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Carter Family oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-03746

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Leon Carter Sr., Ruth Jimerson-Carter, Leon Carter Jr., and Herman Jimerson Jr. conducted by Claytee D. White on January 18 through March 18, 2021 for African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Leon Carter Sr. talks of his childhood, time spent playing baseball after graduating high school, and the various professions he's held including working at the Nevada Test Site, working in construction, and entering the casino industry as a dealer. The Carter Family discuss life on the Westside and their respective histories.

Archival Collection

Sammie Armstrong oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03152

Abstract

Oral history interview with Sammie Armstrong conducted by Claytee D. White on March 08, 2017 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Armstrong discusses his early life in Camden, Arkansas and growing up working on a farm. He recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963, and describes the Westside at that time. Armstrong talks about the businesses on Jackson Street, churches on the Westside, and integration in Las Vegas. Later, Armstrong discusses co-founding a transportation business in the early 1980s, Ray & Ross Transport, and providing transportation for Nevada Test Site employees. Lastly, Armstrong talks about growing his business into one of the largest bus companies in Nevada.

Archival Collection

Interview with Herbert Frank York, July 18, 2004

Date

2004-07-18

Description

Narrator affiliation: Physicist, First director, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; Arms control negotiator; Director, Defense Dept. Research adn Engineering

Text

Interview with James Nobuo Yamazaki, October 14, 2005

Date

2005-10-14

Description

Narrator affiliation: Physician in Charge, Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Nagasaki

Text

Photographic slide of Dangberg Ranch, Nevada, August 3, 1962

Date

1962-08-03

Description

A general view of Dangberg Ranch Site in Douglas County. In the background unidentified men are working. Written on the slide: "Dangberg Site, Douglas County, Nevada."

Image

Photographic slide of Tule Springs, October 10, 1962

Date

1962-10-10

Description

Ray Brazzonovich, Walt Stein, Bill Twitchell. Discovery of another flake. Site #1 (Flake sited. Tule Springs, Nevada). October 10, 1962

Image

Ann L. Stewart oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01764

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ann L. Stewart conducted by Mari C. Snyder on February 24, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Stewart discusses her personal history and Las Vegas, Nevada history. She describes working at the Nevada Test Site, observing nuclear weapons tests, and working on the Kelso-Turner housing project. Stewart discusses her non-fiction writing and the subjects of her writing, as well as being published by local newspapers. She describes the history of higher education in Las Vegas and the struggles senior citizens face as they get older. Stewart also talks about her Methodist faith, historic structures in Las Vegas, racial segregation in the city, and the criminal activity of juveniles.

Archival Collection

Copa Cabana Townhomes, 1980 January 21

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

This set includes drawings for Tusa Inc. (client) by Harry E. Cambell (architect).

This set includes: site plans, foundation plans, floor plans, roof plans, framing plans, construction details, building sections, wall sections, exterior elevations, interior elevations, plumbing plans, plumbing schedule, HVAC plans, HVAC schedules, site lighting plans, general specifications, plumbing schematics, fixture schedule, lighting plans and construction details.

Archival Collection

Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00439
Collection Name: Gary Guy Wilson Architectural Drawings
Box/Folder: Roll 093

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