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Dennis Ortwein oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01416

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dennis Ortwein conducted by Claytee D. White on May 06, 2009 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Ortwein discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956 and his various careers as an elementary school teacher, a junior high teacher, and an elementary school principal. He also discusses working at a teacher's college in Nigeria, being a church choir director, and his experience as a singer. He then talks about school integration in Las Vegas and above-ground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Archival Collection

Warren A. Bechtel Album of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1971-08-17

Description

p.20 #1411 - p.20 #1412 These pictures together with two on opposite page, form panorama of operations being carried on at canyon rim, on Nevada side. Photo was taken from Arizona Spillway site. To the left is shown Black Canyon Highway. High level mixing plant will be located behind fill on the road. To the right is shown highway extension road to Nevada Spillway. Note shovel boom projecting at former site of Lookout Point. Aug. 12, 1932. p.20 #1451 Three hundred boxes of dynamite were used in spectacular blast which demolished Lookout Point. Picture taken from new Look Point, on Black Canyon Highway. Aug. 16, 1932. p.20 #1452 Blasting usually scheduled for 11:30 a.m., and billowing dust dislodged from canyon rim completely fills the canyon. Aug. 16, 1932.

Deal, L. Joe (Laurie Joe), 1924-2008

Laurie Joe Deal wa born on July 3, 1924 in Hickory, North Carolina. Laurie married Rosa Allen on April 26, 1958 and they had three children: David, Stephen, and James.

Deal obtained a bachelor of science degree in science and math from Lenoir Rhyne College.

Deal is associated with the Nevada Test Site as Director of the Civil Effects Group for the Application Englineering Company (AEC) and as a BioMed member of the Nevada Test Site planning board.

Person

Felt, Gaelen, 1922-

Dr. Gaelen Lee Felt was a scientist who was active during the height of atomic testing in the mid-twentieth century. He worked for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Felt worked on the Nevada Atomic Test Site and became deputy director of the site in 1955. He then worked for the firm Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier (EG & G), eventually becoming vice president of the company's technical support group. He served on the Nevada Board of Education beginning in 1965.

Person

Handwritten notes for the Horseshoe Club neon sign (Las Vegas), circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Handwritten notes with details for the neon facade of the Horseshoe Club.
Site Name: Horseshoe Club
Address: 128 East Fremont Street

Image

Scrapbook of Clyde and Edith Barcus, Tonopah (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Site Name: The Bottle House (Rhyolite, Nev.)
Piper's Opera House (Virginia City, Nev.)
Goldfield Hotel (Goldfield, Nev.)

Image

Film transparencies of Jack Entratter and Nat King Cole, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, February 28, 1964

Date

1964-02-28

Description

Jack Entratter and Nat King Cole at Entratter's birthday party at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino

Image

Photographs of dancers in a production at the Lido, Paris (FRA), 1950s-1960s

Date

1950 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

Six photographs of dancers in production numbers at the Lido in Paris, France. The show was staged by Donn Arden. Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)

Image

Photographs of "Lido" production at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1950s

Date

1957 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Two scenes from the "Lido" production staged by Donn Arden at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino

Image

Postcard of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn, Las Vegas (Nev.), July 27, 1953

Date

1953-07-27

Archival Collection

Description

Pool view of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn. Postcard dated July 27,1953 with inscription on back. Site Name: Desert Inn (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Image