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Transcript of interview Skip Allen by Henry Pierzchala, February 27, 1980

Information

Narrator

Allen, Lyman Cowan "Skip", 1935-2014

Date

1980-02-27

Description

Henry Pierzchala interviews Skip Allen (born 1935 in Somerset, Kentucky) about his early experiences in Las Vegas. Allen discusses some of his experience from a position in human resources for the military, as well as working for his father in a business in the area of what is now the Las Vegas Strip. Allen also describes recreational activities, his views on morality while living in Las Vegas, and some of his later experiences in hospitality, specifically in the food and beverage and hotel industries.

Digital ID

OH_00028_transcript

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1rn33990
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas

Interviewer

Pierzchala, Henry

Subject

Recreation
Hospitality industry
Hotels
Religions
Business

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

oral histories (literary works)
typescripts
transcripts

Archival Collection

Skip Allen oral history interview

Citation

Skip Allen oral history interview, 1978 April 10. OH-00028. [Transcript]. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1rn33990

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Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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