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Transcript of interview with Irene Sprague Black by Chari Horne, March 16, 1978

Information

Narrator

Black, Irene Sprague, 1919-2005

Date

1978-03-16

Description

Chari Horne interviews hairdresser Irene Sprague Black at a beauty salon in Las Vegas. Born in 1919 in Delta, Utah, Black moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1924. During this interview Black discusses early Las Vegas, local schools, homes, friends, family life, the Mormon Church, Mesquite, Indian Reservation, Downtown, Hoover Dam, and Bunkerville, Nevada.

Digital ID

OH_00196_transcript

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1js9mb1k
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas

Interviewer

Horne, Chari

Subject

Schools
Family
City and town life
Homes
Religions
Indian reservations

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

oral histories (literary works)
typescripts
transcripts

Archival Collection

Irene Sprague Black oral history interview

Citation

Irene Sprague Black oral history interview, 1978 March 16. OH-00196. [Transcript]. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1js9mb1k

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Copyright Not Evaluated

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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