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Mary Louise Williams oral history interview (OH-01991)

Abstract

Oral history interview with Mary Louise Williams conducted by Claytee D. White on June 19, 1998 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. In this interview Mary Louise Williams discusses her dance career, working at the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino, visiting Las Vegas, Nevada numerous times throughout her life, and why she retired in Las Vegas.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1998-06-19

Extent

6 digital_files (0.123 GB) MP3, PDF/A

Scope and Contents Note

Oral history interview with Mary Louise Williams conducted by Claytee D. White on June 19, 1998 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. In this interview Mary Louise Williams discusses her dance career, working at the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino, visiting Las Vegas, Nevada numerous times throughout her life, and why she retired in Las Vegas. 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.

Related Collections

The following resource will provide additional information related the materials in this collection:

Women’s Research Institute of Nevada Oral History Records, 1995-2015. UA-00084. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Mary Louise Williams oral history interview, 1998 June 19. OH-01991. [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 by the Women’s Research Institute of Nevada, part of the UNLV College of Liberal Arts Department of History. Materials from this oral history project were transferred to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives on an ongoing basis ending in 2017; acquisition number 2017-017.

Processing Note

Interview materials were processed by Karla Irwin in 2017 and 2019. Audio cassette(s) for this interview have been reformatted by the Women’s Research Institute of Nevada and by an external vendor into a digital format. This interview was transcribed by the UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives Oral History Research Center for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Access copies were created for digitized and/or born-digital audio and transcript files. Karla Irwin wrote the collection description.

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::OH01991

Existence and Location of Originals

A bound transcript is available for use in UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives: CT247 .W537 2012.

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