Abstract
Oral history interview with Richard Bryan conducted by Claytee White on February 19, 2009 for the Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood. In this interview, Senator Bryan recounts details about the John S. Park neighborhood development. He mentions how neighborhood commerce included a grocery store and a Sills Drive-in. On the Las Vegas Strip, he remembers the Club Bingo (eventually called Sahara) opening as well as the long list of other hotel/casinos that are part of Las Vegas, Nevada history.
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Oral history interview with Richard Bryan conducted by Claytee White on February 19, 2009 for the Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood. In this interview, Senator Bryan recounts details about the John S. Park neighborhood development. He mentions the impact of World War II on the community, attending movies at the Huntridge Theatre, becoming a student leader as well as being in the Boy Scounts, the Helldoardo Days, and the Elks Club. He tells of the opening of schools, including John S. Park Elementary in 1948. He talked about how the neighborhood commerce included a grocery store and a Sills Drive-in. On the Las Vegas Strip, he remembers the Club Bingo (eventually called Sahara) opening as well as the long list of other hotel/casinos that are part of Las Vegas, Nevada history.
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Richard Bryan oral history interview, 2009 February 19. OH-00135. [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.
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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 2017. Minaam Baseer wrote the collection description. 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
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A bound transcript is available for use in UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives:F849.L35 B78 2010