Juana Leia Jordan (Delta Sigman Theta Sorority) speaks with Claytee White (UNLV Oral History Research Center) at the Berkley Square Historic District banner unveiling, February 9, 2013.
Councilman Ricki Barlow talks to the crowd assembled for the unveiling of the banners commemorating Berkley Square as a Historic District in Las Vegas, February 9, 2013.
Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold talks about growing up in early Las Vegas at the unveiling of the banners for the Berkley Square Historic District in Las Vegas, February 9, 2013.
Interview with Lee Henry Lisby conducted by Glen E. Davis, Rita O'Brian, and Elizabeth Patrick on July 10, 1975, April 10, 1978, and May 10, 1978. In 1942, Lisby moved from Louisiana to Nevada, where he found success in owning real estate.
Interview with Roosevelt Toston conducted by Claytee D. White on July 11, 2006. Toston grew up in Epps, Louisiana, and came to Las Vegas in the 1950s as a teenager. He describes his experience at Las Vegas High School and the first jobs he held at the Fremont Hotel and the Nevada Test Site. Toston honed his skills at Dana McKay's School of Business, Bell Telephone of Nevada, and in the military. A correspondence course in broadcasting led to jobs at television stations 3 and 8, and ultimately to a position with the Convention Authority in the area of tourism marketing.