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Karen Hayes oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00817

Abstract

Oral history interview with Karen Hayes conducted by Robert F. Darling on March 02, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In her interview Hayes discusses her account of Las Vegas, Nevada history and politics.

Archival Collection

Unidentified woman at the Community Counseling Center booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park. (Dennis McBride, photographer) Community Counseling Center booth. (5-8-99)

Image

Joan L. Swift oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02932

Abstract

Oral history interview with Joan Swift conducted by Linda Dyer on February 25, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Swift discusses mining and working at the Clark County Recorders Office.

Archival Collection

Tom Wright oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02032

Abstract

Oral history interview with Tom Wright conducted by Claytee White on February 14, 2005 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas History Project. Wright opens his interview by discussing his family history and his education. He then describes what the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) was like in the 1960s and his father's experiences working at the newly established university. Wright then recalls his own experiences at UNLV in the history department as a "Latin Americanist" professor and dean. He also discusses Latin American history and his dissertation about Chilean politics.

Archival Collection

Pat Feaster oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03306

Abstract

Oral history interview with Pat Feaster conducted by Claytee D. White on July 1, 1996 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Feaster relates how her mother made the decision to leave Fordyce, Arkansas for better economic opportunity and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1942. She describes travelling across the country, living in a one-room structure in the Westside of Las Vegas, and attending the Westside School. She discusses her mother's employment at the Red Rooster Restaurant and then at the Algiers Hotel. She talks at length about her own educational journey after leaving school at fifteen, then returning for her GED and later, a college degree after the birth of her fifth child. She discusses how the decision to improve her education helped her develop a twenty-six year career at the Clark County Health District. She also discusses the Fordyce Club and many important personalities in Las Vegas' Black community.

Archival Collection

Tabitha Krast, Beth Fraley, and Debbie Lujan at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride.(4-25-98) (L-R: Tabitha Krast; Beth Fraley; Debbie Lujan)

Image

Rita M. Zajac oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02048

Abstract

Oral history interview with Rita M. Zajac conducted by Edward Napierkowski on March 06, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Zajac discusses her recollection of Nevada politics during the 1960s.

Archival Collection

Frank Scott oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01657

Abstract

Oral history interview with Frank Scott conducted by Richard Lloyd Pipkins on January 23, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Scott discusses the history of Las Vegas, Nevada since the 1930s. He talks about the changes in crime, people settling in the city, and the railroad history of Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Eliot King oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01026

Abstract

Oral history interview with Eliot King conducted by an unknown collector on October 20, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. King discusses arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1942 and gives his opinions on the city as it went through changes.

Archival Collection

Robert E. Lake oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01052

Abstract

Oral history interview with Robert E. Lake conducted by A.D. Hopkins on September 27, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Lake discusses how the layout of Las Vegas, Nevada has changed since he first arrived there.

Archival Collection