Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Ernest Henry Clary oral history interview (OH-00390)

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ernest Henry Clary conducted by Tom Mattingly on February 10, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The interview covers Mr. Clary’s personal and professional life, and the history of Nevada, including the early above-ground atomic tests, presidential visits, and the crash of Carole Lombard’s plane.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1979 February 10

Extent

3 digital_files (0.082 GB) MP3, PDF/A

Scope and Contents Note

Oral history interview with Ernest Henry Clary conducted by Tom Mattingly on February 10, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The interview covers Mr. Clary’s personal and professional life, and the history of Nevada, including the early above-ground atomic tests, presidential visits, and the crash of Carole Lombard’s plane. Digital audio and transcript 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

Ernest Henry Clary oral history interview, 1979 February 10. OH-00390. [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

University of Nevada, Las Vegas History Professor Ralph Roske donated materials for this oral history project to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in the 1980s.

Processing Note

Interview materials were processed by UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2017 and 2018. Miguel Dominguez wrote the collection description. This interview was transcribed and edited by UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives as part of an ongoing effort to transcribe legacy interviews. This interview transcript received minimal editing and all measures have been taken to preserve the style and language of the narrator. The interviewee/narrator was not involved in the editing process. A digital version (PDF) of the transcript is available for research use. The audio cassette(s) for this interview have been reformatted by an external vendor into a digital format. MP3 files of the audio are available for research use.

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::OH00390

Finding Aid Description Rules

Describing Archives: A Content Standard
English