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Jan Van Tuyl oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01866

Abstract

Oral history interview with Jan Van Tuyl conducted by D.R. Brainard on March 21, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Van Tuyl discusses his personal history, specifically his educational background and growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada. Van Tuyl talks about his military service in the United States Air Force and his transition to education. Later, Van Tuyl discusses coaching a gymnastics team, the Las Vegas Comets.

Archival Collection

Lucile Spire Bruner oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00274

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lucile Spire Bruner conducted by Alice Cowles Brown on March 03, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Spire Bruner discusses her husband Elmo Bruner's career as an architect and appraiser in Las Vegas, Nevada from, 1947 to 1973, World War II, her religious affiliation with the Unitarian Fellowship Church, and her involvement with organizations such as American Institute of Architects, engineering societies and architectural registration and examination boards.

Archival Collection

Geneva Stark Merwin oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01289

Abstract

Oral history interview with Geneva Stark Merwin conducted by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick on August 24, 1983 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Merwin discusses her career and experiences as a teacher in Pahrump, Nevada after moving there in 1941. Merwin also discusses some of the people in the town and its layout. Merwin goes on to describe her teaching career in Las Vegas, Nevada after being recommended to the school board by Maude Frazier.

Archival Collection

T.J. Moran oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01327

Abstract

Oral history interview with T.J. Moran conducted by Georgina Pataki on March 20, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Moran discusses his career as a captain in the Las Vegas Fire Department and working part time as a construction worker building houses. Moran describes the changes that have occurred in Las Vegas, Nevada since moving there in 1954 and nuclear weapons tests. Moran also comments on an ongoing casino workers strike at the time of the interview.

Archival Collection

Billie Mae Polson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02898

Abstract

Oral history interview with Billie Mae Polson conducted by Eva Diane Head on March 08, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Polson discusses arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1947. She also describes her employment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) James R. Dickinson Library (now Lied Library) and recalls the construction of the Library's upper floors. Later, Polson discusses the Library's switch to an automated circulation system.

Archival Collection

Peter La Porta oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03276

Abstract

Oral history interview with Peter La Porta conducted by William Davy Weller Sr. February 28, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, La Porta discusses his birth at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nevada and his office, the La Porta Insurance Agency in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about his early memories of Henderson, gambling, celebrities in Las Vegas, and his religious preferences.

Archival Collection

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 3, 1997

Date

1997-03-03

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about referendums and letters.

Text

Unidentified persons in the Nevada Educational TV Control Room located in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1970-12-09

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Nevada Educational TV Control Room. (From MS Collection #89-20 KLVX-TV: The Legacy of Project Innovate. See also UNLV thesis, same title, By Ira Kimball, Spring 1988.)

Image

Schwertfeger, William

"Name: William R. Schwertfeger; Rank/Branch: O3/United States Air Force, pilot; Unit: 433rd TFS; Date of Birth:22 September 1945; Home City of Record: Enid OK" 

Person