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Transcript of interview with Charlotte Brascia by Joe Mascellino, February 24, 1977
Date
1977-02-24
Archival Collection
Description
Joe Mascellino interviews Charlotte Brascia in his home about the history of Nevada. Mascellino asks Brascia about social and cultural changes, the growth of different religions, Brascia’s brief presence in the airline industry, political presence in Las Vegas, and rising crime rates. Brascia also specifically discusses her experience in the gaming and hospitality industry and how gaming operations have changed over time, particularly comparing gaming and hiring practices in the 1950s with those in the 1970s.
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Transcript of interview with Dr. Jack Cherry by Cheryl Mawhinney, March 20, 1978
Date
1978-03-20
Description
Las Vegas history from the perspective of medical care. Senator Pat McCarran aiding patients. Water. Charleston Blvd underpass. Influx of specialists beginning in the 1950s. Expansion of valley hospitals beginning in the 1950s. Southern Nevada Memorial and Las Vegas hospitals. Working in the Clark County jail. Reflections on living in Reno, Goldfield, and Tonopah. Walker Scott and Scotty's Castle. Sunday services during the construction of Scotty's Castle. Comparison of medical care between Reno and Las Vegas. Local gaming. Bugsy Siegel's mistress. Critic of modern doctors. Reno medical school.[Interview summary on file]
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Transcript of interview with Suzette Cox by Andrew Lazarus, March 15, 1981
Date
1981-03-15
Archival Collection
Description
On March 15, 1981, Andrew Lazarus interviewed Suzette Cox (b. 1945 in San Diego, California) about her experiences of living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cox talks briefly about her move from California to Las Vegas, her employment at two police agencies and a local newspaper company, and her family. The two also discuss racial discrimination issues in Las Vegas and Cox’s experiences in sports as she was going to school in Las Vegas. Cox later describes how the Strip influenced her life and move to the city, the crime rate in Las Vegas and Nevada and how it related to tourism, and her recollection of the effects of the above-ground atomic testing.
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Transcript of interview with Wesley Troy Adams by Katherine D. Beal, March 01, 1977
Date
1977-03-01
Archival Collection
Description
Katherine D. Beal interviews truck driver and fireman Wesley Troy Adams (b. 1930) at his home in Henderson, Nevada. Born in Modena, Utah, Adams relocated to Nevada in 1959. Adams discusses LDS church organization and affiliation, celebrations in Caliente, Pioche, and Panaca. Also during the interview, Adams offers insight into raising a family in Southern Nevada, Bottle House in Pittman, atomic testing, and shares his philosophical views on life. Adams wife is also present during the interview.
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Transcript of interview with George Albright by Debra J. Cox, February 16, 1980
Date
1980-02-16
Archival Collection
Description
Debra J. Cox interviews George Albright, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 6, 1909, at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. After living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Reno, Nevada, Albright relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931. A former county commissioner, Albright discusses the Las Vegas Convention Center, Clark County Recreation Board, tourists and conventioneers, the land, and the Las Vegas economy.
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Transcript of interview with Lucy Alires by Candice Bush, March 06, 1978
Date
1978-03-06
Archival Collection
Description
Candice Bush interviews Lucy Alires, born in Pecos, New Mexico in 1941, about her experiences as a Spanish American who lived in Henderson after moving there with her husband. Alires describes the growth of the city, including Carver Park, and discusses some of the discrimination faced by Latin and African American citizens that she witnessed. She also mentions some of the changes in the Las Vegas Strip over time, including the presence of Latin Americans in the hospitality workforce.
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Transcript of interview with Robert Allen by Carlton Kelley, March 20, 1978
Date
1978-03-20
Archival Collection
Description
Carlton Kelley interviews Robert Allen (born in McAlester, Oklahoma in 1919) about his career in acting and his role in the entertainment business in Las Vegas. Allen also discusses the growth of Las Vegas, the role of mining in Southern Nevada, the work of instrumental political figures, the role of the gaming industry, the availability of other recreational activities, the modes of transportation available to locals, the various actors and television or movie productions in which he was involved, and the various dining options for Las Vegas locals.
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Transcript of interview with Edith Allan by Elizabeth Cleary, February 26, 1977
Date
1977-02-26
Archival Collection
Description
Elizabeth Cleary interviews Edith Allan (born 1889 in Iowa), a longtime resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, on her experiences living and working in this city. Allan discusses living on a dairy farm, which was her family's source of income, as well as her experiences working for Western Union and the Sal Sagev. Allan also mentions the building of Hoover Dam, Block 16, and the Stewart Ranch. Another male is present during the interview as well.
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Transcript of interview Skip Allen by Henry Pierzchala, February 27, 1980
Date
1980-02-27
Archival Collection
Description
Henry Pierzchala interviews Skip Allen (born 1935 in Somerset, Kentucky) about his early experiences in Las Vegas. Allen discusses some of his experience from a position in human resources for the military, as well as working for his father in a business in the area of what is now the Las Vegas Strip. Allen also describes recreational activities, his views on morality while living in Las Vegas, and some of his later experiences in hospitality, specifically in the food and beverage and hotel industries.
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Transcript of interview with Bill Armstrong by Anthony Robone, February 28, 1979
Date
1979-02-28
Archival Collection
Description
Anthony Robone interviews Bill Armstrong (born in Kentucky in 1921) in Armstrong’s apartment complex about his experiences in Las Vegas. Robone asks a variety of questions relating to Armstrong’s bootlegging in Kentucky before he arrived in Las Vegas, his involvement with the Las Vegas Dealers, the weather as it relates to other parts of the country, the impacts of the work of Howard Hughes on the town, the construction of Hoover Dam, the above ground atomic testing, the growth of Las Vegas and tourism, changes in gambling habits for the next generation, and the social and recreational activities residents took part in.
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