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Transcript of interview with Lydia Berry by Kathy Zeller, February 22, 1979

Information

Narrator

Berry, Lydia Caroline Hansen, 1914-2008

Date

1979-02-22

Description

Lydia Berry, born in Missouri in 1914, is interviewed by Kathy Zeller about her experiences as a worker for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Berry discusses her progression from being a teacher in Kansas City to moving to Los Angeles and then to Las Vegas, where she worked at Nellis Air Force Base and then eventually to the Fish and Wildlife Service. She also mentions some of the operations of the Wildlife Service as well as her concerns over animal life and natural resources.

Digital ID

OH_00191_transcript

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d16m3663p
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas

Interviewer

Zeller, Kathy

Subject

Teachers
Animals
Air bases
Deserts

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

oral histories (literary works)
typescripts
transcripts

Archival Collection

Lydia Berry oral history interview

Citation

Lydia Berry oral history interview, 1979 February 22. OH-00191. [Transcript]. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d16m3663p

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Standardized Rights Statement

Copyright Not Evaluated

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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