Jewish education, Women's Philanthropy and Jewish Federation. F850.J5.V45 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Fine, Mark | OH-02184 | Nov. 18, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Mark Fine talks about his career as a significant developer of planned communities of Green Valley and Summerlin; reflect on history of Las Vegas since 1973 when he arrived.F850 J5 F54 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Fine, Mark | OH-02844 | 2016 September 28 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Stefani Evans and Claytee White. Talks about his role in the development of Green Valley and Summerlin master-planned communities and his idea that the link between velocity (volume of home sales) and economics should drive the pace of development. Discusses ways to build a sense of place--a quality of life--into planned communities. Names local and corporate home builders who participated in both communities. | no | 0 |
| Fine, Susan | OH-00576 | 02/18/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Politics and Gaming, family background, education system, ethnic discrimination, public service - Post Office, church activity, religion, Mormon Fort, Mercury test site, City Council, transportation-highway system, entertainment, hospital quality, Sun Newspaper editor, Boulder (Hoover) Dam, Howard Hughes. | yes | 1 |
| Finks, Charles H. | OH-00577 | 03/04/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Life in Westside Las Vegas, employment at The Last Frontier Hotel, Treatment on the Job, Accommodationsfor African Americans Housing, Police on the Westside, Crime, Shopping Centers, the Strip, Hospital services. | no | 1 |
| Fiol, Raymonde | OH-02455 | Aug 12, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Raymonde/Ray is a survivor of the Holocaust who has lived in Las Vegas since 2001. She has served as president of the Holocaust Survivors local organization since 2010; making strong inroads on Holocaust education in local schools. | yes | 0 |
| Fisher, Carole A. | OH-02923 | 2016 December 14 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Carole is the President and CEO of Nathan Adelson Hospice since June 2005. Formerly with Bridge Counseling Services. Moved to Las Vegas at age 18 with her mother and step-father Stanley Schwartz, owner of Big and Tall Men's Stores. Talks about NAH, its role in the community. | no | 0 |
| Fisher, Irene with Gang, Roberta (Bobbie) | OH-02846 | 2016 September 30 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 F568 2014 Interviewed by Barbara Tabach. Irene moved to Las Vegas, the wife of a surgeon assigned to Nellis AF Base, with their two children. (c 1981). Joined Sisterhood at Temple Beth Sholom; talks about leadership. Also a Clark County Library District Board member. Togther with her friend Bobbie they talk about friends, family, and raising children in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Fisher, James Earl | OH-00578 | 04/23/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Indian Springs (town), Indian Springs Ranch, Atomic Testing site, Air Force Base, Family Background, Paiutes | yes | 1 |
| Fisher, Louis | OH-00579 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Las Vegas 1953 - 1978, boom of early 1960's, local schools, local industry, traffic conditions in 1953, early "Strip", fire at El Rancho, cottages, Fremont Street, growth of Gaming and Gambling, Howard Hughes' hotels, Downtown passenger trains, Nellis Air Force Base (A.F.B.), Nevada Test Site, gun range, political figures, job opportunities in gambling industry, changes in entertainment, Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Lake Mead, mines around Lake Mead, shopping malls and growing businesses. | yes | 1 |
| Fisher, Robert David | OH-02221 | 01-08- 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 F57 2014 Director of Nevada Broadcasters Association from 1994-2014; cantor and founding member of Midbar Kodesh Temple | yes | 0 |
| Fisher, Robert M. | OH-00580 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder (Hoover) Dam, family and personal history, Test Site, El Rancho Vegas, recreation and amusement areas. | yes | 1 |
| Fitzgerald, H.P. | OH-00581 | 03/09/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Living in Las Vegas. Interviewed by Kathlyn Wilson. | yes | 1 |
| Fitzgerald, H.P. | OH-00582 | 1981/03/14 | Ralph Roske Interviews | no | 1 | |
| Fitzgerald, Jim | 09/16/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Fitzgerald, Mary | OH-02500 | 2006 June 28 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Fitzgibbons, Pat and Bobbye | OH-02629 | 3/9/2016 | BELVOHP | Pat arrived in Las Vegas in 1955 and shares memories of Helldorado, early business community, changes as growth progressed, and how business was transacted. Bobbye arrived a decade later and shares memories of early downtown casinos, the count rooms, race relations, and organizations. He was her divorce attorney and they married on the day her divorce was granted 40 years ago on March 31. They live in Mt. Charleston | no | 0 |
| Flangas, William G. | OH-00584 | 09/27/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.F53 2007 William Flangas is a mining engineer who worked at the Nevada Test Site for forty years. He was a member of what is now the Public Works Board and worked on the project to build a building for the new College of Engineering at UNLV | yes | 0 |
| Fleegle, John M. Jr. | OH-00585 | 03/19/1998 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Small business, early town occupations and development, service station business, linen business, family background, housing development, economic development. | no | 1 |
| Fleishman, Michael | OH-00586 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | See Cassette Tape for more information. | no | 2 | |
| Fleming, Edmund | OH-00587 | 02/08/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Politics, education, culture, social separation between Las Vegas and Reno arts | yes | 1 |
| Fleming, Stella | OH-00588 | 02/24/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, WPA Bureaucracy, depression and the county welfare, welfare objectives, case work, Life in Las Vegas, Boulder (Hoover) Dam, Welfare Dept. and Native Americans. | yes | 2 |
| Fletcher, Dorothy | OH-00589 | 06/26/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family life, Entertainment, and social changes | yes | 1 |
| Fletcher, Temple | OH-02331 | 2013 January 25 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Fletcher was interviewed by Elwood Schmidt for Schmidt's book "A History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada." | no | 0 |
| Flint, Harold | OH-00590 | 02/15/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Unions in the casino, prostitution, environment of corporations, minority population, Atomic Test Site, Education, Residences | no | 1 |
| Floor, Sherry Conover | OH-00591 | April 30, 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. | yes | 1 |
| Flores, Maurice | OH-02059 | 2002 April 01 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Flores, Rosemary Q. | OH-03496 | 2018 October 16 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 F56 2018 Session 1: Rosemary's parents originated from Sonora, Mexico where her father worked in the strawberry fields and her mother was a kindergarten teacher. Her father, in search for a better life, came to Nevada after he heard of jobs available in the Northern Nevada mines. The two met and settled down in Reno after her mother became enamored with the beauty of Lake Tahoe. Rosemary and her four younger siblings grew up in Reno with their parents until the divorce. Her father soon joined the army during the Korean war and felt that it would be best if Rosemary and her siblings lived with their grandmother back in Mexico. There they stayed for two years, and although she missed her family and did not speak much Spanish, she recalls her time there with fondness. She eventually moved back to Reno and finished high school, graduating in the top 20. She married afterwards and had her son as well. After some convincing from her husband, Rosemary enrolled into the University of Nevada, Reno and graduated with a major in Secondary Education with a specialty in Physics and Math. Rosemary became further involved in community outreach and non-profit programs such as Founding Hispanic Youth Image, Co-founding ALITAS, being a board member for the Title XX Commission, and being a Chair for the Latino Youth Leadership Conference. She has two children and is currently working at UNLV with the program Multicultural Education Services Alliance (MESA) as a Family Engagement Specialist. Subjects: Reno Nevada, UNLV, Multicultural Education, Family Engagement, Activism; Session 2: This is a continuation of a previous interview. We have asked Rosemary Q. Flores to tell us more about her work in the Multicultural Education Services Alliance. We also spoke more about her family and early childhood in Mexico while she was away from her family. Subjects: Family engagement, continuing higher education, separating families, Multicultural Education Services Alliance | yes | 0 |
| Floth, Ron | OH-03239 | 2017 September 07 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Ron Floth, Bicycle & Community Outreach Coordinator for the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC), began working with the RTC in 2007 after being recruited by then director, Jacob Snow. The RTC sought a someone to promote Club Ride, the agency's program to encourage the use of commute alternatives like ride matching, carpooling, riding transit, walking, and bicycling, among others. His responsibilities then expanded to include the RTC's Bike Share program: planning, promotion, and implementation. He discusses his role in helping Southern Nevada communities attain certification as Bicycle Friendly Communities (Henderson, Silver; Las Vegas, and Mesquite, Bronze) by the League of American Bicyclists; speaks of the Southern Nevada Bike Coalition and its advocacy for the Three Foot Law, sponsorship of bike rodeos, and promotion of cycling; and explains the Bike Share program in the City of Las Vegas and similar programs in other places. Subjects: Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC); Bike Share; Bicycling; Bicycle Friendly Communities; League of American Bicyclists; Southern Nevada Bike Coalition; Three Foot Law | no | 0 |
| Floth, Ron, Holman, John E., and Holland, James S. | OH-03225 | 2017 August 17 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Ron Floth's family arrived in Las Vegas in the early 1970s because his father, a Merchant Marine, could make a good civilian living in the hotel dining rooms. Ron attended local schools and has been an avid cyclist most of his life. Originally in the automobile industry, Floth joined the Regional Transportation Commission as Outreach Coordinator in 2007 to create and institute the Bike Share program. He is current co-chair, River Mountains Loop Trail Partnership. Jim Holland is a third-generation Boulder City resident; his father was five in 1931 when Jim's grandfather arrived to work on Hoover Dam. Before he retired in 2012, Holland worked for the National Park Service as a biologist in Denver and the Everglades and as a planner at Glen Canyon and Lake Mead. He is an original member of the River Mountains Loop Trail Partnership that formed in 1996. Another original member of the River Mountains Loop Trail Partnership, John Holman was raised on a dairy farm that was adjacent to his grandparents' farm near Salem, Oregon. His family moved to Grants Pass, Oregon, in 1963, where Holman completed his schooling. After graduating in Business from Southern Oregon State College, he began working for California-Pacific Utilities first in Grants Pass and then in Henderson. When Southwest Gas Corporation purchased the Henderson utility, Holman remained with SW Gas until he retired in 2012. Floth, Holland, and Holman trace the history of the River Mountains Loop Trail Partnership to an idea generated at a 1995 tailgate celebrating the completion of the Historic Railroad Hiking Trail. They continue the story from there to the present and offer a vision for future connectivity. Subjects: River Mountains Loop Trail Partnership; Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA); Lake Mead Recreational Area; Boulder City, NV; Henderson, NV; Cycling; Hiking; Outdoor recreation; National Park Service; Southwest Gas Hiking Club | no | 0 |
| Flowers, Wayland | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Fogerson, Dave | OH-02332 | 2013 February 15 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Fogerson moved to Reno, Nevada in 1993 and worked at the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District. | no | 0 |
| Foley, Helen; Faiss, Linda; Warren, Melissa | OH-03447 | 2018 June 28 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | This is really an interview to establish an understanding of FFW Public Relations and Government Affairs Agency, the firm of Linda Faiss, Helen Foley, and Melissa Warren, managing partner. The women met at DRGM Advertising and Public Relations firm in 1990 and formed a partnership in 1998. The City of Summerlin, Pardee Homes, and many other clients followed them as they moved downtown before it was cool to do so. From that early perch, they became involved in Symphony Park, City of Las Vegas Economic and Urban Development Department, Delta Dental, Downtown Las Vegas Alliance, Uber, and many clients from the government sector. Foley, who leads the government arm was the youngest woman elected to the Nevada State Senate and is enshrined in the Nevada Lobbyist Hall of Fame. Warren, leads the team's efforts with Summerlin, a client since before their firm was actually founded. Faiss is listed as one of the most influential women in Southern Nevada. What a team! Foley does remind everyone that her family is the one that is the Las Vegas pioneer family not the family of the owner of the Golden Knights. Oh well, one can't have everything. But FFW does hold season tickets for Knights' games for their clients of course. Subjects: Faiss, Foley, Warren, FFW, Summerlin, Pardee, City of Las Vegas, Symphony Park, Downtown Redevelopment | no | 0 |
| Foley, John | OH-00592 | 5/10/2011 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | 5 brothers in family - all attorneys. John served in the state senate when Mike O'Callaghan was governor. | yes | 0 |
| Fonfa, Gudrun | OH-02549 | 2008 June 15 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 3 |
| Fong, Kenneth W. | OH-00593 | 2/22/2014 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Father started grocery store and later in 1955, Fong's Garden. Real estate development followed. Helped develop Nevada State Bank, contributed to UNLV and SNCC, and the Chinatown evolution | yes | 0 |
| Fong, Lilly | OH-00594 | 02/29/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family background, Early years/occupations in Las Vegas, Activities at UNLV, Religion, Childhood in People's Republic of China. Interviewed by Annie Yuk-Siu Shum. | yes | 1 |
| Fong, Lilly | OH-00549 | 1992/05/06 | Interviewed by Lisa M.W. Freemont | no | 1 | |
| Fong, Wing | OH-00595 | 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | UNLV, small business, minorities, Chinese philosophy on education, growth in Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Fontaine, Jacqueline | 09/09/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Fontana, Carl | 10/23/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Forbes, Jane | OH-00596 | 04/17/2007 | 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 | 1 |
| Forbuss, Robert | OH-00597 | 02/12/2009 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 F657 2010 Robert Forbuss's mother bought a home in 1944 in the Huntridge development, adjacent to the John S. Park Neighborhood. She lived there for the rest of her life. She owned a dry cleaning business. Robert was a U.S. history and government teacher at Bishop Gorman High School.and was an ambulance driver for Mercy Ambulance and Medical Supply, which he later owned. | yes | 0 |
| Ford & Hines | 05/05/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Ford, Katie Barlow Pauline | OH-00598 | 1941 and 04/02/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early History of Beaty '30s, Las Vegas history | yes | 2 |
| Ford, Lyla Joy | OH-00599 | 03/12/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Old Ranch, Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Ford, Phil | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Foreman, Irving J. | OH-00600 | 03/16/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Stewart Ranch, Sahara Hotel, Economics of Industry/History, Housing Constuction | yes | 1 |
| Foreman, Ross | OH-02199 | 11/30/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Scott Lee) | Started coming to LV as tourist in 1952. Changes over time in treatment of AfAm. Moved to LV in 1996. | no | 0 |
| Foremaster, Emma | OH-00601 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Pahranaght Valley, Richard Hotel, Highlights of John William Richard | yes | 1 |
| Foremaster, Lamar | OH-00602 | 02/14/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Boulder Dam, Union Pacific Railroad, Anderson Dairy, Effects of World War II on Las Vegas, Effects of Gaming industry | yes | 1 |
| Forrest, Michael | 03/19/1929 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Forsythe, Carol | OH-00603 | 03/27/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Clark County Fire Department, Religion | yes | 1 |
| Forsythe, Norman | OH-00604 | 03/04/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Fire Department, El Rancho Fire, Clark County. Interviewer: Bill Cunningham. | yes | 2 |
| Forsythe, Norman | OH-00605 | 1981/03/19 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Firefighting. Interviewer: Steve Flint. | yes | 1 |
| Foster, B. J. | OH-02333 | 2013 March 14 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Foster is chief of the Walker Lake Fire and Ambulance Department. He worked for the California State Fire Marshall's Office until 2010. | no | 0 |
| Foster, Josephine Johnson | OH-00606 | 02/28/1980 | Life in Millers, NV, education, childhood freedom | no | 0 | |
| Foster, Kathy | OH-00607 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | See Cassette Tape for more information. | no | 1 | |
| Foster, Mike A. | OH-02061 | 2002 March 20 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Foster, Robert Dr. | OH-00608 | 03/02/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Special Education, Handicapped, Helen J. Stewart School Comparison, | yes | 1 |
| Fountain, Edgar | OH-00609 | 02/26/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | CCC Nevada history | no | 3 |
| Fountain, Ernest | OH-03160 | 2017 March 27 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Mr. Fountain explains why black businesses are disproportionately disappearing or nonexistent. He talks about the mis-education of blacks and their ignorance of economics. Civil rights are just one side of the coin, finance and economics are more important. | no | 0 |
| Fountain, Louise Lorenzi | OH-00610 | 03/30/2004 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .F68 2007 Louise Lorenzi Fountain's father developed and managed Lorenzi Park. Her husband worked on the construction of Hoover Dam. She and her husband owned several businesses, and she was a charter member of the Valley of Fire Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution | yes | 2 |
| Four Freshmen | 01/06/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Four Freshmen | 12/19/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Gwen Castaldi | no | 1 | |
| Four Lads Legend | 11/08/1996 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Four Preps | 06/30/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Foutz, Pauleen | OH-00611 | 02/03/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Southern Nevada history, Mormons, The Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, Pioche, NV, L.D.S. Genealogical Library's Bicentennial Project | yes | 1 |
| Fox, Brian | OH-00612 | 2006 June 16 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | See Cassette Tape for more information. | yes | 1 |
| Fox, Eddie (memorial) | 07/12/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Fox, Edna Gray | OH-00613 | 02/03/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Last Fronteir Hotel, Thunderbird Motel, Warm Springs Ranch, Wallace Canyon Fire Life in Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Fox, Jerry | OH-02183 | 11/12/14 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Moved to Las Vegas in 1955 as a teen; son of Abe Fox owner of Foxy's "kosher-style" restaurant; owned Foxy Dog, Tinder Box and other businesses over the years. F850.J5 F68 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Fox-Priest, Leslie; DiMiceli, Pamela; Fox, Steven; Fox, Jenna; Fox, Jeffrey | OH-03649 | 2019-11-22 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Leslie, Pamela, Steven, and Jeffrey grew up in Las Vegas. The family moved here in 1954, the year, the last child Steven, was born. They remember going to movies at the Fremont, El Portal, and the Fox theaters; cruising Fremont Street; living in the neighborhood with the Von Tobels and the Mahlon Brown families; attending school with blacks in 1964; having a paper route, and their mother returning to school earning a master's degree. Jenna is the daughter of Leslie. Subjects: Clark High School, Western High School, Stardust,Mr. Blackwell Women's Clothing, Jim Rogers | no | 0 |
| Foxx, Red | 12/29/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Foye, Hope; Woolley, Melody | OH-03572 | 2019 February 07, 2019 March 01 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Hope Foye is a classically trained singer who performed in Cafe Society, in operas, and in broadway productions. She met Paul Robeson as a young girl and later performed with him on New York stages and on street corners. Like Robeson, Hope was blacklisted because of McCarthy Era restrictions. She moved her family to Mexico and lived and practiced her craft there for ten years, returning to America to live in the mid-sixties. Her daughter, Melody, vividly remembers Mexico and what a wonderful childhood her enjoyed there. During one trip back to the US, Foye performed in Las Vegas but disliked the town because of the overt racism of the late 1950s, early 1960s. But now, she and Melody find it a decent place to live. Subjects: Paul Robeson, Cafe Society, Josephine Baker, World Youth Festival, Eartha Kitt, Mexico, Switzerland | no | 0 |
| France, Penny | 02/20/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Kaye, Willard | no | 1 | |
| Frances, Elizabeth A. | OH-00614 | 07/21/2008 | Heart to Heart:: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.F82 .A3 2009 Elizabeth Frances was a LPN at southern Nevada Memorial Hospital and also worked for Dr. Fink. She also taught nursing there and at Sunrise Hospital and worked fpr Workmen's Compensation | yes | 0 |
| Franchi, Sergio | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Francis, Beth | OH-02502 | 2004 May 31 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Francis, Richard | OH-00615 | 03/04/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Construction of Hoover Dam | yes | 1 |
| Francisco, Betty | OH-03575 | 2002 August 12 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Dancer and choreographer. | yes | 0 |
| Franco, Dick | OH-03789 | 2021-07-14 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Su Kim Chung. Richard Francis or Dick Franco, his stage name, by which he is more commonly known, has been juggling for over 50 years, having learned the art while he was still in high school. Taught by prominent juggling legends in Vaudeville and Las Vegas, Franco would go on to perform all over the world. He began as an opening act with the Harlem Globetrotters in the US, but would go on to perform throughout Europe and was featured in variety and production shows in Blackpool, London, Monte Carlo, Berlin, and many other cities. Franco also won specialty awards in Monte Carlo and Paris for his juggling prowess. In the US, Franco performed extensively in Las Vegas at Hallelujah Hollywood, Lido de Paris, Folies Bergere and Jubilee. His two special skills included juggling five balls at once in his mouth, and another one where he juggled three chainsaws. Franco also performed in Branson, MO, and would also go on to work as an entertainment agent and producer in Las Vegas. His wife and daughter traveled all over the world with him and both would perform in his acts as well. Subjects: Las Vegas entertainment; juggling; specialty acts; production shows 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 |
| Frank, Buddy | OH-02928 | 2017 January 03 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | HV6711 .B83 2017 Interviewed by David Schwartz. Fitzgerald's Reno, Eldorado, Atlantis, Silversmith's (Wendover), Stateline (Wendover), Viejas (California), Pechanga (California) | yes | 0 |
| Frankl, Lori Chenin | OH-02709 | June 7, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Community Digital Heritage Project | F850.J5 F73 2014 Grew up in Las Vegas; active in the Jewish community, Temple Beth Sholom, Congregation Ner Tamid, Hadassah, children musical programs. Daughter of a Holocasut survivor and a barber who moved from Ohio in 1963. | yes | 0 |
| Franklin, George E. | OH-00616 | 03/08/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Atomic Testing, Howard Hughes, Law Experience | no | 0 |
| Franklin, George E. | OH-00617 | 1981/03/09 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Early Las Vegas lawyer. Interviewer: Perry Kaufman. | no | 3 |
| Franklin, George E. | OH-00618 | circa 1981 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Collector: Linda Arnone | no | 1 |
| Frassman, Dorothy | OH-00619 | 09/21/1997 | Gay Archives - Dennis McBride | See Cassestte Tape for more information | yes | 10 |
| Frausto, Christina | OH-02515 | 11/16/2015 | BELV - Women of Boulder City | Artist. Owned art gallery in Boulder City and currently has one in the LV Arts District. Influential in various organizations - Desert Sculptors, Boulder City Preservation Committee, Historic BC Foundation, and others. Donated papers of Desert Sculptors to UNLV Special Collections. | no | 0 |
| Frazier, Michael | OH-03244 | 2017 September 15, 2017 September 29 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Michael Frazier runs the only paper conservation lab in the State of Nevada. Located in Special Collections & Archives in UNLV's Lied Library, Michael was reared in Osage County, Oklahoma and trained at the University of Tulsa known as the Harvard of the Midwest. As a book and paper preservationist, Michael loves library work, the theater, and being a public servant. His core values were honed in the Boy Scouts of America, giving to family, and through community engagement. Subjects: paper preservation, conservation, book repair, library safety, Toby Murray, Boy Scouts of America, University of Tulsa | no | 0 |
| Freeman, Bud | 01/27/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Freeman, Carolyn | OH-00621 | 01/30/2006 | BELVOHP | Tap Dancing and Las Vegas jazz entertainment. Married to Russ Freeman | yes | 2 |
| Freeman, Dewey E. | OH-00622 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Old Las Vegas, Paradise Valley, Blue Diamond | no | 1 |
| Freemyer, Wilma | OH-00623 | 02/22/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas, 30's, Review Journal | no | 2 |
| Frehner, Mary L. | OH-00624 | 11/28/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Life in Bunkerville, Mesquite | no | 1 |
| Frehner, Merle | OH-00625 | 07/05/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing, Freighting, "Arrowhead Trail", The Great Depression, Hoover Dam | no | 1 |
| Frehner, Merle | OH-02062 | 1981/01/17; 1981/01/19 | no | 4 | ||
| Frehner, Vivian "Viv" | OH-00626 | 06/20/1972 | Life in Las Vegas | no | 0 | |
| Frejlach, Ken | OH-02468 | 2015-01-21 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | Parents were caretakers of Oliver Rach 1945-1947; Oliver Ranch history; Blue Diamond town and school; Henderson; Boulder City; Las Vegas in the 1950s; Howard Hughes; Tweet and Buster Wilson | yes | 0 |
| French, Brenda | OH-00627 | 03/16/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Geology, Railroad | no | 1 |
| French, Edna | OH-00628 | 11/18/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| French, William | OH-00629 | 11/18/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Hoover Dam | no | 1 |
| Fretwell, Elizabeth N. "Betsy" | OH-02814 | 8/30/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 F74 2016 Clark County 1991-1997 (intern, lobbyist, agenda), City of Henderson 1997-2000, City of Las Vegas 2000-2008 (Asst. City Mgr), 2009-present (City Mgr); consolidation, Downtown Las Vegas, "vertical construction" via City Hall, Mob Museum, Smith Center | yes | 0 |
| Frey, Carol | OH-03420 | 2018 March 30 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Carol Frey is a former Real Estate sales person who now volunteers for TIP - Trauma Intervention Program of Southern Nevada, Inc. She has performed this vital work for the past nine years. During the day following the tragedy of 1 October, she served at Sunrise and several other hospitals. First, she worked with patients and families to help see to their many needs - helping to call family members; making arrangements to transport love ones, both alive and those who were killed; and answering question after question. Secondly, Carol worked to de-brief hospitals letting the staff know that they are safe. Groups of workers sat and talked to and with each other and learned to support each other's feelings and memories. TIP volunteers normally work with police and fire departments and the coroner's office. They spend time with the grieving, survivors of tragedies, and notifying the next of kin that love ones have passed. Carol is indeed an angel of mercy, compassion, and caring who listens when the firemen and policemen are too busy to hold a hand or lend a shoulder. Subjects: TIP, trauma, Sunrise, airlines giving free passage, de-briefing hospital staff, policemen, firemen | no | 0 |
| Frey, James Dr. | OH-00630 | 02/14/2007 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.F74 2007 James Frey taught sociology at UNLV starting in 1974, established a survey center, served as chair of the Sociology Department, and served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He is now retired | yes | 2 |
| Frias, Charles | OH-00631 | 03/02/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Cab Business, Las Vegas history, Texas National Guard, Nellis Airforce bas, Tourism | no | 1 |
| Fried, Joan; Fried, Max; Fried, Sarah | OH-02146 | 2016 March 04 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 F74 2014 Freed's Bakery was founded in 1959 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The third generation of Frieds is running the bakery today. Joni Fried, her daughter Sarah Freid, and nephew Max Jacobson-Fried share stories of working in the family business started by Joni's parents Milton and Esther Fried. They also explain the impact on their business as early adapters of computer technologies and social media marketing. | yes | 0 |
| Fried, Joni and Yvonne | OH-02578 | Feb. 17, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 F742 2014 Freed's Bakery, a local benchmark, was started by the two sisters' parents, Milton (also a musician) and Esther Fried. They talk about being raised in Las Vegas, being Jewish and coming from a musical family. Includes a conversation with current family members involved in the operation of Freed's Bakery. | yes | 0 |
| Friedman, Joe | OH-02725 | 2015 May 26 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | Sahara Tahoe; Hard Rock Hotel; Silverton; GVR; Wynn; GPI; MGM Grand | yes | 0 |
| Friedman, Norma | OH-02522 | Nov 19, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 F748 2014 The Friedman family moved to Las Vegas in 1973 from Gary IN. Leon Friedman, his brother and his brother-in-law became owners of Walker Furniture. Norma talks about business, family history and being members of the Jewish community for over 40 years. She was an honoree of the Jewish Federation in 2014. | yes | 0 |
| Friedman, Phyllis | OH-00104 | March 2, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Phyllis has lived in Las Vegas twice (1996-98 and 2007 to current). Served as Nevada Director of Anti-Defamation League from 2007 - 2015. Formerly with Jewish Federation Foundation. | no | 0 |
| Friedmutter, Brad | OH-02825 | 2016 September 12 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 F747 2016 | yes | 0 |
| Friel, John | OH-00632 | 02/29/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history, Life in Nevada, Tonopah, 40s, Railroads, Population | no | 1 |
| Frisk, Marvin | OH-00633 | 04/21/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | United Airlines, McCarren Airport, 747 and DC-10 services | no | 1 |
| Fritzsche, Allen | OH-00634 | 2/12/2008 | Boyer Early LV OHP | Nevada Test Site | yes | 0 |
| Frogley, Kenneth | OH-00635 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 2 | |
| FROMMER, David | OH-02826 | 9/12/2016 | Building Las Vegas | Executive Director, Planning and Construction, UNLV; Architect/Planner from NYC to LV in 1994, worked 8 years with Bob Fielden at RAFI Architecture doing many public projects; at UNLV 13 years, arrived in time to help finalize and begin to implement the Midtown concept for the UNLV master plan. | no | 0 |
| Fry, Joseph A. | OH-00636 | 10/09/2007 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.F78 2007 Dr. Joseph "Andy" Fry is a professor of history at UNLV. He has also been a department chair and served for three years as executive assistant to UNLV president Dr. Carol Harter | yes | 0 |
| Fudenberg, John | OH-03432 | 2018 May 03, 2018 May 23 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Session 1: Coroner for Clark County since 2015, John Fudenberg recalls the events of 1 October and how he and his team intersected with the immediate aftermath. He talks about how he spent that day and learned of the mass shooting, his remembrances of first walking onto the festival's site to begin his work as the coroner. He also talks about first responders, steps taken to maintain the well-being of his team and other responders, and being responsive to the families of victims. Subjects: Coroner office responsibilities, working with Metro and Emergency responders' offices, coordination of handling 58 victims and assisting their loved ones, handling media; Session 2: Clark County Coroner continues his remembrances and lessons learned in the aftermath of the shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on 1 October 2017. Subjects: Identification of bodies, Family Assistance Center, coroner's job, mass casualty training | no | 0 |
| Fuhr, Howie | OH-00637 | 03/08/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Fulkerson, Robert | OH-02550 | 2007 March 27 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 2 |
| Fulner, John E. | OH-00638 | 03/28/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Southern Nevada | no | 1 |
| Fulson, Lowell | 03/19/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Funkhouser, Cindy | OH-00639 | 01/14/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 F85 2010 Cindy Funkhauser moved to Las Vegas in 1980. She worked as a cocktail waitress and a bartender at the Four Queens. She owns an antique shop and is a motivator for First Friday and the Las Vegas art movement that is rooted in the John S. Park Neighborhood's sense of community | yes | 0 |
| Fusco, Ed | 09/21/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Fuson, Barbara | OH-00640 | 03/20/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Medical Care, 60's, Education system, Las Vegas Culture, Drug Culture, Gambling, Politics, Religion | no | 1 |
| Fuson, Kathleen | OH-00641 | 03/04/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Life in Las Vegas, Employment, Hoover Dam, Desert Flora and Fauna, Education system | no | 1 |
| Futch, Eva | OH-00642 | 11/2/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Married to Eddie Futch, famed boxing trainer; talks about the sport in various parts of the country and especially Las Vegas. Has mini museum of boxing. | yes | 0 |
| Gabler, Milt | 02/19/1969 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Gaffey, Patrick | OH-02805 | 8/19/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 G33 2016 Gaffey is synonymous with the Allied Arts Council, Arts Alive Magazine, and public art in Las Vegas. He arrived in Las Vegas as a child attending Wasden Elementary School as well as Red Rock, Hyde Park and Western High School. His father brought the family to Las Vegas to work as a room service waiter at the Sands. He later became captain in that area because of an encounter with one of the bosses. Patrick strives in the art world, knows all the players, and has been involved in the development of the Discovery Children's Museum, Meadows Mall Art Gallery, Airport Art Program, the beginnings of the Neon Museum, and many, many other endeavors in art in Las Vegas. He currently operates the Winchester Cultural Center. His one regret is that he was not able to save the Sands sign. | yes | 0 |
| Gagliardi, Frank | 07/18/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Gaines, Ida M. | OH-02847 | 2016 September 30 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Highlights of African American community from 1959 - present day including Jackson Street, the black church, forming clubs and organizations, and the Economic Opportunity Board. Recalls work at the Nevada Test Site and fourteen years as a community liaison with Senator Harry Reid. | no | 0 |
| Gaines, Lovell | OH-00643 | 7/1/2009 | AfAm Collaborative - LV Black Experience | History of his term as NAACP president. | yes | 0 |
| Gaines, Lovell | OH-00643 | 7/1/2009 | boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - NAACP | Originally got involved in the NAACP in Reno. Moved to LV in 1975 and ran for the LV NAACP presidency in 1908. In describing his 2-year term, he gives a detailed history of the branch;s work with the consent decree, integration, Freedom fund banquet, police brutality, and housing issues. | yes | 0 |
| Gaines, Rawdy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Galataz, Elaine | OH-02288 | 04/22/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Elaine is a past Jewish Federation president; married to renown attorney Neil Galatz; accomplished horsewoman. Recalls moving to Las Vegas in 1961 and being an active community member. | yes | 0 |
| Galati, Craig | OH-02875 | 2016 October 24 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 G34 2016 Talks about moving to Las Vegas in 1968, being in the first graduating class at Bonanza HS, and going to Idaho for college. In Las Vegas worked for JMA and formed LGA in 1986. Projects include Desert Living Center and Gardens at Springs Preserve, Donald W. Reynolds St. Vincent Plaza, R&R Partners Corporate Headquarters, Grant Sawyer State Office Building, Laughlin Library, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School, Nevada State Bank branches, City of Henderson Neighborhood Services Education and Outreach Program. Is currently doing upgrades at Lied Library. | yes | 0 |
| Gale, Jane Greenspun | OH-03383 | 2018 January 31 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 G343 2014 Daughter of Hank & Barbara Greenspun, married to photographer Jeff Gale, is a native of Las Vegas, served on Board of Animal Foundation, Springs Preserve. Jane wrote a column for health column for Las Vegas Sun. Subjects: Animal Foundation and animal rights, Springs Preserve, growing up in 1960s Las Vegas, Gilcrease farm history | yes | 0 |
| Gale, Janie Greenspun | OH-03636 | 2019 July 17 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Daughter of Hank and sister of Brian, Janie is the rebel of the Greenspun family who lives on a farm in the upper Northwest. Her privileged life led her through many conversions and has brought her close to the city and closer still to the earth. She is grounded in her philanthropy and her role as wife, mother, and farmer. She remembers her first car, a green Camaro and later being bribed to return to college with a Porsche. In high school she was a Rhythmette, a devotee of the British Rock invasion, and even lived in London for a while. At one time, she co-hosted, then hosted a TV Talk Show - Las Vegas Life. She was on both Channel 10 and Channel 8. She loves Las Vegas. Subjects: Bob Stoldal, Ned Day, Las Vegas Life, Art Museum, Teen Beat Club, Rhythmette | no | 0 |
| Gale, Pamela | OH-02499 | 1995 July 10 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Gallagher, John Dr. | OH-00644 | 05/31/2002 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 1 |
| Gallagher, Mr. & Mrs. R. | OH-00645 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 1 | |
| Galvan, Maria Paloma | OH-03273 | 2017 October 30 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Paloma is an art curator for the City of Las Vegas. On the evening of October 1, she was working as a Lyft driver. After dropping off passengers she emerged out of the Luxor's driveway onto Las Vegas Boulevard and immediately heard gunfire. She stopped at the parking lot just north of the venue and picked up a car load of people, including two in the trunk. She drove them to safety at the parking lot of Hooters (Tropicana & Koval) and picked up two couples, including a wounded man, William "Billy" King. He had suffered a chest wound. She drove them to Sunrise Hospital. Paloma tried to return to the scene to transport others out of harm's way but was prevented from doing so by police blockades. She feels guilty for not doing enough, for causing her kids to worry, and many other reasons that have played over and over in her thoughts. Subjects: Luxor, Billy King, Sunrise Hospital, Lyft, gun fire, tea cup | no | 0 |
| Gamble, Evelyn & JC | OH-02097 | 8/31/2010 | BELVOHP | Evelyn's family moved to the Westside in 1951. She worked as a maid, for Manpower Development Center and NTS. JC talked about Nellis AFB and NTS. | yes | 0 |
| Gamble-Aires, Feeney | 10/24/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Kaye, Willard | no | 1 | |
| Gang, Bobbie and Leonard | OH-02829 | 2016 September 14 and 27 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 G35 2014 In 1963 the Gangs moved to Carson City from New York for a law position; moved to Las Vegas the next year to enter legal practice. Len eventually became a judge, sitting on the bench for high profile cases. Bobbie talks about lobbying and civic organizations that she represented; Volunteer Development for Strengthening Literacy Program, Nevada Chapter of Planned Parenthood, among others. | yes | 0 |
| Ganger,Randal | OH-00646 | 05/17/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Gans, Jim | OH-02098 | 1/30/2013 | Boyer Early LV OHP - Rancho HS Class of '62 | CT247 G35 2012. Jim Gans' family moved to Las Vegas in 1950. Jim worked as an electrician and attended the Aviation Academy in Reno and then was a flight instructor there. He came back to Las Vegas and worked in measuring radioactivity from nuclear testing and then in safety and as a trainer at Central Telephone and at Southwest Gas. Jim worked at the Clark County Sanitation District and worked on a new waste water treatment plan and management system. Then he went to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and became a vice president there. Jim worked there until he retired and now spends much time in various volunteer endeavors | yes | 0 |
| Garbiso, Paul R. | OH-00647 | 02/15/2005 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | See Cassette Tape for more information | yes | 1 |
| Garcia Mendoza, Eva | OH-03484 | 2018 September 25 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 M45 2018 Eva Garcia Mendoza's story begins with her grandparents fleeing Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. Mendoza grew up in Monterrey Texas where she witnessed frequent discrimination against the Latinx community. Despite frequent racism at her high school, she felt very encouraged by the support of her band teacher. With the encouragement of her parents, she pursued higher education. After a few years, Mendoza moved her family to Las Vegas where she studied international language. Her skills as a translator landed her a job as an interpreter of the successful court interpreter program started by Judge John F. Mendoza. It was Judge Mendoza who convinced her to pursue a degree in law. She attended the University of San Diego for law school, and during her final year, she was able to move back to Las Vegas to work for Judge Mendoza. They would be married a few years later. Mendoza recounts some of her memorable cases, which leads to a conversation about the #metoo movement, Immigration issues, and other stories about her work to combat discrimination. Mendoza has three children, is involved in Board of Directors of Business Bank of Nevada, and a Board Member of Destination Online LLC. Subjects: Attorney, discrimination, immigration, sexual harassment | yes | 0 |
| Garcia Vining, Alma | OH-03561 | 2019 February 13 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Lifelong learner and educator, Alma Garcia-Vining is a native of "el barrio" of McAllen, Texas. Growing up with her Mexican heritage, she was taught to believe in the power of education to create a bright future for her and her family. Alma moved to Las Vegas in the early 70s and jumped into the community with her involvement in Nevada Association of Latin Americans (NALA) and on the television program, Minor Key. She earned her Master's Degree in Education through UNLV and worked for over 30 years in the district as a teacher and principal. Her passion for education drove her to spark changes that awarded her awards such as the nationally recognized, Milken Educator Award and the Hispanic of the Year Award through the Latin Chamber of Commerce. Subjects: Education; Mexico; Texas; CCSD; UNLV | no | 0 |
| Garcia, Aquiles | OH-02250 | 1/20/2015 | BELVOHP | CT247 .G36 2012 Life in Argentina, coming to America as a dancer, dancing in shows on the LV Strip, life of a dealer, and Las Vegas retirement. | yes | 0 |
| Garcia, Hank | June 1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Garcia, Randy | OH-03518 | 2018 November 27 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 G37 2018 Randy Garcia was born in LA, but was brought to Las Vegas at the age of three by his family for health reasons. Garcia's father worked in the casino industry, working multiple jobs at a time. As a result of his father's strong work ethic. Garcia was able to attend private school, eventually graduating from Bishop Gorman. Garcia went on to study accounting at UNLV. Upon graduation, he applied to law school, but soon realized law was not for him. Garcia returned to Las Vegas, where spent some time working in financial firms, before starting his own. Garcia has grown his company to be consistently top ranked financial firms not only in the state, but in the country. Subjects: financial firms, Las Vegas, Bishop Gorman, UNLV | yes | 0 |
| Gardea, Andrea | OH-03631 | 2019 June 29 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | California native, moved to Las Vegas in 2002. Attendee at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Subjects: Escaping the shooting site, post event trauma, Engelland Foundation, love of Las Vegas | no | 0 |
| Garis, Bill | OH-00648 | 2004 March 29 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | See Cassette Tape for more information | yes | 1 |
| Garland, Ruby | OH-00649 | 09/01/2000 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Headed Nevada State Board of Cosmetology | yes | 2 |
| Garner, Erroll | 01/29/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Garner, Tony George | OH-00650 | 03/25/1987 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 1 |
| Garren, Betty | OH-03576 | 1997 May 02 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | No use agreement. | no | 0 |
| Garrett, Elton | OH-00651 | 12/05/1980 | Gay Archives | Boulder City, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas history, UNLV. Interviewed by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick. | no | 3 |
| Garrett, Elton | OH-00652 | 11/10/1986 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 3 | |
| Garrett, Elton | OH-02064 | 1981 March 01 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Interviewed by Alan Gurwitz; Boulder City, UNLV, Hoover Dam | yes | 1 |
| Garrett, Perle | OH-00653 | 03/02/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | yes | 1 |
| Garrett,Theodore | OH-00654 | 03/02/1975 | Boulder City | Boulder City, Personal History | yes | 1 |
| Garrison, Elizabeth | OH-00655 | 02/26/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Prostitution, Atomic Testing, Girl Scouts, Japanese Ranch, Family History, Gambling Influence | yes | 1 |
| Garry, Janet | OH-00656 | 02/24/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas History, City Development, Crime, Family History, Entertainment | yes | 1 |
| Garside, Sherwin | OH-00657 | 03/25/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history, 30's | yes | 1 |
| Garvin, Laura & Don | OH-00658 | 03/03/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Languages, Changes in Education, Politics, Atomic Testing, Railroads, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas History | yes | 1 |
| Garvin, Lois | OH-02155 | 9/8/2014 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Arrived in Las Vegas in 1954, worked as cocktail server and dancer. Husband made connections that allowed them to share in casino operations in Yugoslavia and Aruba. Real estate investor, owned dance school, and became art collector. | no | 0 |
| Gaston, Kathleen Bryan | OH-00659 | 03/17/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Growth of Las Vegas, Politics, Family History | yes | 1 |
| Gates, Lee (Judge) | OH-00660 | 12/05/1996 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .G37 2007 Judge Gates moved to Las Vegas around 1960. He attended UNLV, participated in the civil rights movement, and worked as a lawyer and a judge | yes | 1 |
| Gatlin, Larry | 03/12/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Gauger, Agnes | OH-00661 | 02/24/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing, Gambling, Howard Hughes, Cultural Events, Las Vegas History | yes | 1 |
| Gausling, Mike | OH-02915 | 2016 December 07 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | HV6711 .G38 2017 Interviewed by David Schwartz. Aladdin, Stardust, Sundance/Fitzgerald's, Holiday/Harrah's, Stratosphere, Mirage, Green Valley Ranch. | yes | 0 |
| Gay, Hazel | OH-00662 | 12/21/1995 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | CT247 .G38 2007 Hazel Gay's husband Jimmy was the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He also was the assistant manager at the Sands and an executive at the Union Plaza. Hazel ran dress shops and also worked as a display artist and retail clerk in other shops | yes | 3 |
| Gay, James A. III | OH-00665 | 04/12/1972 | Ralph Roske Interviews | African Americans, Las Vegas History | yes | 1 |
| Gay, James A. III | OH-00663 | 12/1978 | Black experience in Southern Nevada | Jimmy was the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. Jimmy was the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He also was the assistant manager at the Sands and an executive at the Union Plaza. | yes | 0 |
| Gay, James III | OH-00664 | 01/11/1979 | Las Vegas History (Wright) | Las Vegas history, politics | yes | 1 |
| Gayle, Crystal | 01/28/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Gearing, Don | OH-00667 | 2/7/2013 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Mr. Don Gearing moved to LV in 1961 in the construction industry. He air conditioned the town. Talks about early systems, the evolution of the industry. | yes | 0 |
| Geddins, Bob | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Geerstema, Mrs, Richard H. | OH-00668 | 02/23/1972 | Local Oral HIstory Project-Roske | Personal History, Fish Lake Valley, World War II, Social Changes, Population Growth | no | 0 |
| Gemma, Joseph | OH-00669 | 03/11/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Las Vegas, Social Changes, Population, Strikes, Atomic Testing | yes | 1 |
| Genovese family | OH-02079 | 2013-08-20, 2013-08-29, 2013-09-05, 2014-09-13 | West Charleston | Westleigh neighborhood. Stories and memories capture Las Vegas from the 1960s to the present. | yes | 0 |
| Genovese, Patrick | OH-02096 | 9/5/2013 | Ward 1 | Stories and memories of the West Charleston Westleigh community. | yes | 0 |
| Gentile, Christina | OH-02723 | 2015-05-01 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | Hotel Nevada (Ely); King’s 8, Wild Wild West; Boulder Station; Red Rock; Wynn | yes | 0 |
| Gentry, Laura | OH-00670 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family History, Mining, Construction, Politics, Social Changes, Religion, Tax Structure, Gold Butte History | yes | 2 | |
| George, Donna | OH-00671 | 5/14/2012 | Boyer Early LV OHP - Shake Rattle & Roll | Stories from a spouse of a NV Test Site worker during active testing. | yes | 0 |
| George, Dorothy O'Donnell | OH-00672 | 10/13/2005 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .G56 2007 Dorothy George served as a nurse during World War II in Hawaii, Okinawa, and Japan. She moved to Las Vegas and worked as a nurse. Dorothy also discusses Las Vegas, Helldorado Parades, atomic bomb testing, and family picnics at Mount Charleston | yes | 2 |
| George, Joseph Dr. | OH-00673 | 04/08/2008 | Heart to Heart:: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.G46.A3 2006 Dr. Joseph George, Jr., is a physician who came to Las Vegas in 1945 and established a private practice | yes | 0 |
| George, Lloyd (Judge) | OH-00674 | 01/15/2005 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .G563 2007 Judge Lloyd D. George was a lawyer in Las Vegas and was Chief Judge of the Nevada District. The Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse in Las Vegas is named for him Notes Includes a copy of the article Administrative structure of the federal courts in the United States by Lloyd George published in the Bulletin of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, v. 2, no. 3, fall 1994, p. 1-10 | yes | 4 |
| Geran, Hazel | OH-00675 | 08/30/2000 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | F850.N4 G47 2012 Insights into the black experience in Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Geran, Trish | OH-01990 | 4/14/2015 | AfAm | Closing and re-opening of F Street, general life and community influences | yes | 0 |
| Geuder, Pat | OH-00676 | 04/15/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Overview of the history of early UNLV-Professor | yes | 1 |
| Gibb, Andy | 08/16/1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Gibson, Elsie | OH-02068 | 2002 March 25 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Gibson, Fred | OH-01287 | 02/13/2008 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .G52 2007 Fred Gibson is a mining engineer who organized Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada with his father in 1955. As a trustee director of the Nevada Development Authority, he was one of the main promoters of an engineering school for UNLV | yes | 0 |
| Gibson, Fred D. | OH-00677 | 03/09/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | LD3745 .G52 2007 Family history, Nevada history, Military Service, Counter Intelligence Corp., Mining, World War II | yes | 2 |
| Gibson, James | OH-00678 | 02/22/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | JK8566 .P43 Came to Las Vegas in 1927 at 11 years of age, worked for the RR, mining. wife early school teacher, Military (Navy 1943), Engineering degree, Father owned property behind Lake Mead worked at Lake Mead, Active LDS member, Democratic party, State Senator for Clark County District 1, | no | 1 |
| Gibson, Rachel | OH-02684 | 1998 August 25, 1998 September 1, 1999 April 7 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 G52 2000 Rachel Gibson was the granddaughter of Nevada pioneers. Rachel was born in 1913 in Yerington. Her 1930 class was the first to graduate from Las Vegas High School, and Rachel received her Bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She taught first in Boulder City, then at the J.T. McWilliams Elementary School in Las Vegas. Rachel also was active in many community groups. She paints a picture in this oral history of life in Yerington, Tonopah, and Las Vegas in the early twentieth century. | yes | 0 |
| Giddens, Gary | OH-03541 | 2018 December 13 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | In 1978, Gary moved to Las Vegas to become a firefighter after years of trying in Southern California. He believes he was prevented from entering his chosen field because of affirmative action that finally gave men of color opportunities for jobs on fire departments. The North Las Vegas fire department's hiring of Gary proved to have been done in perfect timing. As a trained EMT - Emergency Medical Technician - he brought those skills to southern Nevada, not in a separate truck but as a function of what a fire truck could become by including all the equipment, tools, and medicines needed to triage a person as well as to fight a fire. He rapidly moved up in rank to engineer and then to captain. Though a firefighter in North Las Vegas, his truck rolled to both the MGM and International fires and he shares stories of rescues and dangers encountered at both locations. As an entrepreneur, Gary started a school to train EMTs - Medical Technical School. And because of his independent work, he took Evander Holyfield to the hospital after the fight at Caesars Palace when fan-man landed in the ring. (Bowe-Holyfield II). Gary owned and operated the Emergency Room Bar from 2001 - 2006. In 2012 he moved to Florida where he now makes his home. Subjects: MGM fire, North Las Vegas Fire Department, Emergency Room Bar, Mercy Ambulance, CCSN | no | 0 |
| Gidel, Darwin | OH-00679 | 10/21/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .G57 2007 (CD) Darwin Gidel was a flight engineer in the Air Force during World War II. He was shot down over Belgium in 1944 and was held as a POW in Belgium and Germany for eleven months. He was also an accountant and an administrator who moved here from California in the late seventies | yes | 0 |
| Gieck, John D. | OH-00680 | 01/08/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | yes | 1 |
| Gilbert, George | OH-00681 | 02/10/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early newspaper, Helldorado, 30's, 40's | yes | 1 |
| Gilbert, Robert F. | OH-00682 | 02/01/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Atomic Testing, Politics, effects of World War II, Union Pacific Railroad, American Legion, Tourism, Gambling, Environmental Changes, Social Changes | yes | 1 |
| Gilbert, Robert W. | OH-02295 | 2/1/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Gilday, Donald | OH-00683 | 02/21/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Airlines Industry, Social Changes, Politics, Elk's Club, Atomic Testing, Environmental Changes- ( NO CASSETTE TAPE) | no | 0 |
| Giles, Kenneth R. Sr. | OH-00684 | 10/17/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas History, Social changes, Economic changes-(NO CASSETTE TAPE) | no | 0 |
| Giles, Reva | OH-00685 | 07/17/2006 | UNLV | LD3745 .G54 2007 Ms. Giles moved to Las Vegas, NV in 1958. She recalls living on Decatur, unpaved roads, military housing at Nellis Airforce Base. Moving from Las Vegas, NV to Okinawa, Japan for 4 years with her husband. Retiring from the military and moving back to Las Vegas, NV in 1964. She worked in the sports ticket office, admissions, student services, and career services at UNLV. She is now retired and volunteers as an office aide to the UNLV athletic director | yes | 1 |
| Gillenwater, John | OH-02334 | 2012 December 27 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | A native of Reno, Nevada, Gillenwater began working for the Truckee Meadows Fire Department starting in 1984. | no | 0 |
| Giller, Christian | OH-02336 | 2012 December 18 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Giller was raised in Reno, Nevada, where his family owned AIDS Ambulance. He worked as a dispatcher before earning his EMT certifications in the 1980s. | no | 0 |
| Giller, Marcia | OH-02335 | 2013 October 24 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | In 1960, Giller and her husband purchased the ambulance service in Reno, Nevada. Her company, AIDS Ambulance, was the main provider of ambulance services in Truckee Meadows until 1978. Due to competition between companies, Giller went to work for Mercy Ambulance. She spent over 50 years in the EMS field. | no | 0 |
| Gillespie, Dizzy | 04/28/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Gilley, Mickey | 10/18/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Gilliland, Vern | OH-02337 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Gilliland became an ambulance driver in 1985 before gaining EMT certifications. He served in Nye County for 25 years. | no | 0 |
| Gilyard, Clarence | OH-02211 | 12/02/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Barbara Paige) | Drama Department UNLV, professional acting career | no | 0 |
| Giomi, Stacy | OH-02338 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Stacy moved to Carson City, Nevada, in 1977. In 1983 he was hired at the fire department as a dispatcher, and he later became a paramedic. | no | 0 |
| Giovanni | 02/13/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Kaye, Willard | no | 1 | |
| Giunchigliani, Chris | OH-00686 | 7/20/2007 | John S. Park OHP | Running for office in a small village setting within an urban setting. Building community. | yes | 0 |
| Giunchigliani, Chris | OH-02866 | 2016 October 20 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 G58 2016 Chris Giunchigliani first visited Las Vegas with some girlfriends from Johnson County, Kansas, in 1978. She received a masters degree in education from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, worked as a special education teacher, served 1991 to 2006 in the Nevada State Assembly, and began representing District E on the Clark County Commission in 2006. Chris is now serving her third and final term. Chris talks about the politics of a publicly funded stadium for professional football, she describes plans for the revitalization of the Maryland Parkway corridor, and she comments on the University of Nevada Las Vegas Medical School and the breakup of the Clark County School District, currently the sixth largest school district in the United States. | yes | 0 |
| Givens, Barbara | OH-00687 | 10/15/2005 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .G58 2007 Barbara Givens moved to Las Vegas from Reno in 1952. She studied to be a teacher at what is now UNLV and has taught in two Las Vegas high schools. She also taught a class for new teachers at UNLV | yes | 2 |
| Givens, Barbara Hampton | OH-00957 | 02/15/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Givens, Victor | OH-00688 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Victor Givens was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV in 1938. Educated in Las Vegas.He attended school in Las Vegas, including 2 years in Dealers school. Some of Mr. Givens occupations include Juvenile Court Services,Clark County Parks and Recreation, maintenance worker, and casino dealer. He talks about which customer skills are needed in order to keep the patrons coming back to the tables. How you have to love the environment you work in, in order to excel at your job. Mr. Givens states that "family is the most important to thing to him". | yes | 1 |
| Glick, Delores P. | OH-00689 | 11/29/2003 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Ms. Glick was born and raised in New York. She attended Hunter high school, eventually returning to become the assist. principal. She taught as a teacher for 5 years became a guidance counselor. Later after becoming a mother, she became a principal. | yes | 1 |
| Glovinsky, Marilyn with Melissa Lemoine | OH-02285 | 04-02-2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Mother and daughter recall moving from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas, helping start Congregation Ner Tamid and their involvement with the Jewish community. Melissa is active with the Next Gen organization. | yes | 0 |
| Glusman, Freddie | OH-02523 | Oct. 29, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 G58 2014 Freddie Glusman, proprietor of the renown Piero's restaurant on Convention Center Dr; setting for scenes in the movie Casino (1995). Arrived in Las Vegas as a young man in 1957. Owned clothing retail stores in casino/hotels. Friend to many celebrities. | yes | 0 |
| Gobel, George | 10/21/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Godbey, Erma O. | OH-00690 | 11/07/1986 | Boulder City Oral History Program | Emma O. Godbey and husband Tom moved from Oatman, Az to Needles, NV on June 21, 1931. She talks about housekeeping in Needles, NV in 1931, with unpaved roads, terrible hot dusty weather. Military dances held in Boulder City. Railroad Pass Casino was being built. Gambling became legal. Tent City called Rag Town-officialy called Williamsville. | yes | 1 |
| Godbey, Tom | OH-00691 | 09/27/1984, 09/18/1974 | Boulder City Oral History Program | Tom & Emma Godbey moved from Oatman, AZ to Needles,NV on June 21, 1931. Due to a law in Arizona titled: criminal syndicalism law,Mr. Godbey was terminated and they moved to Needles, NV. The first couple to build a home in Boulder City. Tom worked for Sterns,Rogers Construction out of Denver, building a mill in Silverton. Tom Godbey was a City Marshall and Water Commisision of Silverton. Mining Nevada Assembly, Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Goddard, Clarence | OH-00692 | Clarence Goddard is a native of Las Vegas. He attended 5th street school, began working for the railroad when he was 16 years old. Active LDS member.Clarence recalls using swamp coolers, excelsior fans, wet sheets. Las Vegas History | no | 0 | ||
| Goldberg, Fred | OH-03359 | 2017 December 03 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Resides in Vail CO. Averages two visits per year to Las Vegas where he has family and friends. En route from Denver airport on Oct. 1, 2017, he talks about diversion to Salt Lake City late in the evening and his eventual arrival in Las Vegas. Met Route 91 attendees and learned of the shooting while waiting for a taxi at McCarran. | no | 0 |
| Goldman, Dr. Edward | OH-02637 | March 22, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F 850 J5 G64 2014 Clark County School District teacher, negotiator, and regional superintendent during his over three-decade long career. Active member in the Jewish community at Temple Beth Sholom and then as a founding member of Midbar Kodesh Temple. Wide array of topics explore about education, Jewish history. | yes | 0 |
| Goldstein, Marguerite | OH-00693 | 02/25/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history, Social Changes, Gambling, Boulder Club, Crime, Airport | yes | 1 |
| Goldstein, Stanley | OH-00694 | 10/25/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Mormon culture, Marriage, Family History | yes | 1 |
| Golub, Rita | OH-00695 | 03/14/1981, 05/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, 50's-60's, Hotels, Casinos | yes | 1 |
| Gomez, Abraham | OH-03703 | 2019 December 06 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Abraham Gomez is a College Navigator for the Nevada Treasurer’s Office where he is responsible for providing and distributing information on post-secondary resources that may enable Nevadans to go to college. Gomez was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada and grew up on the East Side near Desert Pines High School. He received an Associate of Arts from the College of Southern Nevada before obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from the University of Nevada, Reno. After graduating he worked as a GEAR UP Ambassador for Nevada State College where he advised a cohort of 46 low-income students on the importance of continuing their education. He has volunteered with various organizations throughout Southern Nevada and continues to work to better his community and make education accessible to students everywhere. F850.S75 G66 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Gonalez, Charles | OH-00696 | 5/12/2007 | Blue Diamond Oral History Project | History of Blue Diamond | no | 2 |
| Gonzales, Charles | OH-00696 | May 5, 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. | no | 2 |
| Gonzalez, Rowena | OH-00697 | 02/24/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic testing, Las Vegas history, Industry in Las Vegas, Hoover Dam | yes | 1 |
| Goodall, Leonard E. | OH-00698 | 03/28/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.G65 2007 Dr. Leonard Goodall became president of UNLV in 1979. Before that he was a professor in several states. At UNLV he oversaw the creation of the enginnering college and helped create the UNLV foundation. After his term was over, he worked as a professor in public administration and still serves on campus comittees | yes | 1 |
| Goodall, Leonard E. "Pat" | OH-02071 | 2002/04/18 | no | 2 | ||
| Goodall, Lois M. | OH-00699 | 11/12/2013 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Early UNLV history. Wife of former UNLV president. | no | 0 |
| Goodman, Carolyn | OH-02231 | 1/21/2009 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Goodman, Carolyn | OH-02803 | Aug. 18, 2016 & Aug. 31, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 G647 2014 Mayor Carolyn Goodman talks about her Jewish ancestry, moving to Las Vegas, raising children and entering politics of the city. Sports in Las Vegas. Preparing for local homeland security. | yes | 0 |
| Goodman, Carolyn & Oscar | OH-02169 | 10/18/2014 | West Charleston & JHP | Early lives, moving to Las Vegas, Definition of "community" in Las Vegas, early careers, and current Downtown economy. | no | 0 |
| Goodman, Felipe | OH-03693 | 2019 April 01 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Rabbi at Temple Beth Sholom since 1998, Felipe Goodman is a native of Mexico City. He identifies as a Mexican Jewish American, and shares the complexities of these. Subjects: Chilango, Jewish-American, heritage | yes | 0 |
| Goodman, Oscar | OH-02232 | 1/5/2009 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Goodman, Oscar | OH-02797 | 2014 November 10 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 G653 2014 Recollections on Temple Beth Sholom, Jewish leaders and organizations in Las Vegas, raising children in Las Vegas, and practicing law. | yes | 0 |
| Goodman, Rabbi Felipe | OH-02283 | 03/09/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850 J5 G65 2014 Born in Mexico City, Felipe became rabbi of the oldest synagogue in Las Vegas in 1997. Explains Rabbi Board, and more about Las Vegas Jewish community. | yes | 0 |
| Goodman, Ted | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Goodson, Tex | OH-02296 | 5/18/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Goodwin, Rosina | OH-00700 | 03/15/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Boulder (Hoover) Dam, Bugsy Siegal, Helldorado, Entertainment | yes | 1 |
| GOOLSBY, John and Judy | OH-02823 | 9/8/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 G663 2016 Both from Fort Worth, TX. John Bachelors Business Administration University of Texas at Arlington and CPA in Texas. To LV with Summa Corp 1980 to manage portfolio of Nevada property owned by Hughes estate; developed Summerlin's master plan, CEO, president Howard Hughes Corp 1988-1998. Judy volunteered with and was president of Assistance League of Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Goot, Max | OH-00701 | 03/22/1976 | Local Oral History-Collins | Max Goot moved from New York to Las Vegas, NV in 1945. He served in the U.S. Army. He recalls the population of Las Vegas in 1945 was 12,000. Mr. Goot worked for Stoney Jewelry, Hollywood furniture and a public relations firm together with Casino Foods, Inc. and discusses the growth of Las Vegas. He recalls winning the Man of the Year Award by his temple. | yes | 1 |
| Gordon, Gerald (Jerry) | OH-02885 | 2016 November 02 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 G67 2014 Jerry had lived in Las Vegas since 1961, when his family arrived to join relatives in the development business here. He became an attorney, specializing in casino bankruptcies. Former partners included Louis Weiner Jr., David Goldwater and Neil Galatz. Leadership role in Congregation Ner Tamid, especially with the building of the synagogue; working with Greenspun family for the land; and negotiations for a cell tower and solar field on the property. | yes | 0 |
| Gordon, Hank | OH-02876 | 2016 October 26 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 G67 2016 Owner/President of Laurich Properties, the largest shopping center developer and owner based in Las Vegas, recalls moving to Nevada in 1987 and developing his first center at the intersection of Rainbow Boulevard and Charleston Boulevard. He began as a home builder in the San Fernando Valley, branched into apartments and retail, and concentrated on retail.Among other topics, he describes how mergers have reduced the number of credit-worthy supermarkets and drugstores; explains the importance of trust and partnerships; discusses merchant developers, participating ground leases, and various retail centers; and he talks about his term on the Las Vegas City Planning Commission (1998-2001). | yes | 0 |
| Gordon, Mike & Sallie | OH-00702 | 03/02/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Economics, Politics, Atomic Testing, Environment, Social Changes. Founding members of Temple Beth Sholom. Owners of Mike's and Sallie's Liquor stores. | yes | 1 |
| Gore, Robert | OH-00703 | 01/31/2008 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .G67 2007 Robet Gore was a public relations officer for the Air Force, Summa Corporation, and UNLV. He was one of the main promoters of an engineering school for UNLV | yes | 2 |
| Gorme, Eydie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Gorshin, Frank | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Goto, George | OH-00704 | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Japanese American Club | yes | 1 |
| Gotschall, Loretta Scott | OH-00705 | November 21, 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. | yes | 0 |
| Gougar, Douglas R. | OH-02952 | 2003 March 03 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Gould, Martha and Kerschner, Joan | OH-00706 | 10/27/2005 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .G68 2007 Martha Gould and Joan Kerschner are librarians who both worked at the Nevada State Library. Both Martha and Joan were directors of the State Library, and Martha has also been a lobbyist for libraries. Joan was also director of the Henderson Public Library | yes | 3 |
| Gould, Sid | 10/21/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Goulet, Robert | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Goulet, Robert | 01/20/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Goulet, Robert | 04/04/1989 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Goulet, Robert | December 1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Goussack, Gregory | OH-02422 | 05/19/15 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Professor, former business owner and career in financial aspects of several local casino operations. Talks about growing up and being Jewish in Las Vegas. F850.J5.G68 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Gout, Max | OH-00701 | 03/22/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Business Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Goynes, Theron | OH-02070 | 2002 April 11 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Goynes, Theron & Naomi | OH-00708 | 6/28/2012 | AfAm Collaborative - LV Black Experience | F850.N4 G68 2012 Early educators. North Las Vegas City Councilman. School integration. Special reading programs. | yes | 0 |
| Goynes-Brown, Pamela | OH-02206 | 11/26/2014 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Pamela Goynes-Brown is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc and previously received a "Woman of the Year" award from Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. She is a City Council representative for North Las Vegas and a retired Elementary Assistant Principal for the Clark County School District. Oral history conducted for AfAm Student Project by Kane Toomer. | no | 0 |
| Gragson, Oran | OH-00709 | 12/25/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 1 |
| Graham, Bill | OH-00710 | 07/13/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Working as a bartender in places back east known for Mafia connections. Met Jack Entratter at the Copa in NY that aligned him with the Sands' Copa Room in Las Vegas. | yes | 2 |
| Graham, Bill | 09/22/1969 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Graham, Bonnie | 12/03/2003 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Graham, Elinor E. | OH-00711 | 10/01/1971 | Local Oral History PRoject-Roske | Seceretary work, Small Business, Population growth, Cultural Leadership, Travel, Personal History | no | 0 |
| Granger, Robert | OH-00712 | 02/10/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | See Cassette Tape for more information | yes | 1 |
| Grant, Alan | 04/28/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Grant, Karen | OH-00713 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 1 | |
| Grasso, Tony Charles & Doug | OH-00714 | 02/29/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming industry, Aladdin Hotel, Real Estate | yes | 1 |
| Grater, Russell | OH-00715 | 02/10/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Hoover Dam, Southern Nevada History, Tourism, Mining, Effects of World War II, Ecology changes, St. Thomas, Boulder City | yes | 1 |
| Grater, Russell K | OH-00716 | 11/25/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Tourism U.S. Government Services (Park Services), Boulder City History | yes | 1 |
| Grater, Russell K. | OH-00707 | 1995-03-15; 1995-03-28 | Work with National Park Service including time at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. | yes | 3 | |
| Gratton, Peter | OH-00717 | 2/26/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - Library | LD3745 .G727 2007 Long career on UNLV campus. Changes on the campus and in the city. Peter Gratton came to Las Vegas in 1969 after his military duty ended. He worked for casinos and graduated from UNLV in 1981. Then he came to work for UNLV Libraries and helped organize their map collection. He also worked on the move from the Dickinson to the Lied Library and was Administrative Assistant II Building Department when he retired in 2009 | yes | 0 |
| Graves, John | OH-00718 | 03/11/1987 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Women in Gambling Industry, Entertainment, Casino Games, Tourism, Resorts, Food Industry | yes | 1 |
| Graves, Madison B. | OH-00719 | 02/20/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Politics, Law Profession, Growth in Tourism, Taxes on Businesses, El Rancho, African Americans in Las Vegas | no | 0 |
| Gray, Dr. Guild R. | OH-00720 | 03/05/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada School History, Teaching Background, Peabody Study | yes | 1 |
| Gray, Joan M. | OH-00721 | 2003 April 4 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | See Cassette Tape for more information. | yes | 1 |
| Gray, Lee | OH-00722 | 11/20/2006 | UNLV | LD3745 .G73 2007 UNLV - Facilities, See Cassette Tape for more information | yes | 1 |
| Gray, Sandra, PhD | OH-03659 | 2020-05-29 | The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic | Licensed psychologist and group practice owner. Dr. Gray and her husband Patrick are parents to two school age sons. During the onset of the pandemic, she continued her service to her clients and managed home schooling her sons. Subjects: Home schooling; psychology; past trauma; restorative yoga | no | 0 |
| Grayson, Alexander | OH-00723 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske History | High School Race Riots, Personal History, Art, Economy, African Americans in Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Grayson, Elmer | OH-00724 | 03/09/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing, Government, Education, Old Frontier, African American Entertainers, Hotels | no | 1 |
| Grayson, John | OH-00725 | 05/23/1983 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mayme Nelson, Railroad Pass, Gaming Industry in Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada | yes | 1 |
| Greb, Mel | OH-00726 | 03/11/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boxing in Las Vegas, See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 1 |
| Grecco, Buddy | 7/16/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Greco, Buddy | 07/16/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Green, David | OH-00727 | 08/20/1999 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | See Cassette Tapes for more information | no | 5 |
| Green, Elijah and Eugenia | OH-02939 | 2017 January 20 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Mr Green grew up in the Historic Westside community. He became a dealer on the Las Vegas Strip as blacks were moving into positions that allowed their employment in areas other than those in back-of-the-house. Along with eight other men, Green purchased the Town Tavern in the Westside. He become the sole owner and later passed business operations to his daughter. The establishment was the last gaming location on Jackson "Street" with a history dating back to the area's heyday. New owners have renovated the club that is now "Tokyo" and is expected to open soon. | no | 0 |
| Green, John | 09/19/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Green, Leon | OH-00728 | 5/15/2012 | African American Collaborative - LV Black Experience | Spirituality in black community, Bishop C. C. Cox | yes | 0 |
| Green, Mel | OH-02193 | 12/1/2014 | AfAm Collab - Celeste | Black architect in Las Vegas since the early 1980s - talks of building designs, black community and space | no | 0 |
| Green, Melvin | OH-02193 | 11/28/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Robin Fults) | Architect. Moved to LV because of job offer in 1194; problem with racism at Walker Furniture Store | no | 0 |
| Green, Melvin | OH-02840 | 9/23/2016 | Building Las Vegas | KME Architects, Historic Westside School redevelopment project, Nevada Partners, CCSD, Starbucks Corporate client, Venetian (China). Af-Am architect from NE Louisiana. | no | 0 |
| Green, Michael | OH-03398 | 2018 February 26, 2018 April 04 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Raised in Las Vegas (born in California); history professor at UNLV; write for Nevada Yesteryears for KNPR. Family migrated from New York to California and eventually to Las Vegas in 1967, where his father became a casino dealer. Subjects: Family Jewish ancestral roots; UNLV history professor, John Marshall's book on Nevada Jews, religious community, Jewish leaders from his youth | no | 0 |
| Green, Michael S. | OH-03770 | 2021-05-25 | The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic | Interviewed by Barbara Tabach. UNLV History Professor. Subjects: Teaching at UNLV; life habits; medical observations; adapting to health protocols 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 |
| Green, PhD, Michael | OH-00729 | 2005 | I Remember When: Recollections from LV Jewish Leaders | F850.J5.G74 2005 Dr. Green is a professor at the College of Southern Nevada and UNLV. Expert in Nevada history. | no | 0 |
| Green, Shecky | 12/29/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Greenberg, Alan | OH-00730 | 02/08/2007 | Jay Sarno Project | yes | 0 | |
| Greenberg, Corey | 01/09/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Greenberg, Gene | OH-02276 | Feb 12 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 G742 2014 Son of Holocuast survivors, Gene has been active in educating public; long career with Donrey Media/Channel 3 advertising sales | yes | 0 |
| Greenberg. Melanie | OH-02712 | June 14, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 G7423 2014 Arrived in Las Vegas 1976 with husband Gene. Taught briefly. Became involved in Temple Beth Sholom community, Jewish Federation and raised 3 children here. Director of of UNLV's Hillel from 1996-2003. Past president of Las Vegas Hebrew school. | yes | 0 |
| Greenblatt, Gertrude | OH-00731 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Resort Manager, Food Industry | yes | 1 |
| Greene, Shecky | 12/29/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Greene, Shecky | 03/10/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Greene, Shecky | 07/07/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Greene, Shecky | 10/01/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Greene, Shecky | 06/08/1978 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Greene, Shecky | OH-02596 | 04/06/2004 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 |
| Greene, Shecky | OH-03444 | 2018 June 05 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 G7425 2014 Shecky Greene -- legendary comedian in the popular style of the 1940s and 50s is a native of Chicago. He honed his talents in the Midwest, New York, the Catskills, Florida and New Orleans. His first Nevada gig was Reno in 1949; in 1955 he was performing at the Last Frontier on the Strip. His career transcends seven decades and he has made his home in Henderson with wife Marie. | yes | 0 |
| Greenfield, Howard | 04/16/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Greenspun, Brian | OH-03377 | 2018 January 10 and 25, 2018 February 21, 2018 March 20 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Publisher of Las Vegas Sun, child of Hank and Barbara Green. F850.J5 G744 2018 | yes | 0 |
| Greenspun, Danny & Robin | OH-00732 | 2006 | I Remember When: Recollections from LV Jewish Leaders | F850.J5.G743 2006 The Sun Newspaper is the family business that was started by Hank Greenspun, father of Danny. | no | 0 |
| Greenspun, Hank | OH-00733 | 1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Newspaper, Race Riots in High Schools, Politics, Veterans Organizations, Economic Expansion, Atomic Testing, Culinary Union. Interviewer: Perry Kaufman | yes | 4 |
| Greenspun, Hank | OH-00734 | 1975 | Collector: Tony Bleeker | no | 1 | |
| Greenspun, Robin | OH-02995 | 2017 February 09 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Robin talks about being raised in Las Vegas since arriving as a youngster in 1954; parents Maury & Muriel Stevens; producing/directing documentaries; Jewish community. | no | 0 |
| Greenwood, Lee | 10/02/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Greenwood, Lee | 11/19/1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Gregory, Colleen | OH-00735 | 04/07/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, See Cassette Tape for more information | yes | 1 |
| Gregory, Edward | OH-00736 | 03/02/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nellis Airforce Base, Las Vegas history, 50's | yes | 1 |
| Gregory, Matt | OH-00737 | 05/08/1996 | Talent Agent | no | 3 | |
| Gregory, Matt | 06/19/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Gregory, Matt | 02/24/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Gregory, Philip T. Jr, | OH-00738 | 03/10/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Innovations in Aviation, World War II, Military Service (Air Force), Nevada Wildlife Federation, Open Spaces Council, Atomic Testing, Tourism, African Americans in Las Vegas | no | 0 |
