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Louis Yoxen interview, 2003: transcript

Date

2003-10-08
2003-10-15

Description

Yoxen begins her interview by discussing how she first arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada to work for the U.S. State Department in the 1950s. She then describes her childhood in Alabama, competing in the Miss America pageant, and her life in Miami, Florida. Yoxen also discusses living in North Africa and Berlin, Germany while working for the State Department as a clerk. She then talks about moving around with her sister and her family, and eventually coming to Las Vegas. She describes what Las Vegas was like in the 1950s. Yoxen ends her interview with a discussion on her family, her husband's work, and their recreational activities.

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Margo Knowles interview, March 25, 1981: transcript

Date

1981-03-25

Description

From the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas, OH-01039. On March 25, 1981, collector Sonny Neighbors interviewed his mother, Margo Knowles (born October 13th, 1935 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Margo speaks about growing up and going to school in Las Vegas. She also discusses her work as a telephone operator in Las Vegas, and at the Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nevada.

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Correspondence and invoices for the sale of Navajo rugs and blankets, 1927-1928

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

J. K. W. Bracken Correspondence
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Collection Number: MS-00082
Collection Name: J. K. W. Bracken Correspondence
Box/Folder: Box SH-006

Archival Component

Leslie H. Smith and Smith family personal papers

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Leslie H. Smith Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01057
Collection Name: Leslie H. Smith Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Las Vegas High School reunions

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Leslie H. Smith Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01057
Collection Name: Leslie H. Smith Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Las Vegas Grammar School

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Leslie H. Smith Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01057
Collection Name: Leslie H. Smith Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Boulder Echo (Las Vegas High School yearbooks), 1942 to 1945

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Leslie H. Smith Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01057
Collection Name: Leslie H. Smith Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Artemisia (University of Nevada yearbook), 1947

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Leslie H. Smith Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01057
Collection Name: Leslie H. Smith Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

"Gobs of Rhythm" show programs and photographic prints featuring Leslie H. Smith, approximately 1942 to 1945

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Leslie H. Smith Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01057
Collection Name: Leslie H. Smith Papers
Box/Folder: Box 03

Archival Component

Leslie H. Smith's expired passport, birth certificate, photographic prints, 1927 to 1945

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Leslie H. Smith Papers
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Collection Number: MS-01057
Collection Name: Leslie H. Smith Papers
Box/Folder: Box 03

Archival Component