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Transcript of interview with Suzette Cox by Andrew Lazarus, March 15, 1981

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Narrator

Cox, Suzette

Date

1981-03-15

Description

On March 15, 1981, Andrew Lazarus interviewed Suzette Cox (b. 1945 in San Diego, California) about her experiences of living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cox talks briefly about her move from California to Las Vegas, her employment at two police agencies and a local newspaper company, and her family. The two also discuss racial discrimination issues in Las Vegas and Cox’s experiences in sports as she was going to school in Las Vegas. Cox later describes how the Strip influenced her life and move to the city, the crime rate in Las Vegas and Nevada and how it related to tourism, and her recollection of the effects of the above-ground atomic testing.

Digital ID

OH_00437_transcript

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1q23v33b
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas

Interviewer

Lazarus, Andrew

Subject

Race discrimination
Police
Newspapers
City and town life

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

oral histories (literary works)
transcripts

Archival Collection

Suzette Cox oral history interview

Citation

Suzette Cox oral history interview, 1981 March 15. OH-00437. [Transcript]. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1q23v33b

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Standardized Rights Statement

Copyright Not Evaluated

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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