| Grenfell, Celia | OH-00739 | 03/31/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Frank's Cafe, Mexican-American History (mexican independence), Economic Changes, Helldorado | yes | 2 |
| Gresh, Bertha | OH-00740 | 11/30/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Collector: Gary Eagleson | yes | 1 |
| Gresh, Bertha | OH-00741 | 1974/11/01 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Collector: James Greene | yes | 1 |
| Gresser, Monica | OH-02837 | 9/20/2016 | Building Las Vegas | Architect, AIA, LEED, AP, Principal Architect at Brazen Architecture, focus on advocacy architecture--transitional housing for vets and homeless outreach, low-income community stabilization design. | no | 0 |
| Grier, Dorothy | OH-03577 | 2002 November 26 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | No use agreement. | no | 0 |
| Griffin, Joanna | OH-00742 | 07/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 1 |
| Griffin, Johnny | OH-02100 | 9/13/2010 | BELVOHP | Black golfers; LV history of blacks in the golf arena. | yes | 0 |
| Griffith, Joanne Olsen | OH-00742 | April 12, 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 | 1 |
| Griffith, Robert B. | OH-00744 | 03/06/1974 | Las Vegas Old Timers, Clark County | no | 1 | |
| Grinnell, Theda | OH-00746 | 02/28/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | African American history, Housing/Union, Schools, Social Classes, Nuclear Testing Site, Industries during World War II, Drugs in Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Grogan, Stephen and Pamela | OH-02779 | 2014 June 30 | West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1 | Pamela moved to Las Vegas from Lockport, Illinois, with friends in 1999. She likes to cook and collect cookbooks and began working as assistant manager for the Sur La Table cooking store. Steve was the first executive director of the Colorado Gaming Owners Association and came to Las Vegas in 1989. He is a writer. They married in 2004, and they bought a house in the Scotch 80s that was originally owned by Joe Pignatello. | yes | 0 |
| Gronauer, Bob | OH-02882 | 2016 October 27 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | This son of working-class divorced parents was raised by his mother in subsidized housing in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He talks about putting himself through college and moving to Las Vegas to live with his father in the summers. He recalls helping to raise his sisters, attending law school in Michigan, returning to Las Vegas, and working with and learning from zoning and land use attorneys Chris Kaempfer and Mark Fiorentino. He discusses moving from representing owners of billboards and telecommunication towers to representing clients to the cities of Henderson and North Las Vegas for such developments as Faraday Future, Aliante, and Skye Canyon. | no | 0 |
| Growing Up Jewish roundtable | OH-02647 | 2016 January 31, 2016 February 28 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Barbara Tabach interviews Jewish Las Vegas residents at two seperate panel events held in the Goldfield Room in Lied Library on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus. Roundtable participants on January 31, 2016 are Lori Chenin-Frankl, Lizzie Fuchs, Nancy Katz, Bill Mason, and Daryl Morris. Participants on February 28, 2016 are David Cherry, Michelle Dahan, Cara Goodman, Jessica Hutchings, Heather Klein, and Marty Weinberg. Recorded by Vegas PBS. | no | 0 |
| Grubbs, Dee | OH-00747 | 12/05/1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nursing Education, Personal History | yes | 1 |
| Gruber, Christina | OH-03567 | 2019 March 02 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | A resident of Las Vegas since 1997, Christina is a CPA, mother of two, and physical fitness enthusiast. On October 1 2017, Christina was shot and rescued by strangers. Her story is one of survival and recovery, enhanced by her athletic training. Subjects: Route 91 Harvest Festival attendee, parent, triathlon athlete | no | 0 |
| Guarnieri, Johnny | 10/13/1969 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Gubler, John G. | OH-00748 | 12/29/2008 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 G78 2010 John Gubler's parents moved to Las Vegas in 1936, and he grew up in the John S. Park Neighborhood. He became a lawyer and moved back to Las Vegas, although not to the same neighborhood | yes | 0 |
| Guercio, Joe | 10/04/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Guidry, Laura Gentry | OH-00749 | 10/12/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family History, Lincoln County, Democratic Women's Club, Travel, Politics, Earliest Gambling Houses (Las Vegas Club, Boulder Club, Sal Sagev) | no | 0 |
| Guinchigliani, Chris | OH-00750 | 07/20/2007 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 G84 2010 Chris Guinchigliani moved to Las Vegas in the 1980s and taught at a middle school. She involved herself in the teachers'union and served as president of the Nevada State Education Association from 1987 to 1991, served in the Nevada State Assembly for sixteen years, and then became a Clark County Commissioner. She and her husband Gary Gray are longtime residents of the John S. Park Neighborhood. | yes | 0 |
| Guinn, Diane | OH-02589 | 2/12/2016 | AfAm | Worked with Ruby Duncan in the Welfare Rights and Operation Independence office. Spoke of the movements from the administrative perspective of writing grants, working with attorneys, and the roles of volunteer supporters. | no | 0 |
| Gunderson, Barry L. | OH-00751 | 10/18/2002 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | See Cassette Tape for more information | yes | 2 |
| Gunderson, June Z. | OH-00752 | 2003 February 26 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | See Cassette Tapes for more information | yes | 2 |
| Gunning, Laura | OH-00753 | 08/05/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Rancho Hotel, Personal History, Environment, State Activities | yes | 1 |
| Gunter, Mike | OH-02339 | 2013 February 01 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After graduating from Bonanza High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, Gunter worked for Mercy Ambulance. He later worked as a paramedic at the Mercury Test Site, which helped pay for medical school at the University of Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Gunty, Morty | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Gusewelle, Juanita | OH-00754 | 03/06/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | WWI and WWII, Effects of Great Depression, Nellis Air Force Base, USO, Helldorado, Banking, Politics | yes | 1 |
| Gust, Ruth | OH-00755 | 03/10/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Culinary Union, Hoover Dam, African Americans in Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Gustavo (Gus) Ramos Jr. | OH-03504 | 2018 October 25 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Gustavo Ramos Junior was born in Presidio, Texas. Growing up Ramos described his childhood as simple childhood, typical of someone that was born on farmland. At the age 10, Ramos and his family moved to California in hopes of better opportunities. When they arrived in California the family had to live in public housing, despite his father not wanting to, he realized it was the only way his family could start anew. Living in public housing influenced Ramos for the rest of his life, including his career as director of public housing in three states. Subjects: Public Housing, North Las Vegas Public Housing authority, North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Upland California F850.S75 R36 2018 | yes | 0 |
| Gutierrez, Jose Luis | OH-03488 | 2018 October 01 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Jose Luis Gutierrez was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco in Mexico in 1971. In his late teens, he moved to Tijuana and later to Santa Barbara, California. In California he worked at a restaurant called the Jolly Parrot. A few years late, he made a trip to Vegas that convinced him to move there. He worked at The Dunes and later opened Tortilleria Los Arcos. The interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Guadalajara, Tortilleria Los Arcos, The Frontier, Club Social Mexicano | no | 0 |
| Gutzman, Sharon | OH-00756 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history: Helldorado, Sahara Hotel, School System, UNLV, Real Estate, Sands Hotel, Airport/Hughes Terminal | yes | 1 |
| Guzman, Alfred | OH-00757 | 03/01/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Public relations, Entertainment goals, Philosophy on Public Relations and Hotels, Contrast of Reno and Las Vegas, Changes in Gambling Industry, Effects of Accountants | yes | 1 |
| Guzman, Peter | OH-03475 | 2018 September 10 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Born in Florida, family arrived in Las Vegas in 1969. Father worked in the service industry. Worked as realtor before becoming President of the Latin Chamber of Commerce. Vice chairman of Hope for Prisoners and Vice Chairman of Workforce Connection. Subjects: Latin Chamber of Commerce, Hope for Prisoners, Workforce Connections, Sahara Hotel, Cuba F850.S75 G89 2018 | yes | 0 |
| Guzman, Peter | OH-03708 | 2020 November 12 | The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic | As the President of Latin Chamber of Commerce, Peter Guzman felt his role within the community was clear: be of help where needed. He is the son of Cuban immigrants, father of two young adults, and husband to a casino executive, Mercy. Subjects: Mask distribution, financial guidance for small Latinx businesses, silver linings during the pandemic | no | 0 |
| Haack, Patty | OH-01901 | 5/21/2014 | BELVOHP | Growing up in Las Vegas, focus: Las Vegas High School | yes | 0 |
| Habbart, Mary | OH-00759 | 03/09/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing, Politics, Family History | yes | 1 |
| Habbart, Mary E. | OH-00758 | 02/28/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | US Marshals, Celebrities (Clark Gable), Howard Hughes, First Casinos, Politics, Mormons, Myron Leavitt, Contrast of Economic climate of Nevada, Personal History, Environment | yes | 1 |
| Habbart, Mary E. | OH-00863 | 07/15/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Hackett, Buddy | OH-02597 | 02/13/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Hackett, Buddy | 09/24/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Hackett, Buddy | 08/11/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Hackett, Buddy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Hadland, Lawrence | OH-00760 | 02/24/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Military, Airport, Bob Baskin, City Planning, Old Ranch, Transportation | yes | 1 |
| Hafen, Arthur "Andy" Andrew | OH-02806 | 8/22/2016 | Building Las Vegas | As Mayor of Henderson, Hafen is the major cheerleader for the progressive city; served on City Council from 1987 - 2009 becoming mayor in 2009. He tells stories from early Henderson where he grew up to the advent of Green Valley, Lake Las Vegas, and now Cadence. Became mayor during the economic downturn and helped the city recover by using the rainy day fund to facilitate early retirements. The interview ends with depictions of the importance of education and how Nevada State College has become the necessary link between the College of Southern Nevada and UNLV. | no | 0 |
| Hafen, Gary | OH-02073 | 2002 January 30 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Hafen, Maxwell Kent "Tim" | OH-02832 | 9/14/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 H32 2016 Farmer/Developer/Politician purchased 840-acre farm 1951, grew alfalfa/cotton, 4-term NV Assembly 1964-72. Site plan and grain mill designed for Lois Kellogg by F. Lloyd Wright, son of FLW; developed ranch into two housing subdivisions in 1990 and 2000, when farming no longer profitable: Cottonwoods at Hafen Ranch and Artesia at Hafen Ranch. Currently a general contractor; partners with 2 of his 5 children in Hafen & Hafen Realty and Pahrump Utility Company. Grain Mill and master plan for 840-acre ranch designed by F. Lloyd Wright Jr. in late '30s or early '40s; original plan lost by a cousin, but an architectural student from U of Chicago made a full-size copy the blueprint before it was lost; Hafen has that. | yes | 0 |
| Haffen, Ken | OH-00761 | 03/14/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Pahrump, X-15 testing, Kellogg Ranch, Environmental conditions | yes | 2 |
| Hager twins | 05/21/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Hager, James | OH-03217 | 2007 November 05 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Interviewed by Jessica Ferrario. Public school superintendent in Reno, Nevada from 1999-2004. At time of interview worked as a Professor in Residence at UNLV. | yes | 0 |
| Haggard, Mary Lucile | OH-00763 | 06/22/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Union Pacific Railroad, Politics, Agriculture, Population growth, Changes in Economic climate, Hoover Dam, Cweol (Native American) | no | 0 |
| Haggard, Merle | 02/19/1969 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Haggart, Bob | 09/05/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Haggerty, Susan & Kirk, Lance | OH-00765 | 02/10/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park | F849.L35 H33 2010 Sarah Haggerty and Lance Kirk are a married couple who both are from Nevada. Sarah's paternal grandparents lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood. Sarah is a marriage and family therapist and Lance is an architectural consultant. They live in the Marycrest Neighborhood | yes | 0 |
| Haines, John | OH-00766 | 03/25/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gambling Industry, Personal History, The Elks Social Club, Politics, Environmental changes, Old Frontier's "91 Club", Wilbur Clark | yes | 0 |
| Hale, Blair Dr. | OH-00767 | 06/16/2008 | Heart to Heart:: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.H236.A3 2009 Dr. Blair Hale has been practicing dentistry in Las Vegas for over thirty years. He also teaches at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas dental clinic one day a week. He also talks about the future of health care in Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Haley, Bill | 09/01/1972 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Halko, Sally | OH-00768 | 03/11/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Ancestry, Education, Las Vegas in the 40's, Personal History, Casino Construction, Red Rock Canyon, Mining Transportation | yes | 1 |
| Hall, Ashley | OH-00769 | 5/24/2010 | Boyer Early LV OHP | Information about the early city, Mormon church, Old Mormon Fort | no | 0 |
| Hall, Ashley | OH-02488 | 9/2/2015 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 A79 2016 City manager of Las Vegas during the early portion of the development of Summerlin by the Hughes Corporation. Discusses concepts including desert landscaping, new highways, first family to move into the area, and his earlier life before politics that pertains to the NTS. | yes | 0 |
| Hall, Harry | OH-00770 | 06/20/1980 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | See Cassette Tapes for more information | no | 2 |
| Hall, Margaret Ostler | OH-02149 | 8/11/2014 | Ward 1 | Family owned 7-Up Bottling plant Moved to Rancho Circle - names neighbors and talks of community activities. She was a Rhythmette - significance of group, school identity, naming school for Evelyn Stuckey. | yes | 0 |
| Hall-Patton, Mark | OH-02810 | 8/25/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 H35 2016 Came to LV 1993, created airport museum; became director Clark County Museums 2008, just when economic downturn caused large layoffs and drop in visitor numbers. First Pawn Stars shows 2009 significantly raised visitor numbers and increased visibility of museums all over the valley. | yes | 0 |
| Halls, Lon | OH-00771 | 06/10/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Entertainment. Radio City Music Hall, The Lido Show, The Stardust's role in city entertainment, Las Vegas pop culture | yes | 3 |
| Halverson, Dee | OH-02297 | undated | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Halverson, Floriana | OH-00772 | 09/21/2004 | BELVOHP | International singer, dancer, Floriana Alba performed in San Juan, Havana, Canada, and Las Vegas. | no | 1 |
| Ham, Art | OH-00773 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Law, Philanthropy, State Bar Committee, Wills and Trusts | no | 3 | |
| Ham, Richard | OH-02551 | 2002-01-18, 2002-01-19 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 3 |
| Hamblin, Guy | OH-00774 | 02/22/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Railroads, Atomic Testing, Hoover Dam, Jim Cashman, Old Ranch, Blue Diamond, Politics | yes | 1 |
| Hamblin, Judith L. | OH-00775 | 03/30/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nellis Air Force Base, Atomic Testing, Old Fort, Henderson | yes | 1 |
| Hambric, Arby | OH-02481 | 9/23/2015 | AfAm | F850.N4 H34 2012 Served in WWII, Korean War, and Viet Nam. In US Navy and relates experiences of race in the military. Born in 1926 and moved to Nevada in 1976. Active in the Re-Opening of F Street Movement. | yes | 0 |
| Hamiliton, Rose | OH-00776 | 02/20/2007 | AfAm Experience "Class of 64" | Rose Hamilton and friends gathered to talk about the black experience in high school, living in Berkley Square, black community, and family life. rose's friends included Carolyn Haywood, Marilyn Armstrong, Hannah Johnson, Bobbie Gilmore, and Dodie Chaney-Fernandes. | yes | 5 |
| Hamilton, Alice | OH-00777 | 12/30/1986 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | See Cassette Tape for more information | yes | 1 |
| Hamilton, Doris | OH-00778 | 10/07/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 1 | |
| Hamilton, Sara T. | OH-00779 | 02/21/1972 | Hotels (Tropicana), Las Vegas in the 30's | no | 0 | |
| Hammargren, Dr. Lonnie | OH-00780 | 12/16/2013 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Neurosurgeon who created many of the modern procedures used today. Lt. Governor of Nevada. Collector of national historical treasures. | yes | 0 |
| Hammond, John | 02/18/1969 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Hammond, Lena Falvey | OH-00781 | 07/09/1979 | Gold field, Manhattan, NY, Social Life and Customs in NV | no | 0 | |
| Hampton, Lionel | 06/11/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Hancock, Hunter | 10/17/97 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Hancock, Myrtle | OH-00782 | 02/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Ranch Life. Personal History, Helldorado, Backstage Wardrobe Attendant | yes | 1 |
| Hank, Charles Lee, III | OH-03594 | 2019 April 10 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Hank grew up in Chicago where police officers treated members of the black community with disrespect and brutality while committing criminal acts upon them and demanding bribes. Now Hank finds himself as a police officer in Las Vegas where police officers are trying to remedy similar behaviors to those of his childhood. After a stint in the military, Hank retired and moved to Las Vegas. His beat has been the Las Vegas Strip Area Command where he reported to duty after the shooting that took place on 1 October at the Route 91 Festival. When he arrived, the scene was complete chaos and no one knew where the shoots were originating. He and several other officers decided to go to the Mandalay Bay. By the time of their arrival, the massacre had ended. Most police officers felt, "They got us." Since that time, METRO has delivered hundreds of seminars throughout the country about what was done in Las Vegas on 1 October, what was learned, and how the department is changing in its efforts to stop terrorism. After 29 years, Hank is retiring within the next few weeks. His only regret is that he cannot un-see the scene at the 1 October concert venue. Subjects: Chicago police in black communities, METRO, They Got Us, Las Vegas Strip Area Command, 1 October | no | 0 |
| Hank, Lisa | OH-03621 | 2019 May 31 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Born in California, Lisa moved to Las Vegas in the early 1990s for a job with Metro. On 1 October, she was in charge of the Police Employee Assistance Program (PEAP) and also the wife of a police officer, Charles Hank. Subjects: well-being in aftermath of 1 Oct., first responders, healing, PEAP preparation | no | 0 |
| Hanlon, Ken | OH-00783 | 11/29/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .H35 2007 Ken Hanlon is a trombonist. He went on the road with Si Zentner's orchestra, then played in many of the Strip hotels. In 1970 he was hired as chair of the UNLV music department. Today he still teaches one course, is president of the Las Vegas chapter of the International Trombone Association, and runs the Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center | yes | 3 |
| Hannah, Don | 11/17/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Hannifin, Phil | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Hanning-Kellar, Flora | OH-00784 | 03/27/1981 | Schools in Mesquite | Virgin River flood, Mesquite, Poetry, Family History | yes | 1 |
| Hansen, Lin | OH-00785 | 04/30/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Effects of World War II, Family History, Environmental changes, Government | yes | 1 |
| Hansley, C.E. | OH-00786 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mining, Tonopah, See tape for more information | no | 1 | |
| Hanson, Bess | OH-00787 | 02/25/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 1 |
| Hanson, William | OH-00788 | 03/05/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Howard Hughes, African Americans in Las Vegas, Social Classes, Old Ranch, Hotel Entertainment | yes | 1 |
| Hantewn, Dallamy | OH-03528 | 2018 December 06 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Dallamy has beautiful memories of her childhood in Cuba where she played on the beach and in the fruit orchards. Her parents were separated, so she grew up with her mother and her siblings. Her father was a school teacher who was going to school for his doctorate. He urged Dallamy to pursue higher education, so she began a teaching program and was well on her way to receive a federal scholarship. In her last year of school Dallamy decided instead to move to the United States with her then partner. After living in Pennsylvania for a bit, the couple decided to come to Las Vegas where there was more of a Hispanic community. Even with the large Latinx population Dallamy remembers experiencing prejudice by other hispanic people, especially one man at JobConnect who turned her away because he did not believe she would learn to speak English well. Eventually Dallamy found work as a hotel housekeeper at the Fitzgerald, and this is also when she learned of the Culinary Union and the importance of unionizing. She recounts one of her favorite protests, at the Cosmopolitan, where she took part in a surprise-undercover protest. Dallamy has three children who she often brings to protests. She wants her children to grow up knowing the importance of fighting for their rights. Dallamy is currently working as a utility porter at The D. Interview conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Cuba, Culinary Union, Undercover Protest, Cosmopolitan | no | 0 |
| Hardin, Gus | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Hardin, Gus | June 1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Hardwick, Wayne | OH-02342 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Hardwick moved to Reno, Nevada in the 1970s. He has served as medical director for REMSA, Care Flight, Truckee Meadows Community College paramedic program, Sparks Fire Department, Central Lyon County Fire Protection District, and Story County Medical Director. | no | 0 |
| Hardy, Jack H. | OH-00789 | 09/28/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mining in Good Springs, Union Pacific Railroads, Economic shifts, Gambling, Great Depression, Hoover Dam | no | 0 |
| Harlan, Shirley | OH-00790 | 11/17/2006; 11/18/2006 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 6 | |
| Harlan, Shirley | OH-00791 | 12/12/2006 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 2 | |
| Harlig, Mendy | OH-03253 | 2017 October 18, 2017 November 01 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 H36 2014 Known as "Rabbi Mendy", spiritual leader of Chabad of Green Valley. Born in New York, moved to Las Vegas in 1998. Member of LVMPD's Police Chaplain Program. Subjects: Chabad of Green Valley, LVMPD Police Chaplain, public Hanukkah menorah at District in Green Valley | yes | 0 |
| Harlig, Rabbi Shea | OH-00792 | 3/5/2014 | West Charleston and Southern NV Jewish Heritage Project | Director of Chabad of Southern Nevada. Chabad is a movement comprised of people who are deeply inspired by a system of teachings, the essence of which is meant to know and understand G-d, find value and meaning in the Torah, and to put that knowledge and those values into action by practicing unconditional love of fellow Jews to bring deep and profound fulfillment and joy. Rabbi Harlig told story of the move to Las Vegas, founding the school, and the current Chabad expansion in LV. | yes | 0 |
| Harmon, Harley | OH-00793 | 04/14/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 1 |
| Harmon, Harley E. | OH-00794 | 01/02/1974 | LV Review Journal First 100 | Military, Politics, Insurance Business, Nevada State Bank, Banking, Clark County Commissioners | no | 3 |
| Harney, Kathleen | OH-00795 | 07/19/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 H375 2010 Kathleen and Tim Harney moved to the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1975, about ten years after moving to Las Vegas from Ohio. Kathleen was a high school teacher and taught English and journalism. Tim Harney and their eldest daughter, Kimberly Harney-Moore, have also participated in this oral history project | yes | 0 |
| Harney, Timothy | OH-00796 | 06/04/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 H376 2010 Tim Harney moved to Las Vegas in 1965 to take a teaching position at Rancho High School. He and his family lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood from 1973 to around 1987 | yes | 0 |
| Harney, Timothy | OH-02953 | 2006 May 08 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Harney-Moore, Kimberly | OH-01323 | 6/16/2010 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 H3762 2010 Kimberly Harney-Moore and her three siblings were raised in the John S. Park Neighborhood in the 1960s and 70s. There are also oral histories of their parents, Tim and Kathleen Harney, in this series | yes | 0 |
| Harrell, Judith | OH-00797 | 11/19/2013 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Early Las Vegas casino industry stories | no | 0 |
| Harriman, Judith and Laub, Mary | OH-03283 | 2017 October 31 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Judith Harriman and Mary Laub recall the beginnings and growth of the service organization Assistance League of Las Vegas (ALLV). Harriman arrived in Las Vegas in 1967 with her first husband, a lighting and sound director on the Las Vegas Strip. Judith worked as an executive secretary at Southwest Gas Corporation, where she met her second husband, who was the director of construction for Southwest Gas. Mary came to Las Vegas with her husband, William M. Laub, and family in 1958, when her father in law, Harold G. Laub, moved the Southwest Gas Corporation headquarters to Southern Nevada. Harriman and Laub discuss the steering committee of 10 women, the 1976 informational coffee and three organizational meetings, fundraisers and philanthropic projects over the years, and the genesis of the idea to build a permanent chapter facility. They describe the process whereby they obtained a $3.4 million Reynolds Foundation grant and raised an additional $1.6 million; purchasing the property; selecting Breslin Builders; the 1997 groundbreaking; and the 1998 ribbon cutting and dedication. They talk about two auxiliaries formed to complement the work of ALLV: Assisteens Auxiliary, formed in Las Vegas in 1996 and certified in 1997, is composed of teens in grades 7 through 12; Desert Sage Auxiliary, certified in May 2001, is for those who have limited daytime hours to volunteer. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Assistance League of Las Vegas (ALLV); Assisteens Auxiliary; Desert Sage Auxiliary; Service organizations; Reynolds Foundation; Southwest Gas Corporation; fundraising; philanthropy | no | 0 |
| Harris, Asalee | OH-03781 | 2021-05-17 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Asalee Harris was born in Fortune Fork, a little place outside of Tallulah, Louisiana, on the road to Vicksburg, Mississippi. A family of sharecroppers, the cotton farming was arduous and eventually they moved to Tallulah. She married and her husband's brothers lived in Las Vegas so in 1954 Asalee and James joined them. Harris details her work as a maid and member of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, businesses on Jackson Street including Wesley's Barber Shop, Johnson's Grocery Store, Elite Market, the Westside Credit Union, and her church work at New Jerusalem Church. Subjects: sharecropping; Culinary Workers Union Local 226; Westside Credit Union; New Jerusalem Church 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 |
| Harris, Bunny | OH-00798 | 02/28/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Elks Club, Atomic Testing, Railroads, McCarren Airport, Hotels, Howard Hughes, Helldorado, Urban Planning, Las Vegas Emblem Club | yes | 1 |
| Harris, Ida | OH-00799 | 05/05/1976 | Entertainment, Great Depression, Prohibition, Block 16, Ranches in Las Vegas area | yes | 1 | |
| Harris, Otis R. Jr. | OH-00800 | 07/15/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project] | CT247 .H37 2007 Otis Harris grew up in Las Vegas during a time of racial change. He worked for the convention and visitors authority, worked on economic development for West Las Vegas, and served as an Assemblyman. His wife Sylvia "Tisha" Harris worked as a teacher in Las Vegas for 29 years. They remain active in the community and operate Unibex Global Corporation | yes | 0 |
| Harrison, Bob | 11/07/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Harrison, Floyd Sweets | OH-02834 | 9/16/2016 | AfAm Collab | History of the King Charles Unicycle Troupe. Harrison joined the Ringling Brothers Circus at 16 years of age in 1968 and traveled the country for eleven years. In 1979 the Troupe became part of the Beyond Belief Show working with Siegfried and Roy in Las Vegas. Eventually Troupe became an independent act with Harrison as one of the managers with Las Vegas as the home base. Today, grandchildren of the first Troupe members are booked with Ringling Brothers Circus. | no | 0 |
| Harrison, Rick | OH-02346 | 2013 July 18 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | In 1981 Harrison returned to Winnemucca, Nevada and joined the Humboldt County Volunteer Ambulance Service in 1982. | no | 0 |
| Hart, Larry | 11/29/1989 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Hart, Steven and Wendy | OH-02181 | Nov. 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 H37 2014 Steve has lived in Las Vegas all his life; son of culinary czar Nat Hart and married to Wendy. Among his many Strip positions was working at the Stardust/Frank Rosenthal years. | yes | 0 |
| Hart, Vince | OH-00801 | 02/21/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Background in Soccer and Coaching, Personal History, Youth Soccer in Nevada | yes | 0 |
| Harter, Carol | OH-00802 | 04/19/2007 | UNLV-President | Infrastructure of UNLV | no | 2 |
| Harter, Carol | OH-00802 | 4/20/2007 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.H37 2007 Carol Harter had been president of SUNY Geneseo in New York, and in 1995 she accepted the presidency of UNLV. The new library, the law school, and the dental school were built during her presidency, and over 550 million dollars in gifts and pledges was raised. | yes | 0 |
| Harter, Carol C. | OH-03786 | 2021-06-18 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Carol Harter is the longest-serving UNLV president of UNLV from 1995 until 2006. The campus experienced unprecedented growth including the addition of a new library. Harter made sure it was larger that the Thomas & Mack Athletic Complex. She describes a city ready to blossom academically, economically, and socially. Her partnership with Glenn Schaeffer, former president of the Mandalay Resort Group, assisted in the early work of BMI's Institute of Modern Letters. Black Mountain Institute is an international think tank dedicated to advancing literary and cross-cultural dialogue. Both Harter and Schaeffer were literature majors. Harter adds many community members who made an impact on UNLV including Joe Crowley and Juanita Fain. Harter grew the campus from 19,000 to 28,000 students, added 23 new or completely renovated buildings to the campus, and with a student-centered focus, added more than 100 new degree programs. Two professional schools, the Dental School and Boyd School of Law added greatly to the prestige and academic Top Tier status of UNLV. Subjects: Lied Library; Dental School; Boyd School of Law; City of Asylum; Black Mountain Institute 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 |
| Harteson, Leon | OH-00803 | 1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 1 |
| Hartley, Linda | OH-00804 | 03/10/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Environment, Social Unrest, Boulder (Hoover) Dam, Celebrities, Atomic Testing, Crime, Mafia, Population increase, Red Rock Theater | yes | 1 |
| Harveil, Sally | OH-02771 | 7/21/2016 | BELVOHP | Speaks about the value of club membership. Founding member of Desert Newcomers. Women in western portion of city broke away and formed a second newcomer's group. Explains projects engaged in over the years and the value that this group brings to the Las Vegas community esp in volunteers to many local organizations. | no | 0 |
| Harvell, Beverly | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Harvey, Russell | OH-02698 | 5/20/2016 | AfAm Collab | Grew up in Las Vegas on the Westside, attended Westside School and UNLV - Nevada Southern at a time when political activism was strong regarding the Vietnam War and racial tensions. Harvey worked for Marvin Gaye for 3 years, sold and traded on the securities exchange, and was involved in the Minority Purchasing Council. Has knowledge of some Westside residents. | no | 0 |
| Harwell, Vivian | OH-00805 | 02/27/1979 | Life in Las Vegas 1946-1979 | Gaming, Atomic Testing, Politics, Education, Hotel Development, Indian Colony, Medical Industry | yes | 1 |
| Haselton, Velma | OH-02687 | 2001 September 13 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 H377 2002 Velma Haselton was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1914. She worked as an assistant bookkeeper for Hart, Schaffner and Marx and rose to Assistant Credit Manager. Velma worked at various jobs after she married for the second time and her son was born. She also represented the San Francisco CPA firm Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery (now Coopers Lybrand) in various capacities, both in California and St. Louis, eventually attaining the position of controller. Velma moved to Las Vegas for the first time in the 1950s, where she and her husband Don ran a coffee shop at the Park Lane Motel on South Fifth Street. Family requirements necessitated a move back to California. In 1971, Velma and her third husband, Charles Haselton, "retired" to Las Vegas. Velma immediately went to work as a cost accountant for United Pipeline, and later as an accountant for Kafoury Armstrong, a CPA firm. She eventually ran her own accounting business. Velma also held memberships and offices in various women's service groups. | yes | 0 |
| Hasilef, Alex | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Hatch, Ethel S. | OH-00806 | 11/24/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of early Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Haughaboo, Joseph L. | OH-00807 | 04/01/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Las Vegas, Gaming Industry | yes | 1 |
| Hausch, Mary | OH-00808 | 04/07/2009 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 H38 2010 Mary Hausch moved to Las Vegas in 1971. She was a reporter at the Las Vegas review-journal and worked her way up to become the first woman city editor and managing editor of the paper but was passed over to become editor. She later taught journalist at UNLV. She married Bob Coffin. They bought the Gubler House in the John S. Park Neighborhood and Mary has worked on the effort to have that neigborhood designated a historic neighborhood | yes | 0 |
| Hausebeck, Kate | OH-00809 | 2/03/2010 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 K6673 2010 Kate Hausbeck Korgan came to Las Vegas to teach sociology at UNLV in 1995 and moved to the John S. Park Neighborhood a few years later. Her house was built by the Gambles in 1936, is the second house built in the neighborhood, and is the only inhabited adobe house in Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Hawkins, Bonnie | OH-00810 | 11/2/2009 | Boyer Early LV OHP | NV Test Site, Education, General LV history | yes | 0 |
| Hawkins, Frank | OH-02798 | 8/9/2016 | Building Las Vegas | Former running back Oakland Raiders, LV City Council, developer, property management, National Construction Providers; Community Development Programs Center of NV (CDPCN) nearly 1,600 units (1997-2015), Global Property Management Group, Inc. (GPMG), formed by (CDPCN) in 2000 to ensure the management success of our properties. | no | 0 |
| Hawkins, Mrs. Mary | OH-00811 | 06/22/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 1 |
| Hawkins, Pam | OH-00812 | 2005 March 12 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | See Cassette Tape for more information | yes | 1 |
| Hawley, Lawrence | OH-00813 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming, Environment, Hoover Dam, Growth of Las Vegas, Housing, Military, Hotel Development, Education, Law Practice | yes | 1 |
| Hawley, Stephen | OH-00814 | 06/24/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | EG&G (Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc.) | yes | 1 |
| Hayden, Don E. | OH-00815 | 03/11/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education in Nevada | yes | 1 |
| Hayes, Grace | OH-00816 | 05/28/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Hayes, Grace | 05/28/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Hayes, Karen | OH-00817 | 03/03/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Federal Control of Gaming, Metro Police Dept, Family's Assembly Seat (District 13), Sagebrush Rebellion, Politics | yes | 1 |
| Hayes, Keith Casper | OH-00818 | 02/27/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Attended John S. Park School, Las Vegas High School Class of 1950, Lackland Air Base, Tonopah, Atomic Testing, Chairman Assembly Judiciary Committee, Ran for Assembly District 13, Nevada Legislature | no | 0 |
| Hayes, Leander Fields | OH-00819 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Entertainment in Las Vegas, Hotel Industry, Famous Entertainers, Personal History and start up business, Influence of the microphone | yes | 1 |
| Hayes, Peter Lind | 04/02/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Hayes, Peter Lind | 05/29/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Hays, Joan | OH-00820 | 02/13/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | See Cassette Tape for more informaton | no | 1 |
| Hazard, Ruth | OH-00821 | 03/08/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing, Politics, Las Vegas history, Hoover Dam, Impact of the Gangsters, Ted Carvilleelected Gov., Baker and Hazard Inc, Great Depression | yes | 1 |
| Hazard, Ruth E. | OH-00823 | 3/27/1977 | Collector: Jeff Crampton | yes | 1 | |
| Hazard, Ruth E. (Mrs.) | OH-00822 | 03/10/1981 | Boulder City, Politics, Effects of World War II, Nellis Air Force Base, Radio Stations in Las Vegas | yes | 1 | |
| Hazelton, Diana | OH-02340 | 2013 September 17 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Hazelton moved to Pahrump, Nevada in 1971. In 1973, she took a course for first responders in Las Vegas, Nevada. She served as an EMT until 1992. | no | 0 |
| Hazelton, Diana | OH-02340 | 2013 September 17 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Hazelton moved to Pahrump, Nevada in 1971. In 1973, she took a course for first responders in Las Vegas, Nevada. She served as an EMT until 1992. | no | 0 |
| Heard, Lomie | OH-00824 | 02/09/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education in Las Vegas, Nellis area, Atomic Testing, Effects of Gaming Industry | yes | 1 |
| Heatherton, Joey | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 4 | ||
| Heberting, Sheila P. | OH-00825 | 8/1/2006 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Dancer, early LV culture | yes | 2 |
| Hecht, Chic. | OH-00826 | 04/02/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing, Military, Business and Politics, Taxes, Effect of Gambling, Involvement with the CIA, Role as Senator | no | 1 |
| Hecht, Mayer Jacob "Chic" | OH-00826 | 04/02/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, 1945-1972. Activities within the local Jewish community. Narrator was a Nevada State Senator. Leisure activities. Memory of atomic bomb testing. Charles Pember Pop Squires (aka the Father of Las Vegas) and his wife, Delphine Mom Squires. Narrator owned and worked in a downtown clothing shop from 1954. Changes in the downtown area: opening in 1971 of the Union Plaza hotel-casino- a turning for downtown. Military career during the Korean War: intelligence agent. Nevada's tax base. Types of customers: tourists. [No file] | yes | 1 |
| Hecht, Mel (Rabbi) | OH-02635 | March 17, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F 850 J5 H42 2014 Rabbi in Las Vegas since 1908: Congregation Ner Tamid 1980-1982; Beth Am 1983-2007. Active in social issues including Englestad event at Imperial Palace. | yes | 0 |
| Heckethorn, Howard | OH-00827 | 03/02/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Education System in Las Vegas, Howard Hughes, Influence of the Mob, Politics, Helldorado | yes | 1 |
| Heckethorn, Howard | OH-00828 | 02/15/1979 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Las Vegas history, Education System and Economy in Las Vegas. Interviewer: Richard Eitland | yes | 1 |
| Hedges, Hazel | OH-02677 | 1997 October 29 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 H42 1997 Hazel Hedges moved from Kansas City to Las Vegas with her husband and son in 1952. She worked briefly as a waitress in the dining room at the Thunderbird and then became a stay at home mom until her son was in junior high. Then after she went to real estate school, she went to work in commercial real estate at Bond Realty. After that, she passed her brokers exam and transferred to Parkway Realty where she sold land. Her primary success in real estate came from selling houses and investing in land and residential properties personally. After leaving Parkway Realty, Hazel went to work for the real estate office Deshoor, Fair, and Davis, which she eventually bought and renamed Southside Realty. Eventually her son joined her, and they operated Hedges and Wade Realty with two offices, one on each side of town. Hazel also did volunteer work including the Assistance League Las Vegas' Operation School Bell Program, which provides clothing for area school children in need. | yes | 0 |
| Heenan, Jane | OH-02552 | 2005-06-21, 2005-08-30 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 5 |
| Heers, Carol Dean | OH-00829 | 02/20/1972 | Gangster Era of Las Vegas, Population Growth | no | 0 | |
| Heffti, Neal | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Heher, Marie | OH-00830 | 03/01/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City, Henderson, College in Reno, Helldorado, Personal History, Airport, Education System in Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Heibock, Joe | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Heidemann, Mike | OH-02343 | 2012 October 22 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | In 1990 Heidemann joined the Lovelock Volunteer Fire Department. He currently works at the Hawthorne Army Depot, Hawthorne Fire Department, and works as a Chief Training Officer and EMS Coordinator. He is also an instructor for the State Fire Marshall. | no | 0 |
| Hejmamowski, Paul | OH-02103 | 3/13/2014 | Ward 1 | Managing Partner at Lionel Sawyer & Collins. | yes | 0 |
| Helfrich, Harry; Grant, William | OH-03604 | 2019-04-15 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Harry Helfrich moved to Boulder City in 1987 and by 1995, became president of the Boulder City Rifle & Pistol Club. His wife, Judy, joined the club as well and performed the job of secretary/treasurer until her death. Under their leadership the club grew to its current size with pits for most rifles and a membership of 2500. William Grant works along with Harry at the gun club. He moved into the position of secretary/treasurer and is now instrumental in helping Harry look toward the future. They see youth programs as a way to ensure the longevity of the club. However, they must become politicians and advocate for the city's renewal of their lease. Subjects: Boulder City Rifle & Gun Club, pits, 501(c)7, qualification classes, Boulder City | no | 0 |
| Helmick, Shirley | OH-00832 | 05/12/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Personal History, Education, Property adn Wealth achievements, Church membership | yes | 1 |
| Helms, William | OH-00833 | 03/04/1980 | Education | Development of Education system in Nevada, Classroom structure, Dropout rates, Social Groups, Teachers Union | yes | 1 |
| Henderson, Albert Scott | OH-00834 | 12/03/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early years and education, Eureka, NV, State Government, Law Practice, Politics, Kiwanni Club, Membership with Nevada State and American Bar Association | no | 0 |
| Henderson, Allison | OH-02345 | 2013 March 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Henderson became an EMT in 1991 while working at a medical clinic in Beatty, Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Henderson, Essie (see Beal) | OH-00835 | 10/23/2007 | History of the 1970's | Welfare Rights Movement leader | yes | 1 |
| Henderson, James | OH-00836 | 09/06/1995 | Dancer | See Cassette Tape for more information | no | 1 |
| Henderson, James | OH-00838 | 7/16/2006 | Dancer | yes | 1 | |
| Henderson, Mark | OH-02344 | 2013 March 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Henderson has served for 34 years in ambulance service in Beatty, Nevada. He joined the Beatty Volunteer Fire Department in 1977. | no | 0 |
| Henderson, Ted and Nancy | OH-02423 | 2014-05-22 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Hendrix, La Vaun | OH-00838 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal Family History, Activities at Helldorado, Changes at University of Nevada, Environmental changes, Travels throughout Nevada, Aerospace Convention, Entertainment, Changes in Nevada School System | no | 1 |
| Hendrix, Holbert | OH-00839 | 02/20/1979 | Early Las Vegas | Changes at UNLV, Old Ranch and Prostitution, Issues with State Government, Personal History and Teaching Background | yes | 1 |
| Henick, Steven | OH-00840 | 03/03/2006 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Henley, Larry | OH-00841 | 05/23/2007 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .H45 2007 | yes | 2 |
| Henry, Audrey June Taylor | OH-00842 | 02/26/2010 | Boyer Las vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .H45 2007 Audrey "June" Taylor Henry danced in a wide variety of countries for 30 years. She danced in Las Vegas sometimes and moved here in 1992. Audrey also did choreography and was a radio news broadcaster and has written a book with the title The sound of applause, that describes "how minorities used carnivals as a vehicle to find a better life". Her parents were members of the Brownskin Models, a touring carnival show in the mid-1930s | yes | 0 |
| Henry, Pat | 10/31/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Frank Sinatra Show | no | 1 | |
| Henry, Ted | OH-00843 | 04/03/2011 | 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 | 1 |
| Henshaw, Donna | OH-00844 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Old Elk's Parade, Cost of Living in Nevada, Personal History, Changes in Las Vegas, Religion | yes | 1 |
| Hensley, Ernest W. | OH-02102 | 1/25/2008 | All That jazz | Plays clarinet and flute. Took lessons at the Modern School of Music in Washington, DC. Played in Air Force Band and became a member of the "Airmen of Note" the premier jazz ensemble for the US Air Force. Worked long-term with Jimmy Mulidore at the LV Hilton. Worked with Andy Williams, Sammy Davis, Jr., Juliet Prowse, Steve and Eydie, and Sarah Vaughn. | yes | 0 |
| Herald Byron III, Royal | OH-03585 | 2091 March 19 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Royal Byron, III, started Nevada's First Barber School. After a checkered past, Royal decided to turn his life around. He had played Pop Warner Football in the Westside community, enjoyed the mentoring of a wonderful coach, Gene Collins, and hailed from an intact family where he was the baby of 12 children. After high school and several unproductive years, Royal left Las Vegas to attend barber college in Los Angeles. After the three-year program, he returned for an 18-month internship in Nucleus Plaza on the Westside. There he learned the importance of sanitation and his practice of cleanliness that led him to start a school to train others. Royal uses his school and his excellent reputation to service the homeless and those who are temporarily down and out. Again, he stresses the importance of sanitation as the only way to perform in the community and not spread bacteria to clients. Very soon Royal is expanding his school to include locations in Henderson, the Westside, and Reno. Subjects: Gershwin Park, Judge Lee Gates, Diane Ellis, Pop Warner, Gene Collins, Frank Hawkins | no | 0 |
| Herbst, Jerry | OH-02801 | 8/16/2016 | Building Las Vegas | Son of the original "Terrible" Herbst, joined his father in business 1959 when he came to Las Vegas; father died 1965; had chain of gas stations throughout the West, now 105 in Southern Nevada and another 20 in Arizona and California and three sons have joined him; built Marina Hotel Casino with Tom Wiesner, Michael Gaughan, sold to Kirk Kerkorian; Gold Coast, Orleans, Suncoast, Barbary Coast with Michael Gaughan; Eroll Hill designed offices on LV Blvd. S and many stations; used Bentar Construction to build them. | no | 0 |
| Herman, Woody | 01/27/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Hernandez, Gloria E. | OH-03539 | 2018 December 7 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Born in Jalisco, Mexico, Gloria E. Hernandez immigrated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1987. Hernandez participated in the longest labor strike in United States history at the Las Vegas casino, the Frontier. She became an organizer for the Culinary Workers Union Local 226. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Jalisco, Mexico, Culinary Workers Union, Frontier | no | 0 |
| Herst, Charlene | OH-02822 | Sept 9, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 H47 2014 Arrived in Las Vegas in 1954; volunteer mom who later graduated from UNLV. Thirteen year (2001-2014) career in Nevada state government where was instrumental in the implementation of the Nevada Clean Indoor Act (2006). Father owned Lucky Liquor on the Strip, now the site of Bellagio. | yes | 0 |
| Herst, Jack | OH-00845 | 03/17/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gambling industry, Ceasars Hotel and Casino | yes | 1 |
| Hertberg, Susan and Edward | OH-02417 | 7/6/2015 | Early LV | Military career in the Marines; served two tours of duty in Vietnam making rank as a captain. Susan shares memories of rearing four children as a military spouse. Family will submit this interview to the Library of Congress' Veterans Oral History project. | no | 0 |
| Herzer, Amy Bush | OH-03644 | 2019 November 14 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | UNLV Women's golf coach, Amy Bush Herzer has lived in Las Vegas since 2007. Her husband Kendall Herzer is an Emergency Manager for the State of Nevada. They also train therapy dogs. Subjects: emergency, coach, athletes, fire department, Apollo the therapy dog, social media | no | 0 |
| HESS, Alan | OH-02824 | 9/9/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 S47 2016 Roundtable with Paul Senzaki and Charlie White III. Architect/Architectural Historian and author of 19 books specializing in Mid-Century Modern and Googie architecture; taught at UCI and authored Viva Las Vegas: After-Hours Architecture. | yes | 0 |
| Hess, Harrie Fox | OH-00846 | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal History-"Vegas Bill", Education (UNR, Las Vegas HS, Univ. of Colorado), Social Climate, Gambling Industry and Entertainment, Politics (Young Democrats), Baseball Teams (LV Wranglers), Atomic Testing, Old Ranch, Boulder (Hoover) Dam | yes | 1 |
| Hesse, Patricia | OH-00847 | 02/05/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, See Cassette Tape for more information | yes | 1 |
| Hewitt, Gloria | OH-02719 | 2016 June 21 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Oral history interview with Gloria Hewitt conducted by Claytee D. White on June 21, 2016 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Hewitt discusses her early life in Cleveland, Ohio. She recalls attending Talladega College in Alabama, her teaching experience in Chicago, Illinois, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1991. Hewitt talks about her interests in politics, organizing an event to register people to vote, and being a founding member of the Southern Nevada Coalition of Concerned Women (SNCCW). Lastly, Hewitt discusses the importance of education and parental involvement in schools. | no | 0 |
| Hexum, Jon Eric | 10/08/1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Hexum, Jon Eric | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Hiatt. Hermi & John | OH-02104 | 4/2/2010 | BELVOHP | Assisted in shaping the Red Rock Audubon Society with projects like inventorying native plants and the national Christmas bird count. Involved in wild horses, mapping, establish boundaries for sale of public lands, Red Rock Conservation Area, developing better awareness of groundwater system under LV Valley, and the protection of groundwater quality. | yes | 0 |
| Hickman, Judith | OH-02144 | 7/16/2014 | Ward 1 | Adds Civil Rights memories to the Ward 1 experience. Blacks living in various areas of the city after integration. | yes | 0 |
| Hicks, Dee | OH-00848 | 05/04/2008 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.H47A3 2009 Dee Hicks worked as a nurse and an administrator at Sunrise Hospital. She also does volunteer work and works on issues having to do with nursing | yes | 0 |
| Hicks, Harriet | OH-00849 | 10/28/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .H52 2007 Harriet Thornton Hicks was a child of a pioneer family in Parowan, Utah. She moved to Las Vegas in 1931 | yes | 0 |
| Hicks, Pamela Carlos | OH-00850 | 02/16/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Envitonment, Beatles, Vegas history, Atomic Testing | yes | 1 |
| Higbee, Vaughn M. | OH-00851 | 2004 March 31 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Hightower, Monteria | OH-00852 | 2/28/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | Monteria Hightower is the first black state librarian in Nevada. Many influences over the years; vast experience in the field | yes | 0 |
| Hilbrecht, N.T. | OH-00854 | 07/02/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Law Politics WWII | yes | 1 |
| Hilbrecht, Norman Ty | OH-00853 | 08/29/2000 | State Assemblyman-BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Las Vegas history. Admitted to Nevada bar in 1959. Elected to NV Assembly in 1966 serving as Minority Leader in 1971 and became a State Senator in 1974. Early member of the Rotary Club. | yes | 2 |
| Hill, Buddy (Schillinger) | 05/01/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Hill, Charlotte | OH-00855 | 05/04/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .H54 2007 Charlotte Hill is a Las Vegas community volunteer who founded the Friends of Channel 10, Las Vegas Summer Camp Fund, and the Voluntary Action Center (now known as HELP of Southern Nevada). She has also worked with the Frontier Girl Scout Council, United Way, and the Home of the Good Shepherd Auxiliary. She also works as a fashion consultant with the Carlisle Collection Notes Includes index | yes | 0 |
| Hill, Dan | OH-00856 | 03/11/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Atomic testing | yes | 1 |
| Hilsinger, Elmer | OH-03470 | 1991 October 02 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Basic Magnesium Incorporated. | yes | 0 |
| Hindon, Alan | September 30 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Muriel Stevens | no | 1 | |
| Hines, Mike | OH-00857 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | ||
| Hines, Mime | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Hinkley, Dan | OH-00858 | 10/15/1999 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 7 | |
| Hinricksen, LaMoyne | OH-02469 | 2013-07-03 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | Caretaker of Oliver Ranch in the 1970s; Blue Diamond town; Oliver Ranch; Tweet and Buster Wilson; Bar Nothing Ranch | yes | 0 |
| Hinson, Bill (William) | OH-00859 | 02/21/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Hinton, Leona | OH-03471 | 1995 November; 1995 October 27 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Rheem MFG. No use agreement. | yes | 0 |
| Hinton, Milt | 09/02/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Lamont Patterson | no | 1 | |
| Hirsch, Charles J. | OH-00860 | 10/09/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | No Tape - Hand Written Interview | yes | 0 |
| Hltam, Herbert & Erma | OH-00861 | 02/07/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Hoban, Edyth Hess | OH-00862 | 03/11/2000 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 3 | |
| Hobbs, Steve | OH-00864 | 02/17/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Sports Olympian Education | no | 1 |
| Hocker, Mary | OH-00865 | 04/05/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nursing Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Hodge, Jim | OH-00866 | CT247 .H63 2007 | yes | 0 | ||
| Hodo, David | 03/19/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Hodson, Chester A. Jr. | OH-00867 | 03/04/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | $.49 Breakfast, Politics, Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Hoesly, Marlen J. | OH-00868 | 03/21/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Military gaming Habits | no | 1 |
| Hoffman, Ben Frank Jr. | OH-00869 | 0900/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Hogan, James L. | OH-00870 | 03/11/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Grazing and the use of Public Lands; Col. TW Miller Stewart Ranch Boulder Dam | yes | 1 |
| Hogan, James L. | OH-00871 | 11/01/1975 | Ralph Roske Interviews | yes | 1 | |
| Hoggard, J. David | OH-00872 | 1996-02-01, 1997, 1998 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Las Vegas history, Blacks in Las Vegas. Executive officer of the Economic Opportunity Board. | yes | 7 |
| Hoggard, J. David and Mabel | OH-00873 | 2/23/1977 | Roske | NAACP, Military Service, African Americans in Military, World War II, West Side of Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Hoggard, Verlia Davis | OH-00874 | 3/15/2012 | AfAm Collaborative - LV Balck Experience | Education, work in Las Vegas - social work, Economic Opportunity Board info, social organizations | yes | 0 |
| Holbert, Elgin, Jr. | OH-03763 | 2021-04-28 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. A street on the Westside is named for Elgin Holbert's grandmother, Viola Cunningham, who was an early land owner. It is believed that in 2002 she donated the property for Madison School now renamed Wendell P. Williams Elementary School. Although from Eudora, Arkansas, a few miles from Mississippi, his parents are a mixed couple, mother is White and father, Black. His mother was treated well in the Westside community but was very private concentrating on rearing her children with little community interaction. His father worked as a Red Cap on the Union Pacific Railroad, a job that Elgin tried for a short while when his father passed. Other jobs included Nevada Power and then the gaming industry where he dealt cards, mostly Blackjack, for fifty years - Riviera -15 years; Tropicana - 15 years; Treasure Island - 20 years. He was trained as a dealer after the 1971 consent decree that demands hotel-casino jobs in many categories for Blacks. Holbert recalls businesses on the Westside including Sammy's Pool Hall, Louisiana Club, and the bowling alley where he set pins as a young boy but lost the job to automation when he and others threatened to strike. They were fired instead and the bowling alley transitioned to machinery that took their jobs. Elgin loved growing up in the community playing baseball, basketball, swimming at the Jefferson Pool and later at Dula Center once integration allowed Blacks on the premises. He talked about the influence of Jimmy Gay, Q.B. Bush, and other community leaders. Subjects: Viola Cunningham; Union Pacific; Riviera Hotel Casino; Cotton Bowl; Jimmy Gay; Jefferson Recreational Center; Eleanor Walker 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 |
| Holder, Thomas | OH-00875 | 08/08/2006 | UNLV | yes | 1 | |
| Holder, Thomas Dr. | OH-00875 | 08/08/2006 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.H64 2007 Dr. Thomas Holder started teaching in the art department at UNLV in 1971. Today he chairs the art department, is working on a self-study for accreditation with the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, and works on his own artistic endeavors | yes | 0 |
| Holland Jr, Fred | OH-03602 | 2019 April 03 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Fred Holland moved to Boulder City in 1931 when his father went to work on the Hoover Dam. His father was a high scaler who does not remember Native Americans working in that capacity but does remember blacks building the rock wall under foreman, Charlie Rhodes. Fred remembers living in tents before federal housing was constructed and the law that restricted alcohol in the town. Many liquor bottles were broken by the guards that searched each car entering the city. Conditions were harsh for women who lived in the most primitive fashion. They cooked over open fires, carried water, and made tents as livable as possible. Holland joined the Boulder City Gun Club where he won various certifications and watched the club grow to the popular place it is today. He would like to see shooting clubs in schools to teach marksmanship and safety to young people. Subjects: Charles Rhodes, Boulder Dam, high scaling, federal government selling houses, police office training | no | 0 |
| Holland, Marjorie | OH-02348 | 2013 February 01 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, Holland began riding along with the fire department after 1970. She became the first woman to be licensed as an EMT after a course administered by the Clark County Health Department. She was also the first woman to finish the paramedic course at Clark County Community College. | no | 0 |
| Holland, Mrs. Fred (Velma) | OH-00876 | 04/16/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City BR Rangers | yes | 1 |
| Hollingsworth, Howard E. | OH-00877 | 02/23/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mormon Fort Gaming Ranches | yes | 1 |
| Holloway, Loretta | 03/26/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Holloway, Loretta | 02/17/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Holloway, Simeon | OH-00878 | 4/18/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | F850.N4 H64 2012 Holloway was a member of the US Navy black band during WWII; most were college men who served in the band stationed at Chapel Hill, NC. In Las Vegas, Holloway is a Kappa and leader of the Jester Hairston choir that sings Negro Spiriutals at various LV churches and city venues. | yes | 0 |
| Holly, Helen | OH-02507 | approximately 19995-2005 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Holmes, Helen | OH-00879 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | ||
| Holmes, Neil | OH-00880 | 02/12/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Holmes, Neil H. | OH-00881 | 01/14/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | yes | 1 |
| Holt, Barry | OH-00882 | 02/11/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Environment Education Politics | yes | 2 |
| Holt, Vaughan | OH-00883 | 02/22/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Railroads Pollution | yes | 1 |
| Holton, Roberta L. | OH-02954 | 2006 November 20 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Holzman, Eddie (Edwin) Hall | OH-02101 | 10/02/2008 | All That Jazz | Drummer. Different dimension to his work: radio stations KLAV, KNPR, and KUNV. Migrated to Las Vegas in 1947 to work at the El Rancho. | yes | 0 |
| Homansky, Edwin "Flip" | OH-02349 | 2013 March 14 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Homansky moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1979 and worked in the emergency rooms of Valley and Desert Springs Hospitals. In 1986 he joined the Clark County Medical Advisory Board and has served two terms as chairman. | no | 0 |
| Hood, Albert M. | OH-00884 | 06/16/1998 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 4 | |
| Hooker, Richard | OH-02436 | 2014-06-10 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Hooks, Rochelle | OH-02919 | 2016 April 12 | Folklife Program of the Nevada Arts Council and the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries | no | 0 | |
| Hopkins, A. D. | OH-00885 | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Horden, Elinor | OH-00886 | 02/13/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Entertainment in the 50's | yes | 1 |
| Horden, Nancy | OH-00887 | 02/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, personal history | yes | 1 |
| Horn, Danny | OH-02347 | 2012 December 06 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | A native of Fallon, Nevada, Horn became a member of the Gabbs Volunteer Fire Department in 1967. | no | 0 |
| Hornbuckle, Bill | OH-03654 | 2019-12-03 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | When Bill Hornbuckle began to work in hotels, he discovered his passion. Part-time work as a teenager, led him to Las Vegas after a few college semesters where he completed his degree at UNLV. He worked with and got to know the best in the industry - Kirk Kerkorian, Steve Wynn, Bobby Baldwin, Jeff Silver, Terry Lanni, Jim Murren, and many more. Today, Hornbuckle's work in many venues, even Laughlin, has led him to the Presidency and Chief Operating Officer of MGM Resorts International with hotel casinos across the country and around the world - Las Vegas, Laughlin, Jean, Reno, Primm, Mississippi, Illinois, Australia, Dubai, and Asia. Hornbuckle believes that the future looks good for the city of Las Vegas as it grows wide and deep expanding into new industries. He believes in giving back to the community and puts this into action by serving on the Board of Directors of Three Square, Andre Agassi, Fulfillment Fund, Bank of George, and as a commissioner with the new stadium. Subjects: Three Square, Mandalay Bay, Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Culinary Union Local 226 | no | 0 |
| Horne, Lena | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mark Curtis | no | 1 | ||
| Hornsby, Rochelle | OH-02912 | 2016 November 30 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 H67 2014 Rochelle Hornsby arrived in 1962 when her husband took a position with a local radio station; he eventually became an executive with the Las Vegas Convention Authority for 12 years. Rochelle's natural sales talent led her into promotional sales for conventions and she talks about both her former husband and her careers in Las Vegas. For over 20 years she has been a residential real estate agent. She also talks about Temple Beth Sholom, Sisterhood membership and the 25th Anniversary celebration of Israel. | yes | 0 |
| Horseley, Marie | OH-00888 | 06/13/2007 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 H678 2010 Marie Horseley married her husband in 1944, and they moved to Las Vegas and settled in the John S. Park Neighborhood. Marie still lives in the same home | yes | 0 |
| Horsford, Steven | OH-00889 | 8/19/2011 | AfAm Collaborative - Black Experience in LV | Early life in Las Vegas, Ecucation, high school interests, how he met his wife | yes | 0 |
| Hotchkiss, Gene | OH-00890 | 06/27/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Law Enforcement | no | 1 |
| Houck, John L. | OH-00891 | 01/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Law enforcement, Police | yes | 1 |
| Houghton, Fred B. | OH-00892 | 02/09/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Water Dept. | yes | 1 |
| Houser, Virginia | OH-00894 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Pop entertainment, Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Houssels, J. K. Sr. | OH-00895 | 11/12/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Houssels, Nancy | OH-00896 | 3/19/2014 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Born in Northern California, educated at Berkley and UCLA. Migrated to Las Vegas to dance at the Dunes and later at the Tropicana where she met her husband. Started the Nevada Dance Theatre, later becoming the Nevada Ballet. Prime mover in the Smith Center for the Performing Arts. | yes | 0 |
| Houssels, Nancy | OH-02688 | 1998 November-December | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 H6872 2006 Nancy Claire Houssels started dancing at the age of three and also did synchronized swimming. After she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater arts from UCLA in 1957, Nancy went on tour with the Hollywood Bowl and met her future dance partner Francois Szony. Together they performed as adagio dancers for the next ten years. In 1966 they came to Las Vegas to appear with the Casino de Paris at the Dunes Hotel. In 1968 they joined the cast of the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel. In May 1970, Nancy married J. Kell Houssels, Jr., then the president of the Tropicana. Nancy began volunteering with many community groups. In 1972 she joined Vassili Sulich in founding the Nevada Dance Theatre. In 1998 it was renamed the Nevada Ballet Theatre. Nancy continues to remain involved with the Nevada Ballet Theatre. | yes | 0 |
| Howard, Jack | OH-00897 | 02/27/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mining Las Vegas history | yes | 2 |
| Howard, Russell | OH-00898 | 10/01/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Howe, Michael | OH-03197 | 2017 July 05 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Arriving in Las Vegas as a six-week-old infant, Las Vegas City Senior Planner Michael Howe spent his young childhood in Las Vegas but moved with his family to Logandale, NV, when he was seven years old. After graduating from Moapa Valley High School he enlisted in the Air Force and was discharged after four years to Nellis Air Force Base. He earned his B.A. degree in Political Science and his M. Architecture degree at UNLV, completed several internships to expand his knowledge, and in 2007 joined Las Vegas's Department of Planning. In this interview, he discusses how his varied life experiences contribute to the ways ideas of sustainability, intentional community, the common good, and New Urbanism shape his own vision ethical planning philosophy. | no | 0 |
| Howell, Kathryn | OH-00899 | 2003 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Howell, Robert | OH-00900 | 02/26/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mormon Fort Atomic Testing | yes | 1 |
| Hoyos, Olmedo | OH-03512 | 2018 October 29 and 2018 November 09 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Olmedo Hoyos is the owner of the first Colombian restaurant in Las Vegas, NV. He was born in Cali, Colombia and was raised in Bogota. His family became involved in the Revolutionary Movement of Laborers (MOIR) that invaded open territories on behalf of displaced and low-income people in Colombia to build shelters. After his parents divorce he began supporting his family by working to make ends meet as a messenger, salesman, and artisan. He eventually immigrated to the United States and began working to send money home. Later, he would return to Colombia where he would open his first restaurant with his family. He would return to the United States and would help his family migrate to the U.S. later on. During his time in California, he worked for Whole Foods for nearly 20 years, opened a club, and a Colombian restaurant. Eventually, he would move to Las Vegas to open the first Colombian restaurant, Oiga Mire Vea which would become a symbol of Colombian pride for the community. The Palace of Nariño, the presidential palace of Colombia, deemed it an honorary consulate. This interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Colombia, MOIR, Bogota, Oiga Mire Vea, Entrepreneur, Las Vegas, Immigration | no | 0 |
| Hrushowy, Jillian | OH-00901 | 09/26/1995 | Dancer | F849.L35 H78 1997 | yes | 2 |
| Huber, Peggy | OH-00902 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history Atomic Testing | yes | 1 |
| Huddy, John | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Hudgins, Christopher | OH-02694 | 5/18/2016 | BELVOHP | Dean of the UNLV College of Liberal Arts retiring after 40 years of service. Originally from Richmond / Virginia Beach, VA, Hudgins attended Davidson College for his B.A. and PhD from Emory in 1976 moving to Las Vegas in that same year. Research focus has been and currently is Harold Pinter. In 2005 he was thrilled to be Pinter’s invited guest at the Nobel Laureate ceremonies in Stockholm. Hudgins is a folk musician playing and collecting the 12 string guitar. | no | 0 |
| Huffey, Paul | OH-00903 | 02/02/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park | F849.L35 H85 2010 Paul Heffey was born in Las Vegas in 1938. He and his family moved to the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1947. His father worked on the construction of Hoover Dam, and Paul worked at Ronzoni's Department Store when he was in high school. Paul graduated from University of Nevada, Reno and taught history at Basic High School in Henderson for nine years. Michael Mack lived near Paul, and they are about the same age | yes | 0 |
| Huffman, Alma Athella | OH-00904 | 03/02/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Bunkerville | yes | 1 |
| Hughes, Francis | OH-00905 | 02/23/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mesquite | yes | 1 |
| Hughes, Howard | 04/08/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: (Will) | no | 1 | |
| Hughes, Maggie | OH-00906 | 02/07/2005 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | |
| Hughes, Margaret Ellen | OH-00906 | February 7, 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 | 2 |
| Hughes, Pearl | OH-00907 | 02/11/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas Entertainment Atomic Testing Kennedy | no | 1 |
| Hughes, Shauna | OH-02817 | 2016 August 3, 2016 October 11 | Building Las Vegas | Henderson City Attorney 1983-2009, now in private practice; PEPCon explosion, Galleria Mall, Sunset Station, Green Valley, The District, Green Valley Station, Lake Las Vegas, Nevada State College | no | 0 |
| Hull, Dorothy Haywood | OH-00908 | August 25, 2009 | 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 | 1 |
| Humbly, Gail | OH-00909 | 02/25/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mormon Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Humperdinck, Engelbert | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Humperdinck, Engelbert | 02/19/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Hunsberger, Charles W. | OH-02776 | 7/27/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 H855 2016 Director of LVCCLD (1972-94) responsible for building >20 libraries in southern NV; some private funds used, but 1985 bond $15 million in local funds and $7.2 million in state money built six libraries and renovated one; 1991 bond $70 million for construction and $10 million for library materials for seven new libraries were built and two renovations. | yes | 0 |
| Hunt, Blackie | OH-02105 | 2003 June 30 | All That Jazz | LV lounge comedian, pianist, and restaurateur. Husband of NV Lt Governor Lorraine Hunt. Member of The Characters, a 20-year mainstay of the classic lounge era before he and his wife decided to devote their energy to saving the original Bootlegger restaurant. Played at the Sahara's Casbar Lounge, the Flamingo, International, and LV Hilton. Inducted into the Casino Legends Hall of Fame at the Tropicana. Moved to LV in 1955, died in 2003. | yes | 0 |
| Hunt, Catherine | OH-00910 | 03/02/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Hunt, Courtney | OH-00911 | 10/2/2013 | AfAm collaborative | Co-founder and Vice President of The C.O.N.V.I.C.T.S. Motorcycle Club. (Conquerors of Negative vicious Intent, Concentrate Toward Succeeding) This club is composed of Harley owners who help in bettering the Las Vegas community through acts of assistance to Shade Tree, Food drives, Coat drives, Halloween parties for schools, back packs giveaways, and uplifting individual families in emergency situations. | no | 0 |
| Hunt, Courtney "Nutt" | OH-00911 | 10/02/2013 | AfAm | F850 N4 H85 2012 Co-founder of the COPNVICTS Motorcycle Club. Conducts drives for winter coats for children, assists in back-to-school drives. Second oldest motorcycle club in the city. All members including females drive Harley's. Strict codes of membership and conduct. Sent to transcriber 11/7/2013 | yes | 0 |
| Hunter, Harold R. | OH-00912 | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | yes | 1 |
| Hunter, Marinka Melanie | OH-03600 | 2019 April 15 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Marinka left Cuba in 1959 at 19 years of age. She flew to New York to live with her sister and brother-in-law who were also her godparents. After working briefly in a factory, she became a dancer upon winning a local beauty contest. Her godparents did not approve of her career choice. In Cuba, Marinka's province was invaded by Fidel and Che beginning in 1954 and all schools closed because of the dangerous unpredictable bombardments. Her high school education was stunted. With limited options, her mother sent her alone to New York. Her mom stayed behind because the father of the family was too ill to travel. Her decision to dance led to a career in burlesque where Marinka, and later as Melanie, earned as much as $10,000 per week on stages in Europe. She danced in Canada, Aruba, Panama, Mexico, Switzerland, France, Spain, Vienna, and other international stages. In Las Vegas, she danced at the Emerald, Palomino, and the Cabaret. Marinka volunteers at the Burlesque Hall of Fame where one of her costumes is on display. She will perform at The Orleans in the 20th anniversary burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender show in June of 2019. Subjects: Castro, Batista, Burlesque, Queen of the Amazon, Blaze - film, Moulin Rouge | no | 0 |
| Hunter, Tab | 04/01/1985 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Hurtado, Alfred | OH-02470 | 2013-05-13 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | Parents lived on Morgan Ranch before purchased by the Olivers; Blue Diamond town and school; Oliver Ranch | yes | 0 |
| Hurtado, Alfred C. | OH-00913 | December 2, 2003 | 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 | 2 |
| Hurtado, Mary | OH-00916 | 12/02/2003 | Blue Diamond | yes | 2 | |
| Hurtado, Mary C. | OH-00914 | August 23, 2006 | 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 | 3 |
| Hurtado, Mary C. | OH-00916 | December 3, 2003 | 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 | 2 |
| Hutchings, Jessica | OH-03414 | 2018 March 21 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Cantor Jessica Hutchings serves at Congregation Ner Tamid. She was en route back to Las Vegas the night of October 1; her plane was rerouted to Phoenix airport. She talks about learning of the Route 91 shooting, her role as a clergy member of the Las Vegas community, organizing vigils and a musical fundraiser called Vegas Strong through Song and discussing the tragedy with her Hebrew School students ages 12 - 13. Subjects: Role of clergy, discussion and activity with children, healing with music | no | 0 |
| Hutton, Thomas S. | OH-00917 | 2002 November 25 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Hwang, Henry and Sharon | OH-02998 | 2017 February 21 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 H87 2017 Born and raised in Taiwan, Henry Hwang had a vision. After visiting friends in Los Angeles Henry noticed that most Asians who visited Las Vegas for the weekend returned saying they had a good time but could not find good authentic Chinese food. Henry developed his vision of a one-stop place where tourists could dine on fine Chinese cuisine and locals could shop for authentic Asian ingredients at a market. Henry worked with a Las Vegas Realtor and found a property on Spring Mountain Road large enough to accommodate his vision. He and his wife brought their three children to Las Vegas in 1993. Sharon, the oldest, graduated from Durango High School and UNLV. Hwang's vision became a reality in 1993. Their center, Chinatown Plaza, and its cultural features including the Journey to the West and Chinese New Year celebrations invigorated a pan-Asian cultural movement along Spring Mountain Road that Governor Kenny Guinn officially designated in October 1999 as Chinatown. Sharon Hwang now manages the Plaza, while Henry, his wife, and K C Chen remain financial partners in the business. | yes | 0 |
| Hyatte, Jackie | OH-00966 | 5/8/1978 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Blacks in Las Vegas, Gambling. Interviewer: Cathy Jones | no | 1 |
| Hyman, Stanley | OH-00919 | 03/10/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas Down Race Track Howard Hughes | yes | 1 |
| Iaconis, Stella | OH-00921 | 07/22/1981, 02/26/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Spring Ranch, Ranch life, personal history | yes | 3 |
| Iaconis, Stella | OH-00920 | 2/26/2976 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Collector: Gary Gione | yes | 1 |
| Iaconis, Stella Champo | OH-02686 | 1997 May-September | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 I33 2010 The Champo family came from Italy to Las Vegas in 1912. They bought a small ranch. In 1927 Stella's mother died, and she quit school and became a waitress. Stella moved to Los Angeles where she worked as a waitress for eighteen years. In 1963 she married John Iaconis, and they moved back to Las Vegas. Stella worked as a showroom waitress at the Sahara for three years and then went to work at Larry's, where she stayed for twenty years. | yes | 0 |
| Iannuzzi, Patricia (Patty) | OH-03407 | 2018 March 06 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | After a Yale degree in Psycobiology, Patty lived in Germany for three years. Because she could not type 40 words per minute, the trajectory of her life's work changed through a part time position in a library. She fell in love with reference work before there was the Internet as we know it today and no Google. Her career has taken her to Tufts, Yale, Berkeley (1 year program), Florida International University, Berkeley, and UNLV. At Berkeley Pattty served in higher levels of library administration allowing her of oversee various construction initiatives including those on historically preserved building; wrote and received a Mellon Grant developing change agents; and headed the Reinvention Center that provided the blueprint to embed research in the undergraduate classroom to push the value of critical thinking skills and to develop new knowledge. Information literacy, work instituting major revisions in Standards for Libraries in Higher Education, assessment, and fund raising were her major goals at UNLV. Early in her 12 years at UNLV, Patty secured membership in the Greater Western Library Alliance. One of the highlights of her career, because of her advocacy for education reform, was the 2005 Nobel Prize Conference on Education speech in Stockholm. Subjects: Yale, Berkeley, Florida International University, UNLV, Germany, Tufts, Information Literacy, Jeanne Brown, assessment. | no | 0 |
| Igert, Dick & Lee | OH-00922 | 02/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada State History | yes | 1 |
| Imprecia, Joanne | OH-00923 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Innis, Midge | OH-00924 | 05/08/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| INXS | 08/26/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | |
| Irwin, Pat | OH-02351 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Irwin served as a volunteer firefighter in Lovelock, Nevada. In 2010 Irwin took a state leadership position for EMS in Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Irwin, Stan | OH-02437 | 8/24/2003 | All That Jazz and Arnold Shaw | Las Vegas Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor. VP and Executive Prod. for Sahara Nevada Corporation. Brought Beatles to LV when all other hotels refused to do so. They appeared at the Convention Center but stayed at the Sahara. Irwin was also a comedian, actor, and special materials writer. | yes | 2 |
| Isaacson, Bruce | OH-03159 | 2017 March 24 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 I73 2014 Clark County Poet Laureate 2016-2017, talks about growing up in Oakland CA, son of a secular Jewish father and Pentecostal mother. His career in financial world and real estate, as well as having an MFA, being a poet and publisher of poetry in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Ishman, W. Dean | OH-00925 | 7/2/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - NAACP Segment | Activities during his term as NAACP president | yes | 0 |
| Isola, Alfred, | OH-00926 | 03/15/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Iverson, Mervin R. | OH-00927 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | ||
| Jackson Family | 02/18/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | |
| Jackson III, Andrew | OH-01366 | undated | no | 2 | ||
| Jackson, Ernest | OH-00928 | 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Jackson, Ivan | OH-00929 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | ||
| Jackson, Jerry | OH-02277 | 2/12/2015 | BELVOHP | Danced in the Folies at the Tropicana - Longest running show in Las Vegas history. CT247 .J32 2015 | yes | 0 |
| Jackson, Richard | OH-02352 | 2012 December 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Jackson joined the Fernley Volunteer Fire Department in 1971. He later became an EMT and received experience by working at both St. Mary's and Washoe Med hospitals. | no | 0 |
| Jackson, Sally | OH-00930 | 03/02/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Ca Okey Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Jackson, Shirley | 01/13/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Jackson, Waidemar | OH-00931 | 5/6/2013 | AfAmCollaborative | Jackson worked at the airport. Talks about drugs in the community and the tragedy caused by them among generations. The task of pulling lives back from the brink. | yes | 0 |
