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Transcript of interview with Helen M. Cecil by Claytee D. White, April 24, 2007

Date

2007-04-24

Description

Helen Mott Cecil was born in 1916 and grew up in Las Vegas. Her grandparents were miners and her grandmother owned property on the Westside. She recalls a friendly neighborhood and walking back and forth to school with neighborhood children. The family moved several times finally settling at 601 South Main Street. While attending Las Vegas High School she participated in several Helldorado parades with her father and brother. At the age of 15, Helen remembers the constriction of the first downtown post office. When the Hoover Dam started in 1931, her father was the under-sheriff. One of his duties was distributing health cards to prostitutes. Her memories include Saturday night dances in Anderson's Mess Hall in Boulder City, atomic bomb testing at the Nevada Test Site walking to church services on Fremont Street, Woodlawn Cemetery, the old Henderson Townsite and meeting President Roosevelt at the Hoover Dam dedication. As a high school student she served as president and counselor in her Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In 1934 she graduated from Las Vegas High School. Helen held numerous jobs before getting married at the age of 26-bookkeeper, movie theatre usher, telephone operator, and secretarial work. Her husband Bill worked at all three post office locations in the Las Vegas area. At the age of 91, Helen and her sister still live and enioy life in Las Vegas sharing their many memories of early Las Vegas.

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Transcript of interview with Ronald Bananto by Eric Henninger, March 15, 1981

Date

1981-03-15

Description

Eric Henninger interviews Detective Ronald Bananto at his home on March 15, 1981. Born in Coal Run, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bananto moved to Pioche, Nevada in 1949. A year later, and after a short period in San Francisco, California, Bananto relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950. Bananto discusses police work, and life in Pioche, Nevada.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 28, 1993

Date

1993-04-28

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about student organization funding requests.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 21, 1997

Date

1997-04-21

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, senate bills, and information about student organization conventions.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 26, 1999

Date

1999-04-26

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about office supplies and advertisements. CSUN Session 29 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 10, 1993

Date

1993-02-10

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes along with additional information about funds requests, a weekly schedule, and a newspaper clipping.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 11, 1999

Date

1999-10-11

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes, along with additional information about articles of impeachment.

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