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Interview with Lawrence Crooks, July 21, 2004

Date

2004-07-21

Description

Narrator affiliation: Design Engineer; NTS Resident Manager, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory

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Interview with Elsie Lavonne Lewis, November 16, 2004

Date

2004-11-16

Description

Narrator affiliation: Vice-President, Human Resource, Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier (EG & G)

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Richard F. Caldwell Sr. oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00322

Abstract

Oral history interview with Richard Caldwell conducted by Melvin Thompson on March 11, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The interview begins with Caldwell discussing his family and what brought him to Las Vegas, Nevada. He then discusses him working at the Nevada Test Site. Other topics discussed include the hotels and casinos that were built on the Strip, his experience working at some of those properties, and the way of life in Las Vegas in the 1940s and 1950s. The interview finalizes with Caldwell’s account of the Westside of Las Vegas and African American entertainers who came to town to perform.

Archival Collection

Marie and James B. McMillan Papers

Identifier

MS-00482

Abstract

The Marie and James B. McMillan Papers (1928-2010) primarily contain documents pertaining to the families and careers of Marie and James B. McMillan. Included in the collection are photographs, biographical materials, newspaper clippings, award certificates, programs, obituaries, scrapbooks, trophies, legal and military documents, and political campaign documents. Marie McMillan is a former Las Vegas, Nevada flight instructor and one of the first women to work at the Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nevada. James B. McMillan was the first African-American dentist to practice in Nevada, as well as a prominent Nevada civil rights leader.

Archival Collection

Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School Scrapbook, 1989-1991

Date

1989 to 1990

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs and correspondence regarding the naming and construction of the Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School.

Mixed Content

Interview with Robert Nelson, June 30, 2004

Date

2004-06-30

Description

Narrator affiliation: Deputy Manager, Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office; Episcopal Priest

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