| Jacobs, Essie Shelton | OH-00932 | 02/11/1996 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F849.L35 J33 1997 | yes | 2 |
| Jacques, Marge | OH-02553 | 1998 April 28 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride. | no | 1 |
| Jaeger, Bernice | OH-02670 | 1997 July 25-30, 1998 February 3 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 J34 2003 Bernice Smith was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 27, 1934. She married Ivan Jaeger in 1955. He and his family were involved in the underground gaming industry in the Midwest. When it shut down in 1961, they moved to Las Vegas where Ivan worked first as a dealer and later in various executive gaming positions. Bernice was one of the fist students to attend Clark County Community College (later Community College of Southern Nevada) when it was founded in 1971. She earned a liberal arts degree in 1973 and a degree in hotel administration in 1974. Bernice worked as the secretary of Inez Rambeau, the director of convention sales at the Riviera Hotel and Casino. After a few years, she became the assistant of the hotel director at the Riviera. Later Bernice was the personal secretary to the owner and general manager of the Aladdin Hotel and Casino. She left that position in 1984, completed a bachelor's degree in the field of women's studies, and started Flex-Time, a temporary employment agency catering to working women. Then she was hired by Ira levy, the new owner of the Continental Hotel and Casino to be his assistant general manager. In 2003 Bernice earned a master's degree in counseling at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and she now works for Legal Rehabilitation Services, leading court-mandated group counseling for people in domestic violence situations. | yes | 0 |
| Jaffee, Eddie | 09/19/1969 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| James, Audrey | OH-00933 | AfAm Collaborative - LV Black Experience | CT247 .J34 2012 | yes | 0 | |
| James, Bob | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | ||
| James, Dennis W. | OH-00934 | 2006-04-05 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| James, John | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| James, Maxine | OH-00935 | 03/02/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| James, Virginia | OH-00936 | 10/26/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Texas Copa Girl at Sands Hotel. Stories of various stars including Frank Sinatra and interactions with dancers. Fresh look at the casino bosses. | yes | 10 |
| James,John | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 3 | ||
| Jarlson, Alan | OH-00938 | 06/04/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 3 | |
| Jarman, Patricia Morse | OH-03430 | 2018 May 01 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Patricia Jarman grew up in Virginia with her grandparents until time to attend kindergarten when she moved in with her parents and siblings in Newark, New Jersey. She never liked the change to concrete. She loved the easy life on the family's 400 acre farm in Mecklenburg County. After high school and college, Patrica joined the Air Force and drove alone across the country to report for training in Northern California. When she and her husband were assigned to Nellis, she fell in love with the desert. After military service ended, she worked in radio at KCEP, KVOV, KENO and then in TV news at Channel 13. She headed the Nevada Consumer Affairs Commission but then got into the boxing arena as a judge. Originally she wanted to be a boxing analyst. As a judge since 1985, Jarman has traveled all over the world for more than 100 world title fights including the heavyweight bout of Riddick Bowe and Evander Holyfield. Recently, upon moving to her new neighborhood on the Legacy Golf Course, she was instrumental in the fight to prevent the development of apartment buildings and condos on the course. Subjects: Fan Man, Morse Arberry, Joe Neal, Wendell Williams, Channel 13, KVOV, KCEP, KENO, Boxing judge, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Newark, NJ, Assembly District 18 | no | 0 |
| Jarrett, Lavell | OH-03423 | 1975 February 22 | Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas | no | 2 | |
| Jarwood, Artie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Jasmin, DeeDee | OH-00939 | 03/19/1998 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Jasper, Frazine | OH-03241 | 2017 September 20 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Born in Brooklyn, NY, Frazine Jasper grew up in a majority Jewish neighborhood where her first job was turning on lights for orthodox families on Fridays. Nursing was her passion. Her earned her AA then BA and two masters degrees in that science and later attended law school and passed the NY Bar Examination. In 1987, she left New York for Las Vegas and purchased a house in Henderson just in time for the Pepcon explosion. Soon, she joined the faculty at the Community College of Southern Nevada (CCSN - it is currently CSN) as the Chair of the Nursing Department but soon became Provost of the Cheyenne campus under President Richard Moore. After three years, the college was no longer able to have provosts so those positions were cut at all three campus locations. Back in the classroom, Jasper taught in the Para-legal program lecturing in subjects such as Business Law, Family Law, and Torts. Subjects: Nursing, Hunters College, Hofstra University Law School, CCSN Provost, Barbara Jordan Club, Richard Moore | no | 0 |
| Jauregui, Charles | OH-00940 | 2006 April 24 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Jazz Panel Discussion | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Jeffers, Neil | OH-00941 | 02/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | UNLV | yes | 1 |
| Jeffrey, John E. | OH-00942 | 04/01/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | yes | 1 |
| Jeffries, Herb | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Jeffries, Herb | 06/13/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Jeffries, Herb | OH-02246 | 05/05/2004 | All That Jazz | ML394 .J43 2009 Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor. Singer, actor. One of first engagements was in a Chicago clubs owned by Al Capone. Worked at Club Alabam in South Central Los Angeles. Sang with Cab Calloway for 10 years. First black western star. Entertained in Las Vegas where Frank Sinatra assisted him in moments of racial discrimination. | yes | 2 |
| Jenkins, Gordon | 01/30/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Jenkins, Jean | OH-02137 | 8/7/2014 | BELVOHP | Real estate pioneer in LA and LV. Helped designed the first open kitchen floor plan. Became Nevada's 45th RE broker. In 1979, convinced home builders to be the first to list new homes through GLVAR's multiple listings system and consequently offer brokers sales commissions. | no | 0 |
| Jenkins, Thelma | OH-00943 | 10/15/1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nursing | yes | 1 |
| Jenne, Floyd | OH-00944 | 04/04/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Interviewer: Gordon Brusso. Boulder City McGill Environment Nevada history, Boulder City McGill | yes | 1 |
| Jenne, Floyd | OH-00945 | 03/16/1981 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Interviewer: Ping Lee. Boulder City McGill Environment Nevada history, Boulder City McGill | yes | 1 |
| Jenne, Floyd | OH-00946 | 1996-03-11, 1996-04-11, 1996-10-08, 1996-03-13, 1996-03-18, 1996-03-23, 1996-03-28 | Interviewer: Dennis McBride. | no | 19 | |
| Jennings, Waylon | 08/08/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Jensen, Helen A., Faircloth, Esther V., and Rosati, Helen | OH-02438 | 2005 October 26 | no | 1 | ||
| Jerbic, Brad; Perrigo, Thomas A. | OH-03630 | 2019 June 26 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Brad Jerbic and Tom Perrigo serve in top management positions for the City of Las Vegas, Brad as City Attorney and Tom as Executive Director of Community Development in the City Manager's Office. These two men allowed the Healing Garden to be planted, sprout, and grow. In 2017, after the tragedy of 1 October, the Las Vegas community needed a place to mourn and heal. Jay Pleggenkuhle, landscape architect, had an idea for a garden, and called Brad and Tom just as they were discussing the desire to go out for a walk but had no place downtown to engage in that simple activity. The planets aligned. The healing garden was born. As the project got underway, Brad and Tom spent as much time there as possible during the four-day building of the miracle. As issues of administrative policy appeared, they were solved immediately. When there were too many volunteers, they created shifts. When a place was desired to plant the Tree of Life, Jay's boots hit upon a necklace hidden in the dirt. The gold necklace had a charm attached - A Tree of Life. On First Friday, 6 October, the garden was dedicated. Since that time, whenever there is a shooting, Brad gets in touch with people in that city to pass on the healing element developed by Vegas Strong. Subjects: Healing Garden, Jay Pleggenkuhle, City of Las Vegas, Tree of Life, Cameron Robinson | no | 0 |
| Jessup, Leonard (Len) | OH-03457 | 2018 August 06 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 J47 2018 Len Jessup is the current president of Claremont Graduate University after serving 3.5 years as the president of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. During his Las Vegas tenure, he envisioned the trajectory of the newly planned medical school, kept UNLV at the table during negotiations for the advent of the Raiders Football team moving to Clark County, and shepherded prosperous fundraising drives for the campus. His passion to have UNLV become a Top Tier university brought additional prestige to Las Vegas with the medical school becoming a regional asset, the third leg of medical care with Mayo Clinic in Phoenix and Los Angeles complex that includes UCLA and USC. Dr. Jessup believes that he is blessed to be working in education. He is honored to be in the position to help students and feels that he is repaying a debt for the wonderful life the academy and his family have afforded him. Subjects: Research One, Unlv medical school, student housing, Brian Sandoval, Top Tier, Don Snyder, Raiders Football, Raiders Stadium, Cristo Reyes School | yes | 0 |
| Jetter, Judy | OH-02106 | 9/10/2008 | All that Jazz | A fan of Las Vegas Jazz. Jetter was mentored by Woody Herman and others about the art of jazz. In Las Vegas, Gus Mancuso, the Bootlegger, Terri James, Jobell became the personalities and the place that were the mainstays of the jazz community. | yes | 0 |
| Jimenez, Henry | OH-00947 | 05/23/2006 | UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Jimenez, Henry | OH-00947 | 05/23/2006 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.J54 2007 Henry Jimenez graduated from UNLV in 2006. While he was here, he joined the first Latino fraternity, served as a senator for two years, and served on many committees | no | 0 |
| Jimenez, Richardo | OH-00948 | 09/18/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Cultural aspects of one Las Vegas Hispanic community | yes | 2 |
| Joe Louis Family | OH-02187 | 11/18/2014 | AfAm Collab | History of Joe Louis' career, fights for government during WWII, wife worked as atty at Caesars Palace Las Vegas while Joe worked as a greeter, IRS problems because of fights where all proceeds were donated to US government, feelings about a black Heavyweight champion among nation's African Americans, Frank Sinatra's assistance, and role at Moulin Rouge. | no | 0 |
| Johann, Kenneth | OH-00949 | 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history Small Business | yes | 1 |
| Johnson, Ann | OH-00950 | 03/13/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history UNLV | yes | 1 |
| Johnson, Bernice | OH-00951 | 02/21/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Johnson, Bernice | OH-02350 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After graduating from Tonopah High School in Tonopah, Nevada, Johnson helped with shelter management at the Civil Defense Authority. She was later part of the ambulance service in the area, a job she carried out for over 40 years. | no | 0 |
| Johnson, Frank | OH-00952 | 02/21/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming, Howard Hughes | yes | 2 |
| Johnson, Gregory and Rosemarie | OH-02914 | 2016 December 04-05 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Amber Rose Johnson interviewed her parents, an interracial couple, about the implications of race and the intersections of class, work, and gender issues while rearing children against a background of historic discriminatory practices. | no | 0 |
| Johnson, James Harris III | OH-03765 | 2021-05-06 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. James Johnson works as a cameraman/photojournalist for Channel 3 CBS News. He worked as an anchor in Laredo, TX, Bakersfield, CA, and Omaha, NE after leaving Las Vegas to advance his career. Racism in Omaha was more overt and damaging than in other cities. He moved back to Las Vegas with his wife and children and resumed the work he loves. To his credit, Johnson has earned three Emmy Awards because of his artistry in anchoring, reporting, editing, shooting, interviewing, producing, and writing. Johnson was born in Las Vegas where his father landed as a result of his Air Force career. His education was attained at schools throughout the Las Vegas Valley including a bachelor's degree from UNLV. His mother's work as a short-time horticulturalist at the MGM Mirage led to a scholarship for his higher education. Subjects: Channel 3; Fox 5; Emmy Awards; Bakersfield; MGM Scholarship 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 |
| Johnson, Joan | OH-00953 | 03/25/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Entertainment, early Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Johnson, Keith | 06/03/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Johnson, Lori | OH-02354 | 2013 March 14 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Johnson joined the volunteer EMT service in Mesquite, Nevada, after taking EMT classes there in 1995. She has continued to work for the department as it has professionalized. | no | 0 |
| Johnson, Lubertha | OH-00955 | 02/10/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black history, Blacks in Las Vegas | yes | 4 |
| Johnson, Lubertha | OH-00956 | 4/17/1972 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Black history, Blacks in Las Vegas. Interviewer: Perry Kaufman. | no | 4 |
| Johnson, Patrice A. | OH-02955 | 2009 November 16 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Johnson, Ray | OH-00958 | 1974, 10/03/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Johnson, S. J. | OH-02702 | 5/24/2016 | AfAm Collab | Mr. Johnson spent over 30 years in the USAF. He grew up in Indiana where overt discrimination was minimal but entered basic training in San Antonio and was then stationed in Montgomery, Alabama. He could never understand sitting in the back of the bus while defending the country with his very life. Spend time in Panama where he returned to school and eventually entered the OSI division that was equivalent to the CIA. Moved to Las Vegas at the end of his career and taught in the CCSD for nine years. He believes that education equals freedom. | no | 0 |
| Johnson, Steve | OH-00959 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Blacks in Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Johnson, Val | OH-00960 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Johnson, Viola | OH-00961 | 03/12/1996 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F849.L35 J647 1997 | yes | 1 |
| Johnston, Vennis | OH-00962 | 06/19/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Johnston, Will | OH-02355 | 2013 July 18 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Johnston took his first EMT class in 1971 and began working on the ambulance service in Carlin, Nevada. He is currently the chief of the Carlin Volunteer Fire Department. | no | 0 |
| Jones Jr., Ben | OH-02298 | 10/3/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Jones Jr., James | OH-00963 | 2/28/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | James Jones discusses typical life in the Westside community with blacks and whites living together. Talks about the role of funeral homes in the case of homicides. | yes | 0 |
| Jones, Bart and Jones, Stephen | OH-02896 | 2016 November 07 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 J6628 2016 Grandsons of Burley and Arlie Jones, who arrived in Las Vegas in the 19-teens talk about their father's family: their father, Herb Jones; his sister, Florence Lee Jones Cahlan, and his brother, Cliff Jones. They discuss growing up in Las Vegas, attending John S. Park Elementary School, hunting in the desert, and accompanying their grandfather to the Rancho Market in the Westside. Steve describes how Audie Coker mentored him in building, how he named his company Merlin Construction, and how he enticed his brother to join him. Bart speaks of owning and operating a macadamia ranch in Hawaii for ten years before returning to Las Vegas to join Steve in the construction business. Both describe some of the houses they have built for their high-end clients. | yes | 0 |
| Jones, Bill | OH-00964 | 10/17/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Jones, Bobbie and Cody Lin | OH-03365 | 2017 December 09 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Route 91 is a mother-daughter bonding experience for Bobbie and Cody. They began the ritual in 2014 as an adult female outing accented by their love of Country music. They are both military minded. Bobbie served a tour of duty in the army and Cody is following with aspirations of going into service after ROTC training. At first they though the bullets were poppers but a man nearby immediately yelled that they were bullets. Bobbie's military training kicked in; it was better to be on the ground in a tiny group than in a mass crowd so she covered her daughter with her own body and a backpack. It was only about half way through the shooting when Bobbie ran to help others that Cody ran from the scene with a now-identified friend, Ryan. The mother and daughter met minutes later in front of the MGM Grand Hotel Casino. They re-united so rapidly because Bobbie used her signature whistle known only to Cody. Upon entering the MGM, they were invited to go to a room by a person staying there. There were eight to ten people in a tiny room but they stayed until Strip properties began to re-open their doors. Since that night, Bobbie and Cody have become closer. They are honored to be Las Vegans but are sad that other warriors are suing the MGM. Warrior is their preferred term over "survivor." And warriors they are. They helped the injured before leaving the venue, assisted a person who went into shock in the tiny MGM hotel room, and held the hand of a dying person. "I'm a Warrior, I would die for you. For you, my love is fierce. I'm a Warrior, I would die for you." Subjects: Survivor, warrior, Route 91, Ocean Spray, CSN, MGM Grand Hotel Casino, Luxor, signature whistle, Lyrics from Until My Heart Caves In, Audio Adrenaline 2005. | no | 0 |
| Jones, Clifford, | OH-00967 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | ||
| Jones, Curtis | OH-02956 | 2006 November 18 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Jones, Essie Lee | OH-02107 | 6/5/1996 | AfAm | Migrated from Tallulah, LA. Worked as a maid at the Aladdin. Talks of the change from blacks in the back of the house to Latinos. | yes | 1 |
| Jones, Flora | OH-00968 | 07/19/2007 | UNLV | F850.N4 J647 2012 Born in Mississippi. Moved to Las Vegas in late 1970s. Worked in UNLV Admissions department and recalls the campus from that era. | yes | 2 |
| Jones, Herbert | OH-00969 | 04/03/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Prohibition, Protitution Nevada history | no | 2 |
| Jones, Jack | 03/17/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Jones, Jack | January, 1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Jones, Jack | 12/05/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Jones, Jack | 10/18/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Jones, James Jr. | OH-00963 | February 28, 2013 | F850.N4 J65 2012 | yes | 0 | |
| Jones, Jan | OH-00970 | 03/26/1998 | Las Vegas Mayor | no | 1 | |
| Jones, Jim | OH-00971 | 10/28/2002 | UNLV | no | 2 | |
| Jones, Jonah | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Jones, Judith Lee Johnson | OH-00972 | 02/22/2007 | Boyer Early Las vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .J65 2007 The Houston Chronicle sponsored a contest that added the Texas Copa girls to the showgirls in the Copa Room at the Sands Hotel and Casino. In 1958 one of the winners was seventeen-year-old Judith Lee Johnson. She went to college and received an education degree and also became Miss Houston. Four years later she went back to being a showgirl at the Sands and performed in the Elvis movie Viva Las Vegas. She also had a twenty-nine-year career in education and now lives in Virginia | yes | 0 |
| Jones, Mazie Martin | OH-00973 | 11/13/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Hospital | yes | 1 |
| Jones, Quincy | 03/04/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Jones, Todd | OH-00974 | 1/07/2010 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 J663 2010 Todd Jones arrived in Las Vegas in 1991 to become a professor of philosophy at UNLV. He bought a home in the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1991 | yes | 0 |
| Jones, Tom | 1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Jones, Tom | 09/18/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Jones, Willie | OH-00975 | 03/05/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Blacks in Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Jordan, Marie | OH-00976 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Interviewer: Danny Budak. Personal history, Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Jordan, Marie | OH-00977 | 02/27/1981 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Interviewer: Edward R. Gentry. Black experience, Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Jordan, Odell C. | OH-00978 | 03/15/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Jordan, Sr., Rev. Fouston | OH-02212 | 11/21/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Rachel Mack) | From Louisiana, grew up on planation picking cotton, played sports, active in church. Serves in Las Vegas at Living Water Baptist Church. | no | 0 |
| Joseph, Katherine | OH-00979 | 10/25/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Dancer who danced in Paris with Josephine Baker. Worked at the Moulin Rouge during its heyday. Owned and operated a sewing plant with Strip uniform contracts. | yes | 2 |
| Juden, Ryann | OH-02892 | 2016-08-23, 2016-11-03 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Access to this oral history interview is restricted until January 1, 2028. To protect sensitive content, while also ensuring that the interviews are preserved for the historical record, some oral history interviews in our collections may be restricted (closed for an agreed-upon number of years), or may require permission from the narrator or interviewer before allowing a researcher access to a restricted interview.This collection is open for research use on January 1, 2028. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information. | no | 0 |
| Judge Angel | OH-02207 | 11/29/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Denise M. Beverstein) | TV Production; retired judge; currently, helps people purchase businesses; hosts positive talk radio show. | no | 0 |
| Kabay, Gillian | OH-00980 | 06/28/1996 | Dancer | yes | 1 | |
| Kadin, Madeline F. | OH-00981 | 03/08/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing, Ranch Life | yes | 1 |
| Kagafas, Yorgo | OH-00982 | 1/14/2010 | Vocies of the Historic John S. Park neighborhood | F849.L35 K33 2010 Yorgo Kagafas became an urban planner for the City of Las Vegas in 1999, and his job was to implement the neighborhood planning process. He moved into the John S. Park Neighborhood and led the homeowners in that neighborhood through the neighborhood planning process | yes | 0 |
| Kahn, Donald | 12/10/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Kahn, Sammy | 11/14/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Kahn, Sammy | 05/19/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Kalb, Steven | OH-02931 | 2017 January 05 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Talks about arriving to Southern Nevada from Southern California with family in 1953, settling first in Henderson, and growing up in the Twin Lakes area of Las Vegas, and graduating from ASU with a B.S. in Construction Engineering. His father George worked for N.J. "Bing" Helgeson construction until 1963, when Steve's parents formed George F. Kalb Construction, beginning with a remodel for Buck Blaine at the Golden Nugget downtown. Steve and his older brother George began working alongside their parents in a sister company in 1972 focusing on standalone projects: 7-11 markets; Arby's, Pizza Hut, Jack in the Box, and Church's Fried Chicken restaurants; and Terrible Herbst and Rebel Gas stations. The various Kalb companies have now entered the third generation with Steve's son Justin heading Kalb Industries. | no | 0 |
| Kaltenborn, Robert | OH-00983 | 04/07/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 3 | |
| Kaminski, Daniel | OH-00984 | 03/14/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming Dealers | yes | 1 |
| Kane, Kimo | 06/23/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Kane, Roberta Gordon | OH-03238 | 2017 September 06, 2018 May 22 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 K35 2014 Session 1: Daughter of Sallie and Mike Gordon; first Jewish child born in Las Vegas. Settled in Honolulu for over fifty years with husband Alexander Kane, where they were business owners. Subjects: Grandparents were Abe and Pauline Schur. Parents were Mike & Sallie Gordon; founding members of Las Vegas Jewish community from 1930s; liquor business; 1950 grad of Las Vegas High School; secretary to Mark Swain at Stardust; Session 2: First known Jewish child born in Las Vegas (1932) recalls anecdotes of growing up in the valley. Shares additional stories of her youth and young adult years. She includes tales of the Wildcat Lair, a hang out for Las Vegas High School students, and traveling with her father and the Class C Baseball team he and others were investors in. Subjects: Wildcat Lair, class C baseball, Mike and Sallie Gordon, liquor stores, USO | yes | 0 |
| Kanie, Ann Clark | OH-02108 | 3/20/2014 | Ward 1 | F849.L35 K35 2014 Ann Clark Kanie was born and raised in Las Vegas. She became an elementary school teacher and taught at Lincoln Elementary in North Las Vegas and at Howard Wasden Elementary. Her son teaches and coaches at Cimarron-Memorial High School. Ann talks about her memories of growning up in Las Vegas and about how teaching has changed | yes | 0 |
| Kantner, Paul | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: (Jefferson Starship) | no | 1 | ||
| Kaplan, Gabe | 07/13/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Kappenman, Anthony | OH-03626 | 2019 May 16 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Anthony Kappenman grew up in Boulder City with a single mother who taught school there. He loved country music since a child but strayed for a number of years reuniting with the stories and melodies at about 21 years of age. His hobby has become country music concerts. After 10 years in the military, he recognized the automatic gun fire almost immediately after looking up and seeing no evidence of fireworks. He grabbed his friend immediately and began to move rapidly toward the rear of the venue. The crowd panicked before he made very much progress. He was shot in the face by shrapnel and took a bullet in the leg but made a tourniquet with his belt and continued running while picking up people along the way. At one point during their run toward the private portion of the airport, his girlfriend was knocked down, rescuing her resulted in his face wound. Upon his arrival at St. Rose Siena there was a third injury discovered in his foot as well. He spent his 23 hours there cheering up others and even gave his bed to a Canadian couple whose stuff was at the Mandalay Bay. Anthony offered his house to them but they found a nurse with a empty dwelling. He remains in touch with that couple. Anthony learned that he reacted in a way that he is pleased about; honored by his mental and physical toughness. He went to a concert the next weekend using a walker and is so glad he did that. He is surprised and proud of our city and first responders; training of first responders was evident and impressive. For the first time, he is proud to call Las Vegas home. He was interviewed many time while at the hospital resulting in phone calls from around the globe to wish him well. His message is, "don't give up." He and his friend are now married. Subjects: Boulder City, St. Rose Siena, first responder, gun control | no | 0 |
| Karp, Elliot B. | OH-02217 | 12/17/2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | CEO of Jewish Federation of Las Vegas (as of 2008) talks about his coming to Las Vegas and the local Jewish community. F850.J5.K36 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Kasper, Julie Rae | OH-00985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Kasten, Emmy | OH-03744 | 2021-03-17 | Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project | Interviewed by Kristel Peralta, Ayrton Yamaguchi, and Stefani Evans. Raised in a San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Filipino immigrants with professional careers, Emmy Kasten created her own successful and wide-ranging career including, among others, acting and broadcasting, sales and marketing, event production, philanthropy, and writing and editing that began in Los Angeles but eventually took her to major cities in several countries. Emmy's parents moved to Las Vegas in about 2007, and Emmy and her husband followed with their children in 2016. While her time here has been relatively short, she is a past honoree and current board member of the Miss Asian North America Organization (MANAO) and the Las Vegas Fashion Council. Subjects: San Francisco Bay Area; University of California, Irvine (UCI); Los Angeles; KTLA Morning News; Red Bull Music Academy; Rock Star Gaming; Filipino foods; assimilation; anti-Asian discrimination; Vegas Magazine 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 |
| Katz, Andy | OH-02575 | Feb. 16 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Managing owner of Manpower franchise in Las Vegas; son of original owner Michael and Bea Katz,who arrive in Las Vegas in 1963. Talks about business, growing up in Las Vegas, Jewish community. F850.J5.K365 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Katz, Edythe | OH-00986 | 03/01/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Jewish, Ralph Denton, Atomic Testing, Integration of movie theatres | yes | 1 |
| Katz, Miriam (Mimi) | OH-02218 | 12/10/2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Worked for Jewish Federation for 10 years; been in Las Vegas since 1957. Civic leader. F850.J5.K367 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Kaufman, Andy | 04/22/1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Kaufman, Bernard and Barbara | OH-02175 | Oct 27, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 K38 2014 Arrived in Las Vegas in 1968; operated Wonder World retail stores; currently in advertising/marketing. | yes | 0 |
| Kaufman, Jim and Reeves, Larry | OH-00987 | 06/18/1996 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | yes | 1 | |
| Kay, Leslie | 08/24/1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Kay, Loreta Show | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | ||
| Kay, Mary | OH-00988 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Kay, Monte | 02/19/1969 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Kaye, Barbara | OH-00989 | 12/6/2011 | Boyer Early LV OHP | Life making music in Las Vegas, the life and times of Norman Kaye | no | 0 |
| Kaye, Loreta | 02/27/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 | |
| Kaye, Loreta Entertainment | 05/04/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Kaye, Norman | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | ||
| Kaysing, Bill | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Keagy, Pamela Madson | OH-02170 | 10/19/2014 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Growing up in the Scotch 80s - horses, water wells, why Bishop Gorman for the high school, first car, and the family relationship with the Wynn family. | no | 0 |
| Keefe, Mrs. Dorothy | OH-00990 | 02/22/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Keenan, Patrick | OH-00991 | 02/28/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Keener, C. Stephen | OH-02854 | 2016 October 04 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | HV6711 .K43 2016 Tropicana AC, Dover Downs, Delaware | yes | 0 |
| Keeton, Fred | OH-02873 | 2016 October 20 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Corporate diversity complexity that goes beyond race and gender to include commerce, cross functional sharing, team learning, and goal oriented outcomes that drive business performance. How Caesars Palace evolved from this model of management. | no | 0 |
| Keith, Ray | OH-00992 | 03/03/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Kelch, Laura Belle | OH-00993 | 08/02/2000 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 2 | |
| Kelch, Laura Belle | OH-00993 | 08/02/2000 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .K43 2007 Laura Belle Kelch was a water colorist, an art teacher, a patron of the arts, a scout leader, and a person who was very active in community organizations. She and her husband Maxwell Kelch founded the first radio station in Las Vegas, KENO | yes | 0 |
| Kelepecz, Dolly | OH-00994 | 04/29/2010, 5/4/2010 | Boyer Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .K44 2007 Dolly Kelepecz has been a ballet dancer, a performer in a circus, and a showgirl and dancer in Las Vegas, especially in the Lido at the Stardust. She has also been a model, a Pilates instructor, and she teaches a class at UNLV. Dolly also ran the Opus Dance ensemble | yes | 0 |
| Kellar, Charles | OH-00995 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | ||
| Kelley, Carl F. | OH-00996 | 05/02/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | CCC Camp Boulder City 1930's | yes | 1 |
| Kelley, Carolina | OH-02109 | 2/15/2013 | BELVOHP | Arrived in LV in 1965 from West Germany | yes | 0 |
| Kelley, Fiona Dr. | OH-00997 | 03/21/2009 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.K44.A3 2009 Dr. Fiona Kelley was a cover dancer in Hallelujah Hollywood! at the MGM in Las Vegas. She is licensed in massage and became an acupuncturist and a herbalist | yes | 0 |
| Kelley, Ida Browder | OH-02554 | 2004 April 21 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Kellog, Anne | OH-00998 | 7/25/2007 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 K44 2010 Anne Kellogg's parents set up thier first home in the John S. Park Neighborhood and continued to live in the same neighborhood even though they moved to larger houses. She is a freelance journalist and owns a stationery store in the Holsum Lofts in downtown Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Kellog, Charles M. | OH-00999 | 10/03/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Kelly, Allan M. | OH-01000 | 03/28/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Kelly, Charlotte | OH-01001 | 04/04/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Kelly, Darlene | OH-01002 | 03/16/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Stwart Ranch, Las Vegas history 40's and 50'5 | yes | 1 |
| Kelly, Kevin | OH-01003 | 11/10/2000 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 9 | |
| Kelly, Laura | OH-01004 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Kelsey, William | OH-01005 | 01/20/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mines Early March Shops | yes | 1 |
| Kelsy, Mrs. Dorothy | OH-01006 | 01/20/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Kemple, Clifford | OH-01007 | 04/04/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Goodsprings Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Kennedy, Janet | OH-01008 | 9/7/2011 | Boyer Early LV OHP - Shake Rattle & Roll | Life in Las Vegas with husband working at NTS | yes | 0 |
| Kerestesi, Thomas | OH-02110 | 10/3/2013 | Ward 1 | F489.L35.K465 Thomas Kerestesi was born in Redding, California. His family moved to Las Vegas in 1956. Tom went to Bishop Gorman High School and graduated from University of Nevada, Reno with a major in accounting. He worked in insurance in Los Angeles for a while and then moved back to Las Vegas with his wife and worked in the same insurance agency as his father, Cragin and Pike. Tom dealt with underwriting the gaming and construction industries. He is now retired and is a member of the Las Vegas Rotary Club and other community service organizations Notes Includes index | yes | 0 |
| Kerkorian, Kirk | OH-01009 | The First 100 Las Vegas Review | yes | 2 | ||
| Kerr, Kenny | OH-01010 | 05/29/2001 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | HQ75.8.K47 K47 2001 | yes | 5 |
| Kerr, Kenny | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Kerr, Kenny | 06/17/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Kerschner, Joan see (Gould) | OH-00706 | 10/27/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 3 | |
| Kershaw, Doug | 3/9/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Kershaw, Doug | 05/29/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Kessler, Danny | March 20 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Kesterson, Lorna | OH-01011 | 10/18/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City Nevada 1843-44 | yes | 1 |
| Kesterson, Robert | OH-01012 | 10/24/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City, early Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Kethen, Vincent | OH-01013 | 12/23/2009 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 K47 2010 Vincent Kethen was born in 1964 in Las Vegas, the year that desegregation of schools started here. He talks about his experiences as an African-American child being bused to a white school, John S. Park Elementary. He also talks about growing up in that era and now giving back to the community by being a youth basketball coach | yes | 0 |
| Keuser, Kustin (Kaiser) | OH-01014 | 10/23/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Key, Alice | OH-01015 | 03/24/1997 | Las Vegas women in gaming and entertainment | F850.N4 K49 2009 Las Vegas Women in Gaming and Entertainment Oral History Project, Department of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | yes | 5 |
| Key, Hugh | OH-01016 | 02/21/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Keyes, Autum | OH-01017 | 02/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Lost City Mormon | yes | 1 |
| Kieser, Mary B. | OH-01018 | 02/27/1979 | Education in Las Vegas | Education | no | 1 |
| Kightlinger, Allen | OH-02356 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Kightlinger became a member of the Douglas County Fire and Ambulance Company in 1972. In 1989 he moved to Elko, Nevada, and worked with the Regional Fire Management Office. In 1997 he became deputy chief of the Elko Fire Department, then chief in 2000, and he retired from that post in 2011. | no | 0 |
| Kilburg, Juanita | OH-01019 | 03/07/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada History | yes | 1 |
| Kilduff, John A. | OH-03294 | 2017 November 03 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | John Kilduff arrived in Las Vegas in 1993 to become the new chief financial officer for Howard Hughes Corporation. The New Jersey native arrived with his wife and two children; a degree in accounting; field artillery experience in Vietnam and Fort Sill, OK; and nine years with Arthur Andersen LLP and 11 years with Leisure Technology. From the time he arrived in 1993, serving as and chief financial officer and executive vice president of Hughes, interim president of Summerlin, and executive vice president and president of American Nevada Corporation, he developed Southern Nevada master planned communities in Summerlin, Green Valley, Green Valley Ranch, The District, and Aliante. He discusses his experience in developing these projects as well as that of building Bishop Gorman High School, where he now serves as president. Subjects: Summerlin; Green Valley; Howard Hughes Corporation; American Nevada Corporation; Green Valley Ranch; The District; Aliante; Bishop Gorman High School; Vietnam | no | 0 |
| Kiley, Ruth J. | OH-02111 | 1/24/2013 | BELVOHP - Rancho HS | CT247 K54 2012 Moved to Las Vegas in 1957 when she was thirteen. Ruth graduated from Rancho High School and worked with a variety of unions and casinos on their insurance claims | yes | 0 |
| Kim, SooJa | OH-01020 | 02/12/1996 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | yes | 3 | |
| Kimball, Dale | OH-02555 | 2001 January 1 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 2 |
| Kincaid, Mary | OH-01021 | 02/29/1980 | World Fair Ranch Life | no | 1 | |
| Kine, Joseph | OH-01022 | 12/19/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early days Boulder City | yes | 1 |
| Kine, Joseph | OH-01023 | 2/14/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City, Hoover Dam | no | 1 |
| Kine, Joseph | OH-01024 | 03/02/1976 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Collector: Debbie Nesbit. | yes | 1 |
| Kine, Mildred | OH-01025 | 04/07/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Kine, Mildred | OH-00146 | 1975 April 7 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Interviewed by Blanche Uehling | no | 1 |
| King, Alan | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| King, Alan | 06/12/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| King, Alan | 11/07/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| King, Andre "Brother Dre" | OH-03454 | 2018 July 20 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Andre King, 'Brother Dre' learned judo and wrestling at an early age and still the call of the streets was too loud, exciting, and easy. He chose the street life. His public defender couldn't get a good deal for him thus the first burglary offense earned him 10 years in prison, additional cases added another 11 years. His time was served all over the state - Northern Nevada Correctional Center, Nevada State Prison, locations in Jean, Pioche, and Indian Springs, and the Supermax facility in Ely. After 21 years in the system, King, is a nondenominational spiritual being doing His will. Once King learned about the healing garden, he went there daily during and immediately after the construction. Brother Dre has helped many survivors and has healed his own demons through giving love, hugs, and spiritual inspiration. Human kindness is his password. Subjects: Fire fighting, Ely Super Max, Pioche, Re-entry program, Rev. Dwayne Collins, Highland Village | no | 0 |
| King, B. B. | 01/29/1978 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| King, B.B. | 01/12/1996 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| King, B.B. | 12/01/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| King, Elliot | OH-01026 | 10/20/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| King, Larry | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| King, Richard & Unette | OH-02426 | 2015-03-09, 2018-01-30 | BELVOHP | Session1: Father started six Southern Nevada Newspapers - Whitney News, Las Vegas Tribune, Hendersonian, Henderson Herald, North Las Vegas Sun (Name later purchased by Hank Greenspun), North Las Vegas News. Session 2: Richard King's father was an early newspaperman who worked a short time for the Las Vegas Age Newspaper during the ownership of Pop Squires. The Age was the first newspaper in the valley. Before becoming the owner of several independent newspapers, his father worked for the railroad. Richard grew up in the Huntridge area of the city where the family purchased their first home. As a young man in 1955, Richard remembers working in a grocery store located in the Westside neighborhood, the African American community. He vaguely remembers some of the Moulin Rouge dancers making purchases in the store. Later, he launched an income tax preparation business from the store that spread into an in-home tax preparation service within the black community. Unette remembers growing up on the Westside when blacks still lived on Block 17. Her relatives worked on the Hoover Dam and first husband worked as a brakeman then engineer for the railroad. Both remember Latinos living in small enclaves along the tracks and functioned as gandy dancers, railroad maintenance workers. They recall the El Portal Theater, Roxie's, The Hilltop Restaurant, and some Westside business locations. Both Unette and Richard were sadly touched by the 1 October massacre. However, they were warmed by the outpouring of grace, kindness, and love by Las Vegas residents. Subjects: Westside, Las Vegas Age, Pop Squires, Hoover Dam, Railroad, Roxie's, Hilltop Restaurant, 1 October massacre | no | 0 |
| King, Sonny | 02/12/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| King, William and King, Kimberly Calderon | OH-03348 | 2017 November 27 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. Kimberly King loves country music; her husband William, not so much, but it's growing on her. Working at the Delano on the morning of October 1, he checked out a couple leaving the city before the final event of the Route 91 Festival. They gave William their arm bracelets for that final evening's show. Excitedly, he called Kimberly and they made plans for the evening. William was born and reared in Las Vegas and loves this city while Kimberly tolerated it after growing up in California. Now though, she is as in love with Las Vegas as William. She was transformed in her views and feelings by the shooting on October 1. The outpouring of love from Las Vegans overwhelmed her. She is now happy to rear her children here. But Kimberly and William do not feel safe yet. On that Sunday evening, they had made their way to the stage area but leaving plenty of space from the throng of people closer to the entertainers. William threw himself over Kimberly when they were sure that shots were being fired. William was hit in the chest. The problem was trying to determine where the shots were coming from so they ran locating a exit almost parallel from where they had been standing. William was angry. They ran first to the Tropicana where a stranger helped to stop the bleeding. And then propelled by fear of the unknown, they continued to run. They ended up at Hooters and caught a ride to Sunrise Hospital from a Lyft drive named Paloma. On the way, William joked that he was born at Sunrise and maybe would die there. Today, he is the picture of radiant health but with a bullet lodged in his chest. William and Kimberly are more in love than ever before. They want to always be near each other because that sense of safety has not yet returned. Subjects: Delano, MGM. Route 91 Festival, Tropicana, Hooters, Paloma, Lyft, Sunrise | no | 0 |
| Kingston Trio | 01/07/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Gwen Castaldi | no | 1 | |
| Kinley, Kathleen | OH-02957 | 2007 December 13 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Kinniard, Michael | OH-02958 | 2006 November 17 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Kirby, George | 09/11/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Kirk-Hughes, Gerladine | OH-02200 | 11/28/2014 | AfAM Student Project (Larry Sampson) | One of early LV AfAM attorneys, especially female. Instrumental in starting LV chapter of the National Bar Association. | no | 0 |
| Kirkland, Barbara | OH-01027 | 11/12/2004 | AfAm Collaborative - LV Black Experience | F850.N4 K57 2012 Early educator, worked at the Westside School with Mabel Hoggard, founder of La Femme Douze | yes | 2 |
| Kirshbaum, Irving | OH-01028 | 02/23/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | In this interview, Kirshbaum discusses the Riviera Hotel where he began working in 1955. He also talks about the landscape of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1950s, and the state of gambling, comps, customer service, and dealer training. The interviewer asks about the treatment of minorities at the Riviera, and in Las Vegas generally, and the effect of corporate ownership on casinos. | yes | 1 |
| Kishner, Irwin | OH-01030 | 9/10/2013 | Boyer Early LV OHP | F850.J5 K57 2014 Real estate management, hotel operations, Rotarian. State of NV Commissioner of Tourism 2003 - 2008; Outstanding Service Award - Chamber of Commerce; Exemplary Service - LV Rotary Club; involvement in Center of the Performing Arts - Judy Bayley Theatre. | yes | 0 |
| Kishner, Joanna | OH-03446 | 2017 January 10 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 K573 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Klai, John II | OH-02800 | 8/15/2016 | Building Las Vegas | Founded Klai Juba Architects 1995 (now Klai Juba Wald Architects); at Marnell Corrao Associates 1978-95; projects include the remodel and expansion of the MGM Grand, Luxor, Hard Rock Las Vegas, Orleans, Silverton and the design of the entire Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. UNLV Hall of Fame 2006; National Council of Architectural Registration Boards; member since 1999, Nevada State Board of Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design; sponsors Klai Juba Lecture Series at UNLV; awards annual scholarship to UNLV School of Architecture & establishing Council of Excellence. Also donates to Lied Discovery Children's Museum, Boys & Girls Club of Las Vegas, Opportunity Village, Child Haven and Nevada Public Radio. | no | 0 |
| Klanderund, Gerturde | OH-02587 | 1975 June 17 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Interviewed by Barbara Clark | no | 1 |
| Kline, Geoconda Arguello | OH-02151 | 9/18/2014 | BELV - Culinary Union Local 226 | CT247 .K55 2012 First female Secretary-Treasurer of the Culinary Union Local 226. Began in 1989 as a maid. worked her way up the ranks - organizer, representative, President and current position. Instrument in crafting the language protecting house keepers as rooms on the Strip grew larger and more elaborate thus more difficult to clean. | yes | 0 |
| Klinkner, Donald | OH-01031 | 1975-02-13 | yes | 1 | ||
| Klinkner, Donald and Kathleen | OH-02077 | 5/7/2014 | West Charleston OHP | Retired casino executive with vast knowledge of industry. Kathy worked in the industry as well. Topics include: Casino operations, cashier's cage, skimming, Las Vegas High School, school reunions and family life in West Charleston. Good high school stories, well known classmates. | yes | 0 |
| Knapp, Robert F. | OH-01032 | 03/10/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Politics Gambling | no | 1 |
| Knausse, Herb (W/R/ ConNors) | OH-01033 | 04/29/1976 and 02/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Camp Wilson | no | 2 |
| Kneeland, Diane | OH-01034 | 5/19/2010 | Boyer Early LV OHP | yes | 0 | |
| Kneoki, Robert | OH-01035 | 03/18/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Knievel, Evel | OH-02230 | 5/17/2007 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 1 |
| Knight, Craig | OH-02210 | 12/01/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Adriana Jordan) | Minister, General manager of KCEP Radio Station 88.9,renovation of Westside School where station is located, | no | 0 |
| Knight, Gladys & Pips | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Knight, Gladys & Pips | Novermber 1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Knight, Gladys & Pips | 06/15/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Knighten, Madeline Taylor | OH-01036 | 09/17/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada History 1932-42. Interviewer: Blanche Vehling. | no | 1 |
| Knighten, Madeline Taylor | OH-01037 | 11/06/1974 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Nevada History 1932-42. Interviewer: Jay Brewer. | yes | 1 |
| Knighten, Nancy; Johnson, Rusty and Art; and Serfoss, Vicki | OH-02353 | 2013 January 30 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | These four people worked in EMS in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Art Johnson was a combat medic and became the Civil Defense Coordinator in 1977, and his wife Rusty accompanied him on ambulance runs. Knighten joined the ambulance service in Fish Lake Valley and became an EMT, and she has worked in the area for 20 years. Serfoss became an EMT after moving to Dyer, Nevada in 1979. | no | 0 |
| Knowles, Darville Dr. | OH-01038 | 10/09/2008/ 11/05/2008 | Heart to Heart:: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.K56.A3 2009 Dr. Darville Knowles is an African-American physician who settled in Las Vegas in 1982 and has a practice at Sunrise Hospital | yes | 0 |
| Knowles, Margo | OH-01039 | 03/25/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Blacks in Nevada | yes | 1 |
| Knowlton, Ellen B. | OH-03459 | 2018 August 13 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Ellen Knowlton is the former Special Agent in charge of the local FBI field office located in Las Vegas. After working in Washington, DC, several Bay area locations, New Orleans, and Oklahoma, Las Vegas brought the family back to the west for their final years at the Bureau and for retirement. But before a full retirement, Oscar Goodman, then Las Vegas mayor, approached Ellen in 2006 to ask her to serve on the board of the MOB Museum - Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement. Ellen led the board for the first 10 years of the museum's history moving it into the ranks of the top 24 museums in the country. After a job as an insurance investigator, Ellen was accepted into the FBI in 1982. Only weeks after her training, her mother asked her to quit because of a bank robbery gone bad, real bad. Unhurt as she posed as a bank teller, she stayed on with the Bureau and enjoyed a 24-year career. Their team did not realize that the new member of the robbery gang believed in shooting up the place before taking the money. She still serves on the MOB Museum board as well as a compliance consultant of the MGM Grand. Her motivation for MOB Museum service was to ensure the accuracy of law enforcement's role in the interaction with criminal organizations. Subjects: Jerry Keller, Jeff Silver, Nancy Deaner, white-collar crime, bank robberies, MOB Museum | no | 0 |
| Knox, Patricia | OH-02920 | 2016 April 13 | Folklife Program of the Nevada Arts Council and the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries | no | 0 | |
| Knuckles, Luella | OH-01040 | 02/28/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Blacks in Nevada | yes | 1 |
| Knudson, K. Oscar | OH-01041 | 1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal History, Las Vegas history. Interviewer: Dorothy O'Hara. | no | 1 |
| Knudson, K. Oscar | OH-01042 | 03/22/1977 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Education in early Las Vegas. Interviewer: Susan Kendall. | no | 2 |
| Koehler, Gregory E. | OH-03618 | 2019 May 15 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Gregory Koehler is a firefighter, paramedic, Eagle Scout, avid sportsman, and father. On the night of 1 October, he was recovering from a severe financial set-back, the break-up of a relationship, and having witnessed a person burn himself to death at the Burning Man Festival about three months prior. An independent thinker and actor, Gregory attended the Route 91 Festival concert with a VIP pass on the final night. Sitting with friends on the roof of the Coca Cola structure, shots rang out. One friend said, "that's gunfire" and because of his disbelief, Gregory was left behind but did crouch behind a bar that was mere inches thick. Finally, he knew the sounds were neither fireworks nor malfunctioning equipment so he ran toward the fire as others ran from it. Pushing against the crowd, he began to help as many people as possible. HIs most vivid memory is how many angels there were in the crowd that evening. Everywhere there was a body or an injured person who could not move, friends surrounded the person. Once identified as an EMT, he ran from one person to the next to help. He probably touched half of the injured. Gregory Earle Koehler plans to stage a special walk on this year's second anniversary of 1 October. He will begin walking from 58 miles out and arrive at the Healing Garden at 10:05. Subjects: Devil's Night, Paramedics, Haiti, Firefighter exchange, Burning Man, Salvation Army, Navy Seal | no | 0 |
| Kogan, Harry | OH-02530 | Jan. 12, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | As he nears his 100th birthday, Harry Kogan recalls his Jewish heritage growing up the son of Russian immigrants, being in the commercial refrigeration business with his brothers and his philanthropy. | no | 0 |
| Kopczak, Paul | OH-02112 | 9/4/2012 | BELVOHP - UNLV Lib | 25 years at UNLV | yes | 0 |
| Koury, Lee | OH-01044 | 02/6/2013 | CT247 .K68 2012 | yes | 0 | |
| Kovell, Hank | OH-01045 | 09/06/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Moulin Rouge | no | 1 |
| Krantz, Kim | OH-01046 | 03/01/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | F849.L35 K74 1997 Las Vegas history | yes | 2 |
| Kravenko, Janet | OH-03591 | 2002 August 07 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Kreisler, Dr. Leonard | OH-02699 | May 23, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F 850 J5 K74 2014 1973 arrived in Las Vegas to become Health Director of the Nevada Test; a position he held until 1990. Talks about decision to move to Las V3egas, what he did after working at the Test Site, involvement with UMC, and other medical community topics. F850.J5. K74 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Kretschmer, Cheryl | OH-02358 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Kretschmer moved to Nevada in 1966 and got her EMT certification from Clark County Community College in 1970. She worked in the ambulance service in Pahrump, Nevada before moving to Tonopah, Nevada and working in the ambulance service there. She has been training EMT students in Nye, Lincoln, Esmeralda, and Mineral Counties for several decades. | no | 0 |
| Kreuzer, Mary F. | OH-01047 | 12/15/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Kristallnacht 2014 Commemoration Round Table | OH-02458 | March 17, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Members of the 2014 Kristallnacht Commemoration organizers and presenters discuss the importance of remembering the Holocaust, the Kristallnacht event and why they participated in the commemoration event hosted at Temple Beth Sholom. | yes | 0 |
| Krolak, Elizabeth | OH-02672 | 1996 September 26 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.H4 K76 1995 In 1962, Elizabeth "Betty" Krolak moved from the Midwest to Las Vegas with her husband and six children. She attended a real estate class her husband had enrolled in but was unable to complete. Betty passed the test and became a licensed Nevada real estate broker in October, 1963. She initially went to work for Pyramid Realty, and in 1964, she opened her own office, Clark County Realty. Her oral history chronicles the growth of the Las Vegas Board of Realtors, which is now the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. Betty talks about the changes in the real estate industry in the past four decades. She was appointed by Governor Michael O'Callahan to the State of Nevada's Real Estate Commission, making her the first woman to serve on the Commission. Betty also volunteered with the Salvation Army and was instrumental in establishing their Angel Tree project in southern Nevada, which provides Christmas presents to children who would not otherwise receive them. | yes | 0 |
| Kronberg, Henry | OH-02280 | 2/26/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Holocaust survivor; came to Las Vegas in early 1960s; owned Stoney's the first local pawn shop. Active in the Jewish community and major supporter of the Holocaust Resource Center. | yes | 0 |
| Kuhls, Deborah A. | OH-03374 | 2017 December 29 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Dr. Kuhls is a trauma and general surgeon, professor of Trauma and Critical Care at UNLV School of Medicine. A resident of Las Vegas since 2000, she was just ending her shift at UMC when word came of a multi-victim shooting at Route 91 festival. She describes the arrival of victims, staffing and hours that followed. Subjects: UMC, Trauma and Critical Care, UNLV School of Medicine, SMART military partnership, ER and triage | no | 0 |
| Kunkel, Richard | OH-01048 | 11/06/2002 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 2 | |
| Kutash, Jeff | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 | ||
| Kwon, Myoung-ja Lee | OH-01049 | 09/03/2004 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .K86 2004 Myoung-ja Lee Kwon was born in Korea and moved to the United States after she graduated from Seoul National University and married. She earned a master's degree in library science at Brigham Young University and began her professional career as a cataloger at University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries. She was promoted to media librarian, systems librarian, and finally associate dean. Myoung-ja also served as interim dean. She retired in 2001 and took the position of dean of libraries at the Hayward campus of California State University, East Bay, retiring in 2008. She now serves as a lecturer and discussion leader with the Fullbright Senior Specialist Program | yes | 10 |
| La Buda, James | OH-01050 | 2004 November 08 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| La Porta, Louis | OH-02890 | 2016 November 04 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 L224 2016 Discusses arriving at Las Vegas Air Base in 1944 and going to work at the Basic Magnesium plant, which soon closed down. He and his wife decided to stay in Henderson and became actively involved in the buildup and formation of the city. Recalls his service for two terms on the first Henderson city council (1954-1960) and then serving on the Clark County Commission (1960-1969). Talks about growth of Henderson. | yes | 0 |
| Lackey, Howard | 07/27/2004 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Lafoon, Len | OH-02362 | 2013 May 07 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Lafoon moved to Pahrump, Nevada in 1964 and became a member of the Professional Rescue Instructors of Nevada. He was the director of the Amargosa Valley ambulance service from 1972 to 1983. | no | 0 |
| Laine, Frankie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 3 | ||
| Laine, Frankie | 01/31/1971 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Lake, Ellen; Lake, Thomas | OH-01051 | Feb. 1951 | Las Vegas History | On February 18, 1951, Fred Wilson interviewed Mary Ellen Osborn Lake (born 1870 in Mercer County, Missouri) and her son, Thomas Lake (born 1889 in Missouri). Wilson first asked Mary Ellen questions about when she first arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1904. Much of the relatively brief interview involved questions related to the first Methodist churches in Las Vegas and the Lakes’ involvement and recollections of the locations and members of the church community. | yes | 1 |
| Lake, Robert E. | OH-01052 | 09/27/1975 | Las Vegas History | no | 2 | |
| Lamas, Lorenzo | 04/01/1985 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Lamb, Bill | OH-01053 | 06/29/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Lamb, Darwin | OH-01054 | 07/25/1972 and 10/25/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | |
| Lamb, Floyd | OH-01055 | 02/01/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Lamb, Marion Paris | OH-01056 | 06/21/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Lambert, John | OH-02359 | 2012 November 30 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Lambert became a member of the Fernley, Nevada Volunteer Fire Department in 1977. He has also taught EMT classes. | no | 0 |
| Lamping, Frank | OH-02457 | 2001 July 23 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship- 1966-2010 | Former principal in Clark County School District, Nevada. Interviewed by Karen Bennett and Nancy Heavey. | yes | 0 |
| Lancaster, James | OH-01057 | 03/04/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing | yes | 1 |
| Landau, Ellis | OH-03345 | 2017 November 28 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 L35 2014 His successful career included the transition of Boyd Gaming as a private entity to a public one. He was raised Jewish in Philadelphia and joined Temple Beth Sholom, where was honored as Man of the Year 2006, the same year he "retired." Among his accomplishments was assisting with the relocation of of the Temple and founding of the Temple's Warsaw Memorial Garden. He is ADL leadership regionally and nationally, on the Nathan Adelson Hospice Board and a support of the Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra. Subjects: Temple Beth Sholom, Boyd Gaming, ADL, Nathan Adelson Hospice, Brandeis University, Columbia Business School, Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra | yes | 0 |
| Lane, Burton | 09/28/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Langston, Esther | OH-01059 | 02/22/2005 | UNLV | Among the first AfAm professors at UNLV. One of 12 founders of La Femme Douze | no | 2 |
| Langston, Murray | 03/19/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Langston, Murray | 04/22/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Lanier, Virginia T. | OH-01060 | 03/16/1981 | Oral History Project | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Lano, Joe | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Lano, Joe | OH-02462 | 2008-05-27 | All that Jazz | UNLV music teacher and professional musician. | yes | 0 |
| LaPlante, Helen F. | OH-01061 | 10/08/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Played French horn in all-male military band, NTS through RECCO, entertainment in LV - 1950s - 1970s: Trop, jewel of Strip, Frontier (Siegfried & Roy), etc. | yes | 1 |
| Lappin, Joe | OH-01062 | 03/04/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | yes | 1 |
| Lappin, Patricia | OH-01063 | 02/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Hoover Dam | yes | 1 |
| Larkin, Dan | OH-01064 | approximately 1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Larkin, Ivan S. | OH-01065 | 04/05/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Atomic testing | no | 1 |
| Larkin, William | OH-02584 | 2001 February 10 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Larsen, Dennis | OH-02363 | 2013 January 31 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Larsen began working for Ernie Moore at Mercy Ambulance in Las Vegas, Nevada as a dispatcher in 1969. He joined the Las Vegas Police Department in 1971. | no | 0 |
| Larson, Mel | OH-02233 | 3/8/2007 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| LaRue and Richard (Dick) Worthen | OH-02125 | 6/12/2010 | BELVOHP | Migrated to Las Vegas in 1942; parents lived in housing the Old Ranch (will be bound in a volume with other mini interviews - Owen Bunker, Mary Miller, and Janice Zobrist) | no | 0 |
| LaRue, Florence | 09/25/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Las Vegas Media Group | OH-02509 | 2009 April 26 | Interviewees include Frank Matroni, Dick Taylor, Rich Freeland, Don Payne, John Ellem. Interviewed by Lisa Gioia-Acres. | yes | 0 | |
| Last night at Jimmy Ryan's | 08/15/1962 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Laub, Bill | OH-01066 | 10/20/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 3 | |
| Laub, Mary | OH-02113 | 12/2/2013 | Ward 1 | F849.L35 L387 2014 Migrated to LV in 1958. Still lives in same house in Rancho Circle. Founder of Assistant League of Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Laub, William (Bill) Jr. and Laub, Mary | OH-03240 | 2017-09-15 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 L3872 2016 Arriving in Las Vegas in 1958 as a young child, Bill Laub was raised with four siblings in the Rancho Circle home his mother, Mary M. Laub, still occupies. Mary and her husband, William Murray Laub Sr., came to Las Vegas to open Southwest Gas, the company the senior Laub's father (H. G. "Hal" Laub) opened in Barstow, California, in the early 1930s but quickly expanded to Arizona. H.G. Laub's 1957 decision to move the corporate headquarters to Las Vegas also brought the Laub family. Here, Mary and Bill Jr. recall milestones in Company growth, its Las Vegas locations, and its 1979 debut on the New York Stock Exchange. Bill Jr. discusses natural gas and propane delivery systems generally and in Clark County, the MGM and Hilton hotel fires, building codes, infrastructure, the environment, and the future. After 38 years with the company, Bill Jr. retired from Southwest Gas in 2016. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Southwest Gas Company; natural gas; building codes; infrastructure; the environment; the future; propane | yes | 0 |
| Laughlin, Don | OH-01067 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | ||
| Laughlin, Donald J. | OH-02858 | 2016 October 10 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 L3874 2016 Talks about moving to Las Vegas from Minnesota in 1953 and owning a club on the Westside; sold that club and purchased the 101 Club in North Las Vegas. After selling that club in 1966 he searched for property on the Nevada state line and bought the 8-room Riverside hotel and casino in what is now called Laughlin, Nevada. He discusses the growth of his property and the town of Laughlin. | yes | 0 |
| Lavigne, Randy | OH-02808 | 8/23/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 L3878 2016 Hon. AIA, Executive Director American Institute of Architects Las Vegas since 1997, maintains organizational records since chapter formed 1956. | yes | 0 |
| LaVoie, Joseph | OH-01068 | 02/26/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada History | no | 1 |
| Lawrence, Clarence | OH-01069 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | no | 1 | ||
| Lawrence, Clifford J. | OH-02586 | 2001 April 2 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship- 1966-2010 | Interviewed by Stephany Herrera and Renee Hon. | yes | 1 |
| Lawrence, Mal Z. | 08/27/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Lawrence, Ron | OH-01070 | 06/22/1997 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 12 | |
| Lawrence, Steve & Eydie | OH-02599 | 10/03/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Lawrence, Steve & Eydie | OH-02598 | 08/21/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Lawry, William | OH-02364 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Lawry joined the Fallon, Nevada Fire Department in 1968. | no | 0 |
| Lawson, Charles and Susan | OH-02365 | 2012 December 17 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | The Lawsons were part of the Professional Rescue Instructors of Nevada from around 1976 until 1988. | no | 0 |
| Lawson, Rose | OH-01071 | 07/26/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Layne, Bruce | OH-01072 | 06/18/2004/07/13/2004/07/20/2004 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .L38 2007 Bruce Layne moved to Las Vegas in 1955 when he was 10. Two of his best friends were Governor Bob Miller and Tito Tiberti. He later went on to become president of Layne & Associates, the largest insurance agency in Nevada. Bruce discusses life in Las Vegas, his having Parkinson's disease, his advice for living a good life, his running for lieutenant governor, Basic Magnesium, and his insurance business | yes | 5 |
| Layton, Anna June | OH-01073 | December 4, 2003 | 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 | 1 |
| Lazer, Rick | 10/08/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Lear, John and Moan, Jaina L. | OH-03428 | 2018 April 24 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | John Lear, son of the designer of the Lear Jet, worked as a pilot in places that were progressively more dangerous that the last - Lebanon, Taiwan, South African, Cairo, Viet Nam, Cambodia. He flew secret missions for employers including the CIA and the State Department. Once his flying days ended, he became fascinated with UFOs and with the beauty of Gold Butte. He minded gold and silver there but lost his claims by missing a BLM deadline. He, like the Friends of Gold Butte, wants to bring more care, education, and preservation to this 360,000 acre National Monument location. Jaina Moan, a member of the Friends of Gold Butte, is preserving the history of the area. John Lear is one of the people she proposed for an interview. Subjects: Cambodia, Viet Nam, Beirut, Air Club International, Ambassador I and II, Grand Canyon, Nevada Test Site, CIA, Hank Wharton, Ned Day, Art Bell, UFOs, Friends of Gold Butte | no | 0 |
| Leavitt, Arden & Wilverna | OH-01074 | 10/30/2012 | 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 |
| Leavitt, Calvin | OH-01075 | March 9, 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 | 2 |
| Leavitt, Carol L. | OH-01076 | 2002 October 28 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Leavitt, Edith | OH-01077 | 02/07/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Teaching Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Leavitt, Jack K. | OH-01079 | 02/28/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Leavitt, M. Joy | OH-01080 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | ||
| Leavitt, Myron E. | OH-01081 | 03/14/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Leavitt, Myron E. | OH-01082 | 1975-09-28, 1975-10-26 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Nevada history | no | 2 |
| Leavitt, Patsy | OH-01084 | 03/17/1976 | Blue Diamond | Las Vegas history, Downtown | no | 3 |
| Leavitt, Patsy | OH-01083 | April 7, 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 | 0 |
| Leavitt, Ruby C. | OH-01086 | 11/30/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Leavitt, Shirley A. | OH-01087 | March 25, 2004 | 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 |
| Leavitt, Wendell | OH-01088 | 07/15/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| LeClair, Louise | OH-01089 | 03/21/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Flu Epidemic of 1918, Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| LeCoque, Ffolliott "Fluff" | OH-02269 | 1997 May 5 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project & AfAm Collaborative | yes | 0 | |
| LeCoque, Ffolliott "Fluff" | OH-02270 | 9/24/2012 | AfAm Collab | Fluff discusses the advent of the first line of black dancers in a long-running LV Strip production. | yes | 0 |
| LeCoque, Fluff | OH-01091 | 05/05/1992 | Dancer | yes | 2 | |
| LeCoque, Fluff | OH-01090 | 03/03/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black Entertianers on the strip | no | 1 |
| Lee, Danny (Clark) | OH-02701 | 5/23/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 L483 2016 Head of the Library Board during the building of libraries throughout the valley. Talks of the bond issues proposed and passed to make libraries possible, homeless considerations, and power struggle between the South and the North. | yes | 0 |
| Lee, Doris Shoong | OH-01092 | 01/03/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | CT247 L435 2007 Doris Shoong Lee's father Joe Shoong started the chain of National Dollar Stores. She is involved with many philanthropic projects including some at UNLV with her husband Theodore Lee | yes | 2 |
| Lee, Dorothy | OH-02707 | 6/2/2016 | BELVOHP | CT247 .L42 2012 Dorothy grew up in Las Vegas when her mother and sister rode horses from Paradise Township to downtown Las Vegas. After moving to John S. Park, she attended Las Vegas High School and worked at the Huntridge Theater as an usher. Later she worked as an elevator operator at the Riviera earning $1 per hour when the minimum wage was 55 cents an hour. She became a Rhythmette in her second year in high school and relates a more diverse story than the majority of the team members. | yes | 0 |
| Lee, Erma | OH-02656 | 4/2/2016 | Folklife Program of the Nevada Arts Council and the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries | Local artist who uses published images to create canvases that depict black historical personalities writ large. Uses unusual materials including rocks, sand, and cigarette ashes to allow these images to portray a vibrant message. | no | 0 |
| Lee, Gregory T. H. | OH-03718 | 2020 December 01 | Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project | Born in Honolulu, Hawai'i, and raised in San Francisco, California, Lee first arrived in Las Vegas in 1988 after graduating from Harvard University. Lee and his parents, Doris Shoong Lee and Theodore "Ted" Lee, purchased a local casino on East Sahara Avenue, which they later renamed the Eureka. After a few years in Las Vegas, Greg went to USC Gould School of Law, earning his J.D. in 1992, and joining a law firm in New York City. After one year with the firm, he returned to Las Vegas, and in 1995, he and his parents opened a sister Eureka property in Mesquite, Nevada, the Eureka Casino Resort, Nevada's only employee-owned resort casino. Lee mostly identifies with his Chinese heritage, but he also proudly claims the Japanese heritage of his natural mother and the Hawaiian culture of his early years. Subjects: Honolulu, Hawaii; Mesquite; Kyushu, Japan; Guangdong province, China; Chinese New Year; Fourth of July; Model Minority myth; "China virus"; discrimination; Black Lives Matter | no | 0 |
| Lee, Jackie | OH-01093 | 07/08/2004 | Copa Dancer | The Sands in its heyday. Dancing in the Copa Room | yes | 2 |
| Lee, John Jay | OH-02714 | 6/15/2016 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Mayor of North Las Vegas for three years. Has turned the city around; the city that he loves and grew up in. Having lived in various areas of the Valley, he returned and led the dire economic recovery. Served in both houses of the Nevada state house. | no | 0 |
| Lee, Koury Judge | OH-01094 | 2/6/2013 | Boyer Early LV OHP | Koury's background includes 23 years with the LA County Sheriff's Department where he investigated the Manson family. Papers regarding the trial were donated and are located in his supplemental file folder. | yes | 0 |
| Lee, Larry | OH-02959 | 2006 December 07 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Lee, Lester | OH-01095 | 09/04/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | |
| Lees, Rena | OH-01096 | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| LeFevre, Ellis | OH-01097 | 03/01/1978 | Boulder Dam-Prohibition | no | 2 | |
| Legere, LeMoyne | OH-01098 | 03/17/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Lehman, Jack | OH-01099 | 10/24/2007 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | CT247 .L43 2007 Born in Germany, he and his sister were sent to the US in 1935. After a series of living situations including an orphanage in NY, they were adopted by the Lehman family in Lake Arrowhead, CA. Judge Jack Lehman has been a lawyer and a district court judge. He also taught a hotel law class at UNLV. Legal career in LV began at Lionel Sawyer and Collins and then into private practice and on to the bench as a District Court Judge appointed by governor Richard Bryan. Established Nevada's Adult Criminal Drug Court Program. | yes | 4 |
| Leigon, Richard A. | OH-02937 | 2017 January 12 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 L484 2016 Born in Las Vegas, Richard Leigon grew up in the "new" Huntridge area, east of Maryland Parkway; he attended John S. Park and John C. Fremont schools and was a member of Boy Scout Troop 69 at Griffith Methodist Church. He talks about watching an atomic blast from the top of the Mint Hotel; meeting a young presidential candidate, Senator Jack Kennedy, and three years later hearing the news at school that Kennedy had been shot and killed; how his generation watched on television the assassinations of iconic cultural leaders. Discusses the extensive contributions of his father, Ralph A. Leigon (1918-2012) to Las Vegas, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), the AFL-CIO, the Boy Scouts, and various other labor and civic groups. Also mentions his own lengthy career with IBEW, which bridged labor management. | yes | 0 |
| Lemaire, Louie | OH-02361 | 2013 February 09 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Lemaire joined the Battle Mountain Volunteer Fire Department in 1977. He took basic EMT training while studying at the University of Nevada, Reno. He joined the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District in 1978 and worked there until his retirement in 2007. | no | 0 |
| Lemaire, Louis | OH-02360 | 2013 July 18 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Lemaire joined the Battle Mountain fire department in 1960. He served as chief of the department from 1975 to 1980. He then served as county commissioner. | no | 0 |
| Lempe, Ellen | OH-01100 | 03/23/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Lenahan, Todd Avery | OH-02913 | 2016 November 29 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Stefani Evans. Principal, TAL Studio, formerly Principal of Design & Interior Architecture for Walt Disney Imagineering worldwide; currently adjunct professor UNLV School of Architecture, UNLV President's Foundation. Talks about moving to Las Vegas in 1999 and beginning TAL by taking over the assets and staff of ABA (Anita Brooks). He discusses the influence of good design on uplift and well-being in interior spaces, architecture, urban planning, and master planning especially as it applies to Las Vegas and Summerlin. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Summerlin; Master planning; Architecture; Design; Beauty | no | 0 |
| Lenz, Bernie | OH-01101 | 04/03/2000 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Founder and director of the Lenz finishing School and Model Agency established in LV in 1960. Originally came to LV in 1949. She knew Siegel, Dalitz, and Lansky; knew Virginia Hill and was 'very tight' with wives of Dalitz and Lansky. Worked as showroom captain at the Desert Inn. By 1962, she was putting on a weekly fashion show at the El Cortez. | yes | 7 |
| Leo, Mary | OH-01102 | 02/27/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas History | yes | 1 |
| Leon, Michael | 04/16/1984 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Leonard, Cheryl Martin | OH-01103 | 2/12/2013 | Boyer Early LV - Rancho Class of '62 | CT247 L46 2012 Life growing up in 1950s and 1960s. Cheryl talks about jobs, cars, entertainment and school life. Cheryl Leonard came to Las Vegas as a baby. She talks about school activities at Rancho High. After graduation, she went to school in California and then worked as a telephone operator for Central Telephone Company. Later Cheryl worked briefly as a clerk at the Nevada Test Site before marrying and quitting to concentrate on raising her daughters | yes | 0 |
| Leonard, Frances & Richard | OH-02114 | 9/18/2012 | BELVOHP - Shake, Rattle and Roll | Spouses of NTS workers lived under different rules of communicating because workers could not share aspects of their work. Sometimes they knew tests were taking place because of waves in the pool or erratic shaking of the chandelier. | yes | 0 |
| Leone, Frank | OH-02115 | 11/13/2007 | All That Jazz | ML394 .L46 2008 Frank Leone was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. he bagan playing paino as a young child. Frank earned degrees in music and moved to Las Vegas in 1967. He played at various casinos, played with famous singers such as Frank Sinatra, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, and Elvis Presley, and he conducted the Berlin Synphony and the London Philharmonic. Frank was a board member and president of the Musicians Union | yes | 0 |
| Lermusioux, Al | OH-01104 | 03/09/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada, Boulder City, Henderson History | yes | 1 |
| Letizia, Marla | OH-02478 | Aug. 26, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Marla Glusman Letizia arrived in Las Vegas in 1955, just 2 years old. Active in Jewish community as synagogue president and board of Jewish Federation; husband Tom and she own Letizia public relations/marketing firm; mobile billboards business. F850.J5.L47 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Levanon, Talia | OH-03549 | 2019 January 21 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Talia Levanon is the Director of Israel Trauma Coalition (ITC), an organization that provides trauma care and counseling in Israel and around the world. Three weeks after 1 October she and a team from ITC arrived in Las Vegas to offer training and support, working closely with Las Vegas Metro, among others. Subjects: Healing and resiliency, Israel Trauma Coalition, Las Vegas Metro Police Department | no | 0 |
| Leveque, Dr. Nancy | OH-01105 | 07/03/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Vetinarian | yes | 1 |
| Levine, George | OH-02287 | 04/16/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | George arrived in Las Vegas in 1963, from New York. Worked at Sands for 36, 10 years as maitre'd of the famous Copa Room. He is the father of former US Congresswoman Shelley Berkley. Recounts his life in Las Vegas. F850 J5 L48 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Levine, Jack | OH-01106 | 06/28/2007 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 L487 2010 Jack LeVine talks about being a real estate agent and a gay man in Las Vegas since he moved here as a young adult in the 1980s. He and his partner have lived in a Mid-Centry Modern home since the mid-1990s, and he is knowledgeable about the history of the Las Vegas community and of the individual neighborhoods including John S. Park | yes | 0 |
| Levinson, Bonnie | OH-01107 | 02/17/2004 | Blue Diamond | no | 6 | |
| Levinson, Bonnie Gene | OH-01107 | February 11, 2004 | 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 | 3 |
| Levy, Al | OH-01108 | 02/23/1979, 03/08/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history; Jewish Las Vegas | yes | 2 |
| Levy, Andrew & Debra | OH-02828 | Sept. 12, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 D33 2014 Drew is a native of Las Vegas; third generation resident; longtime real estate broker. He and Debbie met in college. She is a former accountant and an art teacher at Adelson Educational Campus. Talks about his grandfather Harry Levy and father Al Levy, both who were active in local politics and civic organizations; also about Temple Beth Sholom. | yes | 0 |
| Lewin, Henry | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Lewis, Daniel | OH-01110 | 02/27/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Lewis, Jerry | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Lewis, Jerry | OH-02601 | 07/09/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Lewis, Jerry | OH-02600 | 07/29/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Lewis, John F. | OH-01111 | 03/12/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Clark Dairy Moapa Valley | no | 1 |
