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Patsy Huff Rosenberry oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Patsy Huff Rosenberry conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 24, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Rosenberry discusses her husband, Chuck, who worked as a nuclear technologist at the Nevada Test Site, and her work for a group of cardiovascular doctors. Rosenberry also talks about racism in Las Vegas, Nevada and in the southern states of the United States.

Mary M. Shaw oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Mary M. Shaw conducted by Barbara Tabach on September 02, 2011 and November 14, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Shaw discusses her husband, Rollin, his work at the Nevada Test Site, and moving to various locations for his job. She also tells stories of the Shaws and their fellow Nevada Test Site employees’ parties, of her learning to paint with watercolors, and her children’s educations in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Gordon Smith oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Gordon Smith conducted by Claytee D. White on January 29, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Smith discusses school and after-school pursuits, changes in Las Vegas, Nevada, summer jobs, and college. He also talks about his military service and returning to Las Vegas to start a barbering business.

John P. Watkins oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Dr. John P. Watkins conducted by Claytee D. White on April 29, 2009 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Dr. Watkins talks about his schooling, his medical career, and medicine and medical practitioners in Las Vegas, Nevada from the mid-1950s. He recalls how he met his wife, Frances (née) O’Rourke, and the Las Vegas places he, Frances, and their sons John and Brian lived. In particular, he describes their Desert Inn Country Club neighbors and neighborhood, where he and his family lived for fourteen years.

Connie Hill Sheldon oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Connie Hill Sheldon conducted by Claytee D. White on February 11, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Sheldon talks about military life in New York City, New York, her driving a school bus in Havelock, North Carolina, being a preschool teacher in Mission Viejo, California, and her jobs at the Huntridge Theater, the Nevada Test Site, and at Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company, Inc.

Alice Waite oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Alice Waite conducted by Carole Terry and Donna Andress on October 19, 2011 on behalf of the Junior League of Las Vegas. Waite opens her interview by discussing her family's move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1940 so her father could work as a school teacher. She talks about her childhood education and her father's civic engagement. Waite then discusses her husband, children, and working on her education while raising a family. She then describes her time as a teacher, and the events she helped produce for the Junior League, including a puppetry convention.

Thomas J. Schoeman oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Thomas J. Schoeman conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on July 18, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Schoeman discusses his childhood, education from the University of New Mexico, and the architectural community within Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about Jack Miller and Associates Architectural Studios projects and his favorite Las Vegas buildings.

Will Provance oral history interview

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Oral history interview with Will Provance conducted by David Schwartz on July 14, 2016 for the Slot Operations Oral History Project. Provance discusses his various roles in the gaming industry the difference between managing slot machines in his earlier positions and video lottery terminals (VLTs) in his current position in Ohio. He also discusses what he believes makes a good slot floor and how slot operations has changed since he started in the industry.

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