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Oral History Review, 1978

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Anna Dean Kepper Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00279
Collection Name: Anna Dean Kepper Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02

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Barbara Hampton Givens oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00957

Abstract

Oral history interview with Barbara Hampton Givens conducted by Michael Johnson on February 15, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Givens discusses arriving in Reno, Nevada in 1944, and describes the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) during its relocation stages from Elko to Reno, Nevada. Givens then discusses Las Vegas, Nevada shows, casinos, and how Las Vegas differed from Reno.

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Edna Jackson-Ferguson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00571

Abstract

Oral history interview with Edna Jackson-Ferguson conducted by herself on April 15, 1975 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. Jackson-Ferguson provides many details about living in the camp with workers of the Hoover Dam and the tasks required of those workers in building the dam. Jackson-Ferguson mentions some of the other job positions her husband held and their pride in being a part of the Hoover Dam’s construction.

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Pamela Jones Brown oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03627

Abstract

Oral history interview with Pamela Jones Brown conducted by Claytee D. White on June 12, 2019 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Brown discusses her upbringing in Nashville, Tennessee and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1968. She remembers her career as a school teacher, her employment for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and writing about the history of African Americans in the United States. Lastly, Brown talks about the research behind her publications, African Americans migrating to the western United States, and early Las Vegas history.

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Renee L. Diamond oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02188

Abstract

Oral history interview with Renee Diamond conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 20, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Renee Diamond discusses coming to Las Vegas, Nevada via Los Angeles, California with her husband and children in the 1970s and getting involved in politics. She talks about her husband, Leo, and his business selling vinyl records in L.A., and her work in a doctor's office. Once in Las Vegas, the Diamonds joined Temple Beth Sholom and later Congregation Ner Tamid. Diamond also talks about her involvement in the political arena in southern Nevada, including the League of Women Voters.

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Gerry Gauthier oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03303

Abstract

Oral history interview with Gerry Gauthier conducted by an unknown interviewer on June 23, 2004 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. In this interview, Gauthier talks at length about his experiences as an Army infantryman in the Philippines and as a survivor of the Bataan Death March and subsequent internment at camps in the Philippines and Japan. He first describes his upbringing and education in Michigan and his desire to enlist in the Army in 1940. He then describes his experiences of war, capture, and internment and his release after three years and five months of captivity. He also talks about his life after the war, from the extensive period of hospitalization and rehabilitation to his marriage and thirty-five year career in the U. S. Postal Service. Finally, he discusses his retirement and move to Henderson, Nevada in 1997.

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Lendon Kaye Barney oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00083

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lendon Barney conducted by Kelly Adams on March 03, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Barney discusses his experiences as an early resident of Bunkerville, Nevada, his membership in the Mormon church, and his career as a music teacher for schools in Clark County, Nevada. Barney also describes some of the early development and changes in Nevada, such as the population growth, changes in housing prices, and the building of highways.

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Jerry (Jay) Vallen oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01861

Abstract

Oral history interview with Jerry Vallen conducted by Lisa Gioia-Acres on October 02, 2007 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. In this interview Jerry Vallen discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in June of 1967 because he was hired to work at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He talks about teaching marketing at the hotel college at UNLV and how he wanted the hotel college to be independent of university administration control. He also discussed his publications, which include three textbooks.

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Alice Cowles Brown oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00260

Abstract

Oral history interview with Alice Cowles Brown conducted by Eric M. Cheese for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Brown offers an overview of life in Las Vegas and Henderson from 1956 to 1981. Brown then discusses road conditions, social structures, the educational system, support for intercollegiate sports and UNLV.

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Frederic Apcar oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03302

Abstract

Oral history interview with Frederic Apcar conducted by Nancy Hardy on July 19, 2003 for the Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Apcar describes his birth and early life in Paris, France, his parents' divorce, working from a young age, and, at the age of sixteen learning to dance ballet and tap. He talks about his first dancing job at the Folies Bergere in Paris, going on tour for several years with Josephine Baker, and on his return to Paris, dancing with the Lido before signing a contract for a three-month job at the Copacabana in New York City, New York. He then discusses his move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1959, where he produced the Las Vegas Les Folies Bergere, Vive les Girls with Ron Lewis, and Casino de Paris. He also talks about Donn Arden as the other major show producer on the Strip during this period.

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