| Lewis, LaShannon | OH-03586 | 2019 March 22 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | LaShannon Lewis was born in 1975 and grew up on the Westside - 1109 Eleanor Av - a home that her father, a contractor, added a second story onto which was unusual for the neighborhood. She and her brother and all the kids from surrounding streets played until the street lights came on and sometimes the entire neighborhood sat outside to watch. The historic black community was severely geographically bifurcated at J Street. East of J was more impoverished while west of that north-south street was an active middle class. In 2016, Lewis realized how starkly divided the community was when she attended the grand opening of the Historic Westside School after its $12.5M renovation. There were streets, houses, and buildings that she has never seen because her parents did not allow her to go on that side of the community. LaShannon's father worked for 30 years with the Clark County School District (CCSD), first as a lawnsman and then as a contractor. Her mother worked as a PBX operator for major Strip hotels. The neighborhood and the family home were always filled with music by Bobby Womack, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, and so many others. Pre-school for LaShannon and her brother was an Economic Opportunity Board (EOB) Head Start program and then to E. W. Griffith Elementary School. When the family moved to Spring Valley in 1968, she was devastated by the lack of diversity in the area but slowly adjusted. She attended Clark High School. Now in 2019, She is back at UNLV to complete her education after years in Texas and working in Social Services for Clark County. But LaShannon can go home whenever she chooses because her grandmother's house where all the family celebrations were held is still west of J Street on the Historic African American Westside community. Subjects: Eugene Collins, Otis and Trish Harris, Betty Swain, federal housing projects, middle class housing | no | 0 |
| Lewis, Leo | OH-01112 | 11/26/1984 | Las Vegas History | no | 2 | |
| Lewis, Marzette | OH-01113 | 10/30/2012 | AfAm | F850.N4 L48 2012 Proponent of neighborhood schools; good neighborhood schools in lieu of bussing children all over the county. Organized WAAK-UP to advocate for black children. | yes | 0 |
| Lewis, Maureen | OH-01114 | 03/17/2006 | Katrina | The devastating storm and its aftermath. | yes | 2 |
| Lewis, Maxine | 02/20/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Lewis, Robert and Jennifer | OH-02933 | 2017 January 09 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Robert discusses childhood and founding of Lewis Homes as a family business in Claremont, CA; came to Las Vegas 1961 to supervise building of North Park Village homes near Nellis AFB but moved to northern NV to take over division there; returned to Las Vegas 1973. Talks about working with Pat Mulroy and developers to enable formation of Southern Nevada Water Authority. Jen discusses looking at property as a child, schooling in planning and real estate, moving to Las Vegas in 1995 to join uncle in family business, working with mentors in the development community, Southern Nevada Home Builders Association, Nevada Home Builders Association, and Nevada Development Authority. Both discuss the 1999 sale of Lewis Homes to KB Homes and the future for Lewis Management in California and Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Leypoldt, W.E. Butch | OH-01115 | 04/01/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Lias, Robert H. | OH-01116 | 03/02/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Liberace | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Liberace, Dora | 01/12/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Ligon, LaVerne, Thomas, BJ, and Polk, Leonard | OH-02924 | 2012 July 09, 2012 July 18 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | F850.N4 L53 2012 | yes | 0 |
| Ligouri, Steven | OH-01117 | 1/20/2010 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 L543 2010 Steven Ligouri is a sculptor who worked making jewelery in his father's business. He made the statue High Scaler at Hoover Dam. He lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood and also on a family farm in North Las Vegas and in Boulder City. He has now moved back to the John S. Park Neighborhood | yes | 0 |
| Lilly, Polly F. | OH-01118 | 03/28/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Sen. McCarthy | no | 1 |
| Lin, Vida Chan | OH-03712 | 2020 November 16 | Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project | Born in San Francisco as the middle of five children, Vida began working as a young child in her immigrant parents' Chinese restaurant. The Chan family restaurants eventually numbered eleven in San Francisco; Vida also owned one in Foster City and one in San Jose. She moved to Las Vegas in 1994 to help her sister and brother-in-law with legal issues. Vida found the 24-hour nature of Las Vegas living to be a deterrent to community building but joined every AAPI group she could find, including three Hawaiian groups and seven Filipino groups, and attended Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown. An insurance broker and agency owner, she is the past president of the Asian Chamber of Commerce, and in 2015 she founded the Asian Community Development Council (ACDC). Subjects: Clark County School District, education, 24-hour town, Chinese New Year, ACDC, citizenship, voter registration, census, foods, traditions | no | 0 |
| Lindell, Blake | OH-00202 | 01/12/2006 | Tap Dancing | no | 2 | |
| Lindell, Jack | OH-01120 | 02/24/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Lindenberg, Vivian | OH-01121 | 02/25/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nursing | no | 2 |
| Lindesmith, Marian | OH-01122 | 03/17/1984 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson Housing | no | 2 |
| Lindley, George (Guber) | 05/30/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Lindley, Goober | 05/30/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Lindquist, Ward | OH-01123 | 02/28/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Linera, Marines | OH-03553 | 2019 February 02 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Linera was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. She earned her B.A. in Communications at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazon in Puerto Rico. In Las Vegas she has worked for Telemundo 39 and Univision as news reporter and producer. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Telemundo, Univision, Puerto Rico, CNN, Frontier, Asociación Puertoriqueña | no | 0 |
| Lintner, Linda | OH-02116 | 2/12/2013 | BELVOHP - Rancho HS | CT247 L55 2012 Linda Linter moved when she was a baby with her mother from North Carolina to Overton, Nevada, to stay with her grandparents. After her father joined the family, they moved to Las Vegas. She went to Rancho High School. Linda sailed around the world for almost a decade with her husband. She became an expert sailor and a qualified diver. Linda puts in many hours as a volunteer | yes | 0 |
| Lionel, Fredrica | OH-01124 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Lipman-Brown-Lori | OH-00133 | 03/17/1978 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | no | 2 | |
| Lippmann, Cynthia | OH-01125 | 12/30/2010 | Blue Diamond History 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 | 1 |
| Lipson, Benny | OH-01126 | 03/09/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada History | no | 1 |
| Lisby, Lee H. | OH-01128 | 5/10/1978 | Roske | Mr. Lisby, born in Louisiana, is a retired sawmill worker, truck driver, construction laborer, and hotel porter. He narrates his experiences in Las Vegas from 1942 to 1975. He was a union man. Mr. Lisby tells of living conditions in Las Vegas in the forties when he first came to the city. His first housing was an old Army hospital tent, and then he built a house. He explains how he coped with the extreme heat, sandstorms, and unpaved streets. Mr. Lisby, though a poor man, relates how through hard work and good investment of his limited funds he was able to accrue property and came to own several apartment units. Mr. Lisby tells of his early attempts to receive an education in Louisiana. All his ten children graduated from high school in Las Vegas; several of them attended college; and a daughter graduated from Howard University. Mr. Lisby, an infrequent gambler because of his family responsibilities, mentions the Last Frontier, El Rancho, the Red Rooster, and Club Bingo. He says blacks were not allowed in those clubs and were limited to finding entertainment on the Westside at the Cotton Club, Harlem Club, and El Morocco. | yes | 1 |
| Lisle, Celestia A. | OH-01129 | 03/07/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Lisle, John | OH-02366 | 2013 March 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Lisle joined the Beatty, Nevada fire department in 1967 while still in college. He served in the ambulance service for seventeen years before retiring. | no | 0 |
| List, Robert Frank | OH-03633 | 2018 December 10; 2019 January 11; 2019 May 03; 2019 May 07; 2019 June 12 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | obert List served as the 24th governor of the Great State of Nevada from January 1, 1979 to January 3, 1983. He grew up on a ranch near Elko and learned to fly a plane at an early age. His one term was known as the period that the MOB began to lose its hold over gaming in Las Vegas. "I finished the job when we took away the licenses of the Tropicana, the Slots of Fun, the Aladdin, the Dunes and Argent, the Stardust, and the Riviera ... more than half the Strip hotels. It was a total transformation of ownership -- from mobsters to honest and clean individuals and corporations. We not only got them out of there, but we got the new people licensed and in place. For the first time in history, we collected all the taxes ...We went from a mob era to a modern era." Subjects: Rosenthal, Attorney General, Stardust, Howard Hughes, Open Meeting Law, Sunshine Law, Hope of Prisoners | no | 0 |
| Little, Rich | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 4 | ||
| Little, Rich | 09/13/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Little, Rich | 05/18/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Little, Rich | 09/25/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Little, Rich | 03/03/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Little, Rich | 07/22/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Little, Terry | 03/30/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Liu, Qiong X. | OH-02711 | 6/8/2016 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Dr. Liu is the City Manager for the City of North Las Vegas. Discusses housing, diversifying the economy, Apex, Faraday and negotiations to secure that business for North LV. | yes | 0 |
| Locatelli, Joe | 04/15/2003 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Lockette, Agnes | OH-01130 | 02/26/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education | no | 1 |
| Lockette, Agnes | OH-01131 | 03/25/1996 | Education. Interviewer: Dennis McBride. | no | 3 | |
| Lockette, Emory | OH-01133 | 03/11/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 3 | |
| Lockette, Emory | OH-01134 | 03/17/1996 | Collector: Dennis McBride | no | 2 | |
| Lockette, Emory & Agnes | OH-01132 | 03/11/2005 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project] | CT247 .L62 2007 Emory Lockette is an African American engineer who moved to Boulder City, Nevada, in 1953 to work for the Bureau of Reclamation. He and his wife Agnes, who was an early childhood teacher in Las Vegas and Henderson and who also taught at UNLV, were the only African Americans in Boulder City during a time of tense race relations | yes | 0 |
| Lockhart, Jerry | OH-02265 | 4/17/2015 | AfAm | CPA, Accounting Professor at CSN, served on the NV Gaming Commission, author of "A Secret Code to Wealth." | no | 0 |
| Lockhart, June | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Locks, Jacqueline | OH-01135 | 2003 May 01 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Lockwood, Chester C. | OH-01136 | 04/07/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history, Hotels | no | 1 |
| Logan, Donald | OH-01137 | 2004 April 13 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Logsdon, J.L. | OH-01138 | 03/08/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Lombardo, Charlie | OH-02739 | 2016-06-28 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | HV6711 .L64 2016 Interviewed by David Schwartz. MGM, Bally's Park Place corporate, Seminoles | yes | 0 |
| Lomprey, Ernie | OH-01139 | 07/11/1975 | Oral History Project | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Lomprey, Lorne | OH-01140 | 02/25/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Politics, Police, Henderson | no | 1 |
| London, David | OH-01141 | 03/10/1998 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 6 | |
| Long, Andre | OH-02960 | 2007 April 26 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Long, Daniel | OH-01142 | 02/28/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | South West Gas | no | 1 |
| Long, Walter | OH-01143 | 1979 | Las Vegas History - Henderson-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Long, Walter V. | OH-01144 | 03/24/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Long, Walter V. | OH-01145 | undated | no | 0 | ||
| Long, Woodrow | OH-01146 | 02/19/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education | no | 1 |
| Lopez de Ramos, Ericka P. | OH-03538 | 2018 December 7 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Born in El Salvador, Ericka Lopez de Ramos migrated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000. While working in a laundromat, a Culinary Union member, Alicia Elliot, convinced her to join the union. Lopez de Ramos joined and became a Union organizer. She has organized casino workers in Las Vegas and Florida. She continues to fight for those individuals who have a Temporary Protection Status (TPS). Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Culinary Workers Union Local 226, immigration, El Salvador, Temporary Protection Status (TPS) | no | 0 |
| Lopez, Horatio | OH-03463 | 2018 September 05 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Horacio Lopez was born in Cordova, New Mexico (D.O.B 1-12-1938), he arrived in Las Vegas in 1963. While in Nevada Lopez helped establish several organizations that promoted Latino business including NALA, the Nevada Economic Development Company, and served as the Vice President of the Latin Chamber of Commerce. Subjects: Mexican, Bob Bailey, Nevada Economic Development Company, Nevada Association of Latin Americans | no | 0 |
| Lopez, Jose Filimon | OH-02585 | 2001 September 01 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship- 1966-2010 | Interviewed by Elizabeth Hulin | yes | 2 |
| Lorenz, Clifford A. | OH-01147 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske-Henderson | Road Traffic Gas Service Stations Owner of Hotel | no | 1 |
| Loring, Gloria | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Lortz, Carms | OH-01148 | 02/26/1977 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Love, Dorothy with daughters Marva and Alice | OH-02262 | 2/11/2015 | AfAm | Family owned Love's Cocktail Lounge on Jackson Street in the Westside community. Business contained a souvenir shop, pool hall, and restaurant. Ideal place where community members met and engaged in free dinners on Mondays, fashion shows, and enjoyed well-known entertainers. | no | 0 |
| Love, Lisha; Love, Tyrone | OH-03645 | 2019 November 16 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Lisha Love arrived in Las Vegas in 1965 and grew up in the Westside community. She was bussed to school at Fremont Junior High and remembers riots at school but excelled as a student and became a Les Femme Douze debutante. After high school at Clark, she worked at the Golden Nugget where she was fired soon after asking to apply to move from a bus girl to waitress. She worked at Valley Bank and went to dealing school and worked as a dealer at the Horseshoe. Tyrone arrived in Las Vegas in 1978. He worked at the Nevada Test Site, Timet, as a cook, and a dealer. Currently he works in custodial services at UNLV. He and Lisha married in 1994. This interview contains stories about and locations of businesses on the Historic Westside including restaurants, beauty salons, and night clubs. Both remember when the Moulin Rouge was still one of the places with great entertainment and dancing. Subjects: Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Moulin Rouge, Jackson Av, Horseshoe Hotel Casino, Nevada Test Site, Fremont Junior High | no | 0 |
| Love, Vera | OH-01149 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Real Estate | no | 1 |
| Loveberg, Rob | OH-02367 | 2013 March 23 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Loveberg currently serves as the Chief of the Smith Valley Fire District, which he joined in 2000 after moving from Douglas County. | no | 0 |
| Lowe, Alice | OH-01150 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Lowe, Celesta | OH-01151 | 02/06/2002 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship | Development of Special Collections UNLV Education. Interviewer: P.W. Carlton | no | 1 |
| Lowe, Celesta | OH-01152 | 06/26/1980 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Interviewer: Alice Brown | no | 1 |
| Lowe, David and Barbara | OH-02508 | 12/8/2015 | BELVOHP | Mother is Celeste Lowe who worked in Special Collections, hired by Dickerson. Good stories of Goodsprings and Baker, CA. | no | 0 |
| Lowe, Sidney | OH-01153 | 1/22/2013 | Boyer Early LV OHP | History of UNLV libraries. Sidney retired as the head of Research & Information also worked as Government Info Librarian | yes | 0 |
| Lowman, Zelvin D. | OH-01154 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada Power, Nevada Legislation | no | 1 |
| Lubin, Dan | OH-02907 | 2016 November 30 | History of Gaming in Las Vegas Oral History Project | Narrator is author of the "The Essentials of Casino Game Design: Turn Your Table-Game Dreams Into Reality". | no | 0 |
| Luce, Darrell | OH-01156 | 09/28/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .L82 2007 Darrell Luce moved to Las Vegas with his family in 1932. He discusses the history of Las Vegas; the testing of nuclear weapons; Basic Magnesium, Incorporated; Carver Park;construction of Hoover Dam; and businesses in early downtown Las Vegas | yes | 3 |
| Luciano, Mark | OH-01157 | 6/18/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Gambling in Las Vegas communities. Gaming concerns in his family | yes | 0 |
| Luckman, John | OH-01158 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming Publishing Newspaper | no | 1 |
| Ludwick, Patricia | OH-01159 | 03/30/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | High School Las Vegas Nevada | no | 1 |
| Lujan Hickey, Liliam | OH-03477 | 2018 September 07 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 H52 2018 Liliam Lujan Hickey (born 1932) was the first Latina woman elected to the State Board of Education. She immigrated from Cuba in 1960 after Fidel Castro took power, and restarted her life with her family in the United States. She later married Nevada Legislator Thomas Hickey. She was a member of the Latin Chamber of Commerce and played an active role in supporting youth in the valley through various organizations.In honor of her service an elementary school was named after her. She is now retired, but is still active in the community and supports political campaigns. Subjects: Latin Chamber of Commerce, Women in politics, Cuba, State Board of Education | yes | 0 |
| Luna, Nora | OH-03510 | 2018 November 07 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 L85 2018 Nora Luna is the daughter of Mexican Immigrants. She was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. She graduated from UNLV with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice. She serves as a board member for Las Vegas PBS, board member of the State Public Charter School Authority, and is Chair of the Latin chamber of Commerce Professional Mujeres Group. She is the Grant Writer at Nathan Adelson. Subjects: Las Vegas PBS, Latin Chamber of Commerce, Nathan Adelson Hospice | yes | 0 |
| Lund, Lanny R. | OH-01160 | 2006 April 13 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Lundy, Sister Marie Daniel | OH-01161 | 10/29/1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Sister | no | 1 |
| Lunsford, Eular | OH-01162 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson Baker and Taxi Cabs | no | 1 |
| Lupus, Peter | 03/23/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Lurie, Arthur | OH-01163 | 04/25/1986 | Oral History Project | Nevada Boxing Commissioner | yes | 1 |
| Lurie, Ron | OH-02424 | 6/5/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Former mayor (1987-1991) and councilman of Las Vegas; worked in gaming industry in various management and sales positions (IGT, Sigma, Arizona Charlie's). Son of Art Lurie. F850.J5.L87 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Lurie, Ronald | OH-02863 | 2016 October 17, 2016 November 10 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 L87 2016 To Las Vegas in 1953 with parents, graduated LVHS 1958, and attended Nevada Southern University. After six years in the U.S. Army Reserves and a career in local retail and butchering, he ran for Las Vegas City Council in 1972 and served 1973-1987 before becoming Las Vegas Mayor 1987-1991. In this interview, he talks about his 25 years in gaming, mostly with Arizona Charlie’s, Inc, and Sunset Coin, an affiliate of Arizona Charlie’s, Inc. In the second part of the interview, Lurie recalls his years as Mayor of Las Vegas, 1987 to 1991, during the time of envisioning a "downtown transportation corridor" from Cashman Field to Downtown via the German MagLev train. | yes | 0 |
| Lutey, Denise | OH-03399 | 2017 February 27 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | On Oct. 1 Sgt Lutey was on administrative duty when the shooting occurred. She was responsible for notifying Chief Elique that people were seeking sanctuary on campus. talks about opening of Thomas & Mack, involvement of fellow officers and of student workers to provide safety and comfort to those fleeing the scene. Subjects: Campus police response, long-time Las Vegas resident, Active Shooter training | no | 0 |
| Luzier, Cliff | OH-01164 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Lyden, Harry | 11/30/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 | |
| Lyden, Harry | 03/12/1999 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Schlinger lecture | no | 1 | |
| Lyden, Harry | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Lyles, Mary R. | OH-01165 | 03/18/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada History | no | 1 |
| Lynch, Ann | OH-01166 | 05/27/2008 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.L85 A3 2009 Ann Lynch worked with the Girl Scout program in Las Vegas in the early sixties, she worked as an administrator for Sunrise Hospital, was a community activist, and lobbied for medical issues | yes | 1 |
| Lynch, Clay | OH-01167 | 06/28/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Lynn, Ester | OH-01168 | 08/24/2000 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | no | 1 | |
| Lynn, Loretta | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Lytle, Larry K. | OH-01169 | 2004 April 26 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Lytle, Paul M. | OH-01170 | 12/19/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City Hoover Dam | no | 1 |
| Lytle, Paul M. | OH-01171 | 03/08/1995 | no | 1 | ||
| MacDonald, Herb | OH-01172 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 3 | ||
| MacDonald, Iva | OH-01173 | 03/04/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| MacDonald, Richard | OH-02836 | 9/20/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 M3313 2016 Developer of MacDonald Ranch, MacDonald Highlands, and Dragon Ridge Country Club. | yes | 0 |
| MacEnchern, Sally | OH-01174 | 02/24/2002 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 6 | |
| MacFarlane, Jacqueline | OH-01175 | 02/04/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M28 2007 Jacqueline Tilman MacFarlane lived in Las Vegas in the 1930s. Her family moved and lived in rural Nevada because of the Great Depression and eventually came back to Las Vegas. She raised her children in the Fair Circle neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s and worked in various casinos. After she left the Sahara in 1977, she began selling Vanda cosmetics, which she still does | yes | 0 |
| Macias, Pablo | OH-03719 | 2019 December 07 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Oral history interview with Pablo Macias conducted by Elsa Lopez, Monserrath Hernandez, and Claytee D. White on December 07, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Pablo Macias was rasied in the small town of Carlin outside of Elko, Nevada. His father and mother met in Ogden, Utah where his father was working on railroad in Nevada and Utah. After finishing high school, he got a job at Elko Blacksmith Shop, where he learned to weld. After attending Northern Nevada Community College, he enrolled and graduated from UNR. After graduation, he took a position at Von Tobel Middle School in 1990 teaching Spanish and Physical Education. While working as a Spanish teacher in Rancho High School he enrolled in a Master’s program at Nova Southeastern University, completing the program in education administration. He currently serves as the Associate Director of Corporate Work Study Program Operations for Cristo Rey St. Viator College Preparatory High School. Subjects discussed include: Education, Rancho High School, Von Tobel Middle School, Barrick Mining, and Cristo Rey. Digital audio, transcript, and photographs available. 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. | yes | 0 |
| Mack, Joyce | OH-02279 | 02/23/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | As part of the Mack family, Joyce is a pillar of Las Vegas history and philanthropy, including support of UNLV. F850.J5.M32 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Mack, Michael | OH-01176 | 2009 May 21 | John H Park | F849.L35 M33 2010 Childhood memories of the area, | yes | 0 |
| Mack, Michael | OH-02856 | 2015 May 20 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 M323 2014 Interviewed by Barbara Tabach. Michael Mack discusses his early memories of Las Vegas such as attending the Fifth Street School and activities he and his friends participated in. The interview also includes his memories of different members of the Mack family. He reminisces about his many visits to the Flamingo Hotel as well as being taken by his parents to see floor shows. He also discusses what it was like to grow up Jewish in Las Vegas and the way Jews helped build the community. | yes | 0 |
| Mack, Sandra F. | OH-03419 | 2018 March 29 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Sandra Mack grew up in a solid black middle class life style in Seattle, Washington. Her mother was a homemaker and father, an electrical engineer. She taught Home Economics in the public school system and began to see that many people did not live as well as her family. After retirement, she and her husband moved to Las Vegas to accommodate his interest in bowling; many tournaments are staged here. She joined 100 Black Women, the NAACP, the Urban League Guild, Links, and the local Delta Sigma Theta chapter. This interview is quite valuable because of her memories of those organizations. Sandra also assisted in the founding of the Fountain of Hope AME Church. Through organizational volunteering, she has been involved in the Bullying Project (Links); Mentoring Imaging Project (Deltas); holiday festivals at the Golden West Shopping Center (Urban League Guild), and the many projects of 100 Black Women. Subjects: Delta Sigma Theta, 100 Black Women, Urban League Guild, Links, Bullying, Fountain of Hope AME Church, bowling, Home Economics | no | 0 |
| Mackay, Dana | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Mackey, Maureen | OH-01177 | 01/10/1998 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 6 | |
| MacMillan, James | OH-02583 | 1972 April 14 | Interviewed by Perry Kaufman. | yes | 3 | |
| MacMillan, Judy | OH-02771 | 7/21/2016 | BELVOHP | Active as board member of Desert Newcomers. Talks about the value of new energy in the LV community and the vivid divide between social classes. | no | 0 |
| Macmullen, Carolyn Hoffman | OH-02117 | 2014-04-21, 2017-07-07 | West Charleston | Danced at the Copa, extended info regarding Donn Arden at the Stardust and other venues, Madame Bertha costuming, and Desert Inn management. | no | 0 |
| Macpartland Marion | 04/14/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Macpartland, Marion | 04/14/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Madden, Louise | OH-01178 | 07/06/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 52 | no | 1 |
| Madden, Oneil | OH-02649 | 3/31/2016 | AfAm | Pastor of Abundant Life Seventh Day Adventist Church. Discusses the national movement, food, church-based school, and community outreach efforts. | no | 0 |
| Madrid, Manuel | OH-01179 | 2002 November 25 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Maestas, Christopher | OH-01180 | 2008 September 14 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 M33 2018 The Spanish, Mexican American cultures. Early Henderson development, Chicano culture in the area. | yes | 0 |
| Mafalda | 03/21/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Maheu, Robert | OH-01181 | 4/19/1999 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 3 | |
| Mahon, Dr. Kathleen Melanie | OH-03521 | 2018 December 03 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 M33 2014 Dr. Mahon was recruited to move to Las Vegas in 1980 and be the local pediatric ophthalmologist. Born and raised in New Mexico, she is the family historian and recounts a long Jewish ancestry. She is an active member of Las Vegas Rotary and was instrumental in the opening of the Ronald McDonald House here. She recalls being one of a handful of female doctors, getting financing with the help of Selma Bartlett, and being one of the originating members of Congregation Ner Tamid. Subjects:Congregation Ner Tamid, Selma Bartlett, Moe Dalitz, Bernie Feldman, Las Vegas doctors, Nat Hart | yes | 0 |
| Maichle, Robert W. | OH-02490 | 03/10/1981 | Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Maichle, Robert W. | OH-01182 | 2010 April 17 | BELVOHP | Environmentalist who: helped draft first map that outlined where public lands could be sold, helped establish wilderness protection for select lands, and help to keep the MX Missile System out of Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Mallette, Nancy | OH-02556 | 2006 December 12 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Mallin, Stanley | OH-02234 | 1/29/2008 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Mallin, Stanley and Sandra | OH-02222 | 01-07-2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 M34 2014 Stanley came to Vegas with Jay Sarno to open Caesars Palace and then Circus Circus; partners since they were in college in Missouri. Sandy was first female president of Temple Beth Sholom; leadership during building of temple in Summerlin. | yes | 0 |
| Malo, Jose Alvarez | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Mammina, Ben | OH-02868 | 2016 October 21 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Gaming/Hotel/Entertainment Developer born in Chicago came to Las Vegas at behest of Terry Lanni 1994 to develop master plan for Caesars Palace, remained after sale to ITT to build the first Caesars tower, and then moved to MGM Resorts to work with Terry Lanni as VP of Development for ten years. Talks about working as the owner's representative in dealing with architects and contractors to bring a project to completion, describes newest project to develop the old Las Vegas Club downtown. | no | 0 |
| Manchester, Melissa | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Manchester, Melissa | 02/15/1996 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Mancusco, Gus | 10/23/02 | Arnold Shaw | ML394 .M35 2008 Entertainment. Refreshing look at Sarah Vaughn | no | 1 | |
| Mancuso, Gus | OH-03275 | 2008 September 27 | All That Jazz Oral History Project | ML394 .M35 2008 | yes | 0 |
| Manetti, Larry | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Mangubat, Raul | OH-01183 | 02/28/1997 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 1 | |
| Manix, Helen | OH-01187 | circa 1977 | Pioneers of Boulder City. Interviewer: Sherry O'Neil. | no | 1 | |
| Manix, Helen; Heher, Marie; Manix, Joe | OH-01184 | 10/01/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Mann, Truly McGee | OH-01188 | 03/11/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Mann, Wanda | OH-01189 | 02/03/1977 | Oral History Project | Nevada history 43's - | no | 1 |
| Manne, Shellby | 10/05/1969 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Manniz, Mrs. Helen | OH-01190 | 12/06/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Marber, Ester | OH-01191 | 07/16/1999 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Marc, Gloria | OH-01192 | 03/08/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| March, Debra | OH-01193 | 02/21/2007 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.M367 2007 Debra March attended UNLV in the 70s, then she was the deputy administrator for the Nevada Real Estate Division in Las Vegas. In 1996 she was hired by UNLV and directs the Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies. She is also a Henderson planning commissioner and vice chairman of the board of the Urban Land Institute | yes | 1 |
| Marchese, Lamar and Patricia | OH-02994 | 2017 February 07 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 M363 2017 Lamar discusses coming to Las Vegas 1972 from Kentucky as a new hire at the Clark County Library District (later LVCCLD) recruited for his technical expertise and background in cultural programming and working for the library until 1979; talks about Charles Hunsberger's vision for libraries as centers of information; recalls the founding and early years of KNPR Public Radio station; remembers serving on LVCCLD board in 1990s when employees voted to unionize and joined the Teamsters. Pat recalls places they lived in Las Vegas including their first house at 624 9th Street, downtown, originally built and owned by Marion Earl, until "spot zoning" changed the neighborhood to commercial; talks about her work with the City of Las Vegas Cultural Affairs Department, through which she developed Reed Whipple Cultural Center and founded the Rainbow Company and the Junior Symphony, among other arts programming, and her work with Clark County as a lobbyist, budget analyst, and coordinator for Town Services; she also worked with Pat Mulroy to coordinate the programming for Springs Preserve. | yes | 0 |
| Marchese, Patricia | OH-01195 | 02/24/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Culture in Las Vegas | no | 3 |
| Marchese, Patricia & Lamar | OH-01194 | 01/06/2008 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M36 2008 Pat Marchese has worked as a budget analyst and as a chief lobbyist for the county, and she has created numerous art and cultural programs in Las Vegas. Lamar created many public library programs for southern Nevada and also established the first public broadcast radio station in Nevada | yes | 0 |
| Marciel, Jessica | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | ||
| Margulies, Alan | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Marini, Pier | 10/16/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Marino, Frank | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Mark, Stan | 04/21/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Markoff, Daniel | OH-01196 | 9/11/2008 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Trains; the industry, reburishing, and current usage | yes | 0 |
| Markoff, Mike | OH-01197 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City Hunting | no | 1 | |
| Marks, Gerald | 09/18/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Marks, Guy | 05/06/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Marnell, Anthony "Tony" A. II | OH-02850 | 2016 September 29 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 M355 2016 Arrived in Clark County 1953 as small child whose father was a bricklayer who built the Sands Hotel; began working at age 9 and graduated from USC in 1972 with Bachelor of Architecture degree. Formed Marnell Corrao in 1975, one of only 3 design-build firms in the U.S., to facilitate the "golden triangle" of communication between a project's owner, contractor, and architect. Owner, architect, contractor of Rio Hotel Casino, which initiated the Las Vegas "food renaissance" in 1990. | yes | 0 |
| Marsalis, Branford | September, 1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Loreta Kaye | no | 1 | |
| Marsh, Arno | OH-02119 | 9/8/2008 | All That Jazz | ML394.M37 2008 Tenor saxophonist. Worked many hotel including Russ Morgan orchestra at the Top of The Dunes, and Redd Foxx at the Landmark Hotel. Active in LV Jazz Society. Remembered for his recorded solos with Woody Herman's Third Herd. | yes | 0 |
| Marsh, James "Jim" | OH-02843 | 2016 September 27 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Talks about early life, auto business, arriving in Las Vegas in 1971. Discusses locations of his car dealerships, his commercials, how he became interested in buying and preserving rural Nevada buildings, and why he obtained a gaming license and a variance for farm animals for one of his auto dealerships. | no | 0 |
| Marsh, Jim | OH-01198 | 6/5/2012 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M367 2012 Automobile business and statewide ownership of small casinos. | yes | 0 |
| Marshall Garry | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Marshall, Agnes | OH-01199 | 9/12/2011 | AfAm Collaborative - Berkley Square | F850.N4 M37 2012 One of the first families to move into Berkley Square, the first middle class black housing development designed by Paul Williams. | yes | 0 |
| Marshall, Agnes C. | OH-02918 | 2016 April 02 | Folklife Program of the Nevada Arts Council and the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries | no | 0 | |
| Marshall, Art & Jayn | OH-01200 | 2005 | I Remember When: Recollections from LV Jewish Leaders | F859.J5.M373 2005 The Marahalls are humanitarians, activists, and philanthropists. | no | 0 |
| Marshall, Arthur | OH-01201 | 2/11/2014 | LV Jewish History | Involvement in women's clothing enterprises in Las Vegas including Marshall Russo. Bank of Nevada, Gaming Compliance Committee, Jewish Federation. Keen interest in art. | yes | 0 |
| Marshall, Arthur | OH-03427 | 2018 April 18 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Native of Ohio, married Jayn Saltzman who was from Las Vegas. In 1959, the couple made Las Vegas their family home and raised their two children Todd and Cari. Art went into business with his brother-in-law Herb Rousseau and together they built the Marshall Rousseau store chain of apparel stores in casinos on the Strip. Art is philanthropic and a leader in the Jewish community; has served on boards for local banks and ADL. Subjects: Jewish community leader, ADL, Sheldon Adelson, Hank Greenspun | no | 0 |
| Marshall, Peter | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 2 | ||
| Marshall, Peter | 09/23/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Marshall, Ronald | OH-02765 | 2012-03-14 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M368 2014 Ronald Marshall's step father was the ranch manager for the Walking Box Ranch when it was owned by Rex Bell, Sr. and Clara Bow. Ronald talks about living and working on the ranch | yes | 0 |
| Martin, Boyd | OH-02299 | 1/29/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Martin, Dean | 09/10/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Martin, Donna | OH-01202 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas History 1950's - | no | 1 |
| Martin, Donna & Tom | OH-02121 | 1/31/2013 | BELVOPH - Rancho HS | CT247 M359 2013 Donna Guiffe Martin and Tom Martin came from indiana and California and moved to Las Vegas in the eraly 1950s as their parents sought new opportunities. They graduated from Rancho High School. Donna worked primarily as a secretary and now is retired and does volunteer work as part of a woman's group she belongs to. Tom worked in the office of a steel company and later ran a tire store. He's now retired | yes | 0 |
| Martin, Eva and Roberta | OH-03461 | 2018 August 30 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Eva Martin and her daughter Roberta Martin operate a three-store McDonald's Restaurant business in the upper northwest area of the city. Initially, the family owned three locations in North Las Vegas. After working for Eastman Kodak for 5 years and owning a dry cleaning establishment for 17 years, her husband enrolled at Hamburger University. The family invested in McDonald's and moved to Las Vegas. The daughter followed over nineteen years later after working as a public defender in the Chicago legal system for that period of time. Roberta attended Tuskegee University and then earned a law degree. Unfortunately, the husband passed away and now the business is operated by the mother-daughter team. Both perform vital community service through the Jim Martin Family Trust in conjunction with the Ronald McDonald House. Another passion for Eva is Shade Tree, and Roberta's is the UNLV Foundation Advisory Board. Subjects: Metropolis, Eastman Kodak, Tuskegee, MacDonlad's, James Martin Family Trust, UNLV Foundation Advisory Board, Shade Tree | no | 0 |
| Martin, Frank | OH-02827 | 9/13/2016 | Building Las Vegas | CEO and founder-owner Martin-Harris Construction since 1976. Design-assist project management, began by building custom homes for physicians, then expanded client base to include corporations like Paradise Development (Irwin Molasky), Hughes Corporation, and American Nevada Corporation. | no | 0 |
| Martin, Hazel | OH-01203 | 04/06/2004 | Blue Diamond | yes | 2 | |
| Martin, Hazel | OH-01203 | April 6, 2004 | 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 | 1 |
| Martin, Jack | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Martin, Lee | OH-02557 | 2013 May 1 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 3 |
| Martin, Lenny | OH-01204 | 03/24/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black Entertainers on the Strip | no | 1 |
| Martin, Lydi Owens | OH-01205 | 10/17/1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Martin, Marilyn | OH-03469 | 1996 October 09 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Interviewed by Irene Rostine. Communications. No use agreement. | no | 0 |
| Martin, Myron and Snyder, Don | OH-03349 | 2017 November 30, December 06, 2018 March 08 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 M378 2017 Myron G. Martin, President and CEO, and Donald D. Snyder, Chairman of the Board of Directors, share their memories of the founding of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts from the first non-for-profit foundation formed in 1996. The second iteration led by Snyder in 1999 brought in Martin--former Director of UNLV Performing Arts Center--and created a sustainable business plan for a center for the performing arts that would be accessible geographically and culturally for all segments of Nevada society. Here, Martin and Snyder recall how land, funding, and legislation for The Smith Center depended on the "power of the project" and the Snyder-Martin team's ability to overcome skeptics in the public, the Nevada Legislature, the Clark County Commission, the Las Vegas City Council, and the Don Reynolds Foundation. Martin and Snyder satisfied the various requirements for each organization and earned unanimous approval at each stop--in fact, the $50 million donation to The Smith Center was the largest the Don Reynolds Foundation had ever granted largest. That the approvals came on three consecutive days from competing municipal jurisdictions makes the accomplishment even sweeter. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Cultural center; Performing arts; The Smith Center for the Performing Arts; The Smith Center; Not-for-profit;; Nevada Legislature; Clark County Commission; Las Vegas City Council; The Don Reynolds Foundation; Fundraising; Planning; Endowment;Part 3: Author Jack Sheehan, joining this third session on The Smith Center in his role as Don Snyder's biographer, explains the way he envisions the place of The Smith Center in the larger context of Las Vegas. Martin and Snyder provide names for the group that grew out of the Call to Action meeting and founded the original Las Vegas Performing Arts Foundation. They share anecdotes of a 2005 trip, wherein they were joined by Las Vegas City Councilman Lawrence Weekly, City of Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, and consultant to the City of Las Vegas Dan Van Epp to visit City Place and the Kravis Center for Performing Arts in West Palm Beach as an example of a place where a performing arts center was a catalyst for revitalization in an area of underused and underutilized urban land. They discuss opening night, March 10, 2012, /From Dust To Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center For The Performing Arts/, which was produced broadcast live on national Public Broadcasting System (PBS) television stations, produced by George Stevens Jr. and directed and produced by Michael Stevens for The Stevens Company; hosted by Neil Patrick Harris; and featuring Jennifer Hudson, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Martina McBride, Carole King, Arturo Sandoval, Joshua Bell, Mavis Staples, Pat Monahan; American Ballet Theater dancers Marcello Gomes and Luciana Paris; also Broadway performers Brian Stokes Mitchell, Laura Osnes, Cheyenne Jackson, Sherie Rene Scott, Montego Glover, and Benjamin Walker. Martin describes how provisions of Nevada SB235--introduced March 6, 2017, signed into law by Governor Bob Sandoval, and became effective October 1, 2017--for the regulation of ticket sales to an athletic contest or live entertainment event affect The Smith Center ticket sales. They talk of providing 3,600 good construction jobs during the recession, of Discovery Childrens Museum, of future development plans for the entire 61-acre Symphony Park parcel, and of a second capital campaign to increase the endowment to $100 million to enable The Smith Center to be economically sustainable. Subjects: The Smith Center for the Performing Arts; The Smith Center; Las Vegas Performing Arts Foundation; Oscar Goodman; Lawrence Weekly; Daniel Van Epp; West Palm Beach, FL; Kravis Center for Performing Arts; revitalization; opening night; From Dust to Dreams; NV SB235 (2017); Discovery Childrens Museum; Symphony Park | yes | 0 |
| Martinez, Al | OH-03489 | 2018 October 01 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 M368 2018 Laurents Banuelos-Benitez also participates in the questioning. Al Martinez is a self described "Tejano" born in Sweet, Texas. Martinez grew up in a religious house hold, and despite have rebellious nature, Martinez always respected religion and studied it. Martinez spent most of his life working in Texas contributing to the community there. Martinez spent time working in gang intervention and helping in other issues such as education and immigration. Martinez arrived in Las Vegas and is currently working with the Parks and Recreation department for Clark County. Subjects: Parks and Recreation, gang intervention, Texas | yes | 0 |
| Martinez, Eloiza | OH-03494 | 2018 October 10 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 M37 2018 Eloiza B. Martinez was born in Derry, New Mexico. She grew up in a family ranch. During her teens, she moved to Los Angeles, California with her family. When she was fifteen years old, she acquired her first job. She later began to work at Commercial Credit Corporation. The corporation transferred her to an office in Las Vegas. Subjects: Latin Chamber of Commerce, Habitat for Humanity, Wells Fargo, Nevada Hand | yes | 0 |
| Martinez, Nery | OH-03531 | 2018 December 07 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Nery Martinez was born in El Salvador, he describes his childhood as one filled with war and violence. When Martinez was five years old, the small country of El Salvador erupted in civil war. Martinez describes the panic that he saw growing up, never being certain when violence could occurred. The 12 year war took up the entirety of Martinez's childhood. After the war, the country was left in runes, seeing little hope for recovery, Martinez left El Salvador for Las Vegas where his brothers had fled earlier during the war. In Las Vegas, Martinez was able to find work in the service industry, at the same time attending English classes at night. Martinez is currently working as a bartender within the Culinary Union. Interview conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Salvadorean Civil War, El Salvador, Culinary Union | yes | 0 |
| Martinez, Ramon | OH-01206 | 04/24/2006 | UNLV-Emerson | yes | 2 | |
| Martinez, Ray | OH-01206 | 04/24/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.M368 2007 Ramon Martinez was hired as department chair in electronics technology at UNLV in 1968 and began teaching mechanical engineering courses. He was invovlved in the founding of the engineering college and of its accreditation with ABET | yes | 0 |
| Marx, Groucho | 06/17/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Mas, Mike | OH-01207 | 03/06/1998 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 4 | |
| Mason, Beverly | OH-01208 | 12/21/2013 | AfAm Collarobative - Documenting the LV Black Experience | Growing up in Las Vegas, Education, higher education encouraged, career in school system - various programs to assist student achievement | yes | 0 |
| Mason, Brenda | OH-01209 | African American | LD3745 .M37 2007 Brenda Mason attended UNLV in the 70s. She served two terms on the Board of Regents and was recognized for her efforts in affirmative action. She was also a paralegal in the U.S. Attorney's office in San Diego | yes | 3 | |
| Mason, Brenda | OH-01209 | 12/20/2006/12/22/2006 | UNLV@Fifty Oral History Project | Brenda Mason attended UNLV in the 70s. She served two terms on the Board of Regents and was recognized for her efforts in affirmative action. She was also a paralegal in the U.S. Attorney's office in San Diego | yes | 0 |
| Mason, Flora | OH-02215 | 12/08/14 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 M375 2014 Flora has lived in Las Vegas since 1965; wife to contractor Stuart Mason. Active at Temple Beth Sholom; with Foundation at UNLV Libraries; UNLV graduate and former lecturer. | yes | 0 |
| Mason, Flora and Stuart | OH-02235 | 2/27/2010 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Mason, Larry | OH-03478 | 2018 September 14 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Larry Mason is an Arizona native that moved to Las Vegas as a Higher Education Administrator. He was born in Tuscon, Arizona, but grew up mostly in East Los Angeles and his "Gramitas" ranch in Sonora, Mexico. He has a history in athletics as a basketball player in his upbringing which brought him to play at the New Mexico Highlands University and the European League. Earning a Masters in Education, Larry Mason came to Las Vegas to become the first Latino Director of Admissions at UNLV, first Latino President of the Board of Education, and first Latino Vice President of the Board of Education in the Clark County School District. He launched an incredible amount of movements within the educational field in Las Vegas including (but not limited to): the Mariachi program, the magnet school program, and the growth of the Diversity Division within the NSHE. Some of his greatest supporters and allies included Senator Harry Reid, John Lujan and Tom Rodriguez. Mason continues to work as a community leader for minority representation in STEM fields, as a board member for the Nevada STEM Coalition. Subjects: Times at the Ranch, Mariachi, Higher Education, Life in East Los Angeles in the early Sixties, Gangs, Struggles with Identity F850.S75 M38 2018 | yes | 0 |
| Mason, Marcus | OH-01210 | 2/4/2013 | AfAm in Las Vegas: A Collaborative Oral History Project | To be continued | no | 0 |
| Mason, Stuart | OH-01211 | 11/09/2006 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M37 2007 Stuart Mason managed Taylor International, a business that built casino/hotels in Las Vegas and properties in other places such as the Caribbean. He is now Vice President of Development for the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino | yes | 2 |
| Mason, Walter | OH-01212 | 2/17/2014 | AfAm Collaborative | Classically trained Shakespearean actor. Worked was the entertainment director at several Las Vegas venues. Worked with Sammy Davis, Jr. as his production manager for Broadway productions and stage shows. | no | 0 |
| Mason, William (Bill) and Mason, James (Jim) | OH-03155 | 2017 March 15 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project; Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | The brothers discuss their upbringing in Las Vegas's Paradise Palms neighborhood, their attendance at Kit Carson Sixth Grade Center, and their active participation in Temple Beth Sholom's Jewish community. They talk about working as teens cleaning trash from job sites of Taylor Construction, the company owned by Stuart and Morrie Mason, their father and paternal grandfather. They tell of Morrie coming to Las Vegas from Florida in 1954 to build the Riviera Hotel; in 1956 to build the Tropicana Hotel cooling tower; and in 1963 to build Caesars Palace and other projects, with Stuart and family finally moving permanently after Jim's 1965 birth. They also recall the integrity with which Stuart handled the litigation that devastated the company following the MGM Grand fire and the patience and determination with which he rebuilt the three-generation Taylor company afterwards. In 1999 the brothers bought Taylor from their father and they continue to focus on building and remodeling gaming properties. | no | 0 |
| Massagli, Joan | OH-01213 | 08/19/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M38 2007 Joan Massagli was part of a singing act with her sisters called the Sawyer Sisters that often played Las Vegas. She met her husband, Mark Tully Massagli, who was a musician and who takes part in this oral history, here and they made their home here | yes | 0 |
| Massagli, Marc Tully | 05/12/2004 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Massagli, Mark | OH-02639 | 11/06/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 |
| Massey, Augusta | OH-03456 | 2011 November 14 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Massey, Glenn G. | OH-01214 | 03/26/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1950's | no | 1 |
| Master, Nancy | OH-01215 | 07/14/2006 | UNLV | yes | 2 | |
| Master, Nancy | OH-01215 | 05/12/2010 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project] | LD3745 .M374 2007 Nancy Master was a history teacher at the University of Wisconsin before being hired as a reference librarian at UNLV in 1981. She served on the Faculty Senate for twenty years and was chair of it. She also was very active in the UNLV chapter of the honorary Phi Kappa Phi. Nancy also did consulting for Las Vegas schools and served as a volunteer in schools. She retired from the library in 2010 | yes | 0 |
| Mather, Robert | OH-01216 | 02/09/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Mathews, Frank | OH-01217 | 12/07/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Mathews, Lois | OH-01218 | 12/07/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 0 |
| Mathis, Beverly | OH-02770 | 7/20/2016 | AfAm Collab | School principal and currently VP Early Learning at Public Education Foundation who grew up in Tennessee and moved to LV in 1976. Thoughts on education, LV community and change over time. | no | 0 |
| Matlock, James A. | OH-01219 | 11/13/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Re-opening of Nellis | no | 1 |
| Matson, James | OH-01220 | 03/30/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black history | yes | 1 |
| Matteucci, Ethel | OH-01221 | 03/18/1981 and 03/04/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 2 |
| Matteucci, Thomas Dr. | OH-01222 | April 7, 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 | 3 |
| Matteuci, Thomas | OH-01222 | 04/07/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 1 | |
| Matthews, Mark | OH-01223 | 03/30/1987 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Mattingly, Joseph C. | OH-01224 | 02/23/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Matyas, Lucille | OH-01225 | 02/23/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 2 |
| Maufus, Suzy (Juanita Barr) | OH-01226 | 01/27/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 2 |
| Maurer-Schwartz, Sharon and Edna (Ande) Rice | OH-02534 | Feb. 1, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 M38 2014 Sharon with her wife Ande moved to Las Vegas in 1998. Sharon is Jewish and talks about being part of the gay/Jewish life together over the years including locally. Both are retired educators, share why they moved to Nevada and about early days of The Center (LGBT center), which has hosted a Passover seder. | yes | 0 |
| Mausbach, Jerri | OH-02961 | 2007 October 02 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Mauzy, Neri | OH-03505 | 2018 October 20 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Neri Mauzy is an immigrant from Guatemala, who at time of oral history lives in Arizona. She immigrated in 1962. She is interviewed by her grandson for a Multicultural America class project under direction of Norma Flores, PhD. Subjects: Guatemala, immigration to US, adjusting to life in US | no | 0 |
| Maveal, Thomas | OH-01227 | 2004 April 13 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Maxon, Robert C. | OH-01228 | 05/17/2007 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.M39 2007 Dr. Robert C. Maxson was president of UNLV from 1984 to 1994. He secured funding for an engineering school, facilitated its accreditation, and also obtained funding for an honors program | yes | 0 |
| Maxwell, Michael | OH-01230 | 2/25/2014 | AfAm | Was school principal interviewed for principalship project. Now works as the VP Agency Innovation and Director of Early Childhood Connection for the LV Urban League. Shares good overview of Urban League programs and speaks of advocating for children. | no | 0 |
| May, Edward | OH-01231 | 7/22/2010 | Boyer Early LV OHP - Black Golfers | Joined the black golf club designed for black golfers to unite and fellowship in a meaningful competition that benefitted community youth. United men in the community in a powerful way of forming community. | yes | 0 |
| May, Rick | OH-01232 | 12/29/2001 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 2 | |
| Mayer, Joe | 03/07/2005 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Mayfield, Francine Dr. | OH-01233 | 2003 April 13 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| McAllister, Hugh | OH-01234 | 01/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Construction 1930's | no | 2 |
| McArdle, Andrea | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| McBride, Jeff | OH-03653 | 201 November 27 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Jeff McBride believes that the true value of magic has not been totally revealed. Business people and public speakers can use it wisely to justify their arguments, sell more products, impress customers, and assist in building businesses. McBride worked in many Las Vegas hotels - Golden Nugget, Hilton, Caesars Magic Empire, Palace Station - dazzling audiences with card tricks and magical routines that he has performed around the world. He also believes that Las Vegas is the place where every magician wants to works. Currently, McBride owns a School of Magic and can be seen weekly on the third Thursday night at the Olive Mediterranean Grill. Subjects: Lance Burton, Magic School, Olive Mediterranean, Mat Franco, Magic | no | 0 |
| McCalister, Barbara Carter; Smith, Ethel | OH-03748 | 2021-03-03 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Barbara Carter and Ethel Smith grew up on the Westside in the 1950s, both born in the late 1940s. They attended the Westside School. Their memories of the city are colorful, vibrant, and clear. They loved school and excelled in the assigned work. After high school, before their chosen careers, both tried work as a maid and found the sexual harassment a real challenge. Their memories of entertainment, fun, customs, and business locations on Jackson Av and the surrounding Black business community, related on their walk down memory lane, provided good historical information. Barbara Carter entered banking at Valley Bank and Ethel Smith, the casino industry, at a time when the MOB ran Las Vegas. Their recollections remind us that businesses operated differently and these women were there to witness it. Subjects: Westside; Jackson Av; MOB; La Concha Motel; Berkley Square; Valley Bank; Caesars Palace; Ash Resnick; Jackson Hotel 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 |
| McCall, Marva | OH-01235 | 07/03/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| McCandless, Dave | OH-02368 | 2012 December 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | McCandless joined the Yerington, Nevada Volunteer Fire Department in 1979. He has made ambulance runs with the department as an EMT. | no | 0 |
| McCarthy, Jane | OH-01236 | 11/06/2006 | UNLV | no | 2 | |
| McClintock, Steve | OH-02370 | 2013 February 01 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | McClintock volunteered for the Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada Fire Department in 1980. In 1990 he began working at the Clark County Fire Department, where he worked until his retirement in 2009. | no | 0 |
| McClure, Florence | OH-02673 | 1996 January 24, 1996 February 6 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 M22 2006 Florence Alberta Schilling was born in southern Illinois. She worked for the war effort during World War II and met her husband James McClure, and they married in 1945. After he retired from the military, Florence worked in the hotel industry. In 1966 she was invited by Burton Cohen in Los Angeles to move with him to Las Vegas to build the new Frontier Hotel and Casino. After the Frontier was completed, she moved with Cohen to the Desert Inn in 1967 and worked as the executive office manager. After a few years she left the hotel industry and completed her college degree. Florence graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1971 with a BA in sociology with an emphasis on criminology. She had been a member of the League of Women Voters for a few years, and with a small group of individuals, she began the organization Community Action Against Rape, which was renamed the Rape Crisis Center in 1973. Over the next decade she worked to change attitudes and reshape policy on the issue of sexual assault. Florence also advocated for locating the women's prison near Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| McColl, Evelyn | OH-01237 | 03/30/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nursing in Las Vegas | no | 3 |
| McColl, Jean | OH-01238 | 03/01/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| McColl, Jeff Sr. | OH-01239 | 03/09/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| McCollum, Mike | 07/02/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| McCormick, Elaine | OH-01240 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Green Shack Restaurant | yes | 1 |
| McCoy, Mary | OH-01241 | 02/26/2009 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .M394 2007 Mary McCoy moved to Las Vegas in 1959. She graduated from UNLV. Although she lived in other states while following her husband's career, she worked in the UNLV libraries for a total of 28 years. She worked in acquisitions, government documents, and Special Collections | yes | 0 |
| McCoy, Steven | OH-02582 | 2001 November 26 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship- 1966-2010 | Interviewed by Hope Vigil-Delgado. | yes | 2 |
| McCracken, Debra | OH-03172 | 2017 April 18 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Debra's life in UNLV Libraries before the move to the current location, past deans, and the influence of the Libraries on campus. | no | 0 |
| McCracken, Richard | OH-02173 | 9/30/2014 | BELV-Cul 226 | CT247 .M32 2014 | yes | 0 |
| McCracklin, Jimmy | 03/01/1971 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| McCullough, Mary & Don | OH-01242 | 03/14/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson | no | 1 |
| McCullough, William | OH-01243 | 03/16/1979 | Boulder Dam-Boulder City | Building Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) | yes | 1 |
| McCullum, Lynda | OH-01244 | September 4, 2009 | Blue Diamond Oral lHistory 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 | 1 |
| McCurdy, Greg | OH-01245 | 3/7/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | CT247 .Y37 2007 McCurdy takes us on a journey throught the early Westside neighborhood as a boy growing into a young man; interesting. Work with the Metropolitan Police Department. | yes | 0 |
| McCurdy, Lovey M. | OH-01246 | 03/19/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history and personal history | no | 1 |
| McDaniel, Estes | OH-01248 | 03/13/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson | no | 1 |
| McDaniel, John Dr. | OH-01249 | 10/24/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Medical history | no | 1 |
| McDaniels, Al | OH-01247 | 03/08/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Coach, Black history | yes | 1 |
| McDonald, Clarence and Family | OH-01250 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| McDonald, Evelyn | OH-01251 | 02/27/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 2 |
| McDonald, Jerushia & Suziliene | OH-01252 | 9/23/2011 | AfAm Collaborative - Documenting the LV black Experience | Sisters. Growing up on the Westside, modeling, black middle class structure. | yes | 0 |
| McDonald, Julie | OH-01253 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Dealing, Gaming | yes | 1 |
| McDonald, Thomas | OH-01254 | 07/05/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| McDougal, Rosamond | OH-01255 | 02/15/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | UNLV, Howard Hughes | yes | 1 |
| McFarlane-Smith, Kelly | OH-02558 | 2008 October 7 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| McGarry, William | OH-01256 | 02/12/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada Democratic Party | no | 1 |
| McGee, Trula | OH-03751 | 2021-03-17 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Trula McGee grew up in a military family where children were well behaved, intelligent, and an asset to the family's community representation. She migrated to Las Vegas in 1952 and lived for a short time in Carver Park in Henderson and attended Basic High School. McGee lived on the Westside as a young adult and remembers the Golden West Shopping Center, Reubens Supper Club (H & Owens), Larry's Sight and Sound, and other Westside locations. The family shopped for clothing at Sears and JC Penney in the downtown area. McGee worked as a teller at Nevada State Bank but soon found lucrative employment in the gaming industry as a Keno writer and runner. She worked at the Sands, Castaways, Silver Slipper, and other hotel casinos. She became close to Wayne Newton and Marvin Gaye. Subjects: Jackson Avenue; Carver Park; Westside locations; Sands; Castaways; Silver Slipper; Wayne Newton; Marvin Gaye 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 |
| McGhie, Margaret | OH-01257 | 11/28/2008 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 M25 2010 Margaret McGhie moved from western Nevada where she grew up to Las Vegas with her husband after World War II. She and her husband were one of the first couples to buy a home in the John S. Park development. | yes | 0 |
| McGinley, Ann C. | OH-01258 | 08/01/2006 | UNLV | LD3745 .M34 2007 Ann McGinley worked as a lawyer and also taught at several law schools before coming to teach at the law school at UNLV in 1999 | yes | 2 |
| McGirl, Christy | OH-03395 | 2018 February 21 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Manicurist who has attended all three of the Route 91 festivals. Left shortly before shooting on October 1, 2017. Subjects: Concert attendance, gun issue, reactions of friends, social media | no | 0 |
| McGovern, Maureen | 03/24/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| McGuire Sisters | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| McGuire Sisters | 10/09/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| McGuire Sisters | 03/22/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| McGuire, Louise | OH-01259 | 02/25/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada, Las Vegas history, Police | no | 1 |
| McKay, Harold | OH-01260 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education, Hot Springs | yes | 1 |
| McKay, John | OH-01261 | 03/03/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| McKee, Kathrine | OH-02820 | 9/3/2016 | AfAm Collab | F850.N4 M33 2012 History of passing in Las Vegas after integration is mandated. McKee danced at the Mint, The Silver Slipper's Minsky's Burlesque and the Dune's Viva Les Girls. Performed in Les Girls Montreal road show as well. Hosted the Los Angeles Morning Show, actress in many shows and movies, and was Sammy Davis' "road wife." | yes | 0 |
| McKenzie, Dan | OH-01262 | 02/17/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | RN Nursing, Henderson | no | 1 |
| McKenzie, Sarah J. | OH-01263 | 2002 October 22 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| McKillip, Elizabeth | OH-01264 | 05/09/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Reno Nevada | no | 1 |
| McKinley, Emily | OH-01265 | 03/01/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| McKnight, Margaret A. (Peg) | OH-01266 | 03/12/2005 | 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 | 1 |
| McLaughlin, Dani | OH-03394 | 2018 February 14 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Husband Brian and she attended at Route 91 festival, MGM employee staying at Mandalay Bay Hotel, sought refuge at her work site at Atlantic terminal. | no | 0 |
| McLean, Charlie | OH-02134 | 12/14/2007 | All That Jazz | After college, Charlie made a living playing for the Ice Capades and in black jazz bands. Migrated to LV in 1960 and played at the Frontier, Desert Inn, Riviera, Sahara, and the Tropicana. Deceased - 2008 | yes | 0 |
| McLeod, William | OH-01267 | 03/16/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| McManus, Marjorie Mrs. | OH-01268 | 1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| McMillan, G.W. | OH-01270 | 03/10/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| McMillan, G.W. | OH-01269 | 1975 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Nevada history. | no | 2 |
| McMillan, James B. | OH-01271 | First 100 | no | 4 | ||
| McMillan,Marie | OH-01272 | 09/15/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Marie McMillan was born in California in 1926. She first married Duke Daly. He workded for Lawrence Livermore Labs. She worked for a contractor at the Test Site. Her first husband died, and she married James McMillan, who was the first African-American dentist in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| McMillan-Arnold, Jarmilla | OH-01273 | 10/7/2010 | AfAm Collaborative - The Black Experience in LV | F 850 N4 M34 2012 Growing up in Berkley Square as the daughter of the first black dentist. Talks about integration, community activism, and entertainment. Interviewed by PBS. | yes | 0 |
| McMillian, James | OH-01271 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | ||
| McMillian, Marie | OH-01272 | 9/15/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M32 2007 Marie McMillan was born in California in 1926. She first married Duke Daly. He workded for Lawrence Livermore Labs. She worked for a contractor at the Test Site. Her first husband died, and she married James McMillan, who was the first African-American dentist in Las Vegas. He also was a leader in the civil rights movement, a NAACP president, and a teacher | yes | 0 |
| McNair, Barbara | 07/16/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| McNamara, Elaine | OH-02857 | 2016 October 05 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 M3317 2016 To Las Vegas 1953 as teenager, former model with Bernie Lenz 1950s to 1980s, Las Vegas High School class of 1954, Realtor early 1980s to present, LV-CCLD trustee 1981-1991. | yes | 0 |
| McQuary, Gail S. | OH-02675 | 1997 April 14, 1997 April 25, 1997 May 28 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 M397 2003 Gail Spaulding (Jaros) McQuary was born on October 16, 1937, in Cicero, Illinois. a suburb of Chicago. Both of her parents were in show business. Gail began tap and ballet lessons when she was five years old. She signed as a dancer with Moro-Landis Productions in 1956, and she worked for that company at the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the Riverside Hotel and Casino in Reno, and the Beverly Hills Country Club in Covington, Kentucky. Gail was promoted to line captain and did choreography at the Beverly Hills Country Club. She stopped dancing shortly before her daughter was born and worked as a cocktail waitress at the Riverside Hotel and Casino and at the Mapes Hotel in Reno. In 1964 she moved back to Las Vegas, trained in real estate, became general sales manager and corporate broker for Realty Executives in Las Vegas and later worked as an associate with Dyson and Dyson Real Estate in Indian Wells, California. | yes | 0 |
| McSweeney, Linda Falba | OH-02778 | 2014 May 23 | West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1 | Linda Falba McSweeney moved to Las Vegas in 1950 when she was five years old. Her family lived in the Huntridge area of town, and her father was a casino manager in various casinos downtown and on the Strip and had also worked in a casino in Cuba. Linda knows most of Nevada's movers and shakers because she played with them or with their children. She worked as a speech pathologist in Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| McVey, Phillip B. | OH-01274 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Meade, Jenny | OH-01275 | 03/04/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Waitress in Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Meade, Mike | OH-01276 | 02/28/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1950's - | yes | 1 |
| Mecham, Phyllis | OH-01277 | 02/28/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education | no | 1 |
| Medley, Bill | 08/14/1989 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Meidell, Hildred | OH-01278 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1940's - | yes | 2 |
| Meireis, Diane | OH-03301 | 2017 November 06 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Diane Meireis, her son, and daughter-in-law attended the 1 October event. Standing in the crowd on the Mandalay Bay side behind the VIP section, the two women were covered by her son as soon as the shooting began. When there was a brief pause in firing, they ran toward the vendor booths. They could hear and see bullets landing all around them. The scene became surreal as vendors guided them behind the booths and silently took down fencing. The three ran without stopping holding onto each other. They were taken in my people who had rented a nearby apartment, rather than a hotel room, for the festival. They stayed in complete darkness all night until picked up by a SWAT officer who was a friend of her son's. She never actually saw the faces of the other people and can't even be sure of the exact number hiding in the apartment. Today, she is thankful and guilty. Diane takes care of her husband, volunteers at Lou Ruvo by teaching a Caregiver's class, and helps a group with her therapy dog. She is a giver. This experience had made her more thoughtful and more patient. Diane regrets that she could not stop to help others as she escaped the venue. But she and her family formed friendships that are expected to last a lifetime. She is slowly moving through the fear and returning to the world around her. Subjects: Mandalay Bay, Lou Ruvo, vendor booths, 1 October | no | 0 |
| Meléndrez, José | OH-03517 | 2018 November 20 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Jose Meléndrez is UNLV administrator that dedicated his life advocating for public health issues in Nevada. Meléndrez comes from humble beginnings, his father was a stone mason that ran a successful pool building business. Meléndrez spent his childhood in several Latino hubs throughout the southwest including: California, Nevada, and Texas. Meléndrez's career path has been very diverse, starting out by working with his father in the pool business, going on to be a professional scout, working for Senator Reid, ultimately finding his way to UNLV. Subjects: UNLV, Scouts, Public Health | yes | 0 |
| Melton, Mary | OH-01279 | 03/05/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson | yes | 1 |
| Melugin, Steven R. | OH-01280 | 04/08/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Politics | no | 1 |
| Melvin, Jack | OH-01281 | 04/24/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Membreno, Elda | OH-03563 | 2019 February 15 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Elda Membreno grew up in a big family in El Salvador. She recalls her family struggling financially throughout her childhood, and sometimes food was first come first serve. Her parents decided to make the trip to the United States and began financially supporting Elda and her siblings abroad. Elda tried her best to be happy, but she was facing a lot of problems at home, including abuse. She remembers being in school and wanting to have a baby so she could feel less alone. She fell pregnant shortly after and raised her child as a single mother with some money from her parents. Elda remarries and her husband and her must make the trip to the U.S. Elda describes in great detail the horrors she had to witness on her journey. Once she became settled in California, she was able to bring her daughter over as well. Elda recounts the difficulties she faced in her marriage, of which includes emotional abuse, gas lighting, and sexual abuse. Nowadays, Elda is outspoken about the problems she has faced throughout her life. She is a big advocate for therapy, and she talks about how many Latino/a households must break the stigma of domestic abuse. While there has been a lot of hardship in Elda's life, she speaks a lot about the positive moments in her life. She loves her job as a House Keeper, and she loves being a Union Worker. During her free time she volunteers at her church's food kitchen. She also puts a lot of priority on the happiness of her children. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: El Salvador, Culinary Union, sexual abuse, therapy, house keeping | no | 0 |
| Menard, Julie | OH-01282 | 03/17/2006 | Dancer | F849.L35 M426 1997 | yes | 1 |
| Mendelssohn, Fred | 05/24/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Mendoza, John | OH-01283 | 1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Mendoza, Judge John | OH-01284 | 10/14/2005; 05/26/1972 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Westside; Latino community in the early years. Law school, became judge | yes | 8 |
| Mendoza, Virginia | OH-03533 | 2018 December 06 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Virginia Mendoza was born in Michoacán, Mexico. Recalls harsh conditions she and her daughter encountered crossing the border at Tijuana as she traveled to Las Vegas to reunite with her husband. She is an organizer for the Culinary Union #226, has worked at the Fitzgerald Hotel (now the D) since the 1990s. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Culinary Union #226, D Hotel, Fitzgerald Hotel, Mexican ancestry, hotel housekeeping, uniform departments | no | 0 |
| Menefee, Pete | OH-02654 | 4/15/2016 | BELVOHP | Former dancer turned costume designer for Jubilee, Hello Hollywood Hello, and at Radio City Music Hall. Survived the MGM Grand fire in 1980. Danced with Ann Margaret at the Rivera in 1967. Talks about black dancers and Japanese American Dancers on the LV Strip. | no | 0 |
| Merida, Otto | OH-03184 | 2017 May 18 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 M47 2018 Otto Merida was sent to the US in 1961 after Castro's regime took over his father's transportation business. At 14 years of age, Otto landed in Miami as part of the Peter Pan Operation. Catholic Charities sent him to Wilmington, Delaware but he returned to Miami when his parents arrived several years later. Eventually, Otto moves to Las Vegas where he and Auturo Cambeiro started the Latin Chamber of Commerce devoted to the social, political, and financial well-being of the community. | yes | 0 |
| Merl, Patricia A. | OH-01285 | 10/28/2008 | Boyer Early LV OHP | CT247 .M42 2007 Patricia "Pat" Merl became a professional dancer for the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. She moved to Las Vegas and danced in chorus lines in many of the shows of the 1970s. Later she moved into management and also taught in the Hotel School at UNLV. She is now the Director of Gaming Outreach for the International Gaming Institute. Contains appendix with newspaper articles about Patricia Merl and about the Rockettes, Radio City Music hall correspondence with Patricia Merl, and inter-departmental correspondence from the Stardust to the cast of the Lido about Pat Merl Includes index | yes | 0 |
| Merolle, Doris; Rosenberg, Alan; Rosenberg, David | OH-03544 | 2018 December 19 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | This is the story of Doris Merolle (born 4/12/1939) and her two brothers, David (born 5/18/1952) and Alan (born 5/10/1948) Rosenberg. The brothers met Doris for the first time in mid-December 2018. The 2018 letter from her brother David lead to an instant phone call to New York and to a visit from her brothers within a few weeks. Doris' father left Holland for New York just prior to the German invasion. The husband left to prepare a home for his daughter and wife in America but the invasion halted their reunification. Finally, when Doris and her mother left the internment camps in 1945 and made their way to New York, the husband/father had started another family that produced Alan and David. When David retired in 2016, he began an ancestry quest based upon bits of information he had heard over the years. Astonishingly, at one period, the siblings lived very near each other in the Bronx. But the father never discussed his other family though Doris would get visits from him from time to time over the years. Doris migrated to Las Vegas in 1986 following her mother whose desire to leave New York took her out West. Doris was finally convinced to join her mother after years of hearing about the wonders of the desert. Doris never developed that same affection for Las Vegas. Subjects: Holland, internment camps, the Bronx, Red Cross, traveling nurse, ancestry online | no | 0 |
| Meron, Raya | OH-02466 | 2014 July 14 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M47 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Merrill, Ray | OH-01288 | 03/14/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Merwin, Geneva Stark | OH-01289 | 08/24/1983 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education | no | 1 |
| Meswarb, Carmon | OH-01290 | 04/15/1996 and 03/15/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Musician Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Meyers, Ann | OH-02122 | 2/12/2012 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M48 2014 From concentration to ownership of Las Vegas casinos, Myers owned the Cashbah and the and Queen of Hearts in downtown Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Michel, Mary Ann | OH-02504 | 2005 March 16 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784; On March 15th, 2005, Maureen Matteson-Kane and Margaret Louis Interview Mary Ann Michel (born in Chicago, Illinois) in her office at the School of Nursing on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus. Her role in obtaining accreditation for the associate, baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral nursing programs at UNLV is paramount. Mary Ann’s first impression of Las Vegas was that it was desolate and she is proud of the fact that she got to witness Las Vegas become a thriving city. With her help, as the city grew, UNLVs School of Nursing grew right along with it. Mary Ann’s past employment positions include: emergency room nurse at UMC and the chair of the department of nursing at UNLV. | yes | 0 |
| Midbar Kodesh Temple | OH-02461 | April 19, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Two groups of early members of Midbar Kodesh Temple in Henderson NV talk about the founding of the congregation and how it serves the Jewish community. Discuss other aspects of being Jewish in southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Mikelich, Sebestian | OH-01291 | 07/17/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Miks, Marilyn | OH-02962 | 2009 November 06 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Miles, Butch | 09/06/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Miles, Butch | September 3. 1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Miller, Bruce E. | OH-01292 | 2006 May 11 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Miller, Daisy | OH-01293 | 3/22/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | F850.N4.M54 2013Education. Raising children in the Westside community. Daisy Lee Miller moved from Louisiana to Las Vegas in her 20s. She worked in the powder room at the California Club and then went to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and worked at the Economic Opportunity Board in the family planning program while she worked on her degree. Daisy worked as a high school teacher, school counselor, and then assistant principal. She has been active in her church and in community organizations. Her mother worked at the Nevada Test Site | yes | 0 |
| Miller, Denise | OH-01294 | 03/02/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Dancing in Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Miller, Donna | OH-02373 | 2013 March 14 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Miller owns and operates the Flying ICU, an air ambulance service, which she started in 2002. She began working in the ICU at Valley Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1999. | no | 0 |
| Miller, Donna | OH-02444 | 5/15/2015 | BELVOHP | Grew up on a potato farm in Oregon. Moved to Las Vegas in 1954 when the family moved to McNeil Estates and later to 10th street downtown. Walked to school at LV High where she became a Rhythmette during her sophomore year and served through 12th grade. Worked at the Sahara and the Thunderbird. Later became a real estate broker. | no | 0 |
| Miller, Donna Phelps | OH-01295 | February 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 | 1 |
| Miller, Elissa | OH-01296 | 03/03/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Miller, Jane | OH-02371 | 2013 February 14 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After managing an air ambulance service out of Denver, Colorado, Miller moved to Reno, Nevada to manage the new helicopter ambulance service that began in 1980. | no | 0 |
| Miller, Kenneth | OH-01297 | 01/28/2004 | Rotary Club | yes | 1 | |
| Miller, Linda Karen, Dr. | OH-03635 | 2019 July 10 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. Linda Miller earned her PhD at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and then lived and worked in Fairfax where she earned many teaching honors. Once relocated to Las Vegas, her interested turned to the history of this city. She encountered the legacy of Helen J. Stewart and began to personify her through the art of Chautauqua. She wrote a well-received book about Stewart as well. Subjects: Chautauqua, Helen J. Stewart, Old Mormon Fort, Lee Koury, Argent Trial | no | 0 |
