Abstract
Oral history interview with Dorothy Haywood Hull conducted by Patricia Van Betten on August 25, 2009 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Hull talks about her family's move to Blue Diamond, Nevada from Hughes Springs, Texas in 1940. She describes living in the village's trailer park and attending the Blue Diamond elementary school and Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. She recalls playing at the park and the community pool, and playing in the surrounding hills. Finally, she discusses memories of other areas around Blue Diamond, including the Spring Mountain Ranch.
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Oral history interview with Dorothy Haywood Hull conducted by Patricia Van Betten on August 25, 2009 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Hull talks about her family's move to Blue Diamond, Nevada from Hughes Springs, Texas in 1940. She describes living in the village's trailer park and attending the Blue Diamond elementary school and Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. She recalls playing at the park and the community pool, and playing in the surrounding hills. Finally, she discusses memories of other areas around Blue Diamond, including the Spring Mountain Ranch. Digital audio and print transcript available.
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Dorothy Haywood Hull oral history interview, 2009 August 25. OH-00908. [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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Acquisition Note
This interview was conducted by the Blue Diamond Oral History Committee. Materials from this oral history project were donated to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2013.
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Interview materials were processed by UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2018. Melise Leech wrote the collection description. The audio cassettes for this interview have been reformatted by an external vendor into a digital format. MP3 files of the audio are available for research use.