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Anna Sipl Meyers oral history interview (OH-02122)

Abstract

Oral history interview with Anna Sipl Meyers conducted by Leita Kaldi Davis on twelve separate occasions from February 12, 2012 to December 07, 2012 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Meyers discusses her life in great detail, from living in concentration camps to owning Las Vegas, Nevada casinos, including the Casbah Hotel and the Queen of Hearts Hotel (now the Four Queens Hotel and Casino).

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Date

2012 February 12
2012 February 29
2012 March 27
2012 April 16
2012 April 24
2012 May 03
2012 May 09
2012 May 16
2012 October 18
2012 November 16
2012 December 07
2012 October 30

Extent

49 digital_files (0.688) MP3, JPG, PDF/A

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

Oral history interview with Anna Sipl Meyers conducted by Leita Kaldi Davis on twelve separate occasions from February 12, 2012 to December 07, 2012 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Meyers discusses her life in great detail, from living in concentration camps to owning Las Vegas, Nevada casinos, including the Casbah Hotel and the Queen of Hearts Hotel (now the Four Queens Hotel and Casino). Digital audio, transcript, and photographs available.

Access Note

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.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish. Some transcripts do not exist in final form, therefore any editing marks in a transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked.

Preferred Citation

Anna Sipl Meyers oral history interview, 2012 February 12; 2012 February 29; 2012 March 27; 2012 April 16; 2012 April 24; 2012 May 03; 2012 May 09; 2012 May 16; 2012 October 18; 2012 October 30; 2012 November 16; 2012 December 07. OH-02122. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

This interview was conducted and transcribed by the Oral History Research Center (OHRC) which is part of the UNLV University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Division.

Processing Note

Interview materials were processed by UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2015 and 2018. Nia Banks wrote the collection description. Access copies were created for born-digital audio and/or transcript files.

Existence and Location of Copies

A bound transcript is available for use in UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives: See call number: CT247 .M48 2014

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::OH02122

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