| Miller, Mary F (Botts) | OH-02125 | 6/12/2010 | BELVOHP | Mary is related to the Stewart family, uncle born at the Old Mormon Fort. Dad fished in Colorado river before it was dammed. (Will be produced in volume with Owen Bunker, LaRue and Dick Worthen, and Janice Zobrist) | no | 0 |
| Miller, Micheal | OH-01298 | 04/05/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Miller, Norma | 10/28/1984 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Miller, Roger | 06/14/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Miller, Roger | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Miller, Wes | OH-01299 | 03/08/1998 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 2 | |
| Miller-Newcomb, Terry | OH-01300 | 10/10/2005 | UNLV | LD3745 .M54 2007 | yes | 2 |
| Millington, Barbara | OH-01301 | 03/02/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 1 |
| Mills, David | OH-01302 | 03/07/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Small Business, Slot Machines, Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Mills, Hughie and Greta | OH-01303 | 4/7/2011 | Boyer Early LV OHP | CT247 .M44 2007 Hughie and Greta Mills were originally from Charlestown, West Virginia. They married in 1954 in New York City. He was an educator at Columbia and she was a librarian. They retired and moved to Las Vegas in 1989 Notes Includes appendix with article from school newsletter about Greta, honors announcements, articles about Hughie, copies of newspaper clippings with stories about Hughie, and a copy of an employment letter | yes | 0 |
| Mills, Morgan | OH-01304 | 03/26/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Hoover Dam | yes | 1 |
| Mills, Ruth Annette | OH-01305 | 11/20/2008 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.M64.A3 2009 Ruth Annette Mills was an elementary school teacher in Las Vegas and is a community activist who was active in the League of Women Voters. She was the facilitator for the school integration program here and started the Nevada Health Care Reform Project | yes | 0 |
| Millson, Cathie | OH-02089 | 6/10/2014 | Ward 1 | yes | 0 | |
| Milton, Billie | OH-01306 | 05/05/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1940 - | no | 1 |
| Minero, Mariano | OH-03530 | 2018 December 07 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Marinao Minero was born in a small town named San Juan in the state of La Paz in El Salvador. Minero was born to a humble farming family. Minero recalls spending his childhood helping his father harvest coffee and cotton. As Minero got older and the political climate worsened in El Salvador his family began to worry about his well being. Eventually Minero's grandmother decided to send him away to the states before war broke out in the small country. Minero arrived in Los Angeles, where he was able to find work in the hotel industry. In 2004, Minero made the move to Las Vegas to continue working in the hotel industry, this time however he found work within a union, something he always wanted. Minero keeps active in union, attending and participating in as many as events as he can. Interview conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Salvadorean Coffee and Cotton industry, Salvadorean Civil War, Culinary Union | no | 0 |
| Mink Colbert, Margot | OH-02182 | 11/11/2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | UNLV professor of Jewish ancestry talks about her heritage, her dancing, and the choreography and story of Jewish immigration that she tells in her Transitions Trilogy. | no | 0 |
| Minnear, Beverly J. | OH-01307 | 2003 April 15 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Minsky, Harold | 01/21/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Mintz, Yocheved (Rabbi) | OH-02284 | March 11, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | In 1997 Rabbi Mintz, longtime educator, arrived in Las Vegas; husband Dr. Alan Mintz founder of Cenegenics. 2005 became spiritual leader of what is now known as Congregation P'nai Tikvah. | yes | 0 |
| Mirabal, Nora | OH-03665 | 2019 August 30 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Cuban refugee family by way of Spain and then to the US; arrived in Las Vegas in 1973 when Nora was 9 years old. Struggled in youth but rises up as embraces education. Currently is Assistant Director of Academic Partnership at CSN Subjects: Jumpstart Concurrent Enrollment Program, CSN, Cuban immigrant and culture F850.S75 M573 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Mirage Hotel Opening | 11/22/1989 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Miranda, Tony | OH-01308 | 07/24/2006 | UNLV | LD3745 .M57 2007 | yes | 2 |
| Miranda, Tony Dr. | OH-01308 | 07/24/2006 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | Dr. Miranda taught Chicano studies from the beginning of the ethnic studies program at UNLV and was the chair of the Anthropology and Ethnic Studies Department | yes | 0 |
| Mirchandani, Ashok "Ash" | OH-03738 | 2021-03-11 | Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project | Interviewed by Kristel Peralta, Cecilia Winchell, Stefani Evans. Born in Kalkota, West Bengal, India, youngest child in a businessman's household, Ashok Mirchandani graduated from the University of Calcutta with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. After arriving in Las Vegas in 2002, he worked with the State of Nevada under three Republican governors, eventually becoming Director of the Department of Business and Industry, where he focused on small business development and advocacy. He coordinated the Governor's Conference on Small Business, developed the Nevada Home Retention Program, and founded the non-profit United Citizens Foundation, which provides free mental health services to at-risk Clark County School District children. He promotes Asian political activism and chaired the Biden for President Nevada AAPI Leadership Council. Subjects: Kalkota, Calcutta, India, small business, foreclosed houses, mental health, politics, Diwali, Holi. | no | 0 |
| Mississippi of the West | 07/04/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Documentary | no | 1 | |
| Miztri, Rose and Rachel Parker | OH-02628 | 3/7/2016 | BELVOHP | A transgendered couple (both male to female) who assist transgender youth locate housing, employment and become comfortable within a world that is changing in the understanding to sexual identity. Rose was named person of the year by Q Magazine. She is experiencing stage 4 lung cancer. | no | 0 |
| Mlynarczyk, Flo | OH-01309 | 07/07/2005 | Boyer Early Las vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M48 2007 Flo Mlynarczyk lived in Tonopah in the 1940s. She worked in propane sales Las Vegas in the early 60s, she has been involved with the UNLV University Library Society, Mesquite Club, and other community groups. Flo worked for the Las Vegas Convention Center and is a water colorist. Her husband worked at the Nevada Test Site | yes | 2 |
| Mohler, John | OH-02369 | 2013 January 18 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Mohler received a degree in biology from the University of Nevada, Reno. He began working for AIDS Ambulance at age 19. In 1977 he began teaching CPR classes, and in 1980 he became an EMT. He became an RN in 1985 and began flying for St. Mary's Hospital's Care Flight. | no | 0 |
| Molasky, Beth | OH-02123 | 6/2/2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Daughter of developer Irwin Molasky talks about her own real estate/development work; being from Las Vegas. F850 J5 M637 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Molasky, Irwin | OH-01310 | LV Review Journal-First 100 | no | 3 | ||
| Molasky, Irwin | OH-02154 | April 23, 2014 | Boyer Early Las Vegas | Early Las Vegas developer | yes | 1 |
| Molasky, Irwin and Susan | OH-01311 | 2006 | I Remember When: Recollections from LV Jewish Leaders | F850.J5.M64 2005 One of the most significant developers - Boulevard Mall and Sunrise Hospital. Started UNLV Foundation. | no | 0 |
| Molasky, Susan | OH-02140 | 03/11/2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Founding member of Nathan Adelson Hospice; wife of a founding developer and businessman Irwin Molasky. F850.J5 M638 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Molen, Joanne Pattiani | OH-02679 | 1997 January 25 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 M645 1997 In July of 1955, Joanne Molen's husband was offered a job at Nellis Air Force Base, so they moved from Alturas, California, to Las Vegas. Joanne had worked for Citizens Utilities in Alturas as a Western Union teletype operator, so she got a job with the Southern Nevada Telephone Company. She was the only woman to hold some of the positions she held. She worked for the telephone company, which became Sprint, for more than forty years, ending up as a main engineer. Joanne also was a volunteer and was active in community organizations including the American Ex-Prisoners of War and the Disabled American Veterans organizations, which lead to her being appointed by Governor Richard Bryan to the state of Nevada's Veterans Advisory Commission where she became the first woman to hold the position of chairman for the Commission. She was also voted Women of the Year four times by the local chapter of the American Business Women's Association for her work with veterans. | yes | 0 |
| Monaco, Mario C. | OH-01312 | 03/12/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education | yes | 1 |
| Monaco, Mario C. | OH-02963 | 2002 April 26 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 1 |
| Monahan, George | OH-01313 | 03/28/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Flood control | no | 1 |
| Mongeot, Jacqueline & Veronica Mongeot Folsom | OH-02802 | 8/16/2016 | BELVOHP | Grew up in France, teenager during the German occupation, moved to Las Vegas with husband who worked at Stardust as special effects person and stage manager. In that capacity, he met entertainers with no place to go for holidays and invited them home where the family was exposed to the Strip performer in a family fashion that was diverse and cosmopolitan. Family changed their home in Paradise Valley to green oasis with gardens, trees, and animals. Now lives in San Diego on the beach in retirement condo purchased before their retirement. | no | 0 |
| Monica, Corbett | 11/28/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Monroe, Jack L. Jr. | OH-01314 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Food service | yes | 1 |
| Monson, Loretta | OH-01315 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | ||
| Montandon, Michael "Mike" | OH-02839 | 2016 September 22, 2016 October 04 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 M654 2016 Real Estate broker, three-term mayor NLV (1997-2009) during period of rapid growth. President, NAIOP Southern Nevada. Broker, Providence Commercial; Previously Vice President, Business Development and Govt Affairs, DC Building Group; Managing Partner Insight Investment Partners; Managing Director Voit Real Estate Services; Director Government Affairs, Core Construction; Buisness Development, Nevada Construction Services | yes | 0 |
| Montano, Mike | OH-02135 | 9/19/2008 | All That Jazz | First played in Las Vegas with Jack E. Leonard in 1960. Only worked at two hotels during his 24-year Las Vegas career - Flamingo and Riviera. ML394.M65 2008 | yes | 0 |
| Monteith, Kelly | 10/28/1975 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Montes de Oca, Adela | OH-03532 | 2018 December 07 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Adela Montes De Oca was born in a small town in Mexico. Montes describes her childhood as a happy and festive one. She recalls constantly playing out in the streets playing with the neighborhood children. Montes recalls the whole neighborhood getting together at one house to watch television. In Mexico, Montes aspired to be a teacher, but was unable to achieve her goal due to the financial cost of school. Montes opted instead to become a social worker, she spent 20 years working with children in Mexican orphanages. In 2003, Montes decided to move to Las Vegas to join her family who had immigrated years prior. Montes is currently active in the Culinary Union taking part in political campaigns and union organizing. Interview conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Mexico, social work, Culinary Union | no | 0 |
| Montes, Francis | OH-02674 | 2001 October-December, 2002 August 24 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F850.S75 M66 2003 Frances "Fran" Montes is the first woman to serve as president of Hispanics in Politics (HIP) and one of a small number of Hispanic women who are acknowedged as spokespersons for the diverse Hispanic community in the Las Vegas Valley. She is the Diversity Officer for Bechtel Nevada Corporation, a member of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Community Advisory Board of the Women's Research Institute of Nevada, and one of the earliest members of NALA (Nevada Association of Latin Americans). | yes | 0 |
| Montgomery, Mont | 03/10/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Moody, Bill | August 19.1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Moody-Nixon-Reuter Family | OH-02341 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Lowell Moody was fire chief of the Hawthorne Volunteer Fire Department in the 1940s, and his family has continued service at the Hawthorne Valley Fire Department in the following decades. Steve Moody, Rick Reuter, Barbara Reuter, Mark Nixon, Craig Nixon, Kyle Reuter, and Lindsey Reuter were interviewed for Elwood Schmidt's book "A History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada." | no | 0 |
| Mooney, Courtney | OH-01316 | 07/30/2007 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849. L35 M655 2010 Courtney Mooney is the Urban Design Coordinator for the City of Las Vegas. She is an architect and has a graduate degree in historic preservation. She discusses the John S. Park Neighborhood and its designation as a historic district | yes | 0 |
| Moore, Bill | 04/28/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 | |
| Moore, Daniel A. | OH-01317 | 03/03/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 1 | |
| Moore, Frances | OH-01318 | 03/01/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Moore, Frances | OH-01319 | undated | Ralph Roske Interviews | no | 1 | |
| Moore, Joyce | OH-02465 | 2013-01-22 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Rancho High School Class of 1962 | yes | 0 |
| Moore, Maria | OH-03698 | 2019 August 02 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Born in Belize, Director of AARP, speaks English, Spanish and Creole. Specialist in senior affairs. Subjects: Belize, AARP F850.S75 M667 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Moore, Sue | OH-02372 | 2012 December 07 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After working as a nurse in Hawaii, Moore helped start a paramedic service in Reno, Nevada in 1977. In 2000 Moore joined Care Flight and has been active with developing emergency standards for the Nevada State Board of Nursing. | no | 0 |
| Moore, W.M., Jr. | OH-01321 | 05/05/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 5 | |
| Moore, William K. | OH-01322 | 2001 July 20 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Moore-Marshall, Joyce | OH-01324 | 03/25/2008 | Heart to Heart : A Las Vegas Health Care OHP & BELVOPH of Rancho HS | R154.M297 M37 2009 Joyce Marshall-Moore talks about the career of her mother, Agnes Rasmussen Marshall, who worked as a nurse at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, Las Vegas Hospital, and Vegas Valley Convalescent Hospital CT247 M64 2012 Joyce Moore's family moved to Las Vegas from Chicago in 1953 when she was eight years old. She attended Rancho High School. Joyce worked at the Daily Fax and then at the Aladdin and Circus Circus doing a variety of office and accounting jobs. Then she worked as a cocktail waitress at the MGM for five years. This interview covers her life in Las Vegas from the mid-1950 until the mid-1970s | yes | 0 |
| Mora, Alber | OH-03529 | 2018 December 07 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Alber Mora was born in Cuba on January 4, 1978. Mora's father was a military officer in Cuba while his mother attended to the matters of the home. Due to his older brother facing pressures to join the military Mora's family decided to leave the island on a fishing boat in 1994. When the family first arrived to the United States they were relocated to Houston, Texas. In Houston, Mora met his wife, Rosmary, another Cuban exile. They married in 1997, shortly after they decided to move to Los Angeles to live with Rosmary's family. In Los Angeles, Mora working at the famous Cuban bakery, Porto's. After a few years Mora left Los Angeles for Las Vegas where he found work at Caesars Palace. Since his arrival, Mora has been park of the Culinary Union where he works as Shop Steward. Interview conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Cuba, Castro, Porto's, Culinary Union, Shop Steward | no | 0 |
| Morales-Jackson, Catherine | OH-01325 | 05/05/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .M67 2007 Catherine (Cathy) Morales-Jackson started working as a classified employee in the UNLV Library in 1981. She worked in periodicals, the microform area, and in binding. She retired in 2010 | yes | 0 |
| Morales-Jackson, Catherine | OH-01325 | 5/5/2010 | Boyer Early LV Oral History Project - Library | Catherine (Cathy) Morales-Jackson started working as a classified employee in the UNLV Library in 1981. She worked in periodicals, the microform area, and in binding. She retired in 2010 Includes index | yes | 0 |
| Moran, Monsignor Peter | OH-01326 | 02/21/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Moran, T.J. | OH-01327 | 03/20/1976 and 03/24/1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Morelli, Helen | OH-01328 | 03/06/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, music, husband popular band director | yes | 1 |
| Morena, Rita | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 3 | ||
| Moreo, Patrick J | OH-01329 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .M66 2007 | yes | 0 | |
| Morgan, Jack & Shirley | 12/27/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Morgan, Richard | OH-01331 | 11/07/2006 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.M67 2007 Richard Morgan practiced law, was the dean of the law schools at Arizona State University and at the University of Wyoming, and was the first dean of the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV | yes | 1 |
| Morgan, William | OH-02862 | 2016 October 21 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | HV6711 .M66 2017 Nevada Gaming Schools, Imperial Palace, MGM Grand, Stratosphere, Grand Tunica, New York-New York, Aladdin, Lady Luck, Atlantic City Coin & Slot | yes | 0 |
| Morris, Bobby | OH-02636 | 09/07/2004 | Arnold Shaw | F850.J5 M668 2014b Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | yes | 3 |
| Morris, Bobby | OH-02638 | March 24, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 M668 2014 Professional drummer and musical director in Las Vegas since 1950. Owner of Bobby Morris Agency. Escaped Poland with his family in 1937. Talks about getting to Las Vegas and many of the people he played with, for and managed. He was first musical director at International when it opened with Elvis. | yes | 0 |
| Morris, Daryl | OH-02576 | Feb 16, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Born and raised in Las Vegas; son of musician Bobby Morris and Paula Morris. Actor, insurance agent and member of the Jewish community. | yes | 0 |
| Morris, J.D. | OH-01332 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Morris, Paulette | OH-01333 | 1/6/2009 | Boyer Early LV OHP | yes | 0 | |
| Morris, William | OH-01334 | 02/22/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | UNLV Women Sports | no | 1 |
| Morrison, Jane Ann | OH-03617 | 2019 May 10 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Jane Ann Morrison transferred to Las Vegas from Fort Smith, Arkansas, where she had worked as a newspaper reporter. The Donrey Media Group owned the Southwest Times Record newspaper in Fort Smith along with the Las Vegas Review Journal. In 1976, she became a night cop chasing stories that required a police response. Three years later, Jane Ann went over to the Nevadan, a portion of the paper that allowed a more in depth reporting style. Morrison was happy there but later hit the political beat. She tells stories of Yobo, a political corruption string, the G String Sting, encounters with mobsters, and Howard Hughes. Subjects: Review Journal, Donrey Media Group, The Nevadan, Ned Day, A.D. Hopkins, Bill Vincent, Yobo, G String Sting, Operation Cat House, Howard Hughes | yes | 0 |
| Morrison, Lillian | OH-01335 | 02/5/1996, 02/10/1996 | Boulder City Library | Lillian Morrison was the first uniformed female who worked for Park Service and has worked for Reclamation for 20 years during the war at Camp Williston. Morrison recalls life in Boulder City during the late 1930s and 1940s. Morrison is the wife of Lloyd Shorty Morrison. | yes | 6 |
| Morrison, Lillian | OH-01336 | 07/29/1996 | no | 1 | ||
| Morrison, Norma Cleveland | OH-02375 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Morrison moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1953 and was employed as a nurse. She became a head nurse of the emergency departments of Memorial Hospital and Valley Hospital. In the 1970s she pursued certifications in CPR training and taught until her retirement in 1987. | no | 0 |
| Morrow, Sue | OH-01338 | 09/29/2000 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | no | 2 | |
| Morrow, Sue H. | OH-01339 | 02/12/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education, School leader, School employee | no | 2 |
| Mortensen, Carl | OH-01340 | 03/03/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Small business, floods in Las Vegas changes | no | 1 |
| Mortenson, Harry | OH-01341 | 4/8/2014 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Work at the Nevada Test Site as a Nuclear Physicist. Business owner with shop in the newly constructed Boulevard Mall. Second interview will cover tenure in the Nevada State Legislature. | no | 0 |
| Mortenson, Helen | OH-02095 | 5/6/2014 | BELVOHP | Vice president of Cygnus Scientific, a consulting firm specializing in nuclear, radiological and environmental issues. Interview covers The Ice Age Park, campaign management for Harry Mortenson, archaeological pursuits, and her discovery of a Shasta Ground Sloth thought to have lived 20,000 years ago at Devil's Peak, NV, now on display at the NV State Museum Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Moses, Billy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Moses, Larry | OH-01342 | 4/4/2003 | Principle | Education; Moses is a retired principal from Clark and Lyon counties in Nevada, Moses was a principal for middle and high school. Moses was the first teacher to be admitted to the Educational Administration doctorate program at UNLV. | yes | 1 |
| Moss, John Hardie Jr. | OH-01343 | 02/22/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Poker, high stakes gambling, changes in games, cheating | no | 1 |
| Mossman, Zach | OH-02930 | 2017 January 05 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | Interviewed by David Schwartz. Treasure Island, Aria, Cosmpolitan, IGT, Baha Mar, Scientific Games. | yes | 0 |
| Mowry, Barbara | OH-01344 | 02/16/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Restaurant Business, old Las Vegas family | no | 1 |
| Moyer, Donald C. | OH-01345 | 04/17/2007 | UNLV | LD3745 .M68 2007 Moyer was a former president of UNLV | yes | 1 |
| Mudra, Shirley | OH-01346 | 11/30/2011 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - Shake Rattle & Roll | CT247 .M83 2007 Stories of husband who worked at the Test Site and could not share work with his family; secrecy not good for family understanding. | yes | 0 |
| Mueller, Jo Ann | OH-01347 | 8/26/2011 | Boyer Early LV OHP - Shake Rattle & Roll | CT247 .M84 2007 Family coping when husband cannot share work at the NV Test Site. | yes | 0 |
| Mugleston-Kelly, Charlotte | OH-02145 | 8/7/2014 | BELVOHP | Danced with Rhythmettes at Las Vegas HS. Miss North LV. Owned series of bar / liquor stores | no | 0 |
| Mujica, Leslie | OH-03661 | 2020-06-02 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project; The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the Covid-19 Pandemic | Immigrated from Guatemala with her parents in 1980 and was raised in Southern California, the middle child of three. Moved to Las Vegas in 2005 and pursued a career in non-profits and construction, which led to her current position as Executive Director and Chief Marketing Officer of Las Vegas Power Professionals. 2009 UNLV graduate of the Master's in Public Administration. Board member of Latinx Voices project, Alumni Legacy Board. | no | 0 |
| Mule Deer, Gary | 1/23/80 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 3 | |
| Mulford, Davis Anne | OH-01348 | 06/07/2002 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 6 | |
| Mulholland, Anthony | OH-02253 | 11/21/2014 | AfAm - Student | CSN Professor | no | 0 |
| Mulidore, Jimmy | OH-02491 | 2009 March 23 | All That Jazz | Saxophone player | yes | 0 |
| Mullin, Michael | OH-03642 | 2019 September 09 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Mike Mullin is the founder of Nevada Hand, the state's largest nonprofit dedicated to the development, management, and administration of high-quality homes and supportive services for working families and seniors with fixed incomes. CEO Mike Mullin founded Nevada Hand in 1993 and retired from the successful enterprise in September 2019, one week prior to this interview. Mike was born in Akron, Ohio, grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, and moved with the family to Rockford, Ill in 10th grade. After a few years in college, he moved to Las Vegas to try his poker skills while living in his van in the Golden Nuggett parking lot. After a month, he moved into an apartment and went to school to become a craps dealer. In 1984, he went into real estate development and in 1993, filed for the Articles of Incorporation for a nonprofit that became Nevada Hand. He and his family lived of credit cards, personal loans, and a few real estate transactions until Nevada Hand began to flourish. At his retirement, the organization has 4200 units and 7200 residents. Mike Mullin is now seeking his next venture. Subjects: Sierra Pines, Capistrano Pines, Tax credits, Affordable Housing Program, RDA funds, Golden Nugget, Horseshoe, Irish Show Band, Marina Hotel, Tropicana | no | 0 |
| Mulroy, Patricia | OH-01349 | 11/18/2013 | BELVOHP | CT 247 M844 2012 Arrival in Las Vegas as UNLV student. Role in protecting the region's water into the future. Life and management strategies. Patricia Mulroy was the general manager of the Las Vegas Valley Water District from 1989 to 2014 and was the general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority from 1993 to 2014. See also: Interview with Pat Mulroy for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project: OH-02929 | yes | 0 |
| Mulroy, Patricia | OH-02929 | 2017 January 03 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 M847 2016 Discusses 1991 formation and function of Southern Nevada Water Authority and how it enabled the various jurisdictions in Southern Nevada to work together to continue to grow. See also: earlier interview with Patricia Mulroy for Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project: OH-01349 | yes | 0 |
| Mulroy, Thomas | OH-01350 | 02/22/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Mulroy, Thomas | OH-02848 | 03/16/1976 | Roske | Interviewed by Richard L. Bidelman. Las Vegas downtown, local government, citizen participation in the 1950s. Old City Hall, Mormon Fort, dairy commission, building of Showboat. | no | 1 |
| Munford, Harvey | OH-02439 | 1/21/2015 | AfAm | State Assembly service, issues he supported including prison reform, 38 years as a CCSD school teacher; description of Jackson and D Streets. | no | 0 |
| Munis, Elodia | OH-03570 | 2019 February 15 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Elodia Muniz was born in Mexico and moved to Las Vegas in 1989. She worked as a guest room attendant at the casino, the Frontier. In 1991, she joined the Culinary Union strike against the Frontier. She is currently a Union Representative. Interviewed conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Culinary Union Local 226 | no | 0 |
| Munson, Ted | OH-01351 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Murcardo, Elva | OH-01352 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Niece of Margie Grubb | no | 1 | |
| Murialdo, Lee | OH-01353 | 02/26/1978 - 1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas History | no | 1 |
| Murphy, Florence | OH-01354 | 09/08/1998 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Murphy, John Henry | OH-01355 | 09/22/2012 | 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 | 1 |
| Murphy, M.F. | OH-01356 | 03/2/1973 | Oral Nevada History Roske | Murphy was born in St. Thomas, Nevada | yes | 0 |
| Murphy, Michael Martin | 11/20/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | |
| Murphy, William | OH-01357 | 02/20/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Old Las Vegas, Wedding Chapel at Sal Sager Hotel 1942, Teamster member | no | 1 |
| Murray, Jan | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Murray, Lawrence | OH-03154 | 2017 March 13 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Pastor Murray serves as leader of one of the 38 Las Vegas locations of the Church of God in Christ. He arrived in the Westside in 1960; knows community leaders especially those in the spiritual community - Bishop Cox, Rev. Coleman, and Bishop Rogers; and worked as a carpenter, trained by Local 1780 through their 4-year educational program. Worked with J.A. Tiberti for 17 years. | no | 0 |
| Muscelli, Emillio | OH-01358 | 11/25/2008 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project] | CT247 .M87 2007 Emilio Muscelli was born in Italy, he came to America in 1948 and worked at the Copacabana in New York. His boss there was Jack Entratter, who brought him to Las Vegas when he opened the Sands in 1952. Emilio worked as a maitre d' for many years, mostly at the Sands. He was friends with Bobby Darren and Cary Grant and met many other celebrities | yes | 0 |
| Mushkin, Rhonda | OH-03502 | 2018 October 23 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Born in Southern Nevada in 1959, Rhonda's parents were entrepreneurs who owned retail shoe and clothing businesses in the 1960s, opened a Super 8 Motel on Boulder Highway, and other real estate endeavors. She is a divorce attorney. Subjects: Growing up Jewish in Las Vegas, retail stores on Fremont and Las Vegas Blvd. | no | 0 |
| Musician's Strike | OH-02604 | 03/09/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Musician's Strike | OH-02604 | 03/17/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Musician's Strike | OH-02604 | 03/22/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Musician's Strike | OH-02604 | 03/27/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Musician's Strike | OH-02604 | 03/22/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 4 |
| Myers, Dennis | OH-02559 | 2005 March 23 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Myers, Harry | OH-01359 | 02/27/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Myers has been in Nevada since 1942, where he moved from St. Louis, Missouri to work for Basic Magnesium plant. | no | 1 |
| Myles, Curtis L III | OH-03156 | 2017 March 16 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | This Las Vegas native recalls his childhood in the Westside's Cadillac Arms, Windsor Park, and Bonanza Village neighborhoods, where he attended Bonanza Elementary School, Gibson Junior High School, and Western High School, before attending Colorado State University on a basketball scholarship. Graduating in Economics, Myles worked transportation sales before returning to Las Vegas, where he worked at McCarran Airport, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC), and the Las Vegas Monorail. In this interview, Myles gives a short history of corporate gaming mergers as they apply to Monorail transit in Southern Nevada and speaks to the future of Monorail transport relative to the airport, Maryland Parkway, and Downtown Las Vegas. | no | 0 |
| Nabit, Mary | OH-01360 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Casino industry, Cocktail waitress, Changes in casino procedure | no | 1 |
| Nabors, Jim | 10/19/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Nadar, Richard | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Naegle, Gertrude | OH-01361 | 03/31/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas and Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Nagley, | OH-02419 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Nakter, Thomas | OH-01362 | 11/13/2006 | UNLV | Early UNLV faculty | yes | 2 |
| Narkter, Thomas | OH-01362 | 11/13/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.N37 2007 Dr. Thomas Nartker has been a professor of mathematics, a computer scientist for Shell Oil, and a director of the computer center at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He and Dr. Taghva started the UNLV Inofrmation Science Research Institute and did research on optical character recognition for the Department of Energy | yes | 0 |
| Nasser, Stephen | OH-03380 | 2017 January 17 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 N37 2014 At age 13, Stephen Nasser was whisked away with his brother from the Hungarian home and sentenced to Auschwitz. He is an international speaker, author, and educator on the Holocaust who makes Las Vegas his home since 1993. | yes | 0 |
| Nathan, Arte | OH-02493 | 2014-12-11 | BELVOHP | CT247 .N37 2014 Culinary Union | yes | 0 |
| Naugle, Helen | OH-03592 | 1996 October 31 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Real estate. | yes | 0 |
| Nave "DeDee" Daveen | OH-02418 | 6/8/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 N38 2014 Arrived in Las Vegas in 1971 with husband, an early veterinarian. DeDee tells about work with the Junior League, Camp Fire Girls, and as official decorator for several politicians. She served on many board including the Allied Arts Council, City Arts Commission, State Arts Council, and as president of the Junior League. Explains the beginning of the Children's Discovery Museum and the second session is regarding the 2014-15 season of programming for the Junior League's Morelli House - The Rat Pack, The Copa Room, Sinatra. | yes | 0 |
| Nay Turner, Mildred | OH-03473 | 1999 September 05; 2000 May 08 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Neal, Carrie | OH-02512 | 11/15/2015 | AfAm | Life in Las Vegas, migration from the South, work in the back-of-the-house, the black church and the influence of the Culinary Union. Interview collected by grand daughter; student in Dr. Celeste's Black Studies class, Fall 2015. | no | 0 |
| Neal, Joe | OH-01363 | 06/01/2006 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .N42 2007 Senator Joe Neal is from Mound, Louisiana, and came to Las Vegas in 1954. He served as a Nevada state senator for 32 years. Know for legislation to improve fire safety in hotels and for attempting to increase gaming taxes. | yes | 7 |
| Neal, Withania | OH-01368 | 08/09/2006 | Katrina | no | 2 | |
| Nelson, Brad | OH-03282 | 2017 October 30 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 N43 2017 With 15 years of planning experience, a Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture with emphasis on Urban Planning, and an M.S. degree in Urban Planning, Brad Nelson had no hesitation in accepting an offer from Mark Fine to move to Henderson to help master plan Green Valley. Arriving with his wife and two young children in 1984, he set to work on entitlements and master planning. He recalls planning various parcels, the village of Silver Springs, the village of Fox Ridge, the Fountains, and the Green Valley Athletic Club. He discusses the Green Valley ethos of planning for a good quality of family life by making space for churches, schools, and parks; providing a variety of housing price points, public art, and open space and working with homeowners' associations; and developing golf courses, fighting the "Water Wars" of the 1970s and 1980s, and introducing SPUIs--Single Point Urban Interchanges. He remembers staying with American Nevada Corporation until 1999, when he was recruited by Ron Boeddeker, to take over as the COO of Lake Las Vegas. Boeddeker's vision of creating LLV as a resort community was ultimately thwarted by distance and the economy. Nelson left in 2006, when the Park Cattle Co. of Minden, NV, hired him to help them manage their portfolio of land, casinos, and the Edgewood Golf Course in Lake Tahoe. After reorganizing and rebranding the company as Edgewood Companies, he retired in 2010, and returned to Southern Nevada and Lake Las Vegas. Subjects: Henderson, NV; Green Valley; Lake Las Vegas; Urban planning; Master planning; Master-planned communities; Water Wars; Park Cattle Co.; Edgewood Companies; Minden, NV | yes | 0 |
| Nelson, Jared | OH-01371 | 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Law Enforcement; Organized crime. Interviewer: Phillip Nelson. | no | 1 |
| Nelson, Jared | OH-01370 | 02/28/1979 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Nevada history. Interviewer: Phillip Nelson | no | 1 |
| Nelson, Kathie | OH-02374 | 2013 February 07 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Nelson started taking EMS classes in 1985 and became an ambulance operator in Las Vegas, Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Nelson, Laralee | OH-01372 | 4/20/2010 | Boyer Early LV Oral History Project - Library | CT247 .N44 2007 Laralee Nelson worked as a cataloger in UNLV Libraries from 1982 to 2010 | yes | 0 |
| Nelson, Lawrence | OH-01373 | 02/22/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Iceplant and RR employee | no | 1 |
| Nelson, Paulette | OH-01374 | 03/02/2009 | UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty | LD3745 .N443 2007 Paulette Nelson Moved to Las Vegas in 1981 and worked at the Nevada Test Site for two years. After that, she was offered a position in the cataloging department at UNLV Libraries. She eventually became the supervisor of the Architecture Studies Library and held that postion for nine years until her retirement in 2009 | yes | 0 |
| Nelson, Tommy | OH-01375 | 11/28/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City, 1930-1950 | no | 4 |
| Nelson, Willie | 03/05/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Netski, Linda Mathias "Matt" | OH-02388 | 2013 March 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Netski began working as a nurse in Las Vegas, Nevada at Sunrise Hospital in 1969. She was enamored with the ambulance service after working in the emergency room, and in 1974 became the first female ambulance attendant. She quit riding in the ambulance full-time in 2000 but maintains a supervisory role. | no | 0 |
| Nevada Test Site | 02/11/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Harley Harmon | no | 1 | |
| Neville, Gladys | OH-02775 | 2004 June 02 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Gladys Neville is a nurse who was deployed to Italy during World War II. She worked as a nurse and as a head nurse at University Medical Center. | yes | 0 |
| Nevin, Mike | OH-02376 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Nevin joined the Virginia City, Nevada fire department when he was in high school. He was employed by the Nevada Division of Forestry for fire service from 1974 to 1998. He was trained as an EMT in 1976. | no | 0 |
| Newcomb-Terry Miller | OH-01300 | 10/10/2005 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | Terry Miller-Newcomb was born in Las Vegas and remembers how Las Vegas was in the 50s-70s. Her father Chub Drakulich started the physical education program and the basketball team at Southern Nevada University (now UNLV). Her grandmother worked as a secretary for the Bureau of Mines in Boulder City on the project to construct Hoover Dam. Terry attended UNR, was an advertising account executive, and now owns a private practice in marriage and family therapy | yes | 0 |
| Newell, D.L. | OH-01376 | 02/26/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson 1950's - jobs, family life | no | 1 |
| Newhart, Bob | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Newhart, Bob | 07/01/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Newman, Helen D. | OH-01377 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Girl scouts, Family life | no | 1 |
| Newman, Jimmy | OH-01378 | 6/6/1977 | Local Oral History Project - Roske | Gambling history - 60s and 70s | no | 0 |
| Newman, Mike | OH-01379 | 03/02/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gambling writer | no | 1 |
| Newsom, Donna | OH-01380 | 6/11/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | R154.N52 A3 2009 Early nurse in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Newton, Anthony | 12/29/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Newton, Augusta | OH-01381 | 10/13/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Newton, Wayne | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 4 | ||
| Newton, Wayne | 01/19/1996 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Newton, Wayne | 04/11/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Newton,Mabel | OH-01382 | 02/26/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Social organizations, Economic growth, Henderson, Industry days parade | no | 1 |
| Nicholas, Alexander | OH-01383 | 02/24/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, changes in Nevada | no | 1 |
| Nickell, Clara Ann | OH-01384 | 03/05/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City, Nickell moved from California to Boulder City to work at the Hoover Dam. | no | 1 |
| Nickell, William | OH-01385 | 01/07/1975 | Hoover Dam | Hoover Dam, Operations of the Hoover Dam | no | 1 |
| Nielson, Howard E. | OH-01386 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Nighswonger, Elmer H and Eleanor | OH-01387 | 02/02/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Fire Department WWII Depression Era | no | 1 |
| Nighswonger, Elmer H. | OH-01388 | 04/02/1976 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Fire Department, WWII Depression Era. Interviewer: Larry Davis. | no | 1 |
| Nighswonger, Elmer H. | OH-01389 | 02/21/1979 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Fire Chief. Interviewer: James Sullivan. | no | 1 |
| Nightingale, Mark | 09/21/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Ken Hanlon | no | 1 | |
| Nitz, Ashley | OH-03393 | 2018 February 06 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. Ashley Nitz and her girlfriend Laura made plans to attend the Route 91 Country music festival as a "staycation" weekend at the Trump. Neither wanted to pay for VIP seating but found the House of Blues tent that contained an upstairs area for VIPs. They paid the extra $100 on Saturday evening and found it was a perfect space for enjoying the concert. As on Friday night, they left early. Sunday night, they returned to the House of Blues tent and vowed to stay until the end. But as the concert wore on, they changed their minds and were heading across the venue as the first shots rang out. They were heading away from the Mandalay Bay and ran toward the exit that they had used to enter and exit on Las Vegas Blvd, farthest away from the hotel. They ran toward the Tropicana and hid in the lobby behind a planter well before the hotel went into lock down mode. They hid for a while because they could not determine what was happening - Who was shooting? Were there numerous shooters? Was he/she/they in the hotel? Soon, the Tropicana ran announcements that the doors were being locked and gave instructions where everyone should go. Even hotel guests in rooms had to congregate in the appointed convention center area. Medical assistance, water, and other aide were provided there. Finally, in the wee hours of the morning people were allowed to leave the premises. Transportation was almost at a standstill. Getting back to the Trump proved to be a real challenge. But friends and family knew that Ashley was safe because she charged her phone at the Tropicana and contacted people who spread the good news.But what she witnessed will never be forgotten. Ashley is proud of the Las Vegas response. She was probably inundated more than many because a day or so before Route 91, she had just returned from delivering supplies to Houston and surrounding areas in Texas. Subjects: Houston, House of Blues, Trump Tower, Assistance League, Tropicana Hotel Casino, Big & Rich, Jake Owen, Jason Aldean, Uber, Heather, the bartender | no | 0 |
| Nitz, William Owen | OH-01390 | 03/12/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Attorney in the 1960's, Member of the Air Force, grow of the Nellis area | no | 1 |
| Noblitt, Mary | OH-01391 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Nolen, Jewel | OH-01392 | 03/05/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Boardwalk on Fremont | no | 1 |
| Norman, D.W. "Dub" | OH-02300 | undated | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Norman, Norma | OH-01393 | 11/30/2004 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Norma Norman is a retired principal from California and Kansas, she retired in 1983 as a elementary principal from the Hayward Public School District. Norman graduated from the University of Kansas, Lawrence with a Juris Doctorate with an emphasis in public education and social science. | yes | 1 |
| Norris, Nancy | OH-01394 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nursing, Casinos, Wartime | no | 1 |
| North, Ertis Mr. | OH-01395 | 03/13/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Norton, Paul | OH-01396 | 03/07/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Nellis history, Hoover Dam | no | 1 |
| Norton, Ruth | OH-01397 | 03/09/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education, Racial situation | no | 1 |
| Novotny, Vincent | OH-01398 | 03/05/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Prohibition, Kyle Ranch, Air travel | no | 1 |
| Nowicki, Mitch | OH-02377 | 2012 December 12 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Nowicki began EMT training in 1978. He started working in pre-hospital medicine in Reno, Nevada in 1979. | no | 0 |
| Noyes, Wilma (Billie) | OH-02492 | 2007 April 11 | BELVOHP | Life in Las Vegas since 1921 | yes | 0 |
| Noyles, Billie | OH-01399 | 04/11/2007 | BOYER EARLY LAS VGAS OHP | yes | 2 | |
| Nozero, Victoria | OH-02124 | 12/3/2012 | BELVOHP | Work in Washington, DC, law degree, work at UNLV Libraries, changes in the city over time | yes | 0 |
| Nugent, Ted | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Nunley, Tex & Dorothy | OH-01400 | 06/09/1996 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | no | 2 | |
| Nyberg, Lucille & Richard | OH-01401 | 02/22/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education, Prostitution Overton Area | no | 1 |
| Nyman, Corey | OH-03433 | 2018 May 04 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Corey Nyman excelled both academically and athletically in high school and college. Beginning at the age of 12, he worked summers and school breaks in restaurant kitchens or in the business of a family friend. At 18, he took a job in Las Vegas for the summer before matriculating at his chosen college in Denver. His exposure to country music began there. On October 1, 2017, Nyman attended the Route 91 Country Music Festival with his brother and a group of friends. They enjoyed the concert from the Red Bull VIP suite, a 3-level corrugated steel building about 30 ft x 10 ft. The back entrance of this structure was toward the east allowing an almost covered escape route leading to an open parking area. As they helped many other people escape, Corey felt that he would not be hit by a bullet. The challenge however, because of the echoing effect, was how many gunmen were firing. The strangest phenomenon was that Corey and his group of friends saw lights like those from a videographer on a floor, maybe 15th or 18th, below the shooter as if the scene was being filmed. About three hours after escaping the east side of the venue, they arrived at Tropicana Avenue and Koval Lane where their ride picked them up. The driver was one of the last allowed into the area under the airport underpass. Today, more than 6 months later, Corey has decided that he loves this city and holds it dear. He sees it as the place where a person can do anything. He defends it and had made it his home. Subjects: Wolfgang Puck, Caesars, Mirage, American Academy of Achievement, La Crosse, Golden Knights | no | 0 |
| O'Brien, Eve | OH-01406 | 03/06/1979 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Life with Sam Boyd, Pichoe Nevada | no | 1 |
| O'Brien, Rosemary | OH-01407 | 9/25/2001 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Principal, Education, Elementary school teacher, Nye county school district; Rosemary O'Brien retired as an elementary school principal from the Nye County school district in Nevada. O'Brien received a bachelor's degree in education from Fort Wright College in 1969, then a master's degree in administration from Portland State University in 1981. O'Brien also did post master's work at the University of Nevada, Reno and Las Vegas. Before becoming a principal O'Brien was a teacher at the same school for 10 years. | yes | 0 |
| O'Callaghan, Michael | OH-01408 | First 100 Las Vegas Review Journal | no | 3 | ||
| O'donnell, Alfred J. | OH-01409 | First 100 Las Vegas Review Journal | no | 1 | ||
| O'Donnell, Marian | OH-02378 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | O'Donnell started in the medical field as a runner for a medical clinic in the early 1980s. She then took EMT classes and began working for the ambulance service in White Pine County. | no | 0 |
| O'Reilly, John | OH-02129 | 6/6/2014 | Ward 1 | yes | 0 | |
| Oakes, Marian | OH-01402 | 02/28/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Oakfield, Thelma | OH-01403 | 03/03/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Oakridge Boys | 01/22/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 | |
| Oatis, Mark and Rose | OH-03190 | 2017 June 10 | Oatis, Mark and Rose | Interviewed by Claytee White, Anna Frederick and Remy Chwae. Mark and Rose are artists and sign painters, an art that is taking on new life. This interview begins a project by Anna Frederick and Remy Chwae of interviewing sign painters across the country. Mark and Rose know everyone in the industry and talked about artists who brought various innovative techniques to the craft. They explore the significance of the Letterheads, sign design, knowledge sharing, evolving themes, mentoring young people in the field, and regional styles in various cities of the country. Subjects: Letterheads, sign style, knowledge-sharing, YESCO, Conclave, air brushing | no | 0 |
| Oats, Jocelyn L. | OH-02922 | 2016 April 29 | Folklife Program of the Nevada Arts Council and the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries | no | 0 | |
| Oats, Joycelyn | OH-01404 | 11/30/2012 | AfAm Collaborative | F850 N4 O27 2012 Oats lived the life of the spiritual community and used it to tell the story of the Las Vegas black church life and its influence. | yes | 0 |
| Ober, David | OH-03251 | 2017 October 11 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 O24 2017 Tucson native David Ober arrived in Las Vegas in 1978 in the middle of his junior year in high school. The youngest of D'Vorre and Harold J. "Hal" Ober's five children, David followed his siblings to the University of Arizona and graduated in 1983. After working in Phoenix for three years, he returned to Las Vegas in 1986 to join his father's company, RA Homes, as it began to develop the award-winning master-planned community of Desert Shores, and in 1999 he opened his own real estate company, Jorant Commercial. In this interview, he focuses on his siblings and on his parents' values and careers. David and his siblings were raised in the conservative Jewish tradition, and all became Bat/Bar Mitzvahs. Once in Las Vegas, the Ober family joined Temple Beth Sholom; David and his family continue as members of that congregation. When Hal served as president of the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, and the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association David served with him. He continues to support Jewish charities. Hal Ober introduced vaulted ceilings and compact lots to Las Vegas; he developed Desert Shores without a Special Improvement District (SID), and he attracted to Las Vegas national builders like William Lyon Homes, KB Homes, and Woodside Homes. After Hal sold RA Homes to Pageantry Homes he briefly opened Ober Homes and then joined the Vista Group as a consultant for Avante Homes before he retired. D'Vorre "Dee" Ober taught for the visually impaired at the Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind; in Las Vegas she continued that path when she designed and taught in Clark County School District's (CCSD) first program for the visually impaired. In 2001 CCSD honored the Obers by dedicating the D'Vorre and Hal Ober Elementary School. David's children attended the school and his older brother Scott was the school's first principal.Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Tucson, AZ; RA Homes; Desert Shores; Development; Master planning; Jewish heritage; Jewish charities; Temple Beth Sholom; D'Vorre & Hal Ober Elementary School | yes | 0 |
| Ober, Scott | OH-01405 | 11/11/2009 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Education, Principle, Scott Ober is a retired elementary school principal from Nevada. Ober graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor's in education, and then with a master's in education as well from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1988. Ober's career has been spend in the Clark County School District, first as a elementary teacher, then an assistant principle and then in 1993 until 2008 Ober was a principal. | yes | 0 |
| Ochoa, Arturo | OH-03639 | 2019 April 09 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Arturo Ochoa is a retired Clark County School District teacher, principal, and former U.S. Marine. Was one of the first Latinx school administrators at CCSD, he helped promote the arts throughout his career. After retiring from CCSD, he co-founded the Foundation to Assist Young Musicians (FAYM). Subjects: CCSD educators, Foundation to Assist Young Musicians (FAYM), U.S. Marines, CCSD 6th grade centers, science teacher | no | 0 |
| Ochoa, Arturo F. | OH-02964 | 2006 October 21 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Oddo, Paris | OH-03208 | 2017 July 20 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | In 1984, Paris Otto moved to Las Vegas after high school in Michigan. This, her second attempt to live in the desert was a wonderful experience and she decided to stay. She joined the electrician's union and went through the 5-year apprenticeship program. Assignments during and after the apprenticeship include the Aladdin, Planet Hollywood, Mohave Electric, the Bellagio, and the Nevada Test Site where in 1991, she worked on wiring the Bristol Bomb for testing. After the test, Paris and fellow electricians detached the wiring from the framework without protective clothing. Today, she suffers from several illnesses and has been included in the government's program to repay some Test Site workers for various cancers. The payment has been meager. Oddo believes that storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain is not a good idea. | no | 0 |
| Ohman, Frances | OH-01410 | 12/12/2013 | Boyer Early LV OHP | Moved to Las Vegas in 2004 but visited often over the years. In 1968, she witnessed continued racism by hotel IF they could get away with it. Works as Research Technician and Circulation Department at Lied Library. Father was a POW in WWII - captured at the Battle of the Bulge. | no | 0 |
| Ohrn, Elda | OH-01411 | 02/25/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 0 |
| Olive, Witt C. | OH-01412 | 04/13/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Elks Lodge Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Olive, Witt C. | OH-01412 | 04/13/1977 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Elks Lodge Entertainment. Interviewer: Gordon Brusso. | no | 1 |
| Oliver, Emma | OH-01414 | 3/19/1981 | Nevada history, Las Vegas history | no | 0 | |
| Oliver, Robert | OH-02477 | 1993-08-03 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Olsen Burgwardt, Jeannie | OH-03468 | 1997 February 07 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Real estate. Sand & gravel business. | no | 0 |
| Olson, James | OH-02983 | 2017 February 02 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 O47 2016 Discusses childhood in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, schooling at St. Joseph and Bishop Gorman, and youth jobs delivering the Review-Journal newspaper and bagging groceries at Safeway. After graduating from UNLV, he obtained his JD at University of Arizona and clerked for Justice Al Gunderson at the Supreme Court of Nevada. In 1974 he joined the firm of Cromer, Barker, and Michaelson as a litigator. In this interview, he discusses his role as the firm's lead counsel representing the MGM Grand Hotel when pieces of siding fell off during construction, and from 1980-88 in the complex insurance litigation following the 1980 fire, and the Las Vegas Hilton in 1994, after its new, freestanding 362-foot-tall marquee built by John Renton Young Lighting & Sign Co. blew down. | yes | 0 |
| Olson, Tanya | OH-03451 | 2018 July 06 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | On October 2, Tanya Olson began photographing scenes surrounding the aftermath of the shooting at the Route 91 Country Music Festival. Her efforts culminated in a film that highlights the Healing Garden, a memorial established within 72 hours after the shooting. It was dedicated on the first Friday of October 2017. Her 6- minute film is described as "Citizens unite to provide kindness and salve the wounds caused by the October 1, 2017 massacre during a Las Vegas country concert." Forever In Our Hearts was shown at the Nevada Women's Film Festival 2018. Olson is now off to her next adventure, matriculating at the American Film Institute later this month (July 2018). This is a lifelong dream that she is pursuing after 23 years in the military, a film degree from UNLV, and completing her film project of one of the worst massacres in American history. The time was ripe to follow her dreams. Subjects: Healing Garden, Street photography, Forever In Our Hearts, American Film Institute, Las Vegas Women's Film Festival, crosses, Korea, ROTC | no | 0 |
| Oneil, Ryan | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Orduno, Mary | OH-01415 | 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske- | UNLV Clubs in Vegas | no | 1 |
| Orgill, Diane | OH-03421 | 2018 March 30 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Diane Orgill is a professional volunteer for the Red Cross. She dispatches workers to disaster areas and performs all the follow-up work necessary in tragic situations. On October 1, she arrived at the Emergency Operational Center about 25 minutes after the shooting began. By the morning, Red Cross volunteers were on the scene en masse. They set up the Family Emergency Center so rapidly because some volunteers had been at the Pulse Nightclub shooting and at other recent shootings. Their response was automatic. Unlike most scenes, the county was in charge in this situation but worked closely with the Red Cross because of their worldwide expertise. Chief of the Fire Department, Steinbeck, was the person in charge. Orgill witnessed the operation of the Family Emergency Center that ran with such efficiency because it was organized in sections according to the need. Small individual rooms were designed for people who could not yet be functional in crowds. Strategies to identify people from the event and the idea of assigning a volunteer to each survivor was ingenious. The assigned volunteer was a companion that walked the person to various tables and rooms until semi-safety returned. Subjects: Disaster Action Team, Family Emergency Center, VOAD - Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters, Emergency Operational Center - EOC | no | 0 |
| Orlando, Jay | April, 2009 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Orlando, Tony | 12/29/79 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 3 | |
| Orlando, Tony | 05/14/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Orlando, Tony | 07/18/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Orozco, Jose and Rodriguez, Ericka | OH-03379 | 2017 December 21 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Ericka and Jose Orozco decided to leave their son at home on Sunday, 1 October. He had enjoyed the Route 91 Festival with them on Friday and Saturday nights but was too tired to attend on the third evening so they left him with his grandmother. Thus the final night of the Festival began like a date night for them. They visited all the vendor booths, walked the entire venue, and enjoyed food and drinks. Being a bit tired themselves, they did not watch from close to the stage but lingered in the bleachers at rear of the site. When they realized that the popping sounds were not fireworks, they ran north. They looked upward because Jose thought they were shots and then saw Jason Aldean run off stage as the crowd began to run toward them. They thought the shooter was inside the venue so they ran toward the first exit they saw. There was a wall that they jumped and ran toward Coco's and then to Hooters. The guys in the crowd made sure girls went first. Ericka feels selfish because they did not go back to help others. They hid at Coco's and then in the Executive Airport but decided to continue to run down Tropicana. They felt like sitting ducks and ran close to the fence to prevent a drive-by shooting. Ericka's brother sped toward them and as soon as they spied his truck, they jumped into the truck's bed and he raced away. They are now more alert and more observant of their surroundings. Jose wants a gun with him at all times now; it's the only way he feels safe. Ericka does not feel safe any longer. Jose is still seeking answers. He wants to know "why." Ericka feels selfish. She wished she had helped others and not left so rapidly. But she has made friends online who are pushing her toward counseling as she pushes them toward medical care. Her friends do not have medical insurance and are afraid to seek help because of the cost. Jose and Ericka are are so proud of their city and the loving response of strangers. Subjects: Coco's, Hooters, Executive Airport, Tropicana, bleachers, grassy area, guns, bump stock, | no | 0 |
| Orrock, Kevin | OH-02516 | 12/4/2015 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | President of Summerlin. Born in Nevada. Good look at the Summerlin lifestyle, future plans of area, and how development works. | no | 0 |
| Ortwein, Dennis | OH-01416 | 05/06/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .O77 2007 Dennis Ortwein moved to Las Vegas in 1956. He was both an elementary school and a junior high teacher, but he spent most of his career as an elementary school principal. He also worked at a teacher's college in Nigeria, was a church choir director, and still is a singer. He also talks about school integration in Las Vegas and about above-ground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site Notes Includes an appendix with an email of his remembrances, a copy of a newspaper article about his retirement as a school principal, and a book he wrote about his life with the title Experiences outside of the box | yes | 0 |
| Osmond, Donnie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Osmonds | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Ostensen, Gary | OH-01417 | 03/19/1981 | Local Bellman | Las Vegas history, Bellman | no | 1 |
| Ostunio, Joseph | OH-03369 | 2017 December 20 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Joseph Ostunio grew up in Las Vegas and Orange County, CA. During his formative years he enjoyed playing in the desert. He came late to country music. On the night of Sunday, October 1st at the Route 91 Festival, as Joseph and his friend, Kristin, enjoyed Jason Aldean, shots rang out. Kristin was hit but he encouraged her to run. They ran toward a rear fence and he, with the help of the crowd, got her over. Soon, she was in a transport to the hospital. They were helped by an off duty paramedic, Dave Rosenthal. The safety net engaged swiftly. Joseph remembers policemen on site before climbing the fence and barricades in place with an available ambulance for Kristin near the Desert Rose Motel, their destination. Since this tragic event, Joseph has engaged with other festival attendees. He is now making decisions about how to give back. Subjects: Route 91 Festival, Jason Aldean, Sunrise, Dave Rosenthal, Desert Rose, Eric Church, Stagecoach | no | 0 |
| Otis, Johnny | 02/16/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Otteson, Dean | OH-01418 | 11/4/2008 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Dean Otteson retired in the 1980s as a middle school principal from Kenai, Alaska. Otteson earned a bachelors degree in education from the Western Washington State University in 1964, then in 1971 he earned a master's degree in curriculum and instruction - vocational education from the University of Washington. | yes | 0 |
| Ousley, Kenneth | OH-01419 | October 2, 2009 | 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 | 2 |
| Ousley, Liermann L. | OH-01420 | 04/29/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske- | Electrical | no | 1 |
| Overleese,Dorothea | OH-01421 | 02/13/2005 | 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 | 1 |
| Owens, Buck | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Pacheco, John Jesus Robinson | OH-03701 | 2019 June 24 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | John Pacheco's father, Francisco, arrived in Las Vegas in 1942. John was born in 1947 and raised mostly on 27th Street. He is a graduate of Rancho High School and UNLV. He is a retired artist known for hand-painting signage for many local businesses. As a very civic minded person, John has received many local awards and served on committees for the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, East Las Vegas community, and much more. Subjects: Arts, Sign Company, Healing Garden volunteer F850.S75 P33 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Packard, Burton | OH-02380 | 2013 March 14 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Packard became a firefighter trainee in 1980 in Hawthorne, Nevada. He joined the Mineral County Fire Department in 1987 and left the department in 1993. | no | 0 |
| Padgett, Marie | OH-01422 | 04/30/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske- | Sunrise Hospital and Fur Salon | no | 1 |
| Page, Arnold | OH-02379 | 2012 December 21 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Page joined the volunteer fire department in Yerington, Nevada in 1965 and received advanced first aid training. | no | 0 |
| Page, John | OH-02130 | 4/16/2014 | Ward 1 | F849.L35 P33 2014 - 27-year teaching career at West Charleston school, community support of school, name of school changed to Wasden. Talks about rearing children in Las Vegas. John J. Page lived in the Ozark hill country of Oklahoma. He was drafted into the Air Force after two years of college and served as a tail gunner. After his discharge, he and his wife finished their college degrees and moved to Las Vegas in 1959. John taught at West Charleston Elementary School, which was later renamed Howard Wasden Elementary School, and at Helen Marie Smith Elementary School. They rented a small house on the corner of Bonanza Road and First Street, bought their first house one block north of Tom Williams Elementary School where his wife Reitha taught, and bought their current home in 1973 on El Cortez Avenue in the Westleigh tract. In retirement John likes to collect and restore clocks | yes | 0 |
| Page, Patti | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Page, Patti | 03/27/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Page, Patty | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Page, Theresa | OH-01423 | 03/11/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske- | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Paher, Stanley | OH-01424 | 03/04/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Big hotels | no | 1 |
| Pahor, Emil | OH-01425 | 03/14/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas Air Conditioning | no | 1 |
| Paiz, Alice | OH-01426 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Prohibition | no | 1 |
| Palacios, Craig | OH-02842 | 2016 September 27 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 P36 2016 Discusses childhood in Paradise Palms neighborhood of Las Vegas, where he lived near extended family. Talks about skateboarding to and around the Boulevard Mall and the record store across Maryland Parkway. Recounts career in construction before returning to school to earn his degree(s) in architecture at UNLV, work as an architect, forming Bunnyfish with classmate Tina Wichmann, and their work on the project to revitalize the Maryland Parkway corridor. | yes | 0 |
| Paluzzi, Robert | OH-01427 | 09/05/2006 | UNLV | yes | 2 | |
| Pappas, John | OH-01428 | 10/04/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Life and work in Las Vegas. Interviewer: James Greene. | no | 1 |
| Pappas, John | OH-01429 | 03/03/1980 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Las Vegas history, Railroad, Gambling. Interviewer: Adrienne O'Neal. | no | 1 |
| Parcell, Ned | OH-01430 | 03/24/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Parish, Mitchell | 08/24/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Park, Bill | OH-02381 | 2013 March 23 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Park joined the Smith Valley Fire Department in 1966. Park became an EMT in 1972. | no | 0 |
| Parker, Robert | OH-01431 | 11/09/1986 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 2 | |
| Parker, Steven Dr. | OH-01432 | 12/19/2006 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.P37 2007 Dr. Steven Parker was hired to teach political science at UNLV in 1975. He became department chair in 1980 and is director of the University Forum Lecture Series | yes | 1 |
| Parker, Tom Col. | 06/25/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Parks, David | OH-01433 | 02/16/2000 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 10 | |
| Parks, David | OH-02560 | 2007 January 31 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Parks, Muriel | OH-01434 | 05/19/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | UNLV, Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Parks, Muriel | OH-01435 | 02/26/1979 | Ralph Roske Interviews | UNLV, Nevada History | no | 1 |
| Parson, Claude | OH-01436 | 06/29/1973 | Local Oral History Project - Roske | Education, Principal, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas History; Claude Parson came to Las Vegas in the summer of 1951 from New York, he was drafted in the Air Force and was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base. Parson education was done in New York and Arizona, he also worked on his specialist degree in school administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. After finishing college Parsons became a school teacher for the Clark County School District. Parsons taught at Roy Martin Junior high school after leaving Roy Martin Parson became a principal of Matt Kelly Elementary School. | yes | 0 |
| Parson, Mrs. Stella | OH-01437 | 1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black History, Discrimination in Reno and Las Vegas, Opportunities for African Americans in the Nevada, Education, Experience as a Black Educator;Stella Parson was the first African American student to graduate from University of Nevada, Reno. Parson has been a teacher for the Clark County school district. | yes | 1 |
| Parson, Stella | OH-03316 | 3/18/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - Black Experience in Las Vegas | First African American woman to attend and complete school at UNR. Taught at Westside School. After retirement, returned to school for a degree in counseling and opened a private practice. | yes | 0 |
| Parsons, Mary Lee Harris | OH-01439 | 05/14/2012 | 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 | 2 |
| Partridge, Carl E. | OH-01440 | 4/16/2003 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Principal, Carl Partridge is a retired elementary school principal from the Clark County School District. Partridge received a English, Math, Science bachelors degree from Black Hills State College, a masters from South Dakota in elementary education. Partridge also did graduate work in school administration in Arizona State, Utah State, Provo University, and Western Washington. | yes | 2 |
| Partridge, Phillip N. | OH-01441 | 03/07/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 2 |
| Parvin, Ruth | OH-01442 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Pate, Johnny (Williams) | OH-01443 | 03/04/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | CT247 .P37 2007 Best friend of Joe Williams and talks about his career. Pate is a composed - "Shaft in Africa" | yes | 2 |
| Patterson, Lamont | 07/01/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Patti, Page | 3/27/88 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | |
| Paul Revere and the Raiders | 06/10/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Pavlikowski, Joe | OH-01445 | 1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | |
| Paycheck, Johnny | 07/01/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Payne, Don | OH-01446 | 03/19/1997 | Las Vegas News Bureau | no | 4 | |
| Payne, Julie | OH-01448 | 02/11/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP - AfAm Collaborative | F850.N4 P38 2012 First Nevada Drug Czar. Worked in drug counseling for many years. sister of Patrica Cunningham. | yes | 3 |
| Payne, Leroy | OH-01449 | 1/29/2013 | Boyer Las Vegas OHP | Civilan purchasing agent for Lockheed Overseas Corporation, serviced damaged aircraft in N. Ireland. Moved to LV in early 1960s, construction industry. | yes | 0 |
| Paz, Jacob | OH-02158 | 9/15/2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 P39 2014 Dr. Paz was born in Isreal, educated in America. Worked as engineer at Nevada Test Site. Currently conducting research on Yucca Mountain. Talks of Jewish-ness in Las Vegas, Traditionalist. | yes | 0 |
| Pearl, Dave (David) | OH-01450 | 03/04/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | UNLV | no | 1 |
| Pearl, Dave (David) | OH-01452 | 02/27/1979 | Roske | UNLV | no | 1 |
| Pearl, Dave (David) | OH-01451 | 03/14/1978 | Roske | UNLV | no | 1 |
| Pearson, Ethel | OH-01453 | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Westside Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Pearson, Leonard Ray | OH-01454 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas | no | 1 | |
| Pease, Denzle. Sr. | OH-01455 | 10/11/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Peay, Greta | OH-02513 | 11/11/2015 | AfAm | School administrator with CCSD; experiences are relevant to today's inequities that are being highlighted across the country. Studies show Nevada schools at the bottom of the nation when comparing black graduation rates, school to prison pipeline, and low enrollment in upper level college-bound courses. | no | 0 |
| Peña, Sandra | OH-03161 | 2017 March 27 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 P45 2017 Born and raised in East Los Angeles, Sandra moved during High School to Porterville, in California's Central Valley . She returned to Los Angeles in 1993 to work with Parsons-Dillingham on the Metrolink project in the early phases of construction. Although she knew no one when she moved to Las Vegas in 1995, her prior history with Parsons-Dillingham enabled her to easily obtain work with Parsons Construction as project site administrator for the construction of Rancho High School Phase 1. At the conclusion of that job in about 1998, she was hired by Richardson Construction, where she has worked as project administrator ever since. | yes | 0 |
| Peck, Jean | OH-01456 | 02/12/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, Prohibition | no | 1 |
| Pedot, Angelo | OH-01457 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Peellaert, Guy | 03/04/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Peellaert, Guy | 04/27/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 | |
| Pehlke, Al | OH-01458 | 04/02/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing | no | 1 |
| Peltier, Anna | OH-02804 | 8/19/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 P44 2016 Peltier is the Owner and Principal of Aria Landscape Architecture where she is hands on playing in the dirt. Her clients include Lorenzi Park, MOB Museum, Neon Museum, and the Cactus Avenue overpass. She is interested in the edible landscape, plants that work well in the desert environment, and teaching children about the desert. She is an active member of the AIA Las Vegas Chapter. | yes | 0 |
| Pennington, Luther | OH-01459 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Life On The Up | no | 1 |
| Peplowski, Ken | 09/04/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Peppers, Rick | OH-02742 | 7/6/2016 | BELVOHP | Rick moved to Nevada in 1962 and lived in Blue Diamond. He learned and worked in various positions at the mine and plant to ensure employment stability. He shares stories of the town being owned by the mine - housing, general store - equating it to Tennessee Ernie Ford's I Owe My Soul to the Company Store. After moving into security, he worked through the Teamsters Union at the Aladdin and then 46 years at Caesars Palace. He knew and worked with with members of Las Vegas families that operated well after the advent of Howard Hughes. | no | 0 |
| Peralto, Evelyn | OH-01460 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Perazzo, Peter | OH-02772 | 2016 July 22 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 P467 2016 Nevada Dot Professional Land Surveyor. | yes | 0 |
| Perez, Frankie | OH-03508 | 2018 November 05 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 P47 2018 Frankie Perez was born in Southern California, moved to Arizona, and finally settled with his family in Las Vegas at the age of thirteen. He attended Cheyenne High School where he became very involved with athletics. Growing up he identified as a woman, specifically a "Stud"--which describes a masculine lesbian. Frankie entered the Air Force after graduating and began to explore different gender and sexuality labels, until in 2015 when he took on the identity of a Trans male. He now uses he/him/el pronouns. His experiences in the military taught him a lot about how his new identity would affect and change his life. He currently lives with his maternal grandmother, and is a full time student at UNLV studying Gender and Sexuality. Frankie is hoping to become a Marriage and Family Counselor. Frankie is involved in a lot of Trans activism, specifically with the Latinx community. Subjects: Transgender, Military, Activism, Gender roles, intersectionality | yes | 0 |
| Perkins, Clyde K. | OH-01461 | 10/03/1989 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mormon, West Point/ Pickett Ranch, General Moapa Experiences | no | 1 |
| Perkins, Edward C. | OH-01462 | 11/03/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Bureau of Mines; Boulder city | no | 2 |
| Perkins, Gwyn & Quint | OH-01463 | 02/28/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Crystal Area | no | 1 |
| Perkins, Ida | OH-02204 | 11/25/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Alexa Sweeney) | Lived in Windsor Park housing area. Cashier at the Golden Gate Hotel Casino. Played basketball at UNLV 1978 - 83 Lady rebels. Instrumental in forming the Foxy Ladies Organization. | no | 0 |
| Perkins, James | OH-01464 | 6/22/2005 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Education, Educator, James Perkins is a retired elementary school principal for the Clark County School District in Las Vegas Nevada. Perkins was first a teacher he taught for 8 years, then became a dean of students at Woodbury Middle School. | yes | 2 |
| Perkins, Jim | OH-02382 | 2013 January 31 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Perkins joined the Alamo Fire Department before receiving EMT training. In 1973 he began working for the Clark County Fire Department and received paramedic training. He retired from the Alamo Volunteer Fire Department in 1998 and the Clark County Fire Department in 2003. | no | 0 |
| Perkins, Robert M. | OH-01466 | 12/13/1973 | Local Oral History Roske | Nevada History, Labor Union- Teamsters 631 | no | 0 |
| Perkins, Sally | OH-01467 | 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas and Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Perkins, Voris | OH-01468 | 11/12/1983 | Life in Muddy River Valley | no | 0 | |
| Perri, Charles | OH-01469 | 02/10/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Perroitti, Catherine | OH-01470 | 02/27/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Veterans Legislation, Senior Citizen | no | 1 |
| Perrone, Nicholas (Nick) | OH-03406 | 2018 March 08 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Nick grew up in the East in a musical family that played many instruments and sang. After high school and the US Navy, he moved to Florida and then to Las Vegas. He tried to wait for Gaming to come to Florida. It did not so he followed the MOB to Las Vegas on Labor Day in September 1961. Nick knew and interacted with Culinary Union secretary-treasurer, Al Bramlett, Jack Entratter, Frank Sinatra, and many others. He served as a bellman at the Sands for eight years and then Caesars Palace for 39 years. He turned down the opportunity to climb the corporate ladder by becoming a dealer and moving up in the casino industry. He saw that life as hazardous to his health. From the age of ten, he worked as a caddy and met many high rollers, casino owners, and entertainers on the golf course. Subjects: Cuba, Miami, MOB, Cleveland, Jack Entratter, Rat Pack, Culinary Union, Jilly, Jimmy Gay, Sands, Caesars Palace | no | 0 |
| Perry, Don | OH-01471 | 03/05/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Indians Uncle Charlie, Native Americans Life | yes | 1 |
| Perry, Eugene | OH-01472 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Perzarro, John | OH-02715 | 6/16/2016 | Building Las Vegas | Father was an architect who worked at the Nevada Test Site. John handled the business when his father became ill and adds the requirements when an architect is not able to work. John works as dealer in the downtown casino corridor. Sees Las Vegas casino workers as psychological dwellers on "the other side of the tracks. | no | 0 |
| Peters, John | OH-02384 | 2013 July 18 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Peters has practiced medicine at the Battle Mountain General Hospital since 1991. He has trained military and paramilitary groups in pre-hospital care. He currently oversees the paramedic program in Battle Mountain. | no | 0 |
| Peterson, Alton H | OH-01473 | 10/08/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1936 - | no | 1 |
| Peterson, Douglas | 01/12/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Peterson, Douglas | OH-03416 | 2018 March 16 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Douglas Peterson was one of the first three hires in the Music Department at UNLV. When hired in 1967, the school was Nevada Southern University. In 1968, he became music director of the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society. Soon, he was director. He completed a bachelor's degree in psychology at Grinnell College, another bachelor's in music at Florida State University, and a master's and doctorate in musical arts, choral performance, and vocal pedagogy at the University of Iowa. In 2003, Peterson retired from UNLV and focused primarily on the Musical Arts Society composed of 60 voices. They perform two choral/symphonic concerts a year - a Christmas concert and one other. One is planned on this Easter Sunday of 2018. For the past few years, the Society sang backup to Andrea Bocelli in his annual performance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Peterson recently turned 92 years of age and is still conducting the great sacred masterworks. His favorites are Bach cantatas and masses, Beethoven's Choral Fantasia, Mass in C and Ninth Symphony, Brahms, Dvorak, Handel, the the Haydn masses, Vivaldi, Verdi Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Mozart. Additionally, he adores Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and pops. Although much of the classical music audience in Las Vegas has diminished, he has no plans to retire. "I love music that much. It's infectious. The environments I've been in have been so productive in shaping me that the motivation is forever with me, even now. I can't let go." Subjects: Classical music, Grinnell College, Bottoms Up, Andrea Bocelli, Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society | no | 0 |
| Peterson, Elyce | OH-02453 | 7/15/2015 | Building a Vegas Tech Culture | Owner of Tealet, a company of the Downtown Tech Industry. This company represents tea growers all over the world online and at trade shows. Will be available locally soon. Interesting story of entrepreneurial acumen in defense of a MBA. Future of the tea business. | no | 0 |
| Peterson, Eva D. | OH-01474 | 11/30/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 2 |
| Peterson, Eva D. | OH-01475 | 06/25/1975 | Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Peterson, Houghton | OH-01476 | 5/20/2010 | All that Jazz Oral History | CT247 .P47 2007 Jazz Musician | yes | 0 |
| Peto, Jeanne Ham | OH-02167 | 9/27/2014 | BELVOHP | Early LV legal community - her father and grandfather were attorneys, downtown shopping area, and memories of the Desert Inn Golf Course | yes | 0 |
| Petterson, Dal | OH-01477 | 02/28/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Pettersson, Roger | OH-02999 | 2017 February 24 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | Mirage, Bellagio, Boulder Station, Red Rock, Aristocrat, Station Corporate. | yes | 0 |
