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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, August 5, 1954

Date

1954-08-05

Archival Collection

Description

Official publication of Las Vegas, Nevada Rotary Club

Text

William Laub Sr. oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-01066

Abstract

Oral history interviews with William Laub Sr. conducted by Claytee D. White on October 20 and 28, 2004 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Laub opens the interview discussing his service in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater in World War II. He also talks about his education in Van Nuys, California, his time in law school, and gaining Basic Magnesium Inc. as a client for his California law firm. He discusses coordinating the construction of the gas pipeline from Henderson, Nevada into Las Vegas, Nevada. He recalls being injured in a gas explosion, that forced him to rehabilitate in Las Vegas, and inevitably move his family to the area in 1956. He describes the construction changes that occurred on the Las Vegas Strip from the 1950s onward. Laub also explains why the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino was a political epicenter, and recounts meeting Nevada Lieutenant Governor Clifford Jones and other political candidates.

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada, 1942-1945

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Series

Archival Collection

Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00254
Collection Name: Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Joan and Leslie Dunn oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02717

Abstract

Oral history interview with Joan and Leslie Dunn conducted by Barbara Tabach on June 20, 2016 and May 30, 2017 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Leslie discusses working for the United States Public Health Service at the Nevada Test Site for twenty years and launching a development business after retirement. Joan discusses setting aside her career to begin a family and later becoming a business partner with her husband.

Archival Collection

Basic Magnesium Incorporated, 1941-1949

Level of Description

Series

Archival Collection

Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00254
Collection Name: Henderson Public Library Photograph Collection on Henderson, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Nelson, Brad, 1944-

Brad Nelson was born in Sioux City, Iowa. He was raised in Omaha, Nebraska. Nelson attended Iowa State University. He worked on the developments of Green Valley, and Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nevada.

Person