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Justice Michael Cherry oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Nevada Supreme Court Justice Michael Cherry conducted by Michael Geeser on April 10, 2006 for the I Remember When: Recollections from Las Vegas Jewish Leaders Oral History Project. Cherry talks about his legal career, and about being Jewish in Las Vegas. He also discusses his board membership at Temple Beth Sholom and serving as president of Temple Ner Tamid, as well as his activities in B'nai B'rith District 4. The interview concludes with questions from the audience.
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"Harrah's History" slides, undated
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Collection Name: Harrah’s Entertainment Corporate Archives
Box/Folder: Box 029
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History of Central Credit, 1987
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Collection Name: Central Credit, Inc. Records
Box/Folder: Box 03
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Dr. Wilbur Sylvester oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dr. Wilbur Sylvester conducted by Elizabeth Polson on April 06, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Sylvester discusses his personal history and the history of Las Vegas, Nevada. Sylvester describes arriving in Las Vegas during the 1940s, life during that time, and prominent figures in the city, such as Maude Frazier. Sylvester continues to discuss important people in Nevada's history, like Key Pittman and other politicians. He goes on to talk about gambling in Las Vegas, tuberculosis patients who sought out drier climates to alleviate their condition, and his career as a podiatrist.
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Kochy Tang oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Kochy Tang conducted by Kristel Peralta, Vanessa Concepcion, and Stefani Evans on May 26, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Kochy gives a family history of her parents and how they both came to practice medicine; her father served in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War and later practiced alternative medicine alongside Kochy's mother in San Francisco and Reno. Kochy shares her educational and employment path pursuing osteopathic medicine and how, with the help of Tony Marnell, she was able to open her pratice within the M Resort and Casino. She discusses her work as a Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) and the relationships she has built within the Las Vegas medical community.
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Elaine Cali McNamara oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Elaine Cali McNamara conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee White on October 05, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. McNamara talks of being a teenager in Las Vegas, Nevada. She discusses her high school years and how she studied modeling in the evenings. Lastly, she talks of being a realtor in the early 1980s and serving as Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors vice president.
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Charles Payson Rosetta oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Charles Payson Rosetta conducted by John Reade in approximately 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Rosetta discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada from Massachusetts. Rosetta later discusses golfing and his career in the hotel business. Lastly, Rosetta describes his employment under Wayne Newton including Newton's horse breeding ranch.
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Barbara Hampton Givens oral history interview
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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
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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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Otis and Tisha Harris oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Otis R. Harris Jr. and Tisha Harris conducted by Claytee White on September 15, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In their interview Otis and Tisha talk about growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada during a time of racial change. Otis discusses working for the convention and visitors authority, working on economic development for West Las Vegas, and serving as an Assemblyman. Sylvia "Tisha" Harris discusses working as a teacher in Las Vegas for 29 years. Tisha and Otis also discuss how they have remained active in the community and operate Unibex Global Corporation.
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