| Phelps, Greg | OH-03315 | 2017 November 15 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Greg Phelps is a financial planner with twin sons. Greg, his wife, Katrina, and his mother, Diane Meireis, attended the Route 91 Festival together. The three day concert was the most heavenly gathering possible. On all three evenings they settled in almost the same spot near the stage on the Mandalay Bay side of the venue. They met and made friends with several couples who also chose the same area to enjoy the festivities. Though the beer flowed freely, there were no disagreements, just laughter, great music, and good conversations among the 22,000 attendees. Peace, ease, and calmness best describe the atmosphere. However, on Sunday evening the calm was interrupted by gun shots raining down from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel Casino. At first, the shots sounded like fireworks but Greg was concerned because his grandfather had taught him to shoot and respect guns at eleven years of age. He immediately pulled his mother underneath himself, hit the ground, grabbing his wife who was standing farther away, and tucked her in as well. As soon as the volley of shots ended, he instructed them to run. He took Katrina's hand and she grasped Diane's. They ran and held on to each other for dear life. Diane remembers running by bodies. Greg had tunnel vision, saw nothing but the pathway to escape. At one point they were directed to an opening by a bartender. Greg was looking for a wall to crouch behind. They left the venue through the opening that people had created by knocking down a fence. The opening was small but the crowd went through orderly and rapidly. They continued running toward Giles St. and as they approached an apartment building and ran up the steps, about nine people were entering one of the units. Those strangers invited the three in. Since no one knew what was happening, they pushed a heavy table against the door. Soon, Greg got on his cell phone and left messages for his children and then called a friend who works for North Las Vegas Police Department. Greg's notification was his friend's first alert even before his department's. Much later in the wee hours of the morning, that friend located Greg, Katrina, and Diane, took them to the airport, and from there the three took Uber transportation home. As Greg and Katrina process this tragedy, they have discovered so much good. They have bonded with new friends for life, they value old friendships more, and they have renewed their commitment to one another. They have deepened in their love for each other and for family. In the six weeks since the Route 91 Festival, they have attended two other concerts and flew back to Nashville for the commemoration concert for the 1 October event. The first concert was tough; the second easier. Greg, a music connoisseur, can only listen to Country and Western sounds since the concert. His attitude about and capacity for helping others has increased. He feels guilty because he did not do enough to encourage those new friends who decided to hunker down, to run away with him and his family. Subjects: Route 91 Festival, Mandalay Bay, church, Giles St., airport, guns, guilt, CCW - Concealed Carry Weapon Permit, beer, bartender, fence, hero, lights, giving attitude | no | 0 |
| Phelps, Reed | OH-01478 | 11/02/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Blue Diamond | no | 1 |
| Phillips, Joseph Tooley | OH-01479 | 03/15/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Firemen's Life | no | 1 |
| Phillips, Marjory Gusewelle | OH-01480 | 03/11/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, BMI Union Pacific | no | 1 |
| Phipps, Chris | OH-01481 | 11/06/1998 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 2 | |
| Pickett, Tamara | OH-01482 | 11/08/2002 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 7 | |
| Pier, Babe | 08/26/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Pier, Babe | 08/20/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Pierce, Marjorie | OH-01483 | 01/17/2006 | Tap Dancing | Selected as a featured dancer by Cecil B. DeMille in Sampson and Delialah. Danced on Broadway, acted in several TV shows. Danced at the Desert Inn and Sahara. | yes | 1 |
| Pierson, Gary | OH-02383 | 2012 November 24 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Pierson joined the Gabbs, Nevada fire department in 1970. He received EMT training in Las Vegas around 1980. | no | 0 |
| Pinckney, Ida | OH-02900 | 2012 August 03, 2012 November 05 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Pincus, Harold | OH-02602 | Arnold Shaw | Manilow, Barry's father; Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Pinjuv, Charles | OH-01484 | 9/30/1986 | Oral History Project | Las Vegas History, Railroad, Freemont Street, The Strip downtown | no | 0 |
| Pinjuv, Eddie | OH-01485 | 2/15/1979 | Oral History | Las Vegas 1920s, Eddie Pinjuv lived in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1919, he was born and raised in the Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Pinjuv, John, Mike and Freddy | OH-02078 | 5/13/2014 | West Charleston | Three brothers (Mike 89, Fred 79, and John 91 years of age. Lived in RR house on 3rd Street. Highlights of LV history over the years. | yes | 0 |
| Piscopo, Joe | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Pittman, Lonnie | OH-01486 | 03/16/1981 | Blacks Living Condition | Blacks in Las Vegas 1950s, Housing, jobs and education for Blacks in 1956. | no | 1 |
| Pitzer, Dorothy | OH-02777 | 2014 May 19 | West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1 | Dorothy Karper was born in Chicago and raised in small Illinois towns. She met her future husband, Doug Pitzer, when they went to rival high schools. Dorothy took nurse's training and married Doug after she graduated in 1950. Doug enlisted in the Air Force, and they moved to Las Vegas in July 1954 when he was transferred to Nellis Air Force Base. Dorothy worked as a nurse at Las Vegas Hospital and Clinic in 1954 to 1957 and later worked for a private obstetrics practice. In 1956 they purchased a house in Twin Lakes. They moved to a house Doug built on Burton Avenue in 1974. Doug passed away in 2011, and Dorothy still lives in the same house. | yes | 0 |
| Plaid, William Eugene | OH-01689 | 6/3/2015 | AfAm | First black room service waiter at the Riviera, worked there for 44 years until closing. Served many entertainers | no | 0 |
| Plaster, Richard | OH-03158 | 2017 March 21 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | The English-born Richard Plaster spent his early years in Toronto, Canada, and was raised in Santa Monica, California, from eleven years of age. Son of a real estate man, Plaster attended Santa Monica public schools, Stanford University for undergraduate studies, and earned his MBA at UC Berkeley. Arriving in Las Vegas in 1973 to work for Lewis Homes, Plaster learned lessons of real estate integrity from Ralph Lewis. When Plaster and his wife, Wendy, formed Signature Homes in 1978, they applied those lessons to their own business as they built on their own or formed building partnerships with Ernie Becker III or Tom Beam or others. This former president of the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association (SNHBA) is proud of the role home builders have played in Southern Nevada's planning and development. With the family business now in the capable hands of the second generation, Plaster looks forward to returning to his childhood city of Santa Monica. | no | 0 |
| Please I’d Like to Grow: Conversations and Reflections on Student Activism at UNLV | OH-02905 | 2016 November 20 | Panel discussion on the history of student activism at the university featuring current UNLV students, alumni, and faculty discussing the relevance of student activism on the campus from its earliest days to the present. Held from 2-4 p.m. in the Goldfield Room of Lied Library and moderated by Heidi Johnson, UNLV social sciences librarian and moderator of the panel discussion. Panelists: Michael Curtis, Black Student Organization, UNLV student; Briceida Herndandez, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán (MEChA), Spectrum, UNLV student; Robert Leavitt, Vietnam Veteran, former Rebel Yell photographer, UNLV alumnus; Tara Pike-Nordstrom, Recycling Manager and Campus Sustainability Coordinator, UNLV alumna; Anita Revilla, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Degree Programs, UNLV | no | 0 | |
| Pleggenkuhle, Jay; Perez, Daniel | OH-03453 | 2018 July 18 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Jay and Daniel are business partners in a landscaping venture. After October 1, they wanted to do something for the city. Daniel suggested that Jay call certain people at the City of Las Vegas and propose a healing garden. Jay's call interrupted a conversation among city officials about the possibility of a garden. The City offered a site and the work began. Within 72 hours, a design materialized, volunteers appeared, materials arrived, and the work began. On Friday, the official dedication was held. This interview shares stories of the construction of the garden, the generosity of the human spirit, love, and giving back as a city mourns. This place of healing allows people to leave items that show the heart of this city. The themed tree, the Tree of Life, was donated by an entertainment partnership that loves nature. That oak tree centers the garden and the 58 smaller trees anchors the garden. Plans are afoot to replace the wooden wall with a material more durable in the Las Vegas sun. Preservation of the present wall and the construction of the new wall are the next two projects within the garden that the city is making a permanent sacred site in downtown and yet a place where life abounds. It is the goal of Jay and Daniel to construct a healing garden in the nation's capital and others around the country. SUbjects: Tree Of Life, Siegfried and Roy, tree bombing, fire ring, Rebirth the Earth, National Healing Garden | no | 0 |
| Plotkin, Lee | OH-02561 | 2006-08-02, 2006-08-10, 2006-08-16, 2006-10-04 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 10 |
| Plotkin, Lee with Stock, Alan | OH-02562 | 2002 August 27 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Call in program on KXNT-AM 840. Plotkin and Stock discuss Question 2. | no | 2 |
| Pocock, John | OH-01487 | 03/08/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history, John Pocock was born in Dublin Ireland and immigrated to Las Vegas in 1950, he has lived in Las Vegas for 26 years. | yes | 2 |
| Poirier, Ruth | OH-03593 | 2003 February 05 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Polikoff, Todd | OH-02815 | August 30, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 P64 2014 CEO of Jewish Federation in 2015; previously Director of Las Vegas AIPAC office. | yes | 0 |
| Pollak, George | OH-02133 | 5/25/2010 | All That Jazz | At four years of age, George could hear a song on the radio and play it on the piano by ear. Played at El Rancho, Caesars Palace, the Barbary Coast, and the Gold Coast for 23 years. ML394.P64 2010 | yes | 0 |
| Polson, Billie Mae | OH-01488 | 11/1/11 | Boyer Early LV OHP | Early Las Vegas Life, career at UNLV libraries when campus was still Nevada Southern. Gambling, Schooling, Campus politics | yes | 0 |
| Polson, Billie Mae | OH-02898 | 1978 March 07 | Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas | Interviewed by Eva D. Head. Early Las Vegas, UNLV in the 1960s, UNLV Library, Clark County Library System. | no | 1 |
| Pomeray, Donnie | OH-01489 | May 5, 2006 | 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 |
| Pomeroy, Betty | OH-01490 | 03/23/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Poon, Percy | OH-01491 | 2/5/2007 | UNLV @ Fifty | LD3745 .P65 2007 Dr. Percy Poon came to UNLV in 1989 to teach finance. He is the dean of the College of Business | yes | 0 |
| Poon, Percy Dr. | OH-01491 | 02/05/2007 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD 3745.P65 2007 Dr. Percy Poon came to UNLV in 1989 to teach finance. He is the dean of the College of Business | yes | 1 |
| Popovich, Nicholas | OH-01492 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming, Las Vegas Growth | no | 1 |
| Portaro, Ron | OH-03212 | 2017 July 27 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 P67 2016 Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Ron Portaro used his life and work experience and educational background in law and labor management to build a successful career as a consultant managing large projects for builders and developers. Portaro discusses ways he facilitates communication and scheduling between owners (such as the City of Las Vegas or the Regional Transportation Commission), contractors, and the building trades to work together to achieve a common goal. Current projects include the Main Street/Commerce Street One-Way Couplet near Project Neon. | yes | 0 |
| Porter, Carrie Townley | OH-01493 | 2/7/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty | LD3745 .P67 2007 Carrie Townley Porter moved to Las Vegas because her husband worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and had to travel to the Test Site frequently. She worked as a subsitute teacher and finished her degree at Nevada Southern University (now UNLV). She taught math at Gibson Junion High, she has worked at UNLV as an archivist and has worked as a records analyst and records administrator for different businesses. Carrie Porter has been very involved with the Nevada Women's History Project, is writing a book on Helen J. Stewart with Sally Zanjani, and owns a records management consulting firm. Carrie Townley Porter moved to Las Vegas because her husband worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and had to travel to the Test Site frequently. She worked as a subsitute teacher and finished her degree at Nevada Southern University (now UNLV). She taught math at Gibson Junion High, she has worked at UNLV as an archivist and has worked as a records analyst and records administrator for different businesses. Carrie Porter has been very involved with the Nevada Women's History Project, is writing a book on Helen J. Stewart with Sally Zanjani, and owns a records management consulting firm | yes | 0 |
| Porter, Clara L. | OH-01494 | 04/24/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Porter, Faye Rhea | OH-01495 | 6/13/2012 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP - Shake, Rattle, and Roll | Memories of unique life in Las Vegas as the spouse of Nevada Test Site employee. | yes | 0 |
| Porter, Faye Rhea | OH-01496 | 03/17/2012 | 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 | 2 |
| Porter, Gary | OH-03180 | 2017 April 26 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Stefani Evans. Oklahoman Gary Porter arrived in Las Vegas in 1970 as a new accountant with Haskins & Sells (later Deloitte), in charge of auditing Hughes corporate accounts. In 1973 he joined Hughes Corporation and in 1977 went to Hughes Aviation, where he remained until he retired in 1990. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Hughes Aviation; North Las Vegas Air Terminal; McCarran Airport Charter terminal; Airplane maintenance | no | 0 |
| Porter, Ina | OH-01497 | 1/05/2010 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 P668 2010 Ina Porter and her husband Burdell moved to the John S. Park Neighborhood in the 1940s. They were among the earliest homeowners and soon the neigborhood grew to include a Mormon church that would be integral to the Porter's family life and to the neighborhood. Ina's daughter Sue Ann joins her mother in this interview, and she was also interviewed separately | yes | 0 |
| Porter, Irene | OH-02689 | 2009 November 6 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 P6683 2010 After Irene Porter's father's retirement from the Air Force, the family moved to Las Vegas where her aunt and uncle were involved in the gaming industry. After she married, she and her husband Dick moved to Boston. They moved back to Las Vegas due to the bad economy in Boston. Irene worked for the Clark County Planning Department as a secretary but moved up to doing the work of the director, but without the title nor the pay of that position, so she went to work in the planning department of the city of North Las Vegas and became its director of planning. She was one of only five female planning directors in the country. Next Irene began lobbying at the Nevada legislature and became the first female full-time lobbyist in Nevada. She was fired from North Las Vegas following a secret meeting, and her subsequent lawsuit led directly to the first open meeting law in the state of Nevada. Irene then went to work for American Nevada Corporation, which was developing Green Valley. She became the first female project director on such a construction project. In 1977 Irene began to work for the Southern Nevada Homebuilders Association. She built it into an effective lobbying organization and continued to work as a lobbyist at the Nevada legislature. At the time of the interview, she was the executive director/CEO for the Southern Nevada Homebuilders Association. | yes | 0 |
| Porter, Sue Ann | OH-01498 | 12/29/2008 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 R63 2010 Sue Ann Porter is a native Las Vegas. She and her three siblings wre raised in the house she now shares with her mother Ina Porter in the John S. Park Neighborhood | yes | 0 |
| Porter, Tad | OH-01499 | 10/17/1972 | Attorney | Attorney at Law | no | 1 |
| Poster, Jay | OH-02811 | August 26, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 P67 2014 Jay is general manager of King David Funeral Home; an active member of The Desert Winds; Shabbatones (at Congregation Ner Tamid); Jewish Family Services. | yes | 0 |
| Potter, Delon | OH-01500 | 2/3/1972 | Mesquite, Nevada, Mesquite history in the 1900s, Mormon community | no | 0 | |
| Potter, Nephi Mr. & Mrs. | OH-01501 | 07/07/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas History 1920s | no | 1 |
| Potter, Patricia & Raymond | OH-02614 | 6/5/2014 | Ward 1 | yes | 0 | |
| Powell, Alberta | OH-01502 | 03/08/1981 | Native Las Vegan | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Powers, Mrs. Albert | OH-01503 | 01/22/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Poyser, Ray and Nora | OH-01504 | 11/25/1972 | Local Oral History Dr. Roske | Boulder City History | yes | 0 |
| Pradia, Paul A. | OH-01505 | 07/03/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .P73 2007 Paul Pradia was one of a family of 19 children in Cameron, Louisiana. He was a commissioned officer in the airborne division of the US Army, worked for HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development), and became a golf teaching professional. He talks about African Americans in golf. He moved to Las Vegas in 1995 | yes | 0 |
| Prather, James | OH-01506 | 03/09/1981 | Growing up in Las Vegas | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Pratt, Gary | OH-01507 | 03/16/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Preciado, Mirna | OH-02157 | 9/11/2014 | BELV - Culinary Local 226 | CT247 .P74 2014 Migration from Mexico. Recruitment into the Culinary Union. Frontier Strike. 15 years of Culinary Union work as an organizer in Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Preddy, Sarann Knight | OH-01508 | 06/05/1997 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F850.N4 P74 1998 Sarann Preddy owned and operated a number of gaming establishments during her long career. She was born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, and moved to Las Vegas with her husband and her father in 1942. Sarann found few opportunities in Las Vegas, so she went to Los Angeles to attend business school. She wrote keno at the Cotton Club and learned to deal "21". Sarann and her second husband moved to Hawthorne, Nevada, and she bought the Lincoln Bar there, obtained a gaming license, and operated the bar for seven years. In 1957 she returned to Las Vegas and worked at Westside clubs as a dealer until a newly enacted ordinance barring women from dealing in Las Vegas ended that career. Sarann then operated several ventures including a cleaning establishment, a dress shop, and a lounge. She returned to dealing at the height of the integration effort and worked at Jerry's Nugget for seven years. Sarann became active in the NAACP. She helped bring integration to the Strip and established the NAACP Women's Auxiliary. Sarann was defeated in a run for a seat on the City Commission and then obtained another gaming license and opened the People's Choice, first as a supper club and later as a gambling establishment. Sarann and her husband Joe Preddy tried to buy the Moulin Rouge to restore it, but they were unable to secure financing to restore it and had to sell it to a developer. They were able to have it designated a historic preservation site | yes | 3 |
| Preddy, Sarann Knight | OH-01509 | undated | Collector: Yvonne R. Hunter | yes | 1 | |
| Presley, Dee | 05/19/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Preston, Earl | OH-01510 | 02/13/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas History, Frontier Cable Company, Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Preuit, Maureen | OH-01511 | 03/03/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Price, Ed | OH-02471 | 2012-11-01 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | Parents were caretakers of Oliver Ranch 1945-1951; Oliver Ranch history; Blue Diamond school; Las Vegas in the 1950s; What is now Bonnie Springs Ranch; Howard Hughes; Making movies in Red Rock; Tweed and Buster Wilson | yes | 0 |
| Price, Gerald | OH-01513 | 10/23/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gambling history | no | 1 |
| Price, Margaret | OH-02682 | 1997 March 5 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 P75 1997 Margaret "Maggie" Price and her husband Francis "Frank" Price moved to Las Vegas from Columbus, Ohio, in 1950. She worked as a waitress in various casinos starting with the El Rancho Vegas and ending with the Sands. Frank talks about the overall business of running individual or family-owned casinos versus corporately-owned gaming resorts. He also talks about the business and Clark County political climate and his knowledge of the prostitution industry. | yes | 0 |
| Price, Shirley | OH-01514 | 03/10/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Pride, Charley | 11/20/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Prima, Louis | 04/04/1961 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Prince, Winnie | OH-01515 | 12/17/1998 | Las Vegas Review Journal first 100 | no | 1 | |
| Privott, Daryl | OH-03743 | 2021-03-16 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Daryl Privott was hired as the facilities manager for the move from Dickerson Library into Lied. He had just completed a move at NASA and was the right person at the perfect time. Working full time at UNLV, he completed his master's and PhD degrees here before moving to Lexington, KY. HIs is a story of perfect timing, love of family, and understanding the value of a two-PhD household. HIs early life is a confluence of rural and urban; wisdom and awakening to an understanding of how the world works, and sharecropping which is a world of its own. HIs existence is a study in Black migration in the 20th Century. Subjects: sharecropping; Lied Library; UNLV; Edenton, NC; Lexington, KY 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 |
| Procter, Cort | OH-01516 | 02/03/2006 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 2 | |
| Proctor, Cork | 11/06/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Proctor, Leni H. | OH-01517 | 05/16/2002 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship | Education, Principal, Clark County School District; Leni Proctor is a retired school principal from the Clark County School District. She was an assistant principal in H. J. Stewart from 1990 to 1991 and principal at the same school from 1991 to 2001. Proctor received a bachelors degree from the University of Northern Iowa in 1970 and masters degree in 1977 in education. Proctor also attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas to receive an administrative certificate in 1988. | yes | 0 |
| Provance, Will | OH-02745 | 2016 July 14 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | HV6711 .P763 2017 Interviewed by David Schwartz. Sunset Station, Station Corporate, Green Valley Ranch, Hard Rock Casino (Northfield, OH) | yes | 0 |
| Prowse, Juliette | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | ||
| Pry, Rose | OH-02563 | 2008 August 24 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 2 |
| Puckett, Melissa and Thomas | OH-02532 | 2014-07-14 | West Charleston Neighborhoods: An Oral History Project of Ward 1 | yes | 0 | |
| Pugsley, Dave | OH-02870 | 2016 October 21 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | To Las Vegas with parents in 1963, a period of high growth--he attended three elementary schools in three years. Educated at University of Utah, he came back to LV in 1988 to work with Architronics. Former partner in Welles Pugsley, his projects include many CCSD schools, LV-CCLD libraries, McCarran Terminal 3, and UNLV's Lied Library and Boyd Law School. | no | 0 |
| Pulido, Meli | OH-03513 | 2018 November 13 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Meli Pulido August 27, 1966 in Mexico City, Mexico, she was the last of several siblings to be born in Mexico. When she was nine Pulido's father, Juan Manuel Calvo, decided to move his family to Tijuana, eventually migrating north to Las Vegas. Pulido spent her childhood growing up in the tough Las Vegas neighborhood 28th street. Growing up, Pulido recalls having to translate for her family and other members of the community as she was the only one that had full command of the English language. Despite growing up in a tough neighborhood and because of the family values instilled in her through her parents, Pulido went on to have a successful career working with the City of Las Vegas. Pulido currently works as the executive director for Project 150, a non-profit who helps Las Vegas homeless youth. Subjects: City of Las Vegas, Project 150, 28th street, Roy Martin, immigration | no | 0 |
| Pulsipher, Dean | OH-01518 | 08/19/1986 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | no | 1 | |
| Purcell, Joe | OH-01519 | 08/21/2006 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship | Education, Principal, Clark County School District, Joe Purcell is a retired school principal from the Clark County School District in Nevada. Purcell started as a counselor by 1991 Purcell was middle school principal in Orr Middle School and Gibson middle school. Purcell received a bachelors degree in 1964 from Central State University and in 1966 he received a masters degree in administration from the same university. | yes | 0 |
| Purcell, Mr. & Mrs. Anthony | OH-01520 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Wayne Newton, Hells Angles | no | 1 |
| Purdue, Albert | OH-01521 | 08/16/2000 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 3 | |
| Purdy, Olenda | OH-01522 | 03/12/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Atomic Testing politics, Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Quigley, Tina | OH-03230 | 2017 August 29 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Born and raised in rural Petaluma, California, Tina Quigley began flying at sixteen. After graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona, with dual degrees in aviation business and airport planning, she accepted a job at McCarran Airport in a cohort with Jacob Snow and Curtis Myles. Working under Robert Broadbent, Quigley planned and executed the D Gates project from beginning to end. In 2005 she joined the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) as deputy general manager to the general manager and her former colleague, Snow. When Snow retired in 2012, the RTC Board of Commissioners promoted Quigley to general manager. Subjects: Regional Transportation Commission (RTC); Regional planning; Inter-agency cooperation; Transportation; Mass transit; Maryland Parkway Corridor; Connectivity; Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) technology | no | 0 |
| Quirk, Ted | OH-03368 | 2017 December 15 and 20 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Session 1: In 1973, Quirk moved to Las Vegas, passed the bar exam, and started a law practice in patents, trademarks, and copyright matters; the only firm of its kind in the state of Nevada. Business investments allowed him to become the owner of Las Vegas' most popular nightclub from 1995 - 2005, The Beach. And he was one of five developers of Spanish Trial Country Club, a 640 acre golf club community that was the first elegant, upscale community. He and his partners built and sold about 1100 of the 1300 homes themselves. Each person in the partnership became an expert in a specialized area of the housing development industry. Ted is a giver. He learned to give as his mother helped the two children decide where the family's extra few dollars would be donated. As soon as he arrived in Las Vegas, he stated giving of his time and talents to The Las Vegas Boys and Girls Club. Subjects: Cornell, prep school, Shell Oil, Pittsburgh, CA, Ed Bernstein, Mendenhall, The Beach, Spanish Trail Country Club, First Interstate Bank, Don Snyder, Boys and Girls Clubs; Session 2: In session 2 of 2, Ted Quirk talks about his connections with UNLV: helping to form the Golf Foundation, Runnin Rebel Club, and UNLV Research Foundation. He explains his understanding of Tarkanian, President Maxson, and the CNAA; of the ending of Carol Harter's tenure as university president and admiration for both Carol and Jim Rodgers; Elaine Wynn's many contributions of education, working with Majorie Barrick; the reason for Steve Wynn's lack of university support; and the two capital campaigns including the silent phase of the current one He also recounts the case of the Territorial Enterprise Newspaper's copyright case. Subjects: Tarkanian, President Maxson, NCAA, Majorie Barrick, Elaine Wynn, Steve Wynn, Carol Harter, Jim Rogers, Beverly Rogers, Running Rebels, UNLV Golf, UNLV Research Foundation | no | 0 |
| Rabbit, Eddie | 10/03/1984 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Raben, Barbara | OH-02278 | 02/24/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Speaks about history of Hadassah; Jewish Family Services. Arrived in Las Vegas in 1991 and became very involved in Jewish community. F850 J5 R32 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Rabin, Trevor | 07/27/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | |
| Radeloff, Cheryl | OH-01524 | 07/27/2006 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.R33 2007 Dr. Cheryl Radeloff was hired as a graduate teaching assistant at UNLV in 1996. She served as a representative and as president of the Graduate Student Association. | yes | 2 |
| Radoff, Janellen | OH-02841 | 2016 September 26 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 R33 2014 Resident since 1978; husband Bill came to work at Caesars as Purchasing Director. Trained in interior design and architecture, Jane found employment as a commercial designer; worked with Roger Thomas at Wynn properties among other projects. Involved in the interior for Congregation Ner Tamid. | yes | 0 |
| Rae, Carol | OH-01525 | 03/10/2007 | UNLV | yes | 2 | |
| Raeburn, Bruce Boyd | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | ||
| Raeburn, Bruce Boyd | 10/02/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Rafael, Byrde | OH-01526 | 02/14/1997 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history; Old Ranch | no | 1 |
| Rahner, Gwen Weeks | OH-01527 | 03/16/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history; Blacks in Las Vegas, Black Community | yes | 1 |
| Rainey, James H., Sr. | OH-01528 | 3/12/2012 | AfAm Collaborative - Documenting the LV Black Experience | funeral home industry, evolution of the industry; importance in black community | yes | 0 |
| Raizin, Carol and Leonard | OH-01529 | 04/08/2009 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | CT247 .R33 2012 Carol and Leonard Raizin met in 1954 in Toronto, Canada. Carol is a retired medical office manager and Leonard is a retired medical doctor. The Raizins moved to Nevada in 1961. | yes | 0 |
| Ram, Buck (Platters) | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | ||
| Rambeau, Inez | OH-01530 | 03/26/77 | Elmo H. Ellsworth convention sales | no | 0 | |
| Rambo (Maltrotti), Jean | OH-02505 | 2005 February 18 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Rambo, Jean | OH-01531 | 04/24/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nursing in Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Ramirez, Christopher | OH-01532 | 10/02/2013 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Interviewed by Wendy Starkweather; Rancho Bel Air Neighborhood; sent to transcriber on 11/07/2013 | yes | 0 |
| Ramos, Rose B. & Bob | OH-01533 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Rampton, Renee Marchant | OH-02690 | 2015 September 25 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 R343 2015 Renée grew up in a family of fifteen children. In 1956 she married musician Roger Rampton, a successful percussionist. They soon moved to Las Vegas where Roger performed on the Strip. She remained active in her Mormon faith and the Church's music ministry. When the Clark County School District was going to cut their music programs in the early 1970s, she became a vocal community opponent. In the 1970s the Mormon Church opposed the Equal Rights Amendment. Reńee wasn't comfortable with the Church's involvement in this political issue, and she joined forces with those working to ratify the amendment. She and Roger divorced during this period, she went back to school and got her education degree and became an elementary school teacher. Renée continued teaching until she turned seventy. | yes | 0 |
| Ramsey, G.C. | OH-01534 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Randall, Frankie | 07/17/2004 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Raney, O.L. | OH-01535 | 10/5/1973 | Local Oral History Project - Roske | Boulder area history; | no | 0 |
| Rankin, Bud and Ruby | OH-02472 | 2012-11-23 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | Ruby Richardson, Glenn Richardson's sister; parents were caretakers of Oliver Ranch 1952-1954; Blue Diamond town and school; Oliver Ranch; Tweed and Buster Wilson; Bar Nothing Ranch; Horace Wilson's homestead in Pine Creek, referred to as "Hunt's Place" by the Richardsons | yes | 0 |
| Rankin, Katherine L. | OH-02090 | 6/16/2014 | BELVOHP | Special Collections cataloger at UNLV Libraries since July 2006. Catalogs maps and is active in he Western Association of Map Libraries and in ALA Map and Geospatial Information Roundtable. Discusses contributions of early members of library staff. | yes | 0 |
| Rarick, M. Jeri | OH-01536 | 03/06/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Rarish, Mitchell | 8/24/87 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Rasco, Chuck | OH-02385 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Rasco joined the volunteer fire department in Lovelock, Nevada in 1976 and was enlisted into the ambulance service. Later that year he started EMT classes. In 1994 he became chief of the department. | no | 0 |
| Rascon, Aracely | OH-03493 | 2018 October 02 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Aracely Rascon was born in Chihuahua, Mexico and lived there until 9 years of age when her father brought the family to Las Vegas. She learned interior design at UNLV and joined the firm of Simpson Coulter where she specializes in decorating the interiors of businesses and schools. Two weeks after the October 1 shooting, her skills were called upon by those across the city who were preparing the Resiliency Center for survivors of the mass shooting. This proposed Resiliency Center needed carpet, paint, furniture, art work, and everything else to make it into a place where people could seek assistance in a peaceful atmosphere where they could tell their stories and ask for help. Rascon began contacting all her resources. Each company bent over backwards to offer deals, advice, referrals, and directions. One company at the World Market Center said, "pay for this one item and take all of others free of charge." When carpet was not available at one location, they referred her to a competitor who had exactly what she needed in stock. The kindness never ended. Aracely learned that she could use her talents and skills for decorating to help others be at peace and to dialogue and perform in comfort. She will never forget and will be forever grateful to the sense of community displayed by her city. Subjects: Chihuahua, Mexico, Resiliency Center, World Market Center, Simpson Coulter Studio, Interior Decorating | no | 0 |
| Ratner, Marc | OH-02807 | August 23, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 R37 2014 Current Sr. VP of Government & Regulatory Affairs for UFC. Talks about MMA fighting and joining the UFC organization after a long career with professional boxing. Ratner is a non-fighter inductee into Boxing Hall of Fame; has a long high school officiating career and was raised Jewish in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Ravanipur, Moniru | OH-01538 | 2/13/2013 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Writer from Iran. Life in Iran and now in Las Vegas as a writer in asylum. Moniru's story is from another world - intriguing, tragic, entertaining, inspriting and thought provoking. | yes | 0 |
| Ravenholt | OH-01537 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Ravetti, Joanne | OH-00117 | 3/28/2014 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Worked as a cocktail waitress and formed friendships that last until the present. Group interview at one of those gathering with Cynthia Cisero, Betty Brown, and Tina Boag. Video and audio | yes | 0 |
| Ravetti, Joanne | OH-00117 | 4/28/2014 | West Charleston OHP | Four women who have remained friends since their 1960s migration to Las Vegas tell stories of the way it was - jobs for women, safety, entertainment, and family life. | yes | 0 |
| Rawls, Lou | 01/29/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Rawson, Raymond D. | OH-01540 | 11/13/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .R38 2007 Raymond Rawson was born in the rural Utah community of Sandy in 1940, and his family had moved to Las Vegas by the time he was 10. He was a mmber of UNLV's first grauating class and became a dentist. He also served in the Nevada State Legislature and on the Board of Regents | yes | 0 |
| Rawson, Raymond D. | OH-01540 | 10/30/2009 | Boyer Early LV OHP | Raymond Rawson was born in the rural Utah community of Sandy in 1940, and his family had moved to Las Vegas by the time he was 10. He was a mmber of UNLV's first grauating class and became a dentist. He also served in the Nevada State Legislature and on the Board of Regents Includes an appendix with an obituary of Raymond Rawson's wife Linda, a transcription of an interview with Linda Rawson with her husband Ray, and Ray Rawson's legislative biography. Includes index | yes | 0 |
| Ray, Clarence | OH-02431 | 1991 | Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas | HV 6721 L3 R39x 1991; The narrative of Clarence Ray -- who first visited Las Vegas in 1922, came to stay in 1925, and has lived there for most of the time since then. The main source of employment for the relatively small black population during the 1920s and early 1930s was the railroad, but a number were also in business. Blacks lived and operated their businesses in downtown Las Vegas, formerly the Clark Townsite, not in the present Westside, formerly the McWiliiams Townsite. Mr. Ray provides thumbnail sketches of many of the early residents, and is particularly informative about "Mammy" Pinkston, Mary Nettles, the Stevens family, and the Ensley family. Systematic racial discrimination against blacks developed in southern Nevada during the 1930s, and Mr. Ray providessome useful details on this | yes | 0 |
| Ray, Johnnie | 07/27/1972 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Rayford, Billie | OH-03429 | 2018 May 01 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Billie Rayford grew up in Jefferson, Texas and moved to Las Vegas in 1979 with a teaching contract when the Clark County School District was led by its only black superintendent, Claude Perkins. During her 33+ years with the school system, Billie worked as a teacher, principal, supervisor of student teachers, Assistant Superintendent, Dean, Curriculum Consultant, Compliance Officer, and many other assignments. Her interview covers desegregation plans, technical training schools, magnet schools, charter schools, Rainbow Dreams Academy, the partnership with Zion National Park's Concrete to Canyons program, and the high school/community college combined program that allows students to graduate from high school and earn an AA degree simultaneously. Her social and civil engagements cover community activities in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Les Femmes Douze, 20 Pears Foundation, Zion Nation Park Forever Project, a charter member of 100 Black Women, and a charter member of The Society, Inc. - Las Vegas Chapter. Subjects: juke joint, Freedom of Choice Plan, Sunset High School, Rainbow Dreams Academy, Families in Nature Program, Zion National Park's Concrete to Canyon, The Society, Les Femme Douze, 100 Black Women, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Claude Perkins | no | 0 |
| Rayford, Celese | OH-02514 | 11/14/2015 | AfAm - Dr. Celeste | CCSD Educator | no | 0 |
| Rayford, Yolanda | OH-02440 | 8/11/2015 | AfAm | Father served in the US Air Force; tells of life as a family living outside of the Westside community but enjoying the entertainment and food in Jackson Street establishments. Family life reflective of a middle class lifestyle. Employed at NTS, classes at UNLV, and future goals. | no | 0 |
| Razmick, Charles F. | OH-01541 | 03/12/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Razy, H. Joy | OH-01542 | 03/11/1978 or 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Re-opening of F Street | OH-02268 | 12/11/2014 | AfAm | Program that marked the Re-Opening of F Street; $13 million project that could have been avoided. | no | 0 |
| Rebollal, Margarita | OH-03568 | 2019 February 28 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Margarita Rebollal is a lifelong community organizer and advocate for Latinx civic engagement and rights. She was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and shares her fondest childhood memories growing up on the island with her siblings. At a young age, Margarita's father passed away and her mother was forced to leave for New York to earn money for her family. After a period of separation, Margarita would be reunited with her mother in New York and begin going to school in the Bronx. She would go on to serve as a secretary and eventually move up to supervisory roles and executive positions. As a single mother, Margarita worked tirelessly to support her family and go to school to complete her bachelors degree. Later, she would move to california, and eventually find her way to Las Vegas through her ex-husband. In Las Vegas, she has spent the last 24 years serving the community, and is most well-known for her role in founding the Puerto Rican Association and the Hispanic International Day Parade of Nevada. Currently, Margarita is running for City Council for Ward 1. Subjects: Puerto Rican Association, New York, Civic Engagement, Latina | no | 0 |
| Rechel, Darrell | OH-02386 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Rechel joined the Fallon, Nevada fire department in 1964 and became active in the ambulance service in 1970. | no | 0 |
| Recker, Marilynne | OH-01543 | 03/10/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 62' | no | 1 |
| Red, Hot and Blue | 06/25/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Reddy, Helen | 03/11/1984 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Reddy, Helen | 08/23/1982 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Reddy, Helen | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Redmond, Guadalupe Meza | OH-03536 | 2018 December 07 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Guadalupe Redmond lived a wonderful life in Mexico with close families ties, trips to the beach, and monthly festivals. That changed when her mother decided it was time for the entire family to live with their father who worked in the US and came home on weekends. They chose Las Vegas as the place where everyone would live. Guadalupe was 17 and did not want to move but reluctantly did so and eventually fell in love with her new city. She taught herself English my watching TV. She would watch the same program each day and mouth the words. Then she decided she wanted to work and became a guest room attendant working downtown and on the Strip - Sundance (Fitzgerald's, now the D), Stratosphere, Aladdin, Planet Hollywood, Riviera, Hacienda - to name a few. As she moved about, she began to understand the importance of the Culinary Union Local 226. At first she saw the benefits of health insurance, then, that of the pension plan and began to share this understanding with fellow workers as a shop steward. She is now an organizer who in 1989 participated in a 10-month Work and Walk strategy that was successful. She spoke of the delicious fresh food that was never the same in the US as it had been in Mexico. Even celebrating the Christmas holidays changed and the monthly festivals never returned. However, on a vacation back to Mexico after living in Las Vegas for about a decade, she discovered that she could not go home; Las Vegas had become home. Subjects: Sundance, festivals, MGM fight, Work & Walk, MGM fight | no | 0 |
| Reedom, Carolyn | OH-01544 | 11/22/2006 | Oral History of the Public school Principalship | Education, Principal, African American, Clark County School District; Dr. Carol Reedom is a retired school principal from the Clark County School District in Nevada. Dr. Reedom's last position held before retiring was the Southeast Region Assistant Superintendent; however Dr. Reedom's work experience is highly diverse which includes elementary and high school principal, assistant principal, dean of students, graduate assistant, and elementary school teacher. | yes | 0 |
| Reese, Della | 06/24/1972 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Reese, Kaye V. | OH-01545 | January 12, 2010 | 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 | 1 |
| Reese, Linda R. | OH-01546 | 12/10/2008 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship | Linda Reese is a retired elementary school principal from Nevada's Clark County school district. Ms. Reese received her bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1978 and in 1992 received an Indorc. in administration. Ms. Reese then received her master's degree in 1985 from NOVA in curricular practical training. | yes | 0 |
| Reese, Michael | OH-01547 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education | no | 1 |
| Reeves, James E. | OH-01548 | 03/10/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history, Atomic testing | no | 1 |
| Regan, Henry L., Jr | OH-01549 | October 12, 2012 | African American Collaborative | F850.N4 R43 2012 | no | 0 |
| Rehn, William | OH-01550 | 01/15/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Attitude of people towards blacks in Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Reid, Bernice | OH-01551 | 03/12/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Southern Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Reid, Harry M. | OH-01552 | 03/09/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | History of Searchlight, Nevada | no | 1 |
| Reid, Laverne A. | OH-01553 | 03/13/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Bunkerville; Las Vegas in the 1950s. | no | 1 |
| Reid, Rory | OH-03200 | 2017 July 13 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 R453 2017 Recalls Las Vegas childhood and schooling; Utah college and law school, and religious mission to Argentina. Speaks of legal career with Lionel Sawyer and Collins and also for Andy Tompkins's Lady Luck Casino. In discussing political roles as Chair of Nevada Democratic Party, two-term Clark County Commissioner for District G (2002-2010), and Clark County Commission Chair emphasizes long-term damage Operation G-Sting inflicted on public trust in local government. Particularly highlights the work of The Rogers Foundation, of which he is president. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Lionel Sawyer Collins; Nevada Democratic Party; Clark County Commission; District G; Operation G-Sting; public trust; The Rogers Foundation | yes | 0 |
| Reisner, Sonny | OH-01554 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Remembering 1 October: A Night Of Healing And Community panelist event | OH-03500 | 2018 October 05 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Panelist event to observe the anniversary of 1 October. Panelists included David Becker, John Fudenberg, Dr. Deborah A. Kuhls, Jay Pleggenkuhle, and Joy Rineer. Claytee White was the moderator of the event held in the Goldfield Room at UNLV Lied Library. | no | 0 |
| Renaud, Line | OH-02224 | 1/8/2015 | BELVOHP | Dancer, actress, singer, writer. Performed at the Dunes and Bonanza. Christened Dunes' iconic sign and Paris Hotel Casino. Speaks of associations with Bob Hope, Sammy Davis, Nat King Cole and many others in Las Vegas, Paris, and Los Angeles. | no | 0 |
| Rene, Henri | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | ||
| Reno, Gordon | OH-01555 | 03/01/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson/Las Vegas history 1940's - , Basque life | no | 1 |
| Renteria, Mrs. Vera | OH-01556 | 02/11/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Westside | no | 1 |
| Resabek, Milon | 08/12/2004 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Resnick, Rick | OH-02387 | 2013 March 14 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Resnick worked for Mercy Ambulance in Las Vegas, Nevada before moving to Mesquite, Nevada in 2000. | no | 0 |
| Reynolds, Debbie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Reynolds, Debbie | 07/09/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Reynolds, Debbie | 07/09/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Reynolds, Douglas | OH-01557 | 2006 | UNLV | yes | 1 | |
| Reynolds, Douglas D. | OH-01557 | 06/16/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.R48 2007Douglas Reynolds joined the UNLV engineering faculty in 1983. He wrote a report which led to the founding of the engineering college and also provided documentation for its accreditation with the ABET. He is a mechanical engineer and his specialities are mechanical vibration and acoustics | yes | 0 |
| Reynolds, Douglas D. | OH-01557 | 6/16/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty | Douglas Reynolds joined the UNLV engineering faculty in 1983. He wrote a report which led to the founding of the engineering college and also provided documentation for its accreditation with the ABET. He is a mechanical engineer and his specialities are mechanical vibration and acoustics | yes | 0 |
| Rhea, Mabel | OH-01558 | 04/09/2011 | 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 | 1 |
| Rhodes, Charles Cecil | OH-01559 | 11/09/2000 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 2 | |
| Rhodes, Dell Ray | OH-01560 | 4/1/2010 | AfAm Collaborative - Documenting the LV Black Experience | F850.N4 R46 2012 Interest in CCSD, copy of 6th Grade Center Plan in appendix | yes | 0 |
| Rhodes-Ford, Berna | OH-03487 | 2018 September 25 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Berna Rhodes-Ford arrived in Las Vegas in the year 2000 to clerk for Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. She attended SMU for her undergraduate degree and the University of Texas at Austin for law school. During her third year of law school, she met and married Aaron and together they began to work and study across the country ending up in Las Vegas. Soon, she opened her own practice and concurrenlty, began to serve the community through several black female-focused organizations. Her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, that she joined as an undergraduate because of its emphasis on leadership, became her first vehicle to give back to the Las Vegas African American community. Then she joined the Links, Incorporated and Jack & Jill of America, Inc. Women of the Links serve under the national motto: Linked in Friendship and Connected in Service. The chapter in Las Vegas is committed to enriching, sustaining, and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. Jack and Jill, Inc. is more geared to mothers who are rearing children. Their goal is to bring children up in a social and cultural environment. Berna has served in many roles for all the named organizations. Subjects: Johnnie Rawlinson, Aaron Ford, Southern Methodist University (SMU), AKA (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority), Links, Inc., Jack & Jill of America, Inc., The Girlfriends, Charms, Inc. | no | 0 |
| Riback, Steve | OH-03366 | 2017 December 12 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 R52 2014 Sgt. Steve Riback is a Detective Sergeant for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He has been with the police force for nearly twenty years. On the night of the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, he had just returned home shortly after 10pm. He had been on an overtime assignment on the Strip prior to the shooting. When he was awaken by a call from his lieutenant he was unaware of the time and immediately went into action—contacted his squad members and rushed to his station in northwest part of the city. He reflects on his overwhelming pride of the police that day, recalling what he heard on his police radio, seeing the rush of police cars being dispatched, and watching a body camera video later. Sgt. Riback’s squad was assigned to Spring Valley Hospital where they worked tirelessly to identify victims, both injured and deceased. His reflections stir the image of medical professionals and police officers urgently fusing together to handle the situation at hand. Riback shares a myriad of emotions, talks about the options available for officers to deal with their personal trauma, and how he explained to his eight-year-old why Daddy was crying. Riback is also known as the Kosher Cop and has authored a book, My Journey Home, about becoming an observant Orthodox Jewish officer and his struggle for the right to wear his beard and a yarmulke while on duty. Subjects: Las Vegas Metro sergeant, squad assigned to Spring Valley Hospital | yes | 0 |
| Rice, Ellis | OH-02076 | 4/9/2014 | AfAm Collab | Discusses cultural aspects of the black community. Rice is an artist combining many talents over various genres. Discusses the city's role in cultural affairs. | yes | 0 |
| Rice, Juanita | OH-01561 | 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal backround I-15 | no | 1 |
| Richards, Dick A. | OH-01562 | 02/21/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Richards, Mustafa | OH-01563 | 3/10/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | The work of the mosque in Las Vegas. Las Vegas inter-group relations. | yes | 0 |
| Richards, Sal | 01/27/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Richardson, Bill | OH-01564 | may 10, 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. | yes | 1 |
| Richardson, Glenn | OH-02220 | 1/29/2013 | Blue Diamond | Interviewed by George Bogdanovich. Includes facts about Olive Ranch, Hope Ranch, father's work at the mine, and memories of the Blue Diamond Blues softball team. | yes | 1 |
| Richardson, Glenn | OH-02473 | 2013-06-01 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | Parents were caretakers of Oliver Ranch 1952-1954; Blue Diamond town and school; Oliver Ranch; Bar Nothing Ranch; Horace Wilson's homestead in Pine Creek, referred to as "Hunt's Place" by the Richardsons; Tweed and Buster Wilson | yes | 0 |
| Richardson, Glenn Dale | OH-02220 | 1/29/2013 | Blue Diamond - BELV | Lived at Oliver Ranch as caretaker, raised cattle and chickens. Father worked as mechanic for blue Diamond Corporation. Currently lives in Mt. Charleston. | yes | 1 |
| Richardson, Louis | OH-02785 | 7/29/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 R5225 2016 Built West Las Vegas and Nellis libraries for LVCCLD, most recent renovation Lorenzi Park; entire block of J Street on East side from Lake Mead south. | yes | 0 |
| Richardson, Sonny | OH-01565 | 01/23/2007 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 1 | |
| Richardson, Vicki | OH-01566 | 08/19/2003 | Blue Diamond | yes | 1 | |
| Richardson, Vicki | OH-01566 | 1/29/2004 | Boyer Early LV OHP | CT247 .R52 2007 Vicki Richardson taught art in the Clark County School district and now owns businesses including Left of Center Art Gallery in North Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Richardson, Vicki | OH-01566 | December 12, 2003 | 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 |
| Richardson, Vicki | OH-02474 | 2013-07-03 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | Vicki (Rosaline) -- parents were caretakers of Oliver Ranch 1942-1945; Blue Diamond town (they lived in the adobe house); Blue Diamond mine; Oliver Ranch; Las Vegas in the 1940s and 1950s | yes | 0 |
| Richardson, Virginia Beckley | OH-01043 | 2009 November 5 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849 L35 R5333 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Rickerts, Paul | OH-01567 | 03/29/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Police Department AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) | no | 1 |
| Rickles, Don | 02/26/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Rickles, Don | OH-02605 | 06/24/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 |
| Ries, Aldeane | OH-01568 | 4/21/2014 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship | Principal; Education; Clark County School District; Aldeane Ries is a retired high school principal from the Clark County School District in Nevada. Ries received her bachelor degree from the University of Iowa, her masters degree in Northern Arizona University, and also conducted post graduate work at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Ms. Ries started her career as a teacher from 1962 to 1968, then from 1968 to 1979 she held the position Dean of Students. Ries then became assistant principal at Chaparral high school and principals both at Valley high school and Silverado high school. | yes | 0 |
| Rightous Brothers | 08/06/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Rightous Brothers | 12/06/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Gwen Castaldi | no | 1 | |
| Riley, Louise | OH-01569 | 03/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Rineer, Joy | OH-03358 | 2017 December 01 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Joy Rineer, mom, wife, sister, daughter, and professional woman, is a second-generation architect with a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Studies and a Master's degree in Architecture from the University of Utah. Rineer is an Associate Principal with Simpson Coulter Studio, having joined the firm in 2004, when she was Joy Pugsley and the firm was then Welles Pugsley Architects--the firm founded by her father, David Pugsley, and his partner, David Welles. The Salt Lake City, Utah, native discusses her childhood in Spring Valley from the age of seven and attendance at Clarabelle Decker Elementary School, Kermit Booker Sixth Grade Center, Kenny Guinn Middle School, and graduating from Durango High School's first graduating class in 1995. Despite being raised by an architect, she came to architecture rather by accident only after she realized her plans to double-major in music and structural engineering did not lead to a logical career path. She explains how the architectural education, internship, testing, and licensing processes have evolved over time since she first encountered them, and how these processes formerly limited opportunities for women in architecture. Rineer also reflects on projects she has worked on personally, some her firm has done, and some that are currently on the boards. Subjects: Architecture; Design; Women; Welles Pugsley; Simpson Coulter; Spaces | no | 0 |
| Rineer, Joy | OH-03363 | 2017 December 07 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Joy Rineer is a Las Vegas architect whose firm is currently working on the new creative space on the first floor of Lied Library. Her firm also designed the Resilience Center for those affected by the shooting on October 1. Just like the Memory Garden, this huge space was donated, remolded, designed, outfitted, and decorated in six days. The firm's interior designer located fabrics, furniture, rugs, painting, and decorations in record time. Then collaborators valleywide came together to assemble the space into an office, comfort rooms, and caring spaces to meet the 6-day deadline. Juice is a good thing. When the Fire Chief called Rineer's colleague at Simpson Coulter Studio, the firm's opportunity to help was realized. They sprang into action and their desire to help our grief-stricken city with expert architectural skills allowed them to give back. Rineer saw her city react as a community whose heart blood spread rapidly. Her Leadership Las Vegas class amassed care packages, gave special cards of thanks to out-of-town first responders, and organized a blood drive that will become an annual event. Life changed and the good still shows. Subjects: Red Cross, Scott Emerson, Fire Chief, Leadership Las Vegas, Resilience Center, Interior Designer, Simpson Coulter Studio | no | 0 |
| Riskin, Margaret | OH-02164 | 8/12/2014 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | no | 0 | |
| Risley, Albert | OH-01570 | 02/27/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Rist, Frank | OH-01571 | 05/11/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Ritz, Dennis | OH-03245 | 2017 September 29 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Dennis Ritz is a 54-year friend of famed dancer and actress, Line Renaud. Working in publicity and advertising for hotels including the Sahara, Silver Slipper, Flamingo, and the International, Dennis knew many early Movers and Shakers. His stories include Jay Sarno, Nate Jacobson, Kirk Kerkorian, Joyce and Jerry Mack, Burton Cohen, and Morey Friedman. His memories include Wednesday night boxing matches at the Silver Slipper, burying people in the desert, MOB connections reaching into families of influence, and steak & eggs selling for $1.99. Subjects: The International, Silver Slipper, Frontier, Nate Jacobson, Jay Sarno, Line Renaud, Morey Friedman, MOB, publicity, advertising, | no | 0 |
| Rivas Nino, Joanna | OH-03499 | 2018 October 19 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Student interview conducted by Joanna Lisa Peres for History 110: Multicultural America. Joanna Rivas Nino is currently enrolled at UNLV. Works as an accounting tutor and cashier. Social Director of Beta Alpha Psi and involved in other community service activities. Born in California (1991) and raised in Mexico until age 14, when returned to the US. | no | 0 |
| Rivelli, Sonia | OH-03522 | 2019 March 06 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Sonia Rivelli is a Brazilian woman who grew up in a middle class home in São Paulo. As a multicultural woman she embraces her Italian roots as she does her Brazilian roots, and is proud to live in the United States. She took part in developing the Hispanic Heritage Museum headed by Lynette Sawyer and helped for the Brazilian Foundation in Las Vegas. Rivelli is involved in the Republican community and a businesswoman working in the antique business and creating the Aqua Diva Global water purification company. Subjects: Brazil; Politics; Aqua Diva Global; Hispanic Heritage Museum; Antiques | no | 0 |
| River-Rogers, Mariteresa | OH-03503 | 2018 October 24 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Mariteresa Riverea-Rogers was born in Concepción, Chile in 1943. In 1965, she and her husband moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. She began to work as a real estate agent before she became interested in being an interpreter for the court house. She attended UNLV's Sam Boyd School of Law and is currently a practicing lawyer. Subjects: Chile, UNLV law, Latino Bar Association, Clark County Bar Association, Wright Stanish & Winkle | no | 0 |
| Rivera, Erma Linda | OH-03546 | 2019 January 09 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Erma Linda Rivera arrived in Las Vegas in 1984. She worked for the Department of the Interior at the Bureau of Reclamation during the construction of the Hoover Dam. Subjects: Hoover Dam, Equal Employment Opportunity, National Hispana Leadership Institute, Henderson | no | 0 |
| Rivera, Linda | OH-02681 | 2009 October 2 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F850.S75 R58 2009 Erma "Linda" Rivera was born in Morenci, Arizona, in 1952. In the Las Vegas Valley, where Linda has lived for over twenty years, she has promoted educational opportunities for youth, particularly in the Hispanic community. Both she and her husband moved from Montana, where her husband worked as a power plant operator on Yellowtail Dam, to southern Nevada to work on Hoover Dam in 1986. Linda was put in charge of the affirmative employment plan for her branch of the Bureau of Reclamation. She thought there should be more Hispanics working for the Bureau of Reclamation, but she found that there weren't many Hispanics studying engineering. Linda reached out to John Medina at the Southern Nevada Hispanic Employment Program for help. He convinced her to become involved with the program, and she would later become its conference chair. Linda organized the Family Leadership Module for parents in the Clark County School District to give advice and encouragement for parents who are non-native speakers of English, so that they feel more confident becoming involved in the school district. She currently works as the Diversity Officer for the Bureau of Reclamation in Boulder City. | yes | 0 |
| Rivera, Lyle & Timbuck | OH-01572 | 05/01/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .R58 2007 Maryann's father and grandfather arrived in Las Vegas in 1905, and her mother was the eleventh baby born in Las Vegas. Lyle is a lawyer and community activist and worked in the Attorney General's and District Attorney's offices. He also worked as UNLV's vice president for development and university relations, was in charge of development efforts for the law school, formed the UNLV Foundation and served as its executive director, and was assistant general counsel for the university system. Lyle also was the founding president of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys, was instrumental in hiring Jerry Tarkanian as UNLV's basketball coach, and coordinated fund raising efforts for the UNLV International Gaming Institute | yes | 0 |
| Rivera, Modestina | OH-03555 | 2019 February 05 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Modestina Rivera describes her childhood home in the Dominican Republic as beautiful. Her large family lived on a farm where her father would cultivate all types of produce. She and her ten siblings all attended university thanks to the hard work of her father. Their idyllic lifestyle changed when her father was murdered by military men after defending his crops from being stolen. A lot of the Dominican Republic was corrupt during the era of dictator Rafael Trujillo Molina. Even finishing university was difficult, because the military presence lead to a lot of bloodshed within the school campus. It was during her university years that Modestina began experimenting with the fine arts, which would later become an important part of her career. She moved to New York in 1984 and began her work as an interviewer. Modestina describes some of her favorite interviews. She also speaks about her career in front of the screen. Modestina has produced television shows, short films, etc. Her longest passion project has been a film that has been in the works for about ten years. Modestina is also a painter. She has taught classes, commissioned work, and had her art displayed at museums all over the world. Interview conducted in Spanish. Subjects: filmmaker, painter, dominican republic, interviewer, latina | no | 0 |
| Rivera, Ross | OH-02389 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Rivera joined the volunteer fire department in Ely after graduating from high school. He became a professional firefighter in 1991 and completed EMT training in 1999. | no | 0 |
| Rivers, Joan | 02/03/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Rivers, Quincella | OH-03647 | 2019 November 20 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Quincella Rivers arrived in Las Vegas in 1979 after high school and two years of college in Indiana. Gary, Indiana, is her home town. She completed her education with a degree in Social Work at UNLV. Rivers retired as a Clark County Social Worker where she worked in various units including the Sex Abuse Division. Her early work began when underage girls were still considered criminals and the johns were not. But her joy is found in the arts. In retirement, she is more active in the arts than ever. She serves as co-chair of the Youth in Arts for Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority, President of the Las Vegas Society, Inc., Advisory Board of Forgotten Song Foundation, and sings with Sweet Adeline International. The Society fundraises for students in the arts. This interview concentrates on black women's organizations and the uplift provided by them. Subjects: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Youth in Arts, The Society, Forgotten Song Foundation, Sweet Adeline | no | 0 |
| Rizzo, Rich | OH-01573 | 2003-06-19 | Male Dancer | yes | 1 | |
| Rizzo, Richard J. "Dick" | OH-03254 | 2017 October 18 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Dick Rizzo, Vice Chairman Emeritus of Tutor Perini Building Corp., has held every executive position in his 40 years at the company. After the Massachusetts native earned bachelor's degrees in civil engineering and business management at Lehigh University and graduated from Stanford University’s Executive Management Program, he worked for a small general contractor before joining the construction firm owned by his father and uncle. Realizing that he preferred a corporate business climate to that of a family-owned business, he moved his family from Maine to Phoenix, Arizona, and joined Perini Construction in 1977. The company's first Las Vegas project was for a Phoenix client: American Airlines wanted Perini to build a cargo terminal at McCarran Airport. Rizzo quickly rose through the ranks, and as the company took on more Las Vegas work, in 1980 he moved the corporate offices to Las Vegas. Here, Rizzo talks about nurturing Perini's corporate culture, working to change the way the public views construction companies, and, despite fears the public might associate the company with the mob, eventually breaking into the Las Vegas gaming and hospitality building market. He talks about building CityCenter, the Harmon, and the trust that undergirds his professional relationships with clients, architects, and subcontractors and about various charitable organizations he and Perini have supported, including their donation of the Perini Construction Management Lab at the UNLV Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Perini Construction; Tutor Perini Building Corp.; Mardian Construction; Construction; Contractors; Subcontractors; Corporate culture; Mob; perception; trust; professional relationships; MGM; CityCenter; The Harmon; McCarran Airport; Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering; Tropicana; CircusCircus; Caesars Palace; Harrah's; Laughlin, NV; Trump Tower | no | 0 |
| Roaker, Guy | OH-01574 | 3/10/1981 | Local Oral History | Early Las Vegas history, changes in Nevada | no | 0 |
| Robb, J. Marshall | OH-01575 | 2/11/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Virginia City, Nevada; Reno; Nevada Test Site; Hoover Dam; Early Nevada History | no | 0 |
| Robbins, Adelaide | OH-02136 | 4/18/2008 | All That Jazz | Began piano lessons at 6 and a professional career at 12 years of age. In Las Vegas, she was "always the only woman in the band." Played many LV venues and still preforming at time of interview. ML 394,R62 2008 | yes | 0 |
| Robbins, Charis | OH-01576 | 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Silver Peak | no | 1 |
| Roberts, Elizabeth | OH-02248 | 7/6/1979 | Early years, Tonapah, education | no | 0 | |
| Roberts, Jill | OH-03413 | 2018 March 20 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Raised most of life in Las Vegas, Jill Roberts is a graduate in the School of Hospitality at UNLV. About ten years ago, she became a volunteer and then CEO of Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) of Southern Nevada. She also works part-time for the Coroner's Office as an investigator. In this interview she explains the role of TIP and the volunteers in assisting those dealing with traumatic events and death; specifically she shares what happen for TIP at the time and weeks after October 1 massacre. Subjects: Traumatic Intervention Program (TIP), Coroner investigator, comforting families of deceased, thank you notes from survivors of Sandy Hook shooting in 2012 | no | 0 |
| Roberts, Raymond | OH-01577 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1956 - | no | 1 |
| Roberts, Traci | OH-01578 | 11/14/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 2 | |
| Robertson, Hattie | OH-01579 | 03/05/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family | no | 1 |
| Robinson, Donna | OH-03655 | 2019 December 20 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | American Red Cross disaster coordinator and spiritual counselor. Talks about responding to 1 October shooting at the Metro Police facility; how the impact continues for her personally as well as others in the community. Importance of Healing Garden in the community. Subjects: Healing Garden, American Red Cross | no | 0 |
| Robinson, Lyn | OH-02161 | Sept. 18, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Lyn talks about her participation with the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center as official photographer of survivors for the Center. | yes | 0 |
| Robinson, Smokey | 07/23/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Robison, John "Zach" | OH-02390 | 2013 February 01 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After serving as a medic in the Navy, Robison began work for Mercy Ambulance in Las Vegas, Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Robison, Marlin | OH-01581 | 03/12/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Robison, Marlin | OH-03632 | 2019 July 02 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Marlin Robison grew up with an abusive stepfather. His violence put Marlin in the hospital several times and was probably the cause of other preventable accidents because of his nervousness around his father. At 16 years of age, Marlin turned the tables and stopped the abuse of himself and his mother. Marlin's first memories are of Cedar City, Utah then Overton, NV and Henderson, NV where Merle (stepfather) worked on the railroad making repairs. And although his mother, Velda, worked also, the family lived in grinding poverty. From a young boy he worked at jobs from plucking turkeys to oiling the wheels on railroad trains. The family lived in Carver Park, the original black neighborhood constructed by the federal government. At Basic High School, Marlin learned to box and became a Golden Glove champion. His father did not value education so Marlin quit in his senior year because he needed to work and he lacked too many credits to graduate with his class. He returned to school later in life and worked for Juvenile Justice System as a camp counselor, parole officer, supervisor, and became special mentor/father to Semi Gray, a budding genius he found and gave a chance. Marlin spends his time with his beautiful wife, Susan, and meets the gang from Basic High School weekly at the Joker's Wild. Subjects: Harry Reid, Cedar City, Utah, Overton, NV, Blue Diamond, Don Wilson, Bill Miller, Mike O'Callaghan, Child Haven, Spring Mountain Youth Camp, downtown Henderson, Juan's Fajitas | no | 0 |
| Robison, Michael S. | OH-01580 | 11/18/2003 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship | Education,Principal-ship, Clark County School District; Dr. Michael S. Robison is a retired elementary school principal. Dr. Robison has worked in various cities in Nevada such as Las Vegas for the Clark County School District and Minden Nevada for the Douglas County School District. Mr. Robison received a bachelors of science degree in biology from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1970. The following year he received masters degree in educational administration and supervision. Dr. Robison received his doctorate in educational administration and higher education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1984. | yes | 1 |
| Robison,Michael S. | OH-01580 | 11/24/2003 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship | Dr. Michael S. Robison is a retired elementary school principal from the Clark County School District in Nevada. Dr. Robison received his bachelors degree and two master degrees from the University of Nevada, Reno. Dr. Robison received his doctorates degree at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in educational administration and higher education in 1984. | yes | 0 |
| Robone, Nick | OH-03370 | 2017 December 21 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Nick Robone is the Assistant Coach of the UNLV Hockey team. After being shot in the chest at Route 91, his mental, emotional, and physical acurity allowed him to heal and become more clear, focused, and positively progressive. His Italian family assisted with visits, many visits, that allowed him to tell and re-tell his story. He healed himself by not keeping anything bottled up inside. And he set a goal for his healing: his previously planned Hawaiian trip. He made that deadline and travelled with additional friends who signed on wanting to meet that milestone with him. Although today's country music is different from "old" country, Nick is still a fan. ["Old Country or classic country songs are steeped in Americana and tell the story of ordinary, loving, hard working, often hard drinking, and sometimes long-suffering people. ...Artists include Dolly Parton, Willis Nelson and Johnny Cash." https://www.ranker.com/list/best-classic-country-songs/ranker-music] Nick remembers 2 cracks and Aldean still singing. The next barrage was more sustained, Aldean ran as did Nick, his borhter, and their friends. They hid behind a cop car on Reno Avenue. The car had no keys inside but soon an ambulance appeared. Bleeding from the mouth and nose, Nick helped others who needed care more than he did. He waited for the next ambulance. He was taken to Sunrise while his brother, Anthony, a fighterfighter from Henderson, continued to help others. Sunrise was already a hectic scene when Nick arrived. He walked into the emergency room and was given a bed. About 30 minutes later, he was taken into surgery. While healing, he was contacted by people from other shootings - Matt Mika, present at the Congressional baseball pratice in Washington, D.C. and Kristin from Virginia Tech. Nike will use what he has learned in the aftermath to reach out to the future-wounded. Robone is beginning to plan a public skating event for the city of Las Vegas and will charge a minimal fee of maybe $10, to be used for a cause formed out of the 1 October Shooting. Subjects: hockey, Route 91 Festival, Italian family mores, Hawaii, Old country, Aldean, Sunrise Hospital, Anthony Robone, Matt Mike, Congressional Baseball pratice, Virginia Tech, Top Golf | no | 0 |
| Rodden, Mimi | OH-02570 | 2009 April 9 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849 L35 .R633 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Rodgers, Kerin | OH-01583 | 02/24/1998 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | Gay community in Las Vegas | yes | 4 |
| Rodgers, Kerin | OH-01582 | 8/16/2011 | voices of John S Park | F849.L35 R63 2010 Kerin Rodgers owned a retail fashion store and modeling agency with a friend in Santa Monica, California. She came to Las Vegas in 1966 to work at The Broadway department store. She bought a home in the John S. Park Neighborhood in 1974. Popular radio personality; active in local and national politics. | yes | 0 |
| Rodgers, Perry | OH-01584 | 03/25/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 1 | |
| Rodiak, Gertrude | OH-01585 | 02/28/2008 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 2 | |
| Rodriguez, Donna | OH-02196 | 11/24/2014 | AfAm Student Project - (Justin Burrows) | Parental relations; being reared by single mother. Mother worked in security/surveillance in hotel industry at a time when blacks could not arrest whites caught cheating. | no | 0 |
| Rodriguez, Kay | OH-03472 | 1997 November 14 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Real estate. No use agreement. | no | 0 |
| Rodriguez, Thomas | OH-03476 | 2018 September 10 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 R63 2018 Born Topeka KS (b. 1940) to parents of Mexican descent, Tom moved to Las Vegas in 1981 for a position with Las Vegas Consortium. From then his interest and knowledge of local Latino history and demographics soared. He is known for filing suit against Clark County School District for civil rights employment discrimination and for writing numerous books and opinion articles about local issues that impact the Latino community. Subjects: Chicano movement, Latino Youth Leadership, Clark County School District, Latin Chamber of Commerce, discrimination, and importance of writing about the Las Vegas Latino community | yes | 0 |
| Roetter, Guido | 03/05/1978 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Rogers, Bill | OH-01586 | 04/25/2005 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 2 | |
| Rogers, Bill | 07/21/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Ken Hanlon | no | 1 | |
| Rogers, Bill | OH-01586 | 4/25/2005 | Blue Diamond Oral History Project | Blue Diamond, Mining | yes | 0 |
| Rogers, James M. Rev. | OH-01587 | 6/30/2007 | Boyer Early LV OPH - NAACP | Uses his pulpit to address many issues that affected the black community, gives background of community marches against police brutality, detailed three cases that were particularly inflammatory and eventually lead to legislation that would create a citizen's review board for police and sheriff departments. | yes | 0 |
| Rogich, Sig | OH-02172 | 9/30/2014 | BELVOHP | The Honorable Sig Rogich is president of the Rogich Communication Group, an international advisory firm that offers counsel in areas of business dev, crisis communications, strategic planning, issues management, media relations, and govt affairs. For the past 40 yes, Rogich has served as an advisor to leaders in all levels of govt and industry throughout the US. | yes | 0 |
| Rohn, David | OH-02861 | 2016 October 20 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | HV6711 .R634 2016 Lemans Family Fun Centers, Colorado Grand, Johnny Nolan's, WMS, Kannakai Vista, Wildhorse (Oregon) | yes | 0 |
| Rojas, Joseph Dr. | OH-01588 | 02/25/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Medicine | no | 1 |
| Rojas, Joseph Dr. | OH-01589 | 09/30/2008 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.R63 A2 2009 Dr. Joseph Rojas is an obstetrician and a gynecologist in Las Vegas starting in 1961. He also started the first OB-GYN residency in Nevada, which led to the development of the University of Nevada School of Medicine | yes | 0 |
| Rojas, Mirtha | OH-03534 | 2018 December 06 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Mirtha was born in Havana into a musical and artistic family. She left Cuban to live in Florida with a brother and then relocated to Las Vegas in 2000. she is a member of the Culinary Union #226, and serves as a shop steward at Aria. She is guest room attendant and oversees Sky Suites. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: Cuba, Culinary Union #226, Aria Hotel, guest room attendant | no | 0 |
| Roles, Treva | OH-01590 | 2/12/2014 | Ward 1 - West Charleston | Early LV family that owned Rummel Motel. Shared photo album | yes | 0 |
| Romano, Daniel | OH-03537 | 2018 December 10 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Dan Romano lives in an area of downtown that he wants renamed "Fabulous" as in the sign, Welcome to "Fabulous" Las Vegas. Prior to living in this neighborhood, just east of the Neon Museum, he lived and served as president of the neighborhood association in the Biltmore area. Allegedly, his current house is legendary, constructed by a white lover for his black partner prior to integration. As the story goes, she was always dressed to the nines, wearing furs even in the summer. Dan got the bug for Las Vegas from his parents who lived for years in the classy trailer park above Lake Mead in Boulder City. His father designed skis thus as a young boy and into his teen years Dan spent almost every weekend in Las Vegas. His father tested his new ski designs on the lake and later moved his manufacturing location to Boulder City. While Dan's classmates in Walnut, CA were engaged in typical teen-age pursuits, Dan was introduced by this parents to dinner shows at the International watching Elvis, Bobby Darin, Ann-Margret and Liberace. Dan worked as the curator of the Neon Museum for almost a decade, beginning before it opened (2000-2009). He was available to receive signs that were usually delivered in the wee hours of the morning because of traffic problems encountered when transporting huge signs. His claim to fame is that he transfigured some of the signs spelling out different words - Desert Inn to 'Desire,' Moulin Rouge to 'In Love,' etc. Subjects: Yesco, Elvis, Liberace, Fabulous Las Vegas sign, International, Bellagio, vintage clothing shops, thrift shops, Boulder City | no | 0 |
| Romans, Sophie Bogdanovich | OH-01591 | March 3, 2009 | 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 | 2 |
| Romero, Fernando | OH-03490 | 2018 October 02 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Fernando Romero was born in El Paso, Texas in a musical home. His father and brother were avid music players, his brother left El Paso to play in orchestra in Las Vegas. Despite not being as passionate about music as the rest of his family, music was Romero's ticket to higher education. Romero attended University of Nevada South before it was renamed University of Nevada Las Vegas. Romero has gone on to be deeply involved in the Las Vegas community. He is the current president of Hispanics in Politics. Subjects: Hispanics in Politics, Nevada Association of Latin Americans, Education | no | 0 |
| RonNow, Garland | OH-01593 | 02/21/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Ronnow, Lori F. | OH-01592 | 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mormon life, Brigham Young, early Nevada history | no | 2 |
| Ronstadt, Linda | 06/22/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Ronzone, Ann | OH-01596 | 07/19/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Member of family that owned the famed downtown LV women's clothing store. | yes | 1 |
| Ronzone, R.J. | OH-01594 | 03/08/1985 and 10/20/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Rooney, Mickey | 03/04/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Rooney, Mickey | 10/21/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Roosevelt, Franklin D. | 09/30/1935 | Dedication of Boulder Dam | Dedication of Boulder Dam | no | 2 | |
| Root, Billy | OH-02569 | 2008 May 14 | All that Jazz: Those Who Played with the Greats | A tenor and baritone saxophonist who moved to Las Vegas in 1968. | yes | 0 |
| Roqueni, Frank | OH-01597 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | ||
| Rose, Glen | OH-02391 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Rose joined the Lovelock, Nevada Volunteer Fire Department in 1968. He operated an ambulance and took EMT courses. | no | 0 |
| Rose, Wallace | OH-01598 | November 28, 2003 | 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 | 3 |
| Rosen, Millicent | OH-02425 | 6/23/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 R66 2014 Daughter of Benjamin Siegel, one of the original builders of the Flamingo hotel/casino. Talks about how she grew up in New York and Beverly Hills; thoughts about her father; about Las Vegas.//An edited version of this transcript is available for research use, but access to the sound recording and supplementary information are closed for 50 years from the interview date. Full collection is open for research use in 2065. Please contact special.collections@unlv.edu for further information. | yes | 0 |
| Rosenberg, Barbara | OH-02965 | 2002 April 23 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 1 |
| Rosenberg, Bess | OH-01599 | 11/18/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas | yes | 1 |
| Rosenberry, Patsy Huff | OH-02764 | 2013-02-24 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .R65 2012 Patsy, her husband Chuck, and her two teenage children moved from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to Las Vegas in 1972. Chuck was a nuclear technologist who worked at the Nevada Test Site, and Patsy worked for a group of cardiovascular doctors. The children attended Valley High School and the family bought a house in the Paradise area and later lived in Henderson. Patsy and Chuck retired to Georgia. Patsy talks about racism in Las Vegas and in the South | yes | 0 |
| Rosenbloom, Ellen | OH-01600 | 07/09/2007 | Jay SarNo Project | yes | 1 | |
| Rosencrantz, Arne | OH-01601 | 02/08/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 R67 2010 Arne Rosencrantz lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood from 1954 to 1970. His father was a professional violinist who owned furniture stores and played at the Sahara Hotel and Casino. Arne operated Garrett's Furniture and also worked as a real estate agent | yes | 0 |
| Rosencrantz, Arne | OH-03157 | 2015 February 18 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 R667 2014 Arne Rosencrantz shares his grandparents and father’s immigration story, which took them from Russian to Portland, Oregon. He also talks about moving to Las Vegas, his childhood experiences, especially within the Jewish community, and reflects on the growth of his family’s furniture business in the city. Rosencrantz has been highly involved in the Jewish community over the decades, including the Young Leadership Program, United Jewish Appeal, Temple Beth Sholom, and the Jewish Federation. | yes | 0 |
| Rosencrantz, Lynn | OH-02529 | Jan 8 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 R67 2014 Jewelry and multi-media artist; longtime member of Jewish community; married to Arne Rosencrantz. Also worked as teacher of deaf children; buyer at family business, Garrett's furniture store. | yes | 0 |
| Rosenthal, Aaron | OH-02926 | 2016 December 21 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | Interviewed by David Schwartz.Mirage, Beau Rivage, MGM Mirage Corporate, Treasure Island, Charlestown Races & Slots/Hollywood, Hollywood Kansas City Speedway, Eastside Cannery, Argosy Kansas City, Tropicana Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Rosetta, Charles | OH-01602 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Ross, Donald | OH-02996 | 2017 February 15 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 R68 2014 Don talks about his upbringing and education in Brewster NY; how he became interested in hotel catering and convention industry, which led to working in Las Vegas for nearly three decades. He is VP of Catering, Conventions & Events for Caesars Entertainment. | yes | 0 |
| Ross, Patricia Ann | OH-02780 | 2014 March 19 | West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1 | Patty Ann Drew arrived in Las Vegas as an infant with her parents and older brothers in 1944 and was raised in the Huntridge area. Her father worked at the casino El Rancho Vegas, she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, married her high school sweetheart, and had two sons. After she married her second husband, Tom Ross, they had a house built west of Jones Boulevard and she gave birth to her third son. Patty earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in education and taught at C.H. Decker Elementary School for twenty years. | yes | 0 |
| Ross, R. Ian | OH-01604 | March 28, and on April 5th and 6th, 2012 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .R67 2012 | yes | 0 |
| Rossi, Steve | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Rostine, Della Mae | OH-02671 | 1991 October 31 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.H4 R67 1991 Della Mae Rostine moved with her husband Rocco to Las Vegas from Missouri in 1942. After living for a year in Las Vegas, they moved to Henderson so her husband could work in construction at the Basic Magnesium plant. She later worked there briefly as a machinist. The plant later became Rheem Manufacturing. "The timing of the Rostine Family's arrival and the fact that they stayed and made a permanent home in Henderson led to their designation as one of Henderson's 'founding families'" | yes | 0 |
| Roth, Jerry | OH-02574 | 2010 June 29 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Rothermel, Bradley | OH-01605 | 07/31/2006 | UNLV | LD3745 .R67 2007 | yes | 1 |
| Roundtable Discussion - Scotch 80s | OH-02271 | 7/10/2014 | Ward 1 | Home of the Grogans. Discussed changes in the area over time, walking club, and memories of events that demonstrate 'community' in the heart of Las Vegas. Participants include James Stanford, Margaret Riskin, Dr. Josh Hamilton, Lynn Holt, Kathy and Henry Fox, Kathy Ferguson, and the Grogans. | yes | 0 |
| Roundtable Discussion at the Tabors - McNeil | OH-02272 | 5/1/2014 | Ward 1 | The McNeil Community's evolvement over time | yes | 0 |
| Rowe, Wayne | OH-02572 | 2009 November 10 | UNLV @ 50 | no | 0 | |
| Rowen and Martin | 03/31/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Roy of Sigfried & Roy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Roymann, Rosemary | OH-01606 | 02/06/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Rozaire, Charles | OH-01607 | 11/26/2013 | Boyer Early Las Vegas | Tule Springs archaeologist who participated in the 1953, 1954, and 1962 projects. Employed by Southwest Museum and NV State Museum. | no | 0 |
| Rozario, Bob | 03/23/2009 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Rudiak, Gertrude | OH-02518 | Jan. 11, 2007 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History | F850.J5 R83 2014b Rudiak, a local civil rights pioneer, has lived in Las Vegas since 1943. Raised her five children in Las Vegas and was active in Jewish community. | yes | 0 |
| Rudiak, Richard and Gertrude, Ramage, Dani | OH-02525 | Dec. 30, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 R83 2014 Richard is one of five children born to George and Gertude Rudiak. His father was an early Nevada Assemblyman, civil rights activist. He was among the first generation born and raised in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Rueda, Mando | OH-01608 | 09/02/2003 | Gaming-David Schwartz | yes | 21 | |
| Ruff, Ray | OH-01609 | 03/13/1981 | Las Vegas Old Timer | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Rufino, Francisco Parra | OH-03525 | 2018 December 06 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Born in Mexico, Francisco was a child when his father received permission to immigrate to the US with his younger children. Upon graduating from high school in California, he moved to Las Vegas where one of his sisters lived. It was 1994 and jobs were plentiful; he would find his way through several positions. Then in early 2000 he was hired to be a dishwasher, on the graveyard, at the recently opened Paris Hotel. It was a Culinary Union job; by 2002 he was a shop steward and finding better positions at Paris. He continues to work at the Paris Hotel as a fry cook. In 2008, he was a citizen and proudly voted in his first presidential election. Subjects: Mexican immigration, citizenship, Culinary Union #226, food service jobs, Paris Hotel F850.S75 R84 2018 | yes | 0 |
| Ruggles, Jack | OH-01610 | 03/15/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Rupley, F. | OH-01611 | 03/09/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Russ, J.K. | OH-03381 | 2017 December 22 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | J.K. Russ is originally from New Zealand where she grew up on a tobacco farm. Travels took her to London, Morocco, and Egypt. She came to US in 2008 and then again 2010. She and husband loved the country, entered Green Card lottery, and won it. Both artists saw opportunities in Las Vegas that didn't seem possible in larger US cities. She has found lovely supporters of her work in downtown Las Vegas. She first lived in Summerlin but found that she was coming in and out of the Arts District almost daily. So she and her husband moved downtown and are able to walk everywhere. The quite diverse downtown arts district is near Soho Lofts, Newport Lofts, and Juhl. Homelessness is prevalent in the 3rd and Gass area but populations seem to co-exist. Everyone in New Zealand saw the TV coverage before JK and her husband. They awoke to the tragedy and immediately let family and friends know that they were okay. Her exhibit was upon invitation from the City of Las Vegas to work with a large number of cards and letters received from people all over the world - school groups, people who had gotten married here, tourists. It seemed that everyone wants to contribute to the healing of the city. Assembling the lovely cards into a cohesive image was not easy. In the near future, more greetings will be added to the initial exhibit as additional materials are received. The exhibit was Installed at City Hall first and will now move around the city to various locations. The idea is that this outpouring was for all people of the city and that everyone should be able to see it; everyone should witness this outpouring of love and respect. She will be meeting with the city's team in early 2018 to discuss other transformative developmental ideas for the exhibit and ways to make it more accessible. Young children surprised her with their wisdom in the cards they constructed and letters they wrote and sent from around the globe. This exhibit makes it possible to continue to bring people together; caring for each other. Observations and feelings: JK teaches art class at UNLV. Students in her drawing class made cards for each other to commemorate 1 October. She believes that everyone can learn to draw; it's a matter of overcoming fears. The art scene in Las Vegas is quite a melting pot of artists. She would like to see more residences for artists. Studio space for artists in the arts district is not affordable. Maybe the city can make space available by re-purposing some older buildings. Gun ownership is not as common in New Zealand as in US. Open carry was so unusual when she first arrived. Would like to see changes in gun laws after witnessing the harm of 1 October. Subjects: Arts District, NV Arts Council, New Zealand, Juhl, Newport Lofts, Soho Lofts | no | 0 |
| Russell, Bill W. | OH-01612 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Educator | yes | 1 | |
| Russell, Charles W. | OH-02247 | 4/12/2003 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship | Education, Principal-ship; Mr. Charles Russell is a retired elementary school principal from Highland Park Michigan. Ms. Russell received his bachelors degree in education from University of Detroit in 1959. Mr. Russell then received his masters degree in guidance and counseling in 1970 from Wayne State University. | yes | 0 |
| Russell, Nipsy | 12/29/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Russell, Nipsy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Russo, Felice John | OH-01613 | 03/14/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Russo, Gianni | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Rust, Dayle | OH-01614 | 05/01/2004 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 3 | |
| Rust, Dayle K. | OH-01614 | 5/1/2004 | Oral History of the Public School Principalship | Dr. Dayle Rust is a retired elementary school principal from the Clark County School District from Las Vegas Nevada. Dr. Rust received his bachelors degree from Brigham Young University, a masters from the University of Nevada, Reno and his doctorate from Fielding Institute. | yes | 0 |
| Rutledge, Evans | OH-02966 | 2006 November 10 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Ruvo, Larry | OH-02236 | 1/27/2009 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Ryan, James "Sailor" | OH-01615 | 1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | |
| Ryan, Ora Pritchard | OH-01616 | First 100 | Interview by A. D. Hopkins | no | 2 | |
| Ryba (Gillis), Joan | OH-02573 | 2011 March 31 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Ryman, Rosemary | OH-01617 | 02/26/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Rymer, Mary K. | OH-01618 | 05/04/1977 | Nursing in Las Vegas | Culinary Union, Nursing, Dr. Cherry | no | 1 |
| Saa, Juan | OH-02906 | 2016 November 21 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | IT, Isle Casino, Pompano Park, Isle and Lady Luck Blackhawk, CO | yes | 0 |
| Saccavino, Ron | OH-02735 | 2015 June 17 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Sagel, Lois | OH-01364 | no | 0 | |||
| Sahwahn, Caron | OH-02159 | 9/19/2014 | Boyer Early LV | Owned and operated Huntridge Theatre during the 1980s. | no | 0 |
| Saks, Manny | 1967 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Salazar, Pamela S. | OH-01619 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Project - School Principals | yes | 2 | |
| Salgado, Sergio | OH-03485 | 2018 September 26 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Sergio Salgado was born in the City of Juarez. He left the city of Juarez at the age of 21. He arrived in Las Vegas in 1960 to work in the kitchens of the Nellis Air Force Base. Salgado mainly worked in the restaurant industry as a busser and waiter. During his time in the restaurant industry Salgado met famous people such as JFK, Elizabeth Taylor, and the Rat Pack. Salgado also wrote for El Mundo as an editorial columnist and a founding member of The Mexican Social Club. Interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects: The Mint, El Mundo, The Mexican Social Club | no | 0 |
| Salinas-Menjivar, Mayra | OH-03676 | 2019-09-20 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Oral history interview with Mayra Salinas-Menjivar conducted by Nathalie Martinez, Elsa Lopez, and Barbara Tabach on September 20, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Mayra Salinas-Menjivar is a lawyer in Southern Nevada and a graduate of William S. Boyd School of Law. She grew up in Las Vegas but describes her early years living with her maternal grandparents in El Salvador. She describes some of the aftermath she experienced regarding the Civil War in El Salvador, and recounts some testimony told to her by her mother about that particular time period. She details the differences in immigrating in the 1990s and speaks about being an undocumented student. While pursuing a business degree at UNLV she found herself working at a law firm which is where she first decided to pursue law as a career after graduation. She talks about her experiences during law school and her time helping with the law school's immigration clinic. Subjects discussed include: Salvadorian Civil War, Immigration Law, Education, DACA, William S. Boyd Law School. 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. | yes | 0 |
| Salisbury, Lawrence J. | OH-01620 | 04/10/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Sallee, Nafeesa | OH-01621 | 3/21/2013 | AfAm Collaborative | F850.N4 S24 2012 Banking challenges on the Westside. | yes | 0 |
| Saltman, Michael | OH-02216 | 12/16/2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Moved to Las Vegas in 1975; successful businessman and developer. Talks about doing business in Las Vegas over the years, being Jewish, his wife Sonja served on ADL, and more. F850.J5.S24 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Saltman, Sonja | OH-02456 | Aug 18 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Sonja has lived in Las Vegas since 1975; moved here with her husband attorney Michael Saltman. Active in her personal career as co-founder of Existential-Humanistic Institute. Also a leading voice in the ADL.F850. J5.S243 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Salton, Charles | OH-01622 | 04/23/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Sampley, Herbert | OH-01623 | 02/24/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sanchez, Tony F., III | OH-03462 | 2018 August 31 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Senior Vice President of NV Energy, UNLV alum, Arizona State University Law School graduate, worked for Senator Richard Bryan, a past president of Latin Chamber of Commerce. Subjects: Latino with Mexican heritage, Latin Chamber Commerce, energy, mining industry | no | 0 |
| Sanders, Allen | OH-01624 | 07/06/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sanders, Brian | 10/26/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Sanders, Melvin, Jr. | OH-02899 | 2013 February 18 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Sanders, Stretch (Vance) | OH-02904 | 2016 November 11 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Minister and activist Stretch Sanders, discusses his experiences from his early childhood in Chicago to Las Vegas. He discusses role models who inspired him to pursue church work and to assist the Las Vegas community. Because of issues of police brutality on black bodies and lack of unity within Las Vegas, Stretch founded the organization All Shades United, with the essential goal of having peoples of all colors come together in solidarity to dismantle the institutional and structural barriers that oppress the marginalized. These are student interviewees, Camisha Fagan and Micajah Daniels from Dr. Lee's African American Literature class. Subjects: Minister and activist Stretch Sanders, discusses his experiences from his early childhood in Chicago to Las Vegas. He discusses role models who inspired him to pursue church work and to assist the Las Vegas community. Because of issues of police brutality on black bodies and lack of unity within Las Vegas, Stretch founded the organization All Shades United, with the essential goal of having peoples of all colors come together in solidarity to dismantle the institutional and structural barriers that oppress the marginalized. | no | 0 |
| Sandin, Shirley | OH-01625 | 03/11/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson/Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sandoval, Mario | OH-03526 | 2018 December 06 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Mario and his six siblings were reared by a single mother who taught him all of the family recipes. Moving to Las Vegas at four years of age Mario remembers moving into a black neighborhood where the family was not welcomed. All windows in their home were broken into the first night. The family moved the next day. Though the new house was still in an African American neighborhood, they were protected by Vera, their black babysitter. Mario developed the intense work ethic of his mother, and after working in several strip casinos, found his home at the Horseshoe, today's Binion's. He has been there for 33 years; first as a busboy and then becoming a waiter. He is a Culinary Union trained shop student who picketed his beloved work place for ten months during a 1980's labor dispute. His work in life and union benefits have made his a very good life. Subjects: International Hotel, CVT Gilbert School, Sundance Hotel, Horseshoe, Binions F850.S75 S26 2018 | yes | 0 |
| Sanford, Isabelle | 04/29/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Sanoff, Gary | OH-02736 | 2015 June 29 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | Nevada, El Cortez, Union Plaza, Desert Inn, Bellagio | yes | 0 |
| Santelman, Charles W. | OH-01626 | 2002 November 17 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Santelman, Judy Lee Snyder Roundtable | OH-02179 | 11/1/2014 | West Charleston | What community looks and feels like in Ward 1 communities, water wells, new people in the neighborhood, activism | no | 0 |
| Sapp, Gerome | OH-02487 | 9/9/2015 | Downtown Tech | NFL player who reinvented himself. Did not win in the Vegas Downtown Industry but is working with the 2015 Life is Beautiful festival to document the artists of the Art Hotel. Much more success to be realized. | no | 0 |
| Saquib, Dr. Syed | OH-03397 | 2018 February 23 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Moved to Las Vegas in 2016 to take a position with the new School of Medicine at UNLV and be trauma surgeon at UMC. Was on duty the night of October 1, 2017. Subjects: Trauma surgery, work with residents in his group, spokesperson role with media | no | 0 |
| Saragoza, Paula | OH-01627 | 03/01/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sardelli, Nelson | 08/20/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| Sarno Straus, Heidi | OH-01628 | 2008 October 3 | Gaming - Sarno Project | Daughter of Jay Sarno | no | 1 |
| Sarno, Freddie | OH-02238 | 2/9/2010 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Sarno, Jay | OH-02241 | 7/10/2008 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Sarno, Jay | OH-02242 | 3/25/2008 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Sarno, Jonanthan | OH-01629 | 02/08/2007 | Jay Sarno Project | yes | 0 | |
| Sarno, Lillian | OH-01629 | 02/08/2007 | Jay Sarno Project | yes | 0 | |
| Sarno, Paul | OH-02237 | 7/13/2007 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Sarno, September | OH-02239 | 10/6/2007 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Sauceda, Apolonio 'Loney' | OH-03663 | 2019 August 13 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Born in 1927 to Mexican immigrant parents, Apolonio spent his youth in the Kansas City, Kansas area. Arrived in Las Vegas and was a map maker for Clark County. Very involved in local Latino community, NALA, Veterans organizations, and was an actor on the side. Subjects: NALA, American Legion, Lt. Colonel in Nevada Color Guard F850.S75 S28 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Saunders, Betty | OH-01631 | 07/06/1951 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Saunders, Diane | OH-01632 | 05/23/1996 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | Dancer | yes | 1 |
| Saunders, Diane | OH-03167 | 2017-04-18 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S28 2014 Professional dancer in Broadway musicals and Las Vegas shows such as Hallelujah Hollywood and Siegfried and Roy. Born and raised in Bronx, knew she wanted to dance since 8 years old. | yes | 0 |
| Savalli, Janet | OH-02678 | 1996 September 21 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 S28 1996 Janet Savalli's family moved from Phoenix, Arizona, to Henderson, Nevada, in 1945 so her father could work at the Basic Magnesium plant. A few years later, when she was a junior in high school, Janet began her 46-plus years career at the Southern Nevada Telephone Company, which eventually became Sprint. During that period she held several positions, including operator, supervisor, schedule clerk, trainer, investigator, and community relations coordinator. Janet also talks about the atomic bomb testing at Camp Mercury and Camp Desert Rock near Las Vegas. Janet credits the atomic bomb testing with jump-starting the second wave of growth Las Vegas experienced following World War II. This growth had a particular influence on the telecommunications industry's need to expand in Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Saville, A. | OH-01633 | 06/17/2002 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Patl Carlton Project with school principals | yes | 2 |
| Savino, Santo | 10/23/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Savino, Santo | OH-02132 | 9/23/2008 | All That Jazz | Played drums for Air Force for four years. Worked in various Las Vegas casinos. Recalls lack of diversity in the early 1960s. ML394.S28 2008 | yes | 1 |
| Sawyer, Grant Governor | OH-01634 | 05/12/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sawyer, Lynnette | OH-03543 | 2018 January 3 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Lynnette Sawyer identifies as a Puerto Rican woman born and raised in Spanish Harlem in New York. Her ancestry extends from Spain to Africa and has helped her identity, as she became an educator and museum curator. She describes her life in New York and her journey to Las Vegas. As the founder of the Hispanic Museum of Nevada, she wanted to create a space that would teach young Latinos about their history and heritage. Subjects: Puerto Rico; Education; Hispanic Museum of Nevada; Latino Organizations in Las Vegas | no | 0 |
| Sax, Harry | OH-02286 | 04-08-2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | In 1968, Harry moved to Las Vegas to open the Arby franchise system with two stores. Today there are 16. He also talks about how he became connected with the Jewish community, became president of Congregation Ner Tamid in 2007-2009 and was board member of ADL. F850.J5. S29 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Saxton-Boyer, Janet | OH-02967 | 2006 November 10 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Sayer, Carol | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Sayles, Glenn | OH-01635 | 03/20/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Paradise Valley District Attorney | no | 1 |
| Scalley, Priscilla | OH-02091 | 6/24/2014 | West Charleston | Junior League participation, West Charleston community activities and beauty of houses and neighborhood, engagement with area school, experience as a travel agent. | yes | 0 |
| Schafer, Charlie | 04/08/09 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Williard | no | 1 | |
| Schamaun, Marie | OH-01676 | 02/21/1979 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Southern Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Schecter, Elliott | OH-02726 | 2015 May 27 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | Private room, Discovery cruise; Seminole Hollywood; Palm Beach Princess; Palm Beach Kennel Club; Reno Hilton; Palms; Downstream (OK); Snoqualmie (WA) | yes | 0 |
| Schiller, Abe | OH-01636 | 04/25/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Schiller, Steve | OH-02819 | 9/1/2016 | Building Las Vegas | Structural engineer with John A. Martin Associates since 1995; worked on Bellagio, Venetian, Paris; is currently working on Alon, Paradise Park. | no | 0 |
| Schlauder, Arthur D. | OH-01637 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 | |
| Schlegel, Richard | OH-02564 | 2006 June 3 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 2 |
| Schlegel, Robert | OH-01638 | 03/09/1998 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | Oral history interviews with Rob Schlegel conducted by Dennis McBride on various dates in March and April of 1998 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In the interviews, Schlegel recalls his early life in Port Angeles, Washington, his conservative Baptist upbringing, and his early experiences with literature. Schlegel then discusses working with newspaper publications in high school and college, understanding his sexuality during college, his first gay sexual experience, and his first trip to Las Vegas, Nevada. He recalls working with Robert Lloyd "Bob" Brown at the Valley Times during this visit. Schlegel talks about moving to Las Vegas and working full-time as the production manager for the Valley Times. Schlegel explains becoming active in politics through his newspaper work, meeting notable casino executives, and financial and political controversies the Valley Times experienced in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He then describes coming out as gay, and working at the Nevada Gay Times beginning in 1985. Schlegel also talks about opening and managing the Bright Pink Literature bookstore in 1987 and starting a separate publication Night Beat in 1992. He then recalls cofounding Las Vegas Gay Pride and Southern Nevada Association of Pride, Inc., conflicts he had within the Las Vegas gay community, and working at the Gipsy nightclub as a secretary. Lastly, Schlegel discusses the repeal of Nevada's sodomy laws, homophobia, and memories of individuals and organizations associated with the Las Vegas gay community. | no | 22 |
| Schlekewy, JoAnne K. | OH-01654 | 2002 November 26 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Schmidt, Elwood L. | OH-03515 | 2018 October 11; 2018 November 14 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Elwood was well read as a young boy and that allowed an independent streak early on. As a teenager he learned to make floating candles to finance trips to Texas to work on his uncle's ranch. His work with the horse at that ranch led him to medical school; the line to register for classes in veterinary science were longer. His work ethic and spirit to succeed led him to jobs as far away from his Texas undergraduate and medical schools as Fairbanks, Alaska. Done with school, he worked for the US Public Health Service. Elwood became a country doctor. He worked with Hopi and Navajo Indians and then to Babbitt, Nevada, Yuma, Arizona, Jai, New Mexico, Lovelock, NV, and other small towns to care for a rural population. He is a self-described country doctor. His respect for the work of the Emergency Medical System led him to interview ambulance workers across the state of Nevada, write, and publish a book about them after hiring a professional photographer to travel with him as he recorded their stories. The results are captured in a beautifully bound book. HIs next book may be The Black Bag. Subjects: Hopi, Navajo, US Public Health Service, Black Bag, EMS, Texas A&M | no | 0 |
| Schmitt, Sharon Von Tobel | OH-02259 | 4/30/2014 | Ward 1 | In 1905 Edward "Ed" Von Tobel left Los Angeles with his friend Jake Beckley for Lincoln County, Nevada. They purchased a parcel in the new town of Las Vegas and established the Von Tobel Lumber Company. The company served Las Vegas until it closed in 1976. Von Tobel met and married Mary Hameril, and they had four children, Jake, Katherine Elizabeth, Ed Jr., and George. This is an interview with three of Ed's granddaughters. Margaret Carnell is the oldest of three daughters of Elizabeth Von Tobel and Kenneth Zahn. She manages the Von Tobel family properties. Patricia "Patsy" Brinton is the second daughter of Elizabeth Von Tobel and Kenneth Zahn. She does volunteer work with the Assistance League of Las Vegas and the Junior League of Las Vegas. Sharon Schmitt is the second of four daughters of Edward Von Toble Jr. and Evelyne Leonard. She also does volunteer work with the Assistance League and the Junior League and with Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church | yes | 0 |
| Schneider, Bernadine | OH-02257 | 2006 | Early Las Vegas | One of first women stock brokers in Las Vegas; original founder of Safe Nest, a women's shelter; We Care Foundation | yes | 1 |
| Schneider, Charley Jr. | OH-01639 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Schneider, Stephen | OH-03250 | 2017 October 10 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | In 1967, Steve Schneider arrived in Las Vegas with little money, two degrees in English, and one year of Los Angeles teaching experience. When a teaching position opened in English at Bishop Gorman High School, he gratefully accepted. His five-year teaching stint introduced him to his wife, Joyce, and a group of supportive Gorman parents. This latter group proved vital in 1972, when Schneider quit teaching, got his real estate license, and began working for Jack Mathews Realty. In 1979 Schneider, with partners Mark Miscevic (an original Flying Elvi) and Jack Woodcock, formed the Americana Group of Realtors, which affiliated with Better Homes and Gardens in 1980, later became Prudential Americana Group Realtors, then Nevada Properties Americana Group Realtors, and now Berkshire Hathaway Americana Group Realtors. Schneider explains the process of a real estate transaction, talks of referrals from Steve Wynn and other gaming executives, speaks to welcome innovations led by Hal Ober of RA Homes, highlights local real estate dreams that did not work, and examines how Special Improvement Districts (SIDs) impact master planned communities. After selling his interest in the Americana Group to original partners Miscevic and Woodcock, Schneider continues to work for the company as a salesman. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Real estate; REALTOR; Bishop Gorman High School; Americana Group Realtors; Prudential; Berkshire Hathaway: Jack Matthews & Co Real Estate; RA Homes; Special Improvement Districts (SIDs); Flying Elvi | no | 0 |
| Schnider, Bob (Robert) and Patti (Patricia) | OH-03501 | 2018 October 22 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | In 1955 when Robert Schnider was 17 years of age, his family moved to Las Vegas and purchased the Capri Motel on Las Vegas Boulevard. Their plan was to move to California but they never made it. The father was a savvy businessman who would wait for all the other motels to fill their rooms and then he would turn off his 'no vacancy' sign, hike the rates, and fill up in record time. Robert's first wife was friends with Landra who would sometimes tag along when they were dating because her beau, Harry, was back in Washington, DC. Patricia Schnider grew up in the Paradise section of the county and attended the Paradise School (today's location of UNLV OLLI classes). She worked for several years in the casino industry and then in real estate where she met Robert at a divorce party. He became her insurance agent. When Robert proposed, she added three clauses to the verbal agreement to marry - he would add her name to a piece of property he had just purchased from her, he would investigate becoming a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and would agree to have more children. They have been married for over 40 years. Subjects: Mo Dalitz, Nevada Test Site, Capri Motel, Thunderbird, Hilton, Caesars Palace, Divorce Party, homesteading | no | 0 |
| Schnitzlein, Harold | OH-01640 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Schoeman, Thomas J. | OH-02746 | 7/18/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 S377 2016 Joined Jack Miller Architects in 1979 and retired 2008. Joined firm as a senior project designer, and over the years assumed leadership as director of design, VP of design, president (1987 at 39 years of age), and CEO. Sold the firm when he retired in 2008 to Michael Baker International of Philadelphia. | yes | 0 |
| Schofield, Jack | OH-01641 | 1/13/2009 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 S378 2010 Dr. Jack Lund Schofield moved to Las Vegas in 1937. He served as a fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean Conflict. He worked as an elementary school teacher and coach, served on the Board of Regents and in the Nevada State Assembly and Senate. Dr. Schofield earned his doctorate in education in 1995 at the age of 72 and works as a general contractor. He and his wife Alene have lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood for over fifty years | yes | 0 |
| Scholl, Eleanor | OH-01642 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Schouten, Albert | OH-01643 | 02/24/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Schreck, Frank | OH-01644 | History of the 90's | yes | 2 | ||
| Schroeder, Florence | OH-01645 | 03/08/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 2 |
| Schroeder, Richard E. | OH-01646 | 02/20/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Schuster, Henry & Anita | OH-01647 | 03/01/2011-04/25/2011 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S37 2007 Includes appendix with letters and certificates praising Henry and Anita for their work with the Holocaust Survivors' Group, the story of Henry's sister Betty Kale's time in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and her journey first to Paris and then to the United States and her reunion with Henry, and a fairy tale with the title Hans Michel story written by Henry | yes | 0 |
| Schutte, Henry | OH-01648 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Schwahn, Caron | OH-02189 | 9/19/2014 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | Once owned and operated the Huntridge Theatre | yes | 0 |
| Schwartz, Cora F. | OH-01649 | 11/19/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Life in Goodsprings | no | 1 |
| Schwartz, Gil and Norma | OH-03242 | 2017 September 19, 2017 October 05, 2018 February 14 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 S383 2018 Session 1: Born in 1924 in the Bronx, NY, Gil Schwartz is a child of the Great Depression. Shortly after that economic calamity began, Gil's parents moved the family farther north along Long Island Sound to Rye, NY. There, Gil completed his education in local schools and matriculated to Clarkson College of Technology in Potsdam, in northern NY; after one year, in 1943, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. A medical discharge kept him out of World War II, and by 1945 he had married formed BUDD Management, the property management arm of his father's commercial real estate business. After two children, Gil and his wife separated in 1959, and Gil and his children moved to Las Vegas. Residing in the Twin Lakes area, the three began riding horses, and Gil joined the Sheriff's Mounted Posse and the Elks Club. By 1962 Gil's parents had also moved to town, and in 1963 Gil opened his own real estate office as a broker employing his father as a salesman. By 1964 he had more than 10 sales associates. Here, Schwartz describes the growth of Sahara Realty (later Sahara Realtors) from 1963 to 1982, when he sold it to Coldwell Banker; he recalls vignettes of Hank Greenspun and Kirk Kerkorian, of meeting his wife, and of selling multiple unimproved Clark County properties to Howard Nall, who purchased them on behalf of Howard Hughes, and his leadership in the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB). Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; real estate; property management; Twin Lakes; Elks Club; Sahara Realty; Howard R. Hughes; National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB); home buyers' insurance; Session 2: In this brief follow-up session Schwartz describes the houses he built on Pinto Lane in the 1960s; the Golden West Center he developed with Herb Kaufman and Herman Kishner; and the Wonder World store at Maryland Square. He recalls that Jack Entratter, president of Sands Hotel and Casino, loaned him $2,000 even though Moe Dalitz and Bernie Rothkopf at the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino chose not to give Schwartz (whom Dalitz and Rothkopf considered a "good kid") more than a $100 credit line at the Sky Room. Schwartz also remembers his parents' passings--his mother in 1975 at 75 years and his father in 1995 a few years shy of 100 years. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Pinto Lane; Wonder World; Maryland Square; Golden West Center; Jack Entratter; Moe Dalitz; Bernie Rothkopf; Sands Hotel and Casino; Sky Room; Desert Inn Hotel and Casino; Session 3: In this third session, Schwartz describes the unusual process he followed in 1967 and 1968 of using nominee buyers when he purchased scores of undeveloped and underdeveloped parcels in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas in behalf of Howard Hughes's land agent, J. Herbert Nall. Nominees were usually Sam Lionel, E. Parry Thomas, or Russell Webb. As Schwartz talks, he refers to maps, memos, and files he created at the time that identify local motels, gas stations, trailer parks, and property owners and speak to the range in land values and global attraction of Las Vegas real estate even in the 1960s. For example, Schwartz sold Nall several houses in Elvido Park, a modest housing development near Thunderbird Field (soon to become North Las Vegas Air Terminal), and he purchased from Adnan Khashoggi for Nall a parcel on Tropicana Avenue near Paradise Road near McCarran Field (aka Alamo Field). Some memos labeled "Alamo," "McCarran," "Strip (South Area)," "Strip (North Area)," "Strip and Tropicana Area," and "Thunderbird." Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; North Las Vegas, NV; Howard Hughes; J. Herbert Nall; land; real estate; Elvido Park; Thunderbird Field; Alamo Field; McCarran Field; Las Vegas Strip; | yes | 0 |
| Schwartz, MaryEllen | OH-01650 | 12/11/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Life in Goodsprings | no | 1 |
| Schwartz, Milton | OH-01651 | 05/03/2004 | Boyer Early Las vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S38 2007 Milton Schwartz worked at the Flamingo Hotel right after World War II, he started Valley Hospital and owned many other businesses, he has a Hebrew academy named after him in Israel, and he still owns the Yellow-Checker-Star Cab Company. He has been active in the Republican Party. He and his partners brought the first medical helicopters to Nevada | yes | 2 |
| Schwartz, Oscar | OH-01652 | 1/25/2013 | Boyer Early LV OHP | Oscar lived in LV since 1978. Appraised properties for many prominent people; still has records. | yes | 0 |
| Schwartz, Priscilla | OH-02716 | June 16, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S38 2014 Community volunteer and philanthropic; member of Jewish community since moving to Las Vegas in 1991. Grew up in Buffalo NY; was a registered nurse who graduated from U of Michigan and went to work for VA in California. Significant donor of time and financial support to Nathan Adelson Hospice; Compassionate Care Center is result of her hard work. First local honoree of Hadassah among other recognitions. | yes | 0 |
| Schwartz, Stanley | OH-01653 | 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Scodwell, Tony | OH-02131 | 9/29/2008 | All That Jazz | Manufactures trumpets as well as plays them. Played at Frontier with Siegfried and Roy. Played with many bands including Doc Severinsen, Stan Kenton, Tommy Dorsey, and Harry James. ML349.S42 2008 | yes | 0 |
| Scott, Arlone | OH-01655 | 07/03/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black history | yes | 1 |
| Scott, Cathy | OH-02565 | 2006 December 12 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Scott, Edward | OH-01656 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Pat Carlton's school principal project | yes | 2 | |
| Scott, Frank | OH-01657 | 01/23/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Scott, Frank & Fawn | OH-01658 | 03/02/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Railroads | no | 1 |
| Scott, Ivy Christine | OH-01659 | 04/27/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Outdoors | no | 1 |
| Scott, Jesse (Rev.) | OH-01127 | 2009-06-29 | Boyer Early Las Vegas | Rev. Jesse Scott served as executive director and four-term president of Las Vegas NAACP branch. | yes | 0 |
| Scott, John | OH-01660 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming | no | 2 | |
| Scott, Mozella Sheds | OH-01661 | The Boyer Las Vegas Early History Project | CT247 .S39 2007 | yes | 0 | |
| Scott, Rev. Jesse | OH-01662 | 04/15/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | Growing up in the South, early education, Westside history, spirituality in the black community. | yes | 6 |
| Scroggins, Lee | OH-01663 | 02/27/2009 | UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty | LD3745 .S37 2007 Lee Scroggins and her family moved to Las Vegas in March 1980. She worked as an administrative aide, management assistant, and executive assistant in several departments at UNLV starting in 1980. She did not work on campus from 1985 to 1988, then she returned to UNLV to work in the psychology department and eventually in the library until she retired in 2009 | yes | 0 |
| Seagrave, Jim | 03/06/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Seals, Charles | OH-03205 | 2017 July 14 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Seals grew up in the Westside community and attended the Westside School but remembers Madison Elementary more clearly naming teachers and coaches - Naomi Goynes and Porter Troutman among them. He received a calling to the ministry and started a church, Lily of the Valley Ministries. He worked in the funeral industry for many years. Charles was educated at Pepperdine and several California ministerial schools. Recalls businesses on Jackson Street. He remembers the Welfare Rights Movement as an endeavor started by his mother, Rosie Seals, and that Ruby Duncan appeared much later in the struggle. | no | 0 |
| Seals, Tyrone | OH-02663 | 4/27/2016 | AfAm Collab | Grew up in Las Vegas, became youth pastor and now pastor of New Birth Baptist Assembly. Talks about school desegregation, the Westside, and Jackson Street. In the funeral industry. Hope for the Westside community. | no | 0 |
| Searl, Hansford | OH-01664 | 11/02/1996 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 6 | |
| Sears, Zenas | 12/06/1978 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Sease, Bernard | OH-02392 | 2013 June 17 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Sease joined the Carson City Fire Department in 1964 and served until his retirement in 1990, when he was chief. | no | 0 |
| Sedaka, Neil | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Sedaka, Neil | OH-02607 | 08/27/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Sedaka, Neil | OH-02606 | February, 1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 |
| Sedaka, Neil | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Segerblom, Gene | OH-01665 | 03/24/1976 | Boulder City | Boulder Dam | no | 1 |
| Segerblom, Gene | OH-02676 | 2009 February 7 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.B6 S43 2009 Genevieve "Gene" Segerblom contributed in a multitude of ways to her home of more than fifty years--Boulder City, Nevada. She is a third-generation Nevadan and was born in Ruby Valley, Nevada, in 1918. Gene and her future husband Clifford moved from Reno where they both had attended the University of Nevada, Reno to Boulder City in 1940. After they came back from Panama in 1948 where Clifford had a photographing assignment, she ran a day care center and did freelance writing of articles about the Nevada landscape with her husband providing the photographs. Gene taught high school in Boulder City. She was elected city councilwoman in Boulder City in 1979. Gene served four terms in the State Assembly from 1993 to 2000. Her grandfather was a state senator and her mother was an assemblywoman. Today her son Richard "Tick" Segerblom serves in the State Assembly, so they are the only family to have had four generations serve in the Nevada legislature. She was involved in the creation and restoration of the Boulder City Hotel and Museum and was involved in the American Association of University Women, the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce, and the Community Club. Gene did charity work for other groups. too. The theater in the Boulder Dam Museum was named the Segerblom Theatre in her honor. She passed away on January 4, 2013, at the age of 94. | yes | 0 |
| Segretti, Marguerite | OH-01666 | 02/24/1974 | Early Las Vegas-Roske Project | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Seidman, Lorne | OH-01667 | 11/14/2006 | UNLV Oral History Project@Fifty | LD3745 .S43 2007 Lorne Seidman was hired to teach business law at UNLV in 1969. He was also the discipline officer. He also was assistant general counsel and deputy attorney general | yes | 0 |
| Seifullah, Fateen | OH-03752 | 2020-10-28 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Fateen Seifullah was born in Compton, CA in 1968 when that area was run by gangs. The family moved to Las Vegas where his gang affiliation began. Seifullah explains the gang culture, how their operations work, drugs, how using the produce is to be avoided, prison, and street life. Now, Seifullah is an Iman, leader of a mosque in the Historic Westside. Since 2010, he has led an initiative to develop a "Muslim Village." HIs goal is to drive gangs and drug houses out of the community, purchase surrounding properties, and transform the area. Subjects: drug culture; Muslim philosophy; Iman; Code of Justice; Gaming 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 |
| Sells, Charles F. | OH-01668 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Semenoff, Sasha | OH-02609 | 2009 April 29 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Musician interviewed by Claytee White. | yes | 0 |
| Senator Hickey, Thomas J. | OH-01669 | 04/19/1985 | Joseph M. Bowman | yes | 0 | |
| Sender, Bill | OH-02727 | 2015 May 27 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | El Cortez; Western; Maxim; Bally’s; Desert Inn; Aladdin; Artichoke Joe’s (CA) | yes | 0 |
| Sennes Family | OH-02610 | 2011 November 18 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. | yes | 0 |
| Sennes, Rocky | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| SENZAKI, Paul | OH-02824 | 9/9/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 S47 2016 Roundtable with Alan Hess and Charlie White III. Architect, AIA, Senior VP, Director of Contract Admin Jerde Partnership; joined Jerde 1978, one year after its founding. Project manager Treasure Island, Fremont Street Experience, Palms, World Market Center. | yes | 0 |
| Serna, Sarah | OH-01670 | 12/04/1998 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 3 | |
| Serum, Jean | OH-01671 | 2006 June 16 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Serviss, Melvin Eugene | OH-01672 | 03/05/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Severenson, Doc | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Severinsen, Doc | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Seybold, Harry | 07/26/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Shaddy, Robert | OH-01673 | 03/12/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mafia VS. Mormons | no | 1 |
| Shadowen, Hazel | OH-01674 | 03/30/2004 | Blue Diamond | 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 | 2 |
| Shaffer, Charlie | 04/08/2009 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 1 | |
| Shaffer, Jim | OH-01675 | 06/20/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Shalmy, Donald (Pat) | OH-03153 | 2017 March 10, 2017 March 14 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 S53 2017 Graduate of University of Arizona's first Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning (1967) to Las Vegas January 1979 as Clark County Planning Director until 1984; then Clark County Manager until 1996; President Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, 2001; president Nevada Power Company 2002; currently Chairman of Board of Directors of the Las Vegas Monorail. Discusses benefits of regional planning and team approach to quality of service and efficiency in county government relative to growth, transportation, water, flood control, air quality, tourism, policing, etc. Follow-up discussion regarding attraction of position in 1979: Clark County had a new outlook and philosophy about planning and offered Shalmy free reign to create a planning department from scratch. Other than water, sanitation, hospital, and the airport, which were already consolidated, Clark County offered a clean slate relative to planning. Shalmy and his department presented the first comprehensive master plan to the Clark County Commission in about 1982. | yes | 0 |
| Shandling, Gary | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Shane, Michael Jay | OH-02877 | 2016 October 26, 2016 October 31 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S525 2014 An entertainer who arrived in Las Vegas in 1995. Was raised in Jewish neighborhood of Queens, NY; studied at NYC's High School of Performing Arts and at Peabody Conservatory. Multi-instrument musician, arranger, conductor and singer, and a comedian. Was a "shadow actor" for comedian Jerry Lewis (2016). Includes stories of father's musical career, Catskills etc. | yes | 0 |
| Shape, Allen | OH-01677 | 03/10/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 2 |
| Sharit, Ben | OH-02398 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Sharit is chief of the Tahoe-Douglas Fire Protection District. He became an EMT in 1981. | no | 0 |
| Sharp, Alden | OH-01678 | 03/10/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Business and Map | no | 1 |
| Sharpe, Geraldine | OH-02700 | 5/23/2016 | BELVOHP | Stories of old Las Vegas including Helldorado, early North Las Vegas housing, schools, and family recreation | no | 0 |
| Shaver, Marienne | OH-01679 | 03/21/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Southern Nevada history | no | 2 |
| Shaw, Artie | 05/15/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Shaw, Artie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Shaw, Artie | 05/12/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Shaw, Ghita | 10/11/1982 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Muriel Stevens | no | 1 | |
| Shaw, Gilbert | OH-02665 | May 3, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F 850 J5 S 53 2014 Resident of Las Vegas since early 1970s, member of founding group of Congregation Ner Tamid in 1974. Photographer/journalist for Navy & Coast Guard during Korean War and Vietnam War. | yes | 0 |
| Shaw, Glenn | OH-01680 | 02/05/2004 | Blue Diamond | no | 1 | |
| Shaw, Glenn | OH-01680 | February 5, 2004 | 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 | 3 |
| Shaw, Marlena | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Shaw, Marlena | OH-03367 | 2017 December 12 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Marlena Shaw chose an unusual path to stardom. She married and gave birth to five children before she launched her singing career. Surrounded by jazz from a young age, especially from her uncle Jimmy Burgess, she performed with all the greats of the day - Sammy Davis, Benny Carter, Billy Eskstine, Count Basie, Lou Rawls, and many others. She sang on stages beginning at the Playboy Clubs and went on to venues in Germany, Japan, Los Angeles, England, Australia, and Las Vegas. In New York she performed at the famed Apollo as well as Carnegie Hall. Shaw made her home in Las Vegas in a house described by a seer years before her late 1960s purchase. Her numerous albums include the first one in 1967, "Out of Different Bags" to the most current in 2014, "The Swingin' Life." Sixteen others fill the intervening years. These albums were produced by seven different record companies - Cadet, Blue Note, Columbia, South Bay, Verve, Concord Jazz, and Soul Brother Records. Marlena chose Japan as the place to announce her 2014 retirement. They had supported her music more than any other country including the USA. Subjects: Horace Silver, Blue Note, Mt. Vernon, NY, Cadet Records, Count Basie, Sammy Davis, Billy Eskstine, Sands, "Woman of the Ghetto," "For All We Know", "Out of Different Bags," "All of Me," "Go Away Little Boy." | no | 0 |
| Shaw, Mary M. | OH-02763 | 2011-09-02, 2011-11-14 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S53 2012 Mary Martell Shaw was born in Panama and lived in Costa Rica until she was 19. Then she met Rollin H. Shaw, a civil engineer, and married him in 1943. They lived many different places and moved to Las Vegas in 1964. He worked at the Nevada Test Site. They lived other places after that but returned to Las Vegas and retired here. Mary is a member of the Mesquite Club and a water color painter | yes | 0 |
| Shawn, John R. | OH-01681 | 1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Shea, Davette Jackson | OH-02393 | 2013 March 14 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | After working as a nurse in air ambulances in Denver, Colorado, Shea moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1981. Shea worked as a flight nurse from 1976 to 1988. | no | 0 |
| Shearin, Alberta | OH-01683 | 03/11/1981 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Air Base | no | 1 |
| Shearing, Miriam | OH-03224 | 2017 August 15; 2017-09-06 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Justice Miriam Shearing is the first female member of the Nevada Supreme Court. She and her husband moved to Las Vegas in 1968 because of the warm welcome they received from her husband's fellow ophthalmologists and from Governor Grant Sawyer. But the field of law wasn't ready for females so she was turned away from firms because it was felt that she should be at home with her children. Although after a few years in a solo practice, she ran successfully for a Justice Court Judgeship, supported by older women who knew that the time had come to diversify the bench. | no | 0 |
| Sheehan, Barbera | OH-01684 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Sheehan, Bill | OH-01685 | 07/01/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S538 2007 Bill Sheehan grew up in Philadelphia. He served in the Marine Corps in the 1940s, became a certified public accountant, and moved to Las Vegas in 1962. He started his own firm in 1971 and retired in 1997. Bill is a co-trustee of the Boyer Charitable Foundation. | yes | 0 |
| Sheehan, Jeanne | OH-01686 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Sheehan, Mary Jo | OH-01687 | 07/14/2009 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S54 2007 Mary Jo Sheehan moved to Henderson in 1945. She was a secretary and worked at Nellis Air Force Base and for RFC War Assets Administration, the Colorado River Commission, and Basic Management Incorporated | yes | 0 |
| Shelbourne, Verilee | OH-01688 | 03/07/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sheldon, Connie Hill | OH-02757 | 2013 February 11 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Connie Hill Sheldon and her identical twin, Billie, were born in 1944 in Oklahoma and spent their early years in southern California before moving to Las Vegas in 1956 with their mother, brother, and stepfather, Gerald Elmore. They attended Sunrise Acres Elementary School and were members of Rancho High School's first graduating class in 1962. Connie worked at the Huntridge Theater while she was in high school and continued working there after she graduated. In 1968 she married Clyde Sheldon in Goldfield, Nevada. He was an active-duty Marine, so they lived in several places, but after he retired in 1983, they returned to Las Vegas and then moved to Pahrump. Connie talks about military life in New York City, her driving a school bus in Havelock, North Carolina, being a preschool teacher in Mission Viejo, California, and her jobs at the Huntridge Theater, the Nevada Test Site, and at Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company, Inc | yes | 0 |
| Shelton, Essie Jacobs Mrs. | OH-00932 | 02/01/1996 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | yes | 2 | |
| Shenson, Walter | 04/09/1982 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Shepherd, Brian | OH-03756 | 2020-07-11 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Brian Shepherd, Chief of Staff of SEIU Local 1107, understands the impact of strong union jobs for Nevada families. His union represents the largest contingency of healthcare and public sector workers across the state. The Services Employee International Union advocates for fair wages, good healthcare, and the secret ballot. In addition to his call as a union man, Shepherd was called by the Creator and is in divinity school. He and the union empowers members to organize for progressive causes. Subjects: SEIU; Black Lives Matter; union benefits; Divinity; Culinary Union; interesting early background 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 |
| Shepherd, Henry | OH-02171 | 10/22/2014 | BELV- Cul226 | CT247 .S545 2014 Early AfAm bartender on the Strip, hired as a result of the 1971 consent decree. Includes memories of Jackson Street, homes in North Las Vegas, and hotels downtown and on the Strip. | yes | 0 |
| Shepherd, John Dr. | OH-01690 | 11/21/2008 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.S54 A3 2009 Dr. John Richard Shepherd is an ophthalmologist who started his practice in Las Vegas in 1968 | yes | 0 |
| Sheridan, Dick | OH-01691 | 03/18/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming Industry | no | 1 |
| Sherman, Martin A. | OH-01692 | 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Shields & Yarnell | April | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Shields & Yarnell | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Shields, Calvin | OH-02613 | 2009 May 7 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. | yes | 0 |
| Shipley, Robert | OH-03498 | 2018 October 15 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Robert Shipley grew up in Chicago in a home filled with music of all genres. He began to play drums at 10 years of age. Quickly he and his brother formed a band that played at community functions. He chose a high school that catered to the arts and in the early 1980s he set out to play behind well known artists. Beginning with the Emotions and then on the Grammy winning Best Blues album. In 1983 he joined Natalie Cole and played with her for 6 years loving the family atmosphere she created. His most lucrative assignment was with Diana Ross. Other entertainers included Smokey Robinson, the O'Jays, and Lionel Richie. It was Ben Vereen who took him to Carnegie Hall and by this time he had played every major city and most countries so he chose to retire. His daughter's graduation from law school spurred him to return to school. He earns a bachelor's degree this December (2018) and plans to enter the MFA program to become a professor. Subjects: Monroe, Louisiana, Grammy Award, Emotions, Temptations, Natalie Cole, Diana Ross, Golden Nugget Hotel Casino, Steve Wynn, Ben Vereen | no | 0 |
| Shirkey, Hugh | OH-01693 | February 4, 2010 | 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 | 2 |
| Shoofey, Alex | OH-01694 | 03/04/2007 | Jay Sarno Project | no | 4 | |
| Shore, Lonnie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Shore, Lonnie | 03/13/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Shore, Sammy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Shore, Sammy | 03/12/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Shorr, Lonnie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Shorr, Steve | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Shugart, Joyce | OH-01695 | 03/09/1981 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history/photos | no | 1 |
| Shutt, Byron | OH-01696 | 03/09/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Henderson history | no | 1 |
| Sidney, Corinne Entratter; Nort, Charlotte; Neivans, Mary; Jones, Judy; Garner, Joy Blaine | OH-01899 | 2014-01-11 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Copa Girls joint interview | no | 0 |
| Sidney, Corrine | OH-01697 | 06/05/2007 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S55 2007 Corrine Sidney was an actress, a Las Vegas showgirl, and a television talk show host and gossip columnist in Los Angeles. She was married to Jack Entratter who produced Las Vegas shows and later to movie director George Sidney | yes | 2 |
| Siefert, Tona | OH-01698 | 02/25/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sigfried & Roy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Signorelli, Michael Joseph | OH-02794 | 8/4/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 S545 2016 Purchased Golden Steer (opened 1958 by Joe Kludjian) in 2001; MSc and PhD in education at UNLV, getting a gaming license, building a hotel-casino in Mesquite, running Fitzgerald's (now the D) downtown, and putting together land deals (that ultimately fell through) to develop a hotel-casino in Laughlin and one in North Las Vegas. | yes | 0 |
| Sill, Lester | 08/15/1973 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Silva, Astrid | OH-03709 | 2019-04-22 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Oral history interview with Astrid Silva conducted by Monserrath Hernández and Barbara Tabach on April 22, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Astrid Silva was born in Gomez Palacio, Durango in 1988. She immigrated with her mother to the United States in 1992, where they were met by her father before flying to Los Angeles. She recounts her first impression of the United States and her families eventual move to Las Vegas, where she describes her time living in Las Vegas' west side and struggles she faced being an undocumented student living in Las Vegas. She describes her first meeting with Senator Harry Reid and the friendship that developed afterwards. She has spoken at the Democratic National Convention and has been vocal about her status as a Dreamer. She is currently the Executive Director for DREAM Big Nevada which was established in 2017 in order to provide aid to Nevada's immigrant families. She writes about her hopes for Dreamers and her continued work in expanding the ways that immigrant families can be helped in an always changing political climate. Subjects: DACA, Dreamers, Immigrant Rights, Higher Education 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. | yes | 0 |
| Silver, Abbi | OH-02935 | 2017 January 11, 2017 February 07 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S54 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Silver, Al | 05/20/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Silver, Al | 05/21/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Silver, Frank Paul | OH-03229 | 2017 August 29 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S543 2014 A native of Philadelphia. Moved to Las Vegas in early 1970s to take an ob/gyn position in Boulder City with his wife and family of four children. He moved his medical practice to Las Vegas to better serve his patients. He describes being a child of a Jewish father and Catholic mother. Anecdotes of being a physician in the 70s and some of the perks he was treated to; also, ownership of Crystal Palace casino (Laughlin). Subjects: Medical (Ob/Gyn) doctor, 1970s Las Vegas, Laughlin casino owner | yes | 0 |
| Silvers, Phil | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Silvestri, Charles | OH-02612 | 2012 January 31 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee White. | yes | 0 |
| Silvestri, Phyllis M. | OH-01699 | 01/11/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 S553 2010 Phyllis Silvestri moved to the United States from Canada when she was in her early 20s. By 1953 she had moved to Las Vegas and was married. A few years later she and her husband built a new home in the John S. Park area | yes | 0 |
| Simmons, Eva G. | OH-01700 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | F850.N4 S54 2012 | no | 1 | |
| Simmons, Eva G. | OH-02968 | 2004 May 04 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 1 |
| Simmons, George | OH-01701 | 12/13/2014 | AfAm Collaborative | Architect for NTS; Still employed as a Senior facilities specialist | yes | 0 |
| Simmons, Lester & Gladys | OH-01702 | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Union Pacific Railroad | no | 1 |
| Simon, Jack and Marcy | OH-03439 | 2018 May 16 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S546 2014 Both Marcy and Jack called the greater Los Angeles area the city they were raised in. It is also where they met and married in 1965. They are an entrepreneurial couple and talk about how Jack was a general contractor and electrical contractor, which led to Marcy becoming an electrical contractor for their growing business. Conventions became a significant source of business and they found themselves in Las Vegas often, and eventually in 1994 they moved full time to Las Vegas. When GES bought their business, they decided to get into the small casino business and purchased the financially troubled Commercial Casino in Elko, and then three more small casinos. In 2018, the couple was honored by JFSA for their philanthropic work and active role in the Jewish community. Subjects: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Elko, Commercial Casino, Jewish Family Services Agency, electrical contracting and conventions | yes | 0 |
| Simon, Margaret | OH-02506 | 2005 May 06 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784 | yes | 0 |
| Simone, Ronald | OH-02086 | 5/5/2009 | All That Jazz | ML394.S54 2008 Ronald Simone was born in 1935 in New Haven, Connecticut. He played trumpet in high school and played piano as a profession. He moved to Las Vegas with his friend violinist Joe Mack in 1960. He played in the Riviera showroom for five and a half years, in the exclusive Monte Carlo Room in the Desert Inn where he played for stars such as Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. for five years, and for nineteen years for all the Casino de Paris shows, line numbers, and production numbers at the Dunes. During the musicians' strike in 1989, he did sanctioned sub work at the Lido de Paris show at the Stardust. After the strike was over, Ronald played with Johnny Haig's relief band at various hotels, and he now does public concerts | yes | 0 |
| Simonson, Arlen J. | OH-01703 | 2004 April 05 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Sinatra, Frank Jr. | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Dick Maurice | no | 3 | ||
| Sinatra, Frank Jr. | 09/04/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Sinatra, Frank Jr. | 08/31/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 | |
| Sippell, Johnny | 08/08/1973 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Sitton, Pamela | OH-01704 | 02/27/2009 | UNLV Oral History Project @Fifty | LD3745 .S52 2007 Pamela Sitton moved to Las Vegas in 1963 where her father worked at the Nevada Test Site. She graduated from UNLV. Pamela was hired by UNLV Libraries in 1974 and worked there until March 2009. She worked in Circulation and in various positions that dealt with serials | yes | 0 |
| Sitton, Pamela | OH-03411 | 2018 March 15 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | In 1963, Pamela Sitton arrived in Las Vegas with her parents. Her father worked at the Nevada Test Site as a carpenter. He had taken various construction jobs in different states since her earliest memories. Las Vegas High was the 12th and final school she attended before graduating. The family had lived in South Carolina, Ohio, throughout Southern California, several locations in Arizona, and finally Las Vegas, towing their home with them. Pam's love for Las Vegas can be understood and felt when she speaks about old buildings that have been destroyed for the new. "It's a travesty." She remembers the "first" indoor shopping mall at Bruce and E. Charleston that housed Carl's Shoes, a Beauty shop, hobby shop, and a movie theater; the motor courts at Bruce and Fremont, the Blue Angel Motel; and traveling to Red Rock when the pavement ended well before reaching the destination. One of Pamela's favorite memories is the celebration of the 50th anniversary of her high school graduation on the football field at the "new" location of Las Vegas High School. Her class of 1966 was the only one that did not have their graduation ceremony on the football field but at the convention center. Most of her classmates regretted not having the traditional memory so the 50th celebration remedied that. The class of 2016 treated them like royalty with a standing ovation as they enter the field, a luncheon, and iced bottles of water in the heat of the late spring season. Pamela's life work was at UNLV Libraries. Her 2009 interview (OH-01704) covers that period. Subjects: Las Vegas High School, 1966 graduation, Nevada Test Site, the Blue Angel Motel, Red Rock, graduation ceremony on the football field | no | 0 |
| Skaggs, Robert L. | OH-01705 | 05/06/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .S53 2007 Robert Skaggs began teaching engineering at UNLV in 1969. He was involved in getting accreditation with ABET for the engineering college, establishing a chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, and building a master's and a PhD program | yes | 2 |
| Skaggs, Yolanda | OH-01706 | 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Skanowsky, Dan | OH-01707 | 04/02/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Casinos | no | 0 |
| Skea, Dan | 08/19/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Skorkowsky, Patrick | OH-02969 | 2007 March 29 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Skylar, Sunny | 05/26/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Slack, Ron | OH-01708 | 02/19/1980 or 1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Slot Management at the Holiday | no | 1 |
| Slade, Susan | OH-02447 | 7/31/2015 | BELVOHP - Rhythmettes | Early life and high school in Las Vegas LDS family during the 1960s. Family entertainment, community life, and leadership skills acquired from Rhythmettes. Adds Ms. Shamblee to the discussion with her roles in the Rhythmette | no | 0 |
| Sloate, Maynard | 02/12/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Sloate, Maynard | OH-02615 | 2007 June 12 | All that Jazz: Those Who Played with the Greats | Interviewed by Joyce Moore; Jazz drummer | yes | 0 |
| Sloman, Chris | OH-02394 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Sloman worked for an ambulance service in New Mexico until he became director of the Elko, Nevada ambulance service in 2010. | no | 0 |
| Smalley, Rae | OH-01709 | September 12, 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 | 2 |
| Smalley, Rae | OH-01709 | 09/12/2005 | 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 | 1 |
| Smith, Arlene Matthews | OH-01710 | 03/26/1981 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | yes | 5 | |
| Smith, Barr | OH-01711 | 02/27/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Panaca Pioche and Fanny's Dress Shop | no | 1 |
| Smith, Billy Paul | OH-01712 | 10/3/2013 | AfAm | Worked for Reynolds Electric & Engineering Co,, Inc. esp in Health Physics Department. | yes | 0 |
| Smith, Ethel; McCalister, Barbara Carter | OH-03740 | 2021-03-03 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Barbara Carter and Ethel Smith grew up on the Westside in the 1950s, both born in the late 1940s. They attended the Westside School. Their memories of the city are colorful, vibrant, and clear. They loved school and excelled in the assigned work. After high school, before their chosen careers, both tried work as a maid and found the sexual harassment a real challenge. Their memories of entertainment, fun, customs, and business locations on Jackson Av and the surrounding Black business community, related on their walk down memory lane, provided good historical information. Barbara Carter entered banking at Valley Bank and Ethel Smith, the casino industry, at a time when the MOB ran Las Vegas. Their recollections remind us that businesses operated differently and these women were there to witness it. Subjects: Westside, Jackson Av, MOB, La Concha Motel, Berkley Square, Valley Bank, Caesars Palace, Ash Resnick, Jackson Hotel. 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 |
| Smith, Florence | OH-01713 | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history '20 - | no | 1 |
| Smith, George (pseudonym) | OH-02566 | 2002 June 28 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 2 |
| Smith, Gordon W. | OH-02761 | 2013-01-29 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S65 2012 Gordon Smith was born in Tropic, Utah. His family moved to Hawthorne, Nevada, in 1947. In 1955 he and his family moved to Las Vegas. Gordon went to Rancho High School. After high school, he went to barbering college and then was drafted and was a medic in the Army in the United States taking care of soldiers who had been critically wounded in the Vietnam War. After he got out of the Army he opened a McDonalds and then worked full time as a barber | yes | 0 |
| Smith, Harold | OH-01714 | 07/08/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Smith, Helen | OH-01715 | 03/04/2008 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.S644 A3 2009 Helen Smith worked as a nurse at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, which is now the University Medical Center, and for the Nevada State Industrial Insurance System. | yes | 2 |
| Smith, Helen | OH-03405 | 2007 February 20 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Smith, Horrace | OH-02970 | 2003 April 01 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Smith, J.D. | OH-01716 | 10/31/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Smith, James, Tony, and Frederick | OH-01717 | 2/25/2014 | AfAm | Father, James, moved to Las Vegas because of Nellis AFB assignment. Left AF because he was not allowed to make rank. Stories of Jackson Street and Westside heyday including stories of clubs that catered to whites only (first time hearing this after 100+ interviews in the black community. Tony talks of the role of today's black church. Frederick who now lives in Texas sees a more bleak future for Westside that family. | no | 0 |
| Smith, Jr., Woodrow | OH-01718 | 2/10/2014 | AfAm Collaborative | Tuskegee graduate in engineering; taught by Tuskegee Airman professors. Moved to Los Angeles worked in aerospace industry doing tests at NTS. Moved to LV in the mid 1980s as first black McDonalds franchisee in city. | no | 0 |
| Smith, Judy | OH-01719 | 11/22/2008 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 S5884 2010 Judy Smith was a teenager when her family moved from Barstow, California, to Las Vegas in 1958. She worked as the assistant society editor for the Las Vegas sun and graduated from UNR. by 1967 she moved back to Las Vegas with her husband and children and lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood. | yes | 0 |
| Smith, Keena | OH-02197 | 11/25/2014 | AfAm Student Project (Winita Frederick) | Dance professor at UNLV who traveled and danced in Lion King for 10 years. Shares other professional dance experiences. | no | 0 |
| Smith, Leslie | OH-03300 | 2017 November 02 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Leslie H. Smith grew up on 6th Street in Downtown Las Vegas. The family home, Jay Dayton Smith House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 20, 1987. The address is 624 S. 6th Street and is used today as a law office. His sister, Leslie Jean attended Vasser and married Kel Houssels III. Smith tells stories of riding bikes throughout the small town, swimming in the Old Ranch Pool, the Boy Scouts, concerts at the War Memorial Building, Helldorado Days, and owning several businesses including a construction contracting firm. Subjects: Leslie Jean, Jay Dayton Smith House, National Register of Historic Places, Kel Houssels III, Old Ranch Pool, War Memorial Building, Helldorado Days | no | 0 |
| Smith, Lynn | OH-01720 | 03/04/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal History | no | 1 |
| Smith, Lynne | OH-02395 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Smith joined the Fallon, Nevada ambulance service in 1986 as a basic EMT. | no | 0 |
| Smith, Matti | OH-02971 | 2006 November 07 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Smith, Melville | OH-01721 | 02/23/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Smith, Mike | OH-03460 | 2018 August 17 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Mike Smith is a political genius who depicts his ideas with cartoons. His astute art is syndicated but his drafting table is in the newsroom at the Sun Newspaper here in Las Vegas where he shares this daily ideas with colleagues until one gels and is transmitted across the globe. Smith's mentors include Paul Conrad, Mike O'Callahan, and Hank & Brian Greenspun. Conrad, famed cartoonist at the Los Angeles Times took time to critique Mike's work when he was studying at Loyola Marymount. But it was Mike O'Callaghan who give him his first paycheck as a serious political cartoonist when he was still in college over 30 years ago. Mike is an editorial cartoonist for the Las Vegas Sun and for King Features Syndicate. His cartoons appear in about 270 newspapers. He’s been at the Las Vegas Sun for 35 years. Subjects: Loyola Marymount, Paul Conrad, Mike O'Callaghan, Hank Greenspun, NAACP, gun-running, syndication, Sun Newspaper | no | 0 |
| Smith, Robert Bruce | OH-01722 | 06/03/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .S65 2007 Dr. Robert Bruce Smith taught chemistry at UNLV, was chair of the Department of Physical Sciences, and was the dean of the College of Science and Mathematics. He also served as Academic Vice President and later Provost at Weber State College in Ogden, Utah, from 1980 until his retirement in 1998 | yes | 4 |
| Smith, Robert M. | OH-01723 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Cosmetology | no | 1 |
| Smith, Roy | OH-01724 | 03/13/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Smith, Samuel | OH-02429 | 2011 June 17, 2011 June 22 | Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas | CT247.S657 2012; Samuel Smith moved to Las Vegas in 1978 and worked as a fire inspector until he retired in 2003. He also organized free reading and math classes to help people prepare for the firefighter exam. | yes | 0 |
| Smith, Theresa M. | OH-01725 | 2003 February 23 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Smothers Brothers | 08/05/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Smothers Brothers | 09/22/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Snavely M. D., S. Charles | OH-01726 | 2/5/2014 | Ward 1 | Professor of general pediatrics at UNLV School of Medicine | yes | 0 |
| Snavely, Ann | OH-02223 | 1/8/2015 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Glen Heather and Scotch 80s neighborhoods overview. Current downtown changes; love for the West Charleston area. | no | 0 |
| Snook, Brandon | OH-03410 | 2018-03-14 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | A son of a physician, Dr. Brandon Snook is a trauma surgeon and a colonel in the Air Force at Nellis Air Force Base, where he has been stationed since 2004. His tours include Iraq and Afghanistan. At Nellis he directs SMART, Sustained Medical and Readiness Trained, a program that brings surgeons, nurses and technicians from around the world to Nellis for intensive medical training. He and others from Nellis were called in to UMC to treat victims. Subjects: Nellis Air Force Base, SMART, trauma surgeon at UMC/UNLV Medical School, wartime background | no | 0 |
| Snow, Grant | OH-01727 | 11/16/1982 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Education | no | 1 |
| Snow, Jacob | OH-02813 | 8/29/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 S653 2016 McCarran Airport 1989-1999, General Manager RTC 1999-2012, City Manager City of Henderson 2012-2015, now JABarrett Company; airport expansion D Gates, Terminal 3; Monorail, Beltway | yes | 0 |
| Snyder, Casey | OH-02404 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Snyder is the director of West Wendover ambulance service in West Wendover, Nevada. He is a certified EMT and paramedic. | no | 0 |
| Snyder, Donald | OH-03175 | 2017 April 20, 2017 July 28, 2018 January 09, 2018 March 14 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | part 1: Arriving in Las Vegas in 1987 as Chairman and CEO of First Interstate Bank, Don Snyder immediately became part of the community through the United Way board and the UNLV Foundation. This interview covers his South Dakota and Wyoming childhood and schooling and follows his banking career through California, Asia, Latin America, and Nevada until his 1991 resignation in Las Vegas. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Banking; United California Bank; First Interstate Bank; strategic planning; career planning. Part 2: In this second session Snyder discusses banking regulators, a potential 1991 banking crisis in Nevada, and his resignation from First Interstate Bank; tells of teaming with Bill Boyd and Todd Marshall to open Bank West of Nevada (now Bank of Nevada) in 1994 and of bringing in Robert Sarver to expand its growth. Talks of adapting the Smart Cities approach to statewide connectivity via the "Nevada Smart" initiative. Subjects: First Interstate Bancorporation; First Interstate Bank of Nevada; Bank West of Nevada; Bank of Nevada; Western Alliance Bancorporation; Switch; Boyd Gaming; part 3: In this third session, Snyder recalls his consulting work with the Downtown Progress Association and joining the Fremont Street Experience for 50 percent of his time, developing a strategic plan, and hiring Kenny Wynn as the owners' representative, Jerde Partnership as the architect, and Marnell Companies as the contractor. Mentions joining boards of Harveys Casinos and Household Bank. Describes how FSE changed popular attitudes about Downtown Las Vegas and spurred other redevelopment investments. Discusses call-to-action event hosted by Elaine and Steve Wynn and John Goolsby to establish a performing arts foundation; when Wynns and Goolsby left in 1999, Snyder assumed chair and in 2000 brought in Myron Martin. Also talks about joining Boyd Gaming board in 1966, becoming president 1997, developing and acting upon strategic plan, and retiring in 2005. Subjects: Downtown Progress Association; Fremont Street Experience; Jerde Partnership; John Goolsby; Myron Martin; Boyd Gaming; part 4: Relates the adventures of Steve Wynn, Barry Shier, and Don Snyder in a fast boat at Lake Tahoe. Tells how the historic Wilbur Clark Desert Inn Bridge came to find a new home at the Tom Fazio golf course at The Summit Golf Club. Focuses on career at UNLV beginning in 1988 as an active member board of trustees for the UNLV Foundation, five years as board Chairman and another eight years as chair of UNLV's first comprehensive capital campaign, which met its goal in the midst of the Great Recession and established a philanthropic mindset at UNLV. He discusses serving as dean of the UNLV Harrah Hotel College from July 2010 through June 2013, during which time he led the faculty to create a strategic plan and closed the UNLV Singapore campus in order to maximize the advantage of the Hotel College's setting in the "world's largest hotel and conference laboratory." In 2013 he was appointed by President Neil Smatresk as the university’s executive dean for strategic initiatives, in which capacity he would lead the university conversations regarding a football stadium. Subjects: Steve Wynn; The Summit; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; UNLV; philanthropy; fundraising; UNLV Harrah Hotel College; strategic planning; stadium; football stadium; part 5: Bo Bernhard, Executive Director, International Gaming Institute at the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, joined this session to focus on UNLV's role in building a professional football stadium in metropolitan Las Vegas, in overcoming National Football League objections to Las Vegas as an NFL city, and in bringing the Raiders NFL team to Las Vegas. Snyder explains the Nevada legislation that created the Campus Improvement Authority Board and the process by which the Board opted to build a domed professional stadium that seats 65,000-70,000 over two other possible models. Snyder also reflects on his time as UNLV Acting President, during which he consulted aspirational peer universities and hired Barbara Atkinson, M.D., as the founding dean of the UNLV School of Medicine. He also modified his usual strategic planning process in order to lead the university toward achieving by 2025 the vision previously adopted under past university president Neil Smatresk's goal to move UNLV toward Tier 1 status. Talks briefly about his work with Clark County School District over the years and the District's new Don and Dee Snyder Elementary School, which opened January 2018. Subjects: UNLV; UNLV International Gaming Institute; Global Intellectual Capital; sports betting science; Las Vegas Raiders; Oakland Raiders; National Football League; Campus Improvement Authority Board; peer universities; stadiums; strategic planning; Tier 1 status; UNLV School of Medicine; Clark County School District | no | 0 |
| Snyder, Joy | OH-01729 | 12/17/2008 | Heart to Heart: A History of Las Vegas Health Care Oral History Project | R154.S65 A3 2009 Joy Snyder was a nurse first at Desert Springs and then at Sunrise Hospital in the newborn nursery | yes | 0 |
| Snyder, Tom | 12/01/1976 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Snyder, William | OH-01730 | 11/21/2008 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | CT247.S68 2007 Snyder is an architect who works for Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects. He has a school named after him and works with the children who attend that school. Designed McCaw School of Mines for McCaw Elementary School in Henderson. | yes | 0 |
| Sorensen, Paul | OH-01735 | 03/04/1977 or 02/27/1979 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Personal history, education | no | 1 |
| Sorenson, Bud | OH-01732 | 03/03/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Sorenson, Carole | OH-01733 | 11/11/2002 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Sorenson, Cleona | OH-01734 | 03/04/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Sorkin, Marta | OH-01736 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .S66 2007 | yes | 0 | |
| Sorom, Earl | OH-01737 | 03/06/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | REECO | no | 1 |
| Sorrells, Charles J. | OH-02616 | 2010 November 30 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Karen Shank | yes | 0 |
| Soss, Maury | OH-01738 | 02/20/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Cultural events | no | 1 |
| Southard, Bill | OH-02397 | 2012 December 13 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Southard worked as Yerington, Nevada's only paid firefighter starting in 1961. He was also a member of the Professional Rescue Instructors of Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Sparer, Jon | OH-02282 | 3/4/2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Architect of many major casino/hotels. Designed Congregation Ner Tamid and The Center [Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada].F850 J5 S63 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Sparer, Jonathan | OH-02812 | 8/29/2016 | Building Las Vegas | yes | 0 | |
| Spargo, Harry F. | OH-01739 | 10/14/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mining | no | 1 |
| Sparrow, James | OH-01740 | 03/09/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sparrow, Mary | OH-01741 | 03/20/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Spearman, Patricia | OH-02627 | 3/3/2016 | AfAm Collab | AfAm NV State Senator and former pastor with congregation that operated a food pantry. Gender identity in the modern era. The cross sections of race, class, religion, sexuality, and politics. | no | 0 |
| Spencer, Alice W. | OH-01742 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Spencer, Prince | OH-01743 | 01/09/2005 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | F850.N4 S64 2012 Early black dancer | yes | 1 |
| Spencer, Rainier | OH-02888 | 2015 April 27 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Sperling Kronberg and Mack Holocaust Resource Center Round Table | OH-02460 | September 4, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Doug Unger, community leader; Myra Berovits, education specialist; and Sue Dubin, libary consultant participate in a conversation about the founding of the Holocaust Resource Center and how it serves the Las Vegas community in preserving the stories and providing educational materials and support. | yes | 0 |
| Spicer, Goldie (Vaughn) | OH-01744 | 02/12/1977 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history 40's - | no | 1 |
| Spiegel, Ellen Barre | OH-03361 | 2017 December 04 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S65 2014 Assemblywoman Ellen Spiegel moved to Las Vegas in 2001 and immediately plugged in as a businesswoman, member of the Jewish community and also the Democratic Party. She was first elected in 2008 (first female Democrat in her district), lost in 2010, and was reelected District 20 Assemblywoman in 2012; she continues to serve to date. Talks about Jewish background, moving to Las Vegas and legislation accomplishments thus far. She is also on the board of the National Association of Jewish Legislators. | yes | 0 |
| Spiess, Erick | OH-01746 | 06/25/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Spiess, Erick | OH-01745 | 05/18/1978 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Spight, Lonnie D. | OH-01747 | 05/08/2007 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .S67 2007 Dr. Lonnie D. Spight was hired to teach physics at UNLV in 1970. He served as chair of the department several times, worked on solar energy and far- field microwave analysis, and helped set up safety standards for laser technology. He still teaches quantum mechanics | yes | 1 |
| Spin Doctors | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | ||
| Spinks, Linda | OH-01748 | 08/15/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 2 | |
| Springer, Sylvia | OH-01749 | 2001 July 23 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Spurlock, Robert and Janice | OH-01750 | 6/7/2010 | Boyer Early LV OHP | CT247 .S69 2007 Janice's family moved to Las Vegas in the 1930s. Robert arrived in 1953. He worked construction in Las Vegas and also worked as an ironworker at the Nevada Test Site and at Area 51. He also talks about the Pleasant Valley War in Arizona | yes | 0 |
| St. John, Loretta | 08/23/2002 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 2 | |
| St. Jules, Terry Cavaretta and St. Jules, Rejean | OH-03431 | 2018 May 02 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | At five years of age, Terry Cavaretta and her sister Kandi (age 8) began flying lessons; learning the art of the trapeze. Soon all six children could fly. Their work took them and their parents to London, Paris, Copenhagen, and throughout most of the United States. In 1968, at 15 years of age, the family moved to Las Vegas to open the Circus Circus. At first, they lived in the Westward Ho, then an apartment, and finally in a home. They were happy to be in one place and have remained here for 50 years, interchanging the act with siblings as some got married, divorced, reared families, and formed diverse acts. In the beginning, performing above the craps table was distracting but they loved their art, hone unbelievable skills, and fascinated crowds. They did travel for a few engagements such as the invitation from the Queen of England in 1977. In 1992 when most of the family had retired, Terry and her brother Jimmy became an adagio act in the Folies at the Tropicana. In 1982, Rejean moved to Las Vegas as an juggler. From the age of four, growing up in Montreal, Canada, he learned acrobatics and juggling. He had traveled as a circus performer most of his childhood having learned the trade from his father. Rejean and Terry married in 1983. He entertained in the Lido, the Folies, and Jubliee. Once they retired, they operated a school for trapeze artists. As well as an entertainer, Rejean is an artist painting in the "Art du Flage" style (his term). His artwork depicts random blends and patches of color resembling a camouflage pattern but when one steps back, the work transforms into the refined image of the character he had chosen to depict. Terry and Rejean's 16 year old son is a natural artist who may play soccer though instead of juggling and flying. Subjects: St. Petersburg, Florida, London, Paris, Copenhagen, Queen of England, Westward Ho, Circus Circus, Folies Bergere, Jubliee, Lido de Paris, Joe Castro, Jay Sarno | no | 0 |
| St. Marie, Philip | OH-01751 | 07/28/1975 or 06/28/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history and personal history | no | 1 |
| Stack, Norma | OH-02301 | 2/8/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Stacy, Wayne | OH-01752 | 02/26/1979 or 02/25/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Southern Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Stadler, Helen Joy | OH-02623 | 2012 August 21 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Stafford, Jim | 08/11/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Stafford, Jim | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 3 | ||
| Stafford, Mary | OH-01753 | 03/05/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1953 - | no | 1 |
| Stagg, Kendall | OH-01754 | 01/11/2002 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 4 | |
| Stamm, Marvin | 06/14/2001 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Ken Hanlon | no | 2 | |
| Stampley, E. | OH-01755 | 10/22/2007 | History of the 1970's | yes | 2 | |
| Stangle, Don | OH-02399 | 2013 March 02 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Stangle was a member of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Department from 1972 to 1996. He started driving the department's ambulance in 1972, and took EMT training throughout the 1970s. | no | 0 |
| Stanley, Richard | OH-01756 | 03/13/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Star, William | OH-01757 | 09/15/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Starkweather, Wendy | OH-03759 | 2021-04-09 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Wendy Starkweather served as the public face of Lied Library 20 years ago when the building was brand new. She is still in awe of the architecture, the open design, and flexible use of space. Two of her favorite memories from the many, many tours she conducted were: the head librarian at Oxford who stated that this was the best library he had ever seen and the parents who immediately knew that this is the school that their child would attend when they stepped into Lied Library's atrium. Her comments about the impact of the building are memorable. Wendy retired in 2010 and has been been busy in the political arena, travelling, and reading. Subjects: Lied Library; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America; Book Club 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 |
| Starkweather, Wendy M. | OH-01758 | 06/16/2010 & 06/22/1020 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S73 2007 Wendy Starkweather moved to Las Vegas in 1978 when her husband Peter L. Starkweather accepted a teaching position in the biology department at UNLV. She worked in several types of libraries in Las Vegas before being offered the head of reference position at the UNLV library in 1985. She was also head of public services and worked under six deans. Wendy retired in 2010 | yes | 0 |
| Starr, Richard | OH-01759 | 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Steele, Judith | OH-02191 | Nov 25, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S73 2014 Judi moved to Las Vegas in 1969 from Brooklyn NY. Served community as an educator and business person. Designed CCSD's first individualized education program. President of the Public Education Foundation | yes | 0 |
| Steele, Richard and Steel-Jones, Zakeisha | OH-02263 | 2/12/2015 | AfAm | F850.N4 S74 2012 Trained by Eddie Futch, Richard Steele became a great boxer. Retired because of broken ribs and invited to become a referee and worked some of the most famous battles in the world - Frazier, Ali, Tyson, etc. Great story about Nelson Mandela. Business relationship with Kirk Kerkorian; Boxing gym that trains, tutors, and feeds children and has program for Parkinson's disease. | yes | 0 |
| Steelman, Paul | OH-02809 | 8/24/2016 | Building Las Vegas | Came to Las Vegas 1987 with Joel Bergman from Atlantic City to work on Mirage with Steve Wynn; went out on his own with interior designer Henry Conversano; then opened solo practice. Now Steelman Partners 37th largest architectural firm in the world per Building Design Magazine (January 2010). Has done more than 4,000 projects on six continents, approx. 200 in LV include Mirage, Caesars, Harra's, MGM, Nevada State Museum, Riviera, Showboat, Silverton, Station Casinos, Stratosphere, Venetian, now designing Resorts World Las Vegas (on Strip across from the Wynn). | no | 0 |
| Stefanelli, Deanna | OH-01760 | AfAm Collaborative - LV Black Experience | CT247 .S74 2007 | yes | 0 | |
| Stein, Melody Hope | OH-02799 | Aug. 16, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S728 2014 Artist and art teacher; taught at Milton I Schwartz and Adelson Educational Campus from 2000-2014. Volunteer using art to bring happiness to cancer patients and others throughout the Las Vegas community. Publisher of Stamper Magazine; leader in the Polymer Clay Guild. | yes | 0 |
| Steinberg, David | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Steinberg, Faye | OH-03223 | 2014-09-10, 2014-10-06, 2014-11-10, 2017-08-15 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S735 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Sternberg, Gary | OH-02274 | Feb. 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Holocaust survivor by way of the Shanghai ghetto; 31 year career as dealer at Caesars; businessman and holder of three US Patents. Includes a draft of his personal memoir of surviving WWII in the ghetto of China. F850.J5.S74 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Sternberg, Gary, Lupo, Joe, and Birch, Ed | OH-03226 | 2017 August 21 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Gary Sternberg, Holocaust survivor via Shanghai; became a dealer at Caesars. Joe Lupo, lived in Las Vegas since a child, graduated Bishop Gorman in 1964, attended UNLV and worked for Western/Delta Airlines for 30 years. Ed Birch grew up in Las Vegas and graduated from Vegas High School in 1950s, longtime dealer at Caesars. Subjects: Growing up and living in Las Vegas in 1960s and 70s; dealer careers at Caesars; Western Airlines and McCarran Airport of early Las Vegas. Stories and changes in Las Vegas customer service expectations. | no | 0 |
| Stesch, Sandra MacNally | OH-02622 | 2008 May 28 | All that Jazz: Those Who Played with the Greats | yes | 0 | |
| Stevens, Andrew | 05/17/1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Stevens, Andrew | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Stevens, Connie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Stevens, Connie | June 10. 1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Stevens, Morgan | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Stevens, Ray | 06/17/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Stevenson, A. Henry II | OH-01762 | 02/27/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Stevenson, Abraham H. | OH-02302 | 4/3/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Stevenson, David L. | OH-01763 | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada History | no | 1 |
| Stewart, Ann L. | OH-01764 | 02/24/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Stewart, Janzon | OH-01765 | 5/28/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas OHP | CT247.S76 2007 Includes appendix with words to song about the race horse John Herald by Mike Prince and copies of articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper about quarter horse racing Jan Stewart's grandfather William T. Stewart brought his family to Alamo, Nevada, to ranch, then his grandfather and later his father managed the Old Ranch, which was owned by the railroad. He also talks about quarter horse racing and nuclear weapons testing | yes | 0 |
| Stewart, Keny | OH-01766 | 01/16/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 S72 2010 Keny Stewart moved to Las Vegas in 1984 to work as an entertainer, but he has also worked as an elementary school teacher and as a library specialist. Around 1990 he bought a house in the John S. Park Neighborhood that was built in the 40s. Keny has also been a neighborhood association president Notes Includes index | yes | 0 |
| Stewart, Leslie Earl Sr. | OH-01767 | 02/26/1972 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Stichter, Kenneth l. | OH-01768 | Educator | yes | 1 | ||
| Stinedurf, Roy Jr. | OH-01769 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Stiver, Do | OH-01770 | 03/17/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 2 |
| Stivers, James | 11/16/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 | |
| Stock, Alan | OH-03372 | 2017 December 27 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | When radio talk show host Alan Stock learned of the October 1 shooting, he immediately went into broadcast mode from his station at KXNT (840AM). He recalls some of the calls, the importance of information they were able provide, and dealing with hot topics of conspiracies and guns, impact on Las Vegas as a community and tourism. Alan has called Las Vegas home since June 1999 and talks about the role of local radio in disseminating news and information. | no | 0 |
| Stockall, Vernon G. | OH-01771 | 02/11/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history. | no | 1 |
| Stockall, Vernon G. | OH-01772 | 03/07/1981 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Stockwell, Dean | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Stodall, Bob | OH-01774 | 05/31/2007 | History of the 1970's | Importance of the news reporter; capturing LV history | yes | 2 |
| Stokes, Earl | OH-01775 | 03/02/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Moving Company | no | 1 |
| Stoldal, Robert | OH-02625 | 5/22/2014 - 3/3/2016 | AfAm Collab | Early newsman for Channel 3 and 8; as of 2015 works at KNPR Radio. A diligent student of history specializing in the 1940s. Member of many boards - Historic Preservation, MOB Museum, LV Centennial Commission, NV State Museum. | no | 0 |
| Stone, Mabel | OH-01776 | 03/29/1975 or 08/29/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history 1940's - | no | 1 |
| Stone, Tia Coward | OH-03755 | 2020-09-25 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Interviewed by Claytee D. White. Tia Stone organized several protests and talks about the organizing steps involved in the rally and march from the Boulevard Mall to the Convention Center on Donald Trump's 74th birthday - June 14, 2020. The Boulevard Mall is at 3528 S. Maryland Parkway and the walk to the Convention Center at 3150 Paradise is 1.4 miles, an easy walk on most days. The organized crowd of approximately 800 people required more time than usual. This protest in the wake of George Floyd's murder was composed of about 20% Blacks, some Latin Americans, with a majority white contingency. Tia believes in unification and desires new and more humane protocols from the local police department and understands the importance of an effective citizen's review board. Tia has stepped away from organizing since her recent marriage. Subjects: Black Lives Matter; LV Metropolitan Police Department; Citizens' Review Board; protest organizing tasks 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 |
| Storer, Taylor | 08/04/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Storey, Al Jr. | OH-01777 | 03/11/1980 or 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Stout, Mary R. | OH-01778 | 02/20/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Stout, Nathan L. | OH-01779 | 02/27/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Stover, James | OH-01780 | 03/31/1978 or 03/31/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Stowers, Eva | OH-02624 | 2012 March 10 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | yes | 0 | |
| Strachan, Mary V. | OH-01781 | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Stralem, Richard | OH-01782 | 03/12/1980 or 02/21/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Business and Personal history | no | 1 |
| Strassman, David | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Straus, David and Heidi | OH-02526 | Nov. 6, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S77 2014 Talk about growing up in Las Vegas, the Rancho Nevada Estates neighborhood; changes in city since the 1960s. Being Jewish then and now; son of Neil and Joyce Straus and successful attorney; daughter of Jay Sarno and entrepreneurial business owner. | yes | 0 |
| Stritch, Billy | 12/08/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Stromberg, Janice L. | OH-01783 | 2004 April 07 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Stuart, John | October 22. 1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Stuarti, Enzo | 01/22/1980 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Stubbs, Leonard & Rose | OH-01784 | 04/09/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Student, Roy | OH-03452 | 2018 July 06 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Roy Student is a longtime gaming and hospitality executive who currently utilizes his key expertise and experience as a sought-after consultant and speaker to the international casino and gaming industry from his base in Las Vegas. He has been the force behind the successful U.S. market entry for companies coming from Asia, Europe, and South America. When he arrived in Las Vegas as a young man, Student was taught the ins and out of the gaming industry by the men who operated early games of chance. His teachers were men who did not take notes or sign contracts; deals were made on a handshake. Subjects: Control Credit, Todd Early, Howard Hughes, Cohen, General Instruments, junkets, Dunes, Silver Slipper | no | 0 |
| Stump, Allan | OH-01785 | 02/18/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Fire Fighting | no | 1 |
| Stupak, Bob | OH-01630 | 1/9/2009 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Sullivan, Bobbie | OH-02406 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Bobbie joined the Pahrump, Nevada volunteer ambulance service in 1982 and got her EMT certification in 1984. | no | 0 |
| Sullivan, Joseph | OH-01786 | 03/19/1978 or 03/14/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Early Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Sullivan, Maxine | 04/25/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Sullivan, Mike | OH-02405 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Sullivan is the director of the Eureka County volunteer ambulance service, a post he has held since 2006. A native of Reno, Nevada, Sullivan received EMT training and worked as an ambulance operator in Tonopah and Pahrump before arriving in his current job. | no | 0 |
| Sullivan, Tom | 03/12/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Sullivan, William | OH-01787 | 06/27/2007 | UNLV Oral History Project @Fifty | LD3745 .S84 2007 Dr. William W. Sullivan taught history in Montana and was hired by UNLV in 1978 as director of student support services. He now is an associate vice president | yes | 0 |
| Summer, Donna | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Summer, Donna | 05/29/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Summers, Francie | OH-02972 | 2009 November 14 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Summers, Roy & Nellie | OH-01788 | 03/06/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Summers, Suzanne | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Sumpter, Rodney | OH-01789 | 08/30/1999 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 1 | |
| Sumpter, Rodney | OH-02567 | 2004 January 20 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 1 |
| Supreme Legend | 02/21/1997 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Loretta Kaye | no | 1 | |
| Sussman, Laura | OH-03412 | 2018 March 15 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Co-Owner of Kraft Sussman Funeral Home, serves on boards of Jewish Family Services, T.I.P. among other community organizations. Has lived in Las Vegas since 1997. Provided funeral preparation for several of the October 1 victims' families. Subjects: Working with coroner in caring of victims and working with their families, New Yorker magazine article. | no | 0 |
| Sussman, Laura and Wendy Kraft | OH-02577 | Feb 17, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 S87 2014 Talk about being business partners in Kraft-Sussman Funeral Home, which caters to the Jewish community. They are also a married couple and talk about the local LGBT community. | yes | 0 |
| Sutton, Raymond E. | OH-01790 | 03/14/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Attorney, Father owned only restaurant betweem Las Vegas and Henderson | no | 1 |
| Swallow, Craig F. | OH-01791 | 02/29/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Swallow, Ken | OH-01792 | 03/11/1975 or 03/13/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Swank, Heidi | OH-02147 | 7/28/2014 | BELVOHP | Nevada Assemblywoman, Founder of Nevada Preservation Foundation, Founder of the Flamingo Club | no | 0 |
| Swank, Scott | OH-02147 | 10/13/2014 | BELVOHP | Talks about the John S Park Neighborhood, being an independent professional in Las Vegas, and the Flamingo Club. | yes | 0 |
| Swarts, Maurine | OH-01793 | 05/01/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Southern Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Swatling-Carol-Ann | OH-01794 | 05/05/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .S83 2007 Carol-Ann Swatling worked in the reference department at UNLV Libraries for 28 years | yes | 0 |
| Sweet, Kevin | OH-02718 | 2016-05-23 | Slot Manager Oral History Project | Bellagio, Aria, LVS, Seminoles, Cosmopolitan | yes | 0 |
| Sweet, Ruth | OH-01795 | 02/07/1977 or 02/07/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Swift, Joan | OH-01796 | 03/18/2004 and 02/25/1981 | Early Henderson | Clark County Records | yes | 3 |
| Swift, Kay | 01/28/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Swinney, Dick | OH-02400 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Swinney served on the fire department faculty at Texas A&M from 1976 to 1978. He became a certified EMT in Nevada and trained with Professional Rescue Instructors of Nevada. He was coordinator of EMS in Nevada, owned an ambulance transfer service, and authored a program for emergency training. | no | 0 |
| Swinney, Kerry | OH-02401 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Swinney took EMT basic training in 1980. Since then, Swinney has coordinated EMT and CPR training courses around Washoe County. | no | 0 |
| Sylvester, Dr. Wilber | OH-01797 | 04/08/1976 or 04/22/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Synder, Earl | OH-01728 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 | |
| Tabat, Louis A. | OH-01798 | 03/30/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 2 |
| Tabor, Ed | OH-01799 | 03/12/1987 or 05/12/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Television Industry Nellis Air Force Base | no | 1 |
| Tabor, Irene | OH-02887 | 2014 July 03 | West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1 | no | 0 | |
| Tafoya, Daniel | OH-03540 | 2018 December 12 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Daniel "Dan" Tafoya was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1968. Tafoya describes his neighborhood as tough and poor. Tafoya describes his story as intertwined with his father's, a man who served federal time in a prison in Washington state. When Tafoya's father left prison he turned his life around, leaving behind his old life, dedicating himself to an honest living and his oil paintings. As a result, Tafoya's father kept his children on the straight and narrow. Tafoya struggled in school due to his learning disabilities, however this did not stop him from joining the Air Force and having a very successful career. He spent 13 years in the military stationed at Nellis Airforce base. After leaving the military Tafoya began working in higher education, moving to work within CCSD and the Latin Chamber of Commerce. Subjects: Air Force, CCSD, Nellis Airforce Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico | no | 0 |
| Tamre, Marilyn V. | OH-01800 | 03/09/1981 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Tanaka, Wayne | OH-01801 | 2002-07-18, 2002-07-02, 2002-07-29, 2002-08-05 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | no | 7 | |
| Tanaka, Wayne N. | OH-03741 | 2021-03-12 | Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project | Interviewed by Ayrton Yamaguchi, Vanessa Concepcion, Kristel Peralta, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans. Born and raised in Lahaina, Maui, Hawai'i, Wayne Tanaka speaks to his dual identity as a Japanese Hawaiian and of his mixed generational identity. His father, an ordained Buddhist minister, was Issei, a first-generation Japanese Hawaiian, but his mother, a teacher, was the second generation of her family in Hawai'i. He speaks of his father's World War II internment; of coming to Las Vegas with the Boulder Dam Area Council of the Boy Scouts during high school; of going to the University of Utah; of his wife, Sadie, his daughters, and his career as an educator in Clark County School District. Subjects: Lahaina, Maui, Hawai'i; Buddhism; Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha; education; special education; Clark County School District; race; Executive Order 9066; racism; Hula; Sunset High School; Boulder Dam Area Council; Boy Scouts of America. 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 |
| Taney, Thomas | OH-01802 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Tarkanian, Lois | OH-02162 | 9/24/2014 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Examples of community in West Charleston; served on CCSD School Board, work as a City Councilwoman, family life in Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Tate, George | OH-01803 | 09/24/2002 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 2 | |
| 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 |
| Tiberti, Jelindo Angelo | OH-03173 | 2017 April 18 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 T52 2017 Youngest child of pioneer Las Vegas contractor J.A. Tiberti, Jelindo was born in Las Vegas and raised on Fifteenth Street in a traditional household where the daughters did inside chores and the sons did outside chores. Although suffering from dyslexia, he graduated from University of Southern California in four years. After graduating and marrying in 1982, he returned to Las Vegas and in 1983 took over Tiberti Fence Company. which he ran for thirty years. He sold the company and retired in 2013 but six months later began anew with Red Star Fence Company. He speaks to the ubiquity of commercial and industrial fencing to the built environment. | yes | 0 |
| Tiberti, Renaldo | OH-02703 | 5/24/2016 | Building Las Vegas | Renaldo, CEO of Tiberti Construction, talks about his father, company founder and mother, who ran the home with equal finesse. Truly a family business, he talked about the family's beginning business enterprise, his involvement beginning at 15, and his own real estate business that used investors in a novel way. | no | 0 |
| Tijerina Revilla, Anita | OH-03492 | 2018 October 09 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Dr. Anita Tijerina Revilla is an associate professor for the College of Liberal Arts in the Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies. She is a Queer Chicana scholar whose work has focused on student activism, chicana feminism, joteria, and the Latinx educational pipeline. Anita was born and raised outside of San Antonio, Texas on a ranch with her two siblings. After her father, Luis Arce Revilla's death, Anita and her family moved to San Antonio where her mother, Delia, took on the role of matriarch and served as a security guard. Throughout her youth, Anita recalls her mother's deep belief in her and advocacy for her educational success. She credits much of her success to her mother's support and unrelenting efforts for assuring that she had access to the resources that she needed and eventually, encouraged her to pursue a college education. She would go on to attend Princeton University, receive her Masters from Columbia University, and acquire her doctorate from UCLA. During her time at Princeton, Anita shares how her critical consciousness was developed and her passion for social justice was born. Later as a doctoral student at UCLA, her adviser and Critical Race Theory (CRT) scholar, Dr. Daniel Solorzano, would inspire in her a pedagogical approach to teaching that centers her positionality and Chicana feminist perspective. When Dr. Revilla first arrived to Las Vegas, she realized that there were not many Latinx faculty at UNLV, but found an active and vocal Latinx student population that encouraged her to move here and make UNLV her academic home. Dr. Revilla is a key figure in the Latinx and Queer community in Las Vegas advocating for social justice, equity, and disrupting oppressive systems to increase educational access for students. She played a key role in organizing and documenting the Mayday March in 2006, Las Vegas' largest Latinx-centered protest, through her research. The protest would lead to the creation of the Office of Student Diversity and Services at UNLV. She regularly serves as an adviser to several UNLV organizations and diversity committees on campus. Currently, she teaches courses that challenge racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia to create a more socially conscious and just world. Subjects: Chicana, Queer, UNLV, Social Justice, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies | no | 0 |
| Tillis, Mel | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Tillotson, John | 03/21/2004 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Cork Proctor | no | 3 | |
| Tillotson, Johnny | 11/17/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Tilman, Rick | OH-01827 | 02/28/1979 or 02/20/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Tilton, J. Harold | OH-01828 | 02/21/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Tinnell, Marilyn | OH-02632 | 2012 June 19 | The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | no | 0 | |
| Tinney, Alan | OH-02403 | 2013 March 08 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Tinney joined Mercy Ambulance in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1974. In 1976 he finished EMT training at Clark County Community College. In 1986 he finished an engineering degree and retired from EMS. | no | 0 |
| Tiny Tim | 06/15/1990 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Tobias, Henry | 01/13/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Tobin, Nadine | OH-01829 | 02/10/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Tobler, Fenton L. | OH-02973 | 2002 April 24 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Tobman, Herb | OH-01830 | 04/23/1986 and 03/17/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Eyeculture and Execitive Owner/President | yes | 2 |
| Tobman, Jean; Janie Moore; Marilyn Moran | OH-01831 | 11/05/2013 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Jean was interviewed along with two of her daughters about living in the Ward 1 section of early Las Vegas. They revisited their lifestyle, riding horses from that area to the early Strip (Silver Slipper) through the desert, and work in casinos. | no | 0 |
| Todd, Faye | OH-01832 | 10/15/1996 | Women in Gaming & Entertainment | F850.N4 T63 1998 | yes | 2 |
| Toland, Helen A. (Anderson) | OH-01833 | 02/21/2007 | History of the 1970's | F850.N4 G47 2012 First female AfAm principal with CCSD | yes | 2 |
| Tomany, Ed | OH-02407 | 2013 July 24 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Tomany received first aid training from the US Forest Service and the US Army in the 1960s. In 1968 he started running on Tonopah, Nevada's ambulance service. Though he had to stop running in the 1970s, he restarted his ambulance career in 1985 and received his EMT certification that year. | no | 0 |
| Tomiyasu, Nanyu | OH-01834 | 03/11/1974 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Family History Union Pacific Farming | no | 2 |
| Tomiyasu, Nanyu | OH-01835 | 04-12-1977 | Ralph Roske Interviews | F849.L35 T66 1977 Local history. | yes | 1 |
| Tomiyasu, Nanyu | OH-01836 | 03-11-1978 | Ralph Roske Interviews | F849.L35 T66 1978 Life of a Las Vegas old-timer. Farming. | yes | 1 |
| Tomlin | OH-01837 | 06/13/1996 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 1 | |
| Tommy | OH-02056 | 04/28/1998 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 6 | |
| Tonemah, Chris | OH-02733 | 2015 June 08 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | Four Queens, MGM, Caesars Palace, Venetian/Palazzo | yes | 0 |
| Topacio, Gerardo; Topacio, Philomena; Prezgay, Teresa | OH-03426 | 2018 April 13 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Gerardo Topacio remembers the Philippines on December 7, 1941, when it was bombed by the Japanese (Same day as Pearl Harbor). Eventually, he and his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Redwood City, California. He trained in communications equipment maintenance and later moved to Las Vegas and worked at the Nevada Test Site for EG&G. Philomenia Topacio worked in the hotel industry and was a member of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226. The couple was joined by their mathematician daughter, Teresa Prezgay who teaches at the Las Vegas Academy and has served as a volunteer for Girl Scouts for 20 years. She promotes the sciences and math to girls who are seeking scholarly challenges. Subjects: Manila, Bhatan death march, Ampax, EG&G, Nevada Test Site, Culinary Workers Union, math, Girl Scouts | no | 0 |
| Torjman, David & Iris | OH-02527 | Nov. 12, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | The Torjman's met in Las Vegas; she was from the Bronx and he was from Fez, Morocco. David had been hired to be a Jewish educator for Temple Beth Sholom. The Sisterhood at Temple hosted a wedding reception for them. David also talks about working as a dealer and investing in land. | yes | 0 |
| Torme, Mel | 12/30/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Torres, David | OH-02724 | 2015 May 22 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | El Cortez; Barbary Coast; Stardust; Rio; Palms; M; Cosmopolitan | yes | 0 |
| Torres-Cortez, Ricardo | OH-03608 | 2091 May 07 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project & Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Born in Mexico, came to live in Las Vegas in 1985. Graduate of UNLV in Journalism and a reporter of Public Safety for the Las Vegas Sun. Ricardo covered the 1 October shooting, the killing of two police officers and other traumatic news of the community. Subjects: Tropicana Hotel, 1 October, Officer Charleston Hartfield, Latino in Las Vegas, El Paso, Mexico F850.S75 T67 2019 | yes | 0 |
| Toston, Gertrude | OH-01838 | 07/21/2006 | UNLV Oral History Project @ Fifty | LD3745 .T67 2007 Gertrude Toston was a student at UNLV in the 1960s. she worked as a customer service representative for Western Airlines for 27 years and then went back to UNLV to work on her master's degree in special education. She worked as a graduate teaching assistant and student teacher advisor at UNLV and now works at Brinley Junior High | yes | 1 |
| Toston, Roosevelt | OH-01839 | 07/11/2006 | AfAm & Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral history Project | CT247 .T67 2007 Roosevelt Toston moved to Las Vegas in the 1950s. He worked at the Test Site, for Bell Telephone of Nevada, as a television anchorman and cameraman, and for the Convention and Visitors Authority to bring conventions to Las Vegas. He also talks about ways African American entrepreneurs might get involved in different aspects of the convention business | yes | 3 |
| Toston, Roosevelt | OH-01365 | 2013 October 19 | AfAm & Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral history Project | F850.A N4A T67A 2012; Interviewed by Channelle Pickens | yes | 0 |
| Towers, Ricky Lee | OH-03181 | 2017 May 02, 2017 May 24 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | Ricky Towers was born and reared in the Highland Square area of the Westside where two-parent families flourished in a prosperous atmosphere. Session 1: Discusses the Jackson Street business corridor, Moulin Rouge, Lubertha Johnson, and relationship with Al Sachs. Worked as a dealer at the downtown Fremont Hotel Casino. Session 2: Added details about his work in the casino industry - Boyd Gaming and Caesars. Participated in executive training at Boyd but refused to work in other locations in the country such as Mississippi so moved to Caesars where he has held positions in community event planning and other public relations assignments. Spoke of plans to re-energize the Historic Westside. | no | 0 |
| Townsend, Arthur | OH-01840 | 03/07/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Townsend, Brigham | 11/10/1986 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Tracht, Violet | OH-01841 | 01/09/2004 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 1 | |
| Trant, William | OH-01842 | 03/23/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Electric contractor | no | 1 |
| Trapletti, Edea | OH-03435 | 2010 June 21 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | : Oral history interview with Edea Trapletti conducted by Claytee D. White on June 21, 2010 for the Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood Oral History Project. In this interview, Trapletti discusses her early life in Trieste, Italy. She talks about coming to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950, her initial reaction to the city, and building a home in the John S. Park neighborhood. Trapletti describes the community in the area, religious organizations, and social life at the time. Lastly, Trapetti discusses the future of the John S. Park neighborhood and the other neighborhoods near downtown Las Vegas. | no | 0 |
| Travelena, Fred | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Travolta, Joey | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Tredwell, Glenn | OH-02626 | March 3 & April 12, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Community Digital Heritage Project | F850.J5 T74 2014 Nephew to Cliff Perlman, owner of Caesars, moved to Las Vegas in 1976 to work for his uncle. Founder of local Spina Bifida association. Stories of working for his uncles at Lums in Florida and Caesars. | yes | 0 |
| Treiner's | 06/19/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Trenier, Claude | OH-01843 | 1997 February 13 | Las Vegas Womens Oral History Project | Black Entertainers in Las Veags history | no | 2 |
| Trenier, Claude | 03/26/1993 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Trinter, Dan | 10/14/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Triolo, Don | OH-02416 | 1/20/2015 | BELVOHP | Growing up in Las Vegas as the son of an entertainer, schooling, horseback riding, Helldorado's significance, Fremont Street and downtown, becoming a dancer, dressing hair for the stars and the ordinary. | no | 0 |
| Triolo, Don | OH-02475 | 2013-05-14 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | Parents lived in Calico Basin in the 1950s; Blue Diamond town and school; Calico Basin; Bar Nothing Ranch; Buster Wilson | yes | 0 |
| Triolo, Don Carl | OH-01844 | April 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 | 1 |
| Trippy, Don | OH-02484 | 10/21/2015 | BELVOHP | Las Vegas Desert Sculptors. Don served as president of organization for many years becoming a member in 1989, the second year of the 501(c)3's existence. Members created on the famous eagle at Nellis AFB, the bust of Lorenzi in the park by that name where the organization was housed for 5 years, and many other pieces throughout the city. Donated documents and photos to Special Collections. Desert Sculptors ceased operations in 2015. | no | 0 |
| Trosdale, Fairlane | OH-01845 | 02/21/1972 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Trousdale, Ray | OH-02476 | 2013-07-31; 2012-12-14 | Friends of Red Rock Oral History Project | Lived at Mountain Springs 1949-1951; Mountain Springs; Las Vegas in the 1940s; Mrs. McWilliams; Bar Nothing Ranch; Buster Wilson | yes | 0 |
| Trout, Robin | OH-01846 | 10/17/1985 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | APN | no | 1 |
| Troutman, Porter Dr. | OH-01847 | 11/20/2006 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745 .T76 2007 Dr. Porter Troutman was active in the Civil Rights Movement in college. He taught for five years and then eventually became the director of National Teacher Corps, a competency-based teacher education program. He teaches classes in multicultural education at UNLV | yes | 2 |
| Trudell, Harriet | OH-01848 | 02/26/1977 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Nevada Politics | no | 1 |
| Trudell, Harriet | OH-02668 | 2006 May 3 | Las Vegas Women Oral History Project | F849.L35 T78 2008 Harriet was born on August 22, 1935, and spent her childhood years in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Mobile, Alabama. When she was a teenager, she marched and protested against various forms of social injustices, often being arrested in the process. By her early twenties, Harriet was organizing unions for the state AFL-CIO on Florida. By 1962, she and her family relocated to Las Vegas. In 1965, Harriet marched with civil rights activists in Selma, Alabama. After that, she worked in Nevada on behalf of school integration, welfare rights, the Equal Rights Amendment, Campaign for Choice, and against nuclear waste. Harriet directed Hubert Humphrey's presidential campaign in Nevada in 1968, she was campaign manager for southern Nevada for the George McGovern presidential campaign in the 1970s, she served as the Southern Nevada Aide for Governor Mike O'Callaghan from 1974 to 1978, and from 1983 to 1986, she worked in Washington, D.C. as the Foreign Affairs Aide for Congressman Harry Reid. Harriet traveled across various states recruiting women to run for public office, she served on the National Organization for Women's National Board, and in 1992, she returned to Washington, D.C. to work as a lobbyist for the Feminist Majority Foundation. In 2000, Harriet returned to Las Vegas to continue her work in Democratic politics and served as Political Director for the Nevada State Democratic Party in Clark County. | yes | 0 |
| Trujillo, Bill | 06/29/2001 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Ken Hanlon | no | 1 | |
| Trujillo, Joey | OH-02243 | 10/8/2008 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Tryon, John G. | OH-01850 | 02/21/2006 | UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project | yes | 2 | |
| Tryon, John G. | OH-01850 | 02/21/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.T78 2007 John G. Tryon was hired to teach electrical engineering at UNLV in 1974. He introduced a senior engineering design course and also was a member of the Academic Standards Committee | yes | 2 |
| Tsukamoto, Susan | OH-02974 | 2007 October 18 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Tubbs, Robert M. | OH-01851 | 03/11/1975 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Ash Meadows | no | 1 |
| Tucker, Tanya | Novermber 1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Newton, TV | no | 1 | |
| Tucker, Tanya | 06/23/1987 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Turner, Frances | OH-01852 | 02/28/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history Pahrump | no | 1 |
| Turner, Thelma | OH-01854 | 10/21/2004 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 2 | |
| Turner, Warren V. | OH-01853 | 03/10/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Twitty, Conway | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| U B 40 | 03/25/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Mike Weatherford | no | 1 | |
| Uehling, Ed | OH-01855 | 03/14/2000 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 9 | |
| Uggams, Leslie | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Ullom, George | OH-01856 | 09/28/1986 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Ullom, Lawrence | OH-01857 | 03/04/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Photography/ Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Underhill,Byron | OH-01858 | 11/02/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 2 | |
| Unger, Doug | OH-02153 | August 26, 2014 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Active leader with the Holocaust Resource Center; Jewish Federation; owner Supreme Mattress, a manufacturing company that sold to Strip hotels and others. F850.J5 U54 2014 | yes | 1 |
| Unger, Mike (Michael) | OH-02531 | Jan. 21, 2016 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | A long career in hotel management in the 1970s-1980s includes GM of Caesars from 1978-1983. Also worked at Frontier, Aladdin, Summa Corp, Landmark. Active in Jewish community with B'nai Brith, charities etc. Hotel Admin degree from UNLV; also taught at UNLV. | yes | 0 |
| Unger-Wadkins, Mindy | OH-02479 | Oct. 28, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F 850 J5 U73 2014 Mindy was raised and educated in Las Vegas since the age of 2 (1967) and is a UNLV graduate. Her work career includes Yucca Mountain, Nevada Power and most recently land development with her brothers Bob and Mike. She is active in the Jewish community leadership; includes congregation president at Ner Tamid. | yes | 0 |
| Urban, Ruth | OH-02480 | Aug. 24 & Sept 16, 2015 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | Worked in Clark County government and justice; instrumental in start of mediation in court system. Retired and started her own business as a facilitator/consultant. 1958 she arrived in Las Vegas with her mother Leila Bloom. Graduate of UNLV, Las Vegas HS. F850.J5.U73 2014 | yes | 0 |
| Urich, Bob | 02/06/1979 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Urioste,Toby | OH-01859 | 01/20/2006 | Tap Dancing | no | 2 | |
| Urtubey, Juliana | OH-03774 | 2021-06-02 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Interviewed by Nathalie Martinez and Barbara Tabach. Born in Columbia, Julia was able to immigrate with her family when she was six years old. The family lived in Chicago and later in Phoenix. She moved to Las Vegas in 2013 and taught learners with Special Education Needs at the elementary level. In 2021, she was named the National Teacher of the Year; believe the first Latina and the only Nevada to ever hold the distinction. She personally received the award from Dr. Jill Biden. Subjects: Education; Columbia; National Teacher of the Year; bilingual 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 |
| Vale, Jerry | 05/27/1970 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Valentine, Virginia | OH-02773 | 7/25/2016 | Building Las Vegas | Assistant county manager November 2002 to August 2006; Las Vegas city manager June 1998 to July 2002. Prior to that was senior VP at a national consulting engineering firm. First chief engineer and general manager of the Clark County Regional Flood Control District from its 1986 creation. MPA from UNLV and a civil engineering degree from the University of Idaho. She is also a registered professional engineer in Nevada. | no | 0 |
| Valera, Luis | OH-03550 | 2019 January 23 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 V35 2019 Luis F. Valera serves as the Vice President of Government Affairs at UNLV. His heritage is from Venezuela and Cuba. He has served as the Chairman of the Latin Chamber of Commerce and has been an active member of the Latino community since his pursuing his undergraduate degree at UNLV in Political Science and his Juris Doctorate degree from the William S. Boyd School of Law. His various achievements in the community and nation led him to become recognized and awarded the Arturo Cambeiro Hispanic of the Year Award in 2011. Subjects: Venezuela; Cuba; UNLV; William S. Boyd School of Law; Latino Youth Leadership Conference; Latin Chamber of Commerce; Venezuelan Politics | yes | 0 |
| Vallee, Frankie | June, 1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Vallen, Jerome | OH-01860 | 02/23/1979 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | LD3745 .V34 2007 Photography | no | 1 |
| Vallen, Jerry | OH-01861 | 10/02/2007 | The UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD 3745.V34 2007 Jerome "Jerry" Vallen moved to Las Vegas in 1967 to teach marketing in the UNLV hotel school. He has written textbooks and retired in 1989 | yes | 0 |
| Vallone, Marvin | OH-01862 | 03/02/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming | no | 1 |
| Van Beren, Matha | OH-01863 | 03/19/1978 or 03/19/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| van Betten, Pat | OH-01864 | 02/20/2007 | History of the 1970's | CT247 .V35 2007 | yes | 2 |
| van Buuren, Christiaan | OH-02737 | 2015 June 29 | Table Games Management Oral History Project | South Africa, cruises, Mandalay Bay, Kangwonland (Korea), SLS | yes | 0 |
| Van Epp, Daniel | OH-03174 | 2017 April 19 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Virginia born and raised, Van Epp was President of The Howard Hughes Corporation in charge of development of Summerlin, 1998-2004. He speaks to his recruitment, to selling 3,300 homes per year, to development of the I-215 Beltway, and to the Summerlin's ethos of "Doing what was right" as a corporate citizen. Following his retirement from Hughes, he served as Executive Vice President for Newland Master Planned Developments, where he guided the master plan for Symphony Park in downtown Las Vegas. | no | 0 |
| Van Hollliday, LeLe | OH-01865 | 02/29/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Life of Las Vegas | no | 1 |
| Van Tuyl, Jan | OH-01866 | 03/21/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Van Tuyl, Linda | OH-01867 | 02/27/1979 or 02/22/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nursing | no | 1 |
| Vance, Edward | OH-02833 | 9/16/2016 | Building Las Vegas | Architect, FAIA, Founded EV&A Architects 2006; past president JMA Architecture Studios and director of the firm’s commercial, healthcare and hospitality studios. Opened EV&A Architects 2006. For past 20 years architect for groups wanting to rebuild Moulin Rouge. | no | 0 |
| Vandenberg, Joylin | OH-01868 | 02/09/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Vanderhoof, Irene | OH-01869 | 03/14/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Vandermeer, Lambert | OH-01870 | 02/28/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Vanersnick, Ralph | OH-01871 | 10/18/1997 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 6 | |
| Vann,Wilson Vera | OH-01872 | September 24, 2006 | 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 | 2 |
| Varela, Irma | OH-03569 | 2019 March 05 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Born and raised in Zacafecos Mexico, Irma moved to Las Vegas in 1989. She is the Cultural Program Supervisor at Winchester Community Center and has devoted much of her career to preserving Hispanic cultural traditions in Las Vegas. She has been an active leader in local events such as Community Roots, International Food & Folk Life Festival, World Vibrations, and Dio de Los Muertos. Subjects: Dio de Los Muertos, International cultural festivals, folk life, dancing, music | no | 0 |
| Vargas, (Ms. Aye Vee) Ashley | OH-03506 | 2018 October 30 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 V37 2018 Ashley Vargas, also know by her stage name Ms. Aye Vee is a Las Vegas native born and raised. She has received notoriety in the Las Vegas valley for her raw story telling and poetry. Vargas identifies as an Afro-Latina Puerto Rican. She spent her childhood growing up on the Eastside. She vividly remembers having to navigate several spaces in order to survive the rough neighbors she was in. Today, Vargas uses her poetry to communicate her experiences and set ups workshops to help cultivate young up and coming writers. Please note the following disclaimer: This interview contains language that some may find offensive. Subjects: Eastside Las Vegas, poetry, military, Puerto Rico, colorism, Roy Martin Middle School | yes | 0 |
| Vashon, Leain | OH-02120 | 7/25/2014 | BELVOHP - Cul 226 | CT247 .V37 2014 Vashon is the Vice President of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226. Covers union benefits, strikes, today's union member, the future of the union movement, why unions are still necessary, family participation, and his 30 year job in the Bell staff | yes | 0 |
| Vasquez, Linda (Murphy | OH-01873 | February 18, 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 | 2 |
| Vassiliadis, Rosemary | OH-03166 | 2017 April 12 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 V37 2017 Interviewed by Stefani Evans and Claytee White. Chicago native Vassiliadis graduated from DePaul University in Accountancy and came in Las Vegas 1983 to join her new husband. First hired as a budget analyst by the City of Las Vegas in 1984, she worked in several finance positions under Myron Leavitt until 1996; under Assistant County Manager Randy Walker for Clark County, 1996-1997; and was recruited to McCarran Airport by Walker as Deputy Director of Aviation in 1997, a position she held until 2013, when she became the first woman to serve as the Director of Aviation at McCarran Airport. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Clark County, NV; McCarran Airport; Aviation; Transportation; Security; TSA (Transportation Security Administration); Airport | yes | 0 |
| Vazquez, Patricia | OH-03514 | 2018 November 14, 2019 June 14 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | F850.S75 V39 2018 Patricia Vazquez was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV and shares her experiences growing up in the Valley as a Queer Latina. At a young age, she remembers travelling back and forth between Mexico and the U.S. to visit family. When she started school she shares how her home language, Spanish, became her family's "secret language" as she began to learn English. During elementary school Patricia was tracked into the special education program, and removed from the mainstream classroom. She would find her love for learning in books and libraries as she taught herself how to read in English. Despite being tracked into less advanced courses, Patricia would end up taking AP/ Honors courses in high school after forging her favorite teachers signature, which changed her educational trajectory. After coming out to her family, Patricia went nearly a decade distanced from her mother and continued her college education at Arizona State University. There, she would complete a bachelors in painting and a masters in comparative literature. Her work with the Chicano Studies program at ASU helped her develop her Chicana identity and begin her involvement in social activism. In Las Vegas, she worked to fight for marriage equality and LGBTQ rights with the American Civil Liberties Union , and later with the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada. She also conducted several lectures for the Latino Youth Leadership Conference on sexuality, gender, and homophobia for over a decade. She has served as an English Professor at the College of Southern Nevada for the last 20 years and is an avid hiker, traveler, and painter. Subjects: LGBTQ, tracking, Chicana/ Latina, ASU, CSN, AIDS, painting | yes | 0 |
| Vazquez, Rodrigo | OH-03769 | 2021-05-24 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Interviewed by Nathalie Martinez and Barbara Tabach. Rodrigo was raised in a mix-status Mexican family. He was born in Mexico and immigrated at age three. He became a citizen of the U.S. when he was in 8th grade. He is a grad student who has been a student worker on the Latinx Voices project since its inception in 2018. He reflects on what he has learned from the project and also what the past year of the coronavirus pandemic has been like for him. Subjects: Latinx and Mexican identities; Covid 19 era; Latinx Voices project oral historian 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 |
| Vega, Valorie J. | OH-03516 | 2018 November 19 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Valorie J Vega was born in raised in Los Angeles County. Her father, Fred Vega, was one of the first firefighters hired in the Los Angeles County area. Vega was one of three children, and remembers spending her childhood surrounded by family. In college, Vega began studying biology only to realize that she was better suited studying Spanish. Upon completion of her undergrad, Vega went on to earn a Master's in Spanish interpretation. As a result of her studies, Vega was able to secure a job in the Court Interpreter program in Las Vegas, moving here in 1978. Her position in the interpreter program, led her to pursue a degree in law which in turn led to a successful career as a lawyer and a judge. Subjects: Los Angeles, Nevada Court System, Nevada Court Interpreter program | yes | 0 |
| Velardo, Mike | OH-01874 | 03/15/1976 or 03/08/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Construction | no | 1 |
| Velasquez, Max | OH-01875 | 03/08/1981 or 03/15/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gambling Management | no | 1 |
| Velez, Sgt. Paul | OH-03396 | 2018 February 22 | Remembering 1 October Oral History Project | Campus police since 2008, native of New York City, NYC officer 1988-2008. Subjects: Thomas & Mack the night of Oct 1; training and remembrances of 9-11; staging of T&M by police, needs of survivors | no | 0 |
| Vereen, Ben | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Vereen, Ben | 09/30/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Verzoni, William | OH-01876 | 03/15/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Victorson, Heather | OH-01877 | 06/26/2003 | Dancer | yes | 2 | |
| Vidor, Brian | 01/24/1996 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Sig Zakowitz | no | 1 | |
| Viera, William | OH-01878 | 10/00/1971 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Villardo, Carole | OH-02445 | 8/11/2015 | BELVOHP | Nevada tax expert. Interviewed by Assemblyman Derek Armstrong and Assemblywoman Dina Neal. President of Nevada Taxpayers Assoc. | no | 0 |
| Vilt, Kim | OH-01879 | 1/12/2010 | Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 V55 2010 Kim Vilt has lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood for ten years and plans to stay there as long as she and her husband live in Las Vegas. Their house was built in 1946 | yes | 0 |
| Vinas, Jose Luis | OH-01880 | 05/27/2003 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | yes | 2 | |
| Vining, Alma G. | OH-01881 | 2006 April 10 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Vinton, Bobby | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Vinton, Bobby | 01/20/1995 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Vito, G.L. | OH-01882 | 03/01/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Vlaovich, Maria | OH-01883 | 02/23/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Goldfield Southern Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Vogel, Jon | OH-01884 | 03/29/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Von Dornum, Rae | OH-01885 | 10/04/1973 or 10/01/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| von Holt, Valma Alvarez | OH-03390 | 2018 February 06 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Valma Alvarez Valdes von Holt grew up in New York, New Jersey, and Florida. An adventurer, she moved to Oahu and worked at the University of Hawaii in the language lab but horses and being a HAM Radio operator were her passions. She moved to Pahrump with her horses after attending a conference for Ham Operators in Reno. NV. The 1994 move allowed her cost of hay to fall from $21 per bale to four dollars. She purchased a small farm for the horses and later a house on the golf course. During the beginning of her life in Pahrump, she joined a women's group that lunched at the country club. Sometimes Valma would forget to change her shoes after a morning cleaning stables before lunch at the club. Born in 1923, she turned 95 on February 7, 2018, a day after this interview. Her birthday plans included having a lunch, filled with laughter, with her best friend. Subjects: horse farm, Pahrump, University of Hawaii, HAM operator, fashion show, Reno | no | 0 |
| Von Tobel, Ed, Jr. | OH-00036 | 10/04/1972 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | yes | 3 | |
| Von Tobel, George | OH-00037 | 10/14/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Von Tobel, Jacob | OH-00038 | 1985 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Von Tobel, Jake | OH-00039 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 1 | ||
| Vonarx, Don | OH-02408 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Vonarx joined the Lovelock, Nevada volunteer fire department and began riding the ambulance in 1984. He finished EMT Basic in 1986. | no | 0 |
| Voss, Nadean H. | OH-01886 | 03/03/1975 or 03/02/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder City | no | 1 |
| Voss, Wilfred | OH-01887 | 03/02/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Hoover Dam construction | no | 1 |
| wadley-Munier, Robin | OH-01888 | 3/6/2014 | West Charleston - Ward 1 | Moved to LV in 1987, changes in the city over that period. Meeting Lois Tarkanian before her work on the School Board and the evolution of their relationship. Vivid picture of life in McNeil and Rancho Circle. | no | 0 |
| Wagner, Robert | 11/16/1994 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 | |
| Wagner, Tim | OH-01889 | 02/23/1980 or 02/23/1970 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Black history | no | 1 |
| Wah, Gue Gin | OH-01890 | 09/24/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 6 | |
| Wait, Loretta | OH-01891 | 03/10/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Personal history | no | 1 |
| Waite, Alice Ann | OH-02448 | 7/14/2015 | BELVOHP - Rhythmettes | F849 L35 .W247 2014 Member of the famed Las Vegas Rhythmettes in 1952 and 1953. Sets the stage for the significance of the group and how they fit within that era. Life as a teacher in early Las Vegas, love for downtown. | yes | 0 |
| Waite, Alice Ann | OH-02749 | 2011 October 19 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | Junior League of Las Vegas | yes | 0 |
| Waite, Roy | OH-01892 | Early Las Vegas-Roske Project | no | 1 | ||
| Waitman, Don R. & Suda | OH-01894 | 03/03/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske Project | Las Vegas history 1942 - | no | 2 |
| Wakefield, Marie | OH-02975 | 2008 November 30 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Walden, Renee | OH-00965 | 03/12/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Air Force, Blacks in Las Vegas. Interviewer: Cathy Jones | no | 1 |
| Waldhausen, Darrel | OH-01895 | 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. | yes | 1 |
| Waldman, Jerry | OH-01897 | 02/23/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Waldman, Kit | OH-01896 | 10/09/2000 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OHP | no | 2 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Wilson, Flip | 08/04/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Wilson, Mary | OH-01998 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | no | 2 | ||
| Wilson, Mary | 04/05/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Wilson, Vee | OH-01999 | 2003 March 23 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | |
| Wilson, Vera Vann | OH-02000 | 09/24/2006 | History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project | no | 1 | |
| Wilson, Woodrow | OH-02001 | 02/28/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 2 | |
| Wilson, Woodrow | OH-02695 | 1970s | Roske | Interviewed by Perry Kaufman. | yes | 1 |
| Wilson, Woodrow | OH-02696 | 1978 October 19 | Roske | Interviewed by Elizabeth Patrick. | no | 1 |
| Winston, (Lee) Leandrew | OH-02793 | 8/3/2016 | AfAm Collab | F850.N4 W55 2012 Migrated from Arkansas to California and then to Las Vegas where he encountered racism in an overt manner until his press pass allowed him to enter communities of non blacks more easily. Worked with VegasPBS in multiple capacities and as General Manager of KCEP. Active in the AfAm community, knew all the movers and shakers, and became disillusioned with the slow rate of black progress. | yes | 0 |
| Winters, Patty | OH-02414 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Winters took EMT training in 1986 in Tonopah, Nevada, and began running on the ambulance service. In 2005 she became an EMS trainer in Nye County. | no | 0 |
| Winthrop, Helen | OH-02002 | 02/10/1988 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Personal history | no | 5 |
| Wisdom, Alice L. | OH-02003 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | yes | 1 | ||
| Witherspoon, Jimmy | 07/28/1971 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Witt, Rosemary | OH-02004 | 11/17/2006 | Nursing | no | 1 | |
| Witt, Rosemary | OH-02004 | 11/07/2006 | Oral History Project @ Fifty | LD3745 .W58 2007 Rosemary Witt was hired as a physiatric nursing instructor at UNLV in 1975 or 76. She has been chair of the nursing program for over thirty years and also served as an interim director for a year during a search for a new dean | yes | 0 |
| Witt, Rosemary | OH-02503 | 2005 March 11 | History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project | part of MS-00784; On March 11th, 2005, Dr. Rosemary Witt (born in Columbia, Iowa) is interviewed by Maureen Madison-Kane and Dr. Margaret Louis, in her office in the School of Nursing on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Campus. The interview covers the history and growth of the UNLV School of Nursing and Dr. Witt’s recollections since relocating to Las Vegas in 1971. Witt discusses how drastically the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus has changed from the time she first arrived, stating that only Frazier Hall and the Grant Hall Student Union were here when she began working at UNLV. She states that the weather in Nevada helped her to make the permanent move from Seattle to Las Vegas. She was Chair of the department and the School of Nursing, and explains that as Chair she could not serve on some committees that she otherwise would have wanted to serve on. Rosemary compares UNLV’s nursing programs to some of the other local schools’ nursing programs, such as those at Touro University and the University of Southern Nevada. To conclude, Witt expresses her opinion on distance education, acknowledging its progression and purpose, yet adhering to her belief that in-classroom, hands on learning is the best educational option or route for nursing students in Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Wittwer, John | OH-02005 | 1975 and 03/01/1976 and 05/17/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history and County Agent | no | 3 |
| Wixson, Saul | OH-02006 | 03/07/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Boulder Dam Construction | yes | 1 |
| Wojciechowski, Marian | OH-02007 | The Boyer Las Vegas Early History Project | CT247 .W63 2007 | yes | 0 | |
| Wolf, Natalie | OH-02871 | 2016 October 22 | Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project | F850.J5 W64 2014 Natalie and her husband Ron arrived in Las Vegas in 1971 to join her sister in owner-operating the Greyhound Bus Station; they maintained this until 1979. She went on the have a long career in Collections for various casinos. Her family also owned Commercial Deli from 1987-1990. | yes | 0 |
| Wolters, Nina B. | OH-02008 | March 3, 2009 | 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 | 2 |
| Wolverton, Ester | OH-02009 | 03/13/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history and Personal history | no | 2 |
| Wolverton, Ester | OH-02010 | 02/25/1977 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Womack, David | OH-02415 | 2013 March 14 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Womack began his EMS training as a fireman trainee in Hawthorne, Nevada in 1981. He later joined the Mineral County Fire Department. | no | 0 |
| Wood, Ina | OH-02011 | 03/12/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | POW(prisoner of war), Railroads, Henderson | no | 3 |
| Wood, Norman | OH-02012 | 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Desert biology and Department of Wildlife | no | 1 |
| Wood, Randy | 06/15/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Wood, Randy | 06/14/1974 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Arnold Shaw | no | 1 | |
| Wood, Terry | OH-02013 | November 14, 2006 | Boyer Early Las Vegas | yes | 2 | |
| Woodbury, Bruce | OH-02014 | 2/25/2009 | Voices of the historic John S. Park Neighborhood | F849.L35 W676 2010 Bruce Woodbury is a native Las Vegan, an attorney, and a former county commissioner. He lived in two houses in the John S. Park Neighborhood and attended John S. Park Elementary and Las Vegas High School | yes | 0 |
| Woodbury, Bruce | OH-02849 | 2016 September 27 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | F849.L35 W676 2016 Born in Southern Utah, spent childhood in Las Vegas; longest serving County Commissioner in Nevada history (1981-2009). During his terms in office he successfully focused on air quality, transportation, flood control, planning, and zoning. | yes | 0 |
| Woodbury, Carl | OH-02245 | 02/16/1972 or 02/14/1972 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Woodbury, Dr. Clare | OH-02016 | 01/28/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas and Boulder City | no | 2 |
| Woodbury, Dr. Clare | OH-02015 | 09/12/1974 | Ralph Roske Interviews | no | 1 | |
| Woodrum, John | OH-02017 | 06/12/2006 | UNLV | no | 2 | |
| Woodrum, Larry | OH-02018 | 02/15/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Banking | yes | 2 |
| Woodrum, Larry L. | OH-02019 | 03/11/1981 | Ralph Roske Interviews | Nevada State Bank. | no | 1 |
| Woods, Opha | OH-02020 | 02/23/1979 and 03/11/1981 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Mesquite | no | 3 |
| Woodward, Forrest | OH-02021 | 02/23/1979 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Nevada history | no | 3 |
| Wooley, Frank | OH-02022 | 04/01/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Wooley, Gwendolyn | OH-02023 | 03/09/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Wormwood, Mattie M. | OH-02024 | 03/09/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Worrall, Harry | OH-02025 | 03/01/1980 or 02/23/1976 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Worsham, Doretta (Dode) | OH-02979 | 2007 June 28 | Public School Principalship Oral History Project | Experiences as public school principal in Southern Nevada. | yes | 0 |
| Wrangham, Larry | OH-02396 | 2013 | History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada | Wrangham was a paramedic with the Las Vegas Fire Department from 1980 to 1997. | no | 0 |
| Wright Jr., Eddie James and Wright, Johnie B. | OH-02434 | 2012 November 16, 2012 November 28, 2012 October 06, 2013 October 13 | Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas | F850.N4 W75 2012; Eddie & Johnie Wright met met, married in 1957, and raised their family in Las Vegas. Johnie arrived in Las Vegas in 1941, teaching first grade at the Westside school, eventually becoming a nurses aide. Eddie came to Las Vegas from Arkansas, and became the first black ticket agent at the local Greyhound station. | yes | 0 |
| Wright, Clinton | OH-02026 | 10/13/2005 | AfAm Collaborative - LV Black Experience | F850.N4 W74 2012 Mr. Wright was a community photographer. | yes | 1 |
| Wright, Clinton and Mayes, Aaron | OH-02997 | 2017-02-21 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | African American photographer of Westside during the 1960s-1970s and curator of his photo collection to UNLV LIbraries Special Collections talk about his approach to his work during that time period. Clinton lived in Las Vegas from 1959 to 2010; married Joyce Wright and raised their children here. Aaron Mayes talks about curating the collection for display at the Westside School. | no | 0 |
| Wright, Jenkins L. | OH-02027 | 1974 or 10/06/1973 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | no | 1 |
| Wright, John | OH-02028 | 02/26/1977 or 03/01/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada and Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Wright, Kitty | OH-02568 | 2004 January 25 | Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project | Interviewed by Dennis McBride | no | 2 |
| Wright, Lonnie | OH-02029 | 10/23/2009 | Boyer Las Vegas Historic Project | CT247 .W75 2007 Lonnie Wright played basketball for Coach Jerry Tarkanian at UNLV in the eraly 70s. He started as a dealer in Strip casinos when he was almost the only African American dealer, he has coached basketball in Singapore, owned his own businesses, and taught culinary courses at the community college | yes | 0 |
| Wright, Lucille | OH-02030 | 02/23/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Wright, Samuel E. | OH-02031 | 10/08/2010 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .W753 2007 Samuel Wright was raised in Washington, D.C., and worked in public transportation in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. He worked for the RTC for 26 years. He and his friend architect Bob Fielden started a non-profit organization called PlaceMakers | yes | 0 |
| Wright, Tom | OH-02032 | 12/14/2005 | UNLV | UNLV,History professor at UNLV;CT247 .W754 2012 | no | 1 |
| Wright, William | OH-02033 | 02/26/1979 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | yes | 1 |
| Wuehle, Tony | OH-02034 | 12/21/2006 | Gaming | no | 1 | |
| Wyman, Richard V, | OH-02035 | 03/01/2006 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.W85 2007 Dr. Richard V. Wyman is an engineering geologist who built tunnels at the Nevada Test Site. He taught engineering at UNLV, was chair of Science and Engineering, and helped the engineering college apply for accreditation with the ABET | yes | 0 |
| Wynette, Tammy | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Wynn, Elaine | OH-02244 | 1/28/2010 | Jay Sarno Project | Gaming; Interviewer: David Schwartz | yes | 0 |
| Wynn, Steve | OH-02036 | 12/08/2006 | Gaming | yes | 3 | |
| Wynn, Steve | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Yarchever, Edythe Katz | OH-02038 | 2000-12-09; 2003-02-11; 2003-03-11; 2005-12-06 | BOYER EARLY LAS VEGAS OPH | Collector: White | yes | 5 |
| Yarchever, Gilbert | OH-02039 | 04/03/2006 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .Y37 2007 Gilbert Yarchever is a Jewish American who was in the Navy during World War II, helped smuggle Jewish refugees into Jerusalem, worked as a civil servant in many countries, and moved to Las Vegas in 1977. He helped found the EXCEL program at University of Nevada, Las Vegas and is an art collector | yes | 6 |
| Yarchever, Gill & Edythe Katz | OH-02040 | 2006 | I Remember When: Recollections from LV Jewish Leaders | F850.J5.K37 2006 He was awarded the Civilian Meritorious Award from the U.S. Government. Edythe was owner of LV Huntridge Theatre | no | 0 |
| Yeager, Jane Reid | OH-02042 | 07/03/1975 and 07/13/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Nevada history | yes | 4 |
| Yellen, Lucille | 02/21/1988 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Young, Christie | OH-02043 | 10/18/1998 | Gay Archives-Dennis McBride | yes | 12 | |
| Young, Jeff | OH-02303 | 4/18/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Young, Michael T. | OH-02304 | 4/17/1990 | Received as part of the Young Electric Sign Company Records (MS-00403). | no | 1 | |
| Young, Michael T. and Young, Jeffrey S. | OH-03247 | 2017 October 05 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Michael T. Young and Jeffrey S. Young are two of three brothers who manage Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO), creator and fabricator of most of the iconic signs in Las Vegas. Grandsons of company founder, Thomas Young Sr., the brothers remember when they were boys and their father, Thomas Young Jr., used to fly them to Las Vegas. As YESCO nears its 100th anniversary in 2019, the brothers ponder the company's body of work and focus on the work in Las Vegas. The Salt Lake City natives consider themselves stewards of the company and its assets so they can pass it to the next and future generations. Michael speaks of his years in Las Vegas beginning in 1979, when he lived in Spring Valley with his wife and headed YESCO's billboards and out of home (OOH) advertising division. The brothers describe some of the company's path-breaking signs, from early Downtown Las Vegas at the Boulder Club, the Mint, and Vegas Vic to the Las Vegas Strip's Aladdin, CircusCircus, Sahara, Wynn, Rio, Aria, Linq, and Caesars. They recall working with Steve Wynn on Wynn's concept of "the eraser," and they recount the process of working with Don Snyder and the Downtown Progress Association to build the Fremont Street Experience canopy. Subjects: Salt Lake City, UT; Las Vegas, NV; Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO); Stewardship; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS); Mormons; Billboards; Out of home (OOH) advertising; Signage; Signs; Fremont Street Experience; Aria; CircusCircus; Sahara Hotel and Casino; Wynn Las Vegas; Rio Hotel and Casino; Linq; Caesars | no | 0 |
| Young, Thomas | OH-02044 | 08/29/1991 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | yes | 10 | |
| Young, Thomas, Jr. | OH-03255 | 2017 October 20 | Building Las Vegas Oral History Project | Born in Ogden, Utah, in 1928 to Elmina (Carlisle) Young and Thomas Young, Thomas Young Jr. was the only one of his father's seven children to follow him into the sign manufacturing business. The elder Young formed Thomas Young Sign Company--later, Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO)--in Ogden 28 March 1920; in 1937 he moved his family and the company headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah, but kept the Ogden operation going. The elder Young was a true salesman, an artist, a musician, and a master sign writer who specialized in lettering and gold leaf. Eventually he was dubbed the "Desert King of Neon." Thomas Jr. reminisces about the way his father ran the company and managed people; about beginning his career doing menial jobs in his father's business when he was 14, and about eventually working in all facets of sign manufacturing before taking over the company. He tells about his father sketching out an early cantilever sign design on butcher paper for Boulder Club owner, A.B. Witcher, and manager, Heine Stevenson; about YESCO's engineer, Ben Jones, and the iconic Vegas Vic and Wendover Will moving neon figure signs; about the signage at The Mint and The Stardust; about buying out Western Neon, and about the Las Vegas shop run by his uncle, John Locke "Jack" Young, and later by his brother in law Vaughn Cannon and by Ray Larson, who both moved from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas. Young closes by talking about bringing his father to Las Vegas one last time over Labor Day weekend, shortly before the elder Young died in September 1971. Subjects: Las Vegas, NV; Salt Lake City, UT; Ogden, UT; Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO); Sign painting; Signs; Signage; Neon; Manufacturing; Boulder Club; The Mint; The Stardust; Vegas Vic; Wendover Will; | no | 0 |
| Young, Walker | OH-02045 | 06/23/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 2 | |
| Youssouf, Mahamed | OH-02143 | 2013 August 06 | African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project | F850.N4 Y68 2012 Mahamed Youssouf is a business owner from Ethiopia. He became an American citizen in 1986. Mahamed was a political refugee who moved to Las Vegas in 1985 and rented a storefront in North Las Vegas to make and sell clothes. His business was called Uniform Plus. He also sold clothes on the weekends at an outdoor swap meet. Mahamed became business partners with Eugene Hoffman, owner of Village East Cleaners. Mahamed owned one of the dry cleaner stores, and he did the tailoring while Eugene Hoffman did the dry cleaning. | yes | 0 |
| Yoxen, Louise Anna | OH-02046 | 10/08/2003 | Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project | CT247 .Y69 2007 Louis Yoxen worked as an administrative assistant in the Allies' occupation of Germany after World War II. She also worked for the U.S. State Department in North Africa and in Las Vegas starting in 1951. She got married here and worked in her family's construction business | yes | 0 |
| Yune, Johnny | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | ||
| Yurek, Gerald | OH-02047 | 03/09/1981 or 08/12/1975 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Gaming | no | 1 |
| Zadora, Pia | 11/01/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 1 | |
| Zadora, Pia | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | ||
| Zadora, Pia | 09/08/1983 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Zadora, Pia | 03/31/1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Zajac, Rita | OH-02048 | 03/05/1977 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Politics | no | 1 |
| Zamito, Gail | OH-02049 | 03/05/1978 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Zampini, Olga | OH-02050 | 02/13/1979 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 |
| Zane, Len | OH-02051 | 05/10/2007 | UNLV @ Fifty Oral History Project | LD3745.Z35 2007 Len Zane taught physics at UNLV, was chair of the department, set up the honors program, and was dean of the Honors College | yes | 0 |
| Zapata, Alexander | OH-03667 | 2020 February 15 | Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project | Alexander Zapata is a Venezuelan Emmy winning journalist committed to building trust with the community he reports to. He talks about growing up in Caracas and the political climate of Venezuela, including the persecution he faced as a journalist reporting during the under Nicolas Maduro regime. He shares his migration story, experience learning English and journalism work in Las Vegas with El Mundo, ESPN Deportes, Telemundo and Univision. Subjects: Venezuela, Venezuelan Politics, Journalism, Latinx vote, Political asylum F850.S75 Z37 2020 | yes | 0 |
| Zentner, Si | OH-02580 | 11/13/1992 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Joe Delaney | no | 1 |
| Zentner, Si | OH-02579 | 07/17/1991 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment. Interviewer: Bill Willard | no | 2 |
| Zerga, Victor J. | OH-02052 | 04/03/1976 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Nursing and Ranching | no | 1 |
| Zick, Walter | OH-02053 | 02/22/1977 or 02/28/1971 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | Achitecture | no | 1 |
| Zigler, Earl | OH-02054 | Early Las Vegas-Roske | Las Vegas history | no | 1 | |
| Zigtema, Henry | OH-02055 | 03/14/1980 | Local Oral History Project-Roske | no | 1 | |
| Zobrist, Janice | OH-02125 | 6/12/2010 | BELVOHP | Born in Las Vegas City Hospital, delivered by Dr. Stanley Hardy. Janice's uncle was in charge of Old Fort pig farm. Member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. | no | 0 |
| Zobrist, Janice | OH-02451 | 7/28/2015 | BELVOPH - Rhythmettes | Life at LV High School as a Rhythmette traveling to engagements across the region. Elks sponsored Good Will Tour included Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and New York for the Ed Sullivan Show. Family owned the Wonder Bread Distribution of major LV businesses. | no | 0 |
| Zoppi, Tony | May, 1981 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Zoppi, Tony | 05/22/1978 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Zoppi, Tony | 03/21/1978 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Zoppi, Tony | 01/13/1978 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 2 | |
| Zoppi, Tony | 12/27/1978 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Zoppi, Tony | 11/22/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Zoppi, Tony | 09/27/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Zoppi, Tony | 10/12/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Zoppi, Tony | 08/29/1977 | Arnold Shaw | Entertainment | no | 1 | |
| Zuckerman, Norma Morrow | OH-02652 | 2016 April 18, 2017 March 13 | Southern Nevada Jewish Community Digital Heritage Project | F850.J5 Z82 2014 Co-founder of Jewish Repertory Theatre of Nevada. Fashion designer and owner. Professional actress. | yes | 0 |
| Zunino, Jack | OH-02816 | 8/30/2016 | Building Las Vegas | F849.L35 Z85 2016 Formerly partner in JMA; own practice in 1989; Springs Preserve, M Resort, 6 Gateway signs for NDOT entering Nevada, Lone Mountain Park, Cactus Avenue Overpass, Spaghetti Bowl interchange | yes | 0 |
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