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Judge Lee Koury oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01044

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lee Koury conducted by Claytee D. White on February 06, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview Lee Koury discusses his early life in Los Angeles, California. He then talks about working as a deputy Sheriff for Los Angeles County and how he dealt with the Charles Manson case during his career as deputy Sheriff. He then discusses his move to Missouri to become the United States Marshal for Missouri and then becoming a criminal court judge in Boone County, Missouri. He also discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2010 for retirement.

Archival Collection

Kathia Quiros Pereira oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03679

Abstract

Oral history interview with Kathia Quiros Pereira conducted by Monserrath Hernández on March 6, 2020 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Pereira discusses her personal history and immigration from Lima, Peru to the United States. She also talks of her educational background as a student at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and her current work as a founding partner of Pereira Immigration Law Group where she exclusively practices immigration law in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Dr. Anthony Saville oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01633

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dr. Anthony Saville conducted by Dr. Robert Ackerman and Dr. Patrick Carlton on June 17, 2002 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Dr. Saville reflects upon his career in school administration. He describes the process by which he became an administrator, challenges that he faced before he became a United States citizen, and his eventual involvement with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He discusses his experience working as the Dean of Education with UNLV and his development of the Education program.

Archival Collection

Ella Earl Carruth oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00160

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ella Earl Carruth conducted by Sherry Angell on June 23, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Carruth discusses Bunkerville, Nevada before 1942, life in Las Vegas, Nevada during World War II, the atomic tests, and environmental changes.

Archival Collection

Donald L. "Pat" Shalmy oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03153

Abstract

Oral history interview with Donald L. Shalmy conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee White on March 10, 2017 and March 14, 2017 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Shalmy discusses the benefits of regional planning and team approach to the quality of service and efficiency in county governments relative to growth, including transportation, water, flood control, air quality, tourism, and policing.

Archival Collection

Ann-Marja Lander oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03908

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ann-Marja Lander conducted by Claytee D. White on August 14, 2023 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Lander tells the history of her family living in Europe, getting visas for the United States in 1953, and migratng to Seattle. The family then moved to Souther California, and Lander worked in a department store in high school and joined B'nai B'rith as she began to feel closer to her Jewish heritage. After college, Lander recalls following family moving to Las Vegas, Nevada and joined the Westside Newcomers Club and worked as a certified financial planner. Lander discusses being a member of the Second Generation organization, which is composed of children of Holocaust survivors.

Archival Collection

Heidi and Scott Swank oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02147

Abstract

Oral history interview with Heidi and Scott Swank conducted by Claytee D. White on July 28, 2014 and October 13, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Heidi talks about forming the Nevada Preservation Foundation, her anthropological research in India, and her run for the Nevada Legislature representing Assembly District 16. The Swanks discuss the Downtown Project, the Flamingo Club, their 1956 house in the John S. Park neighborhood, and their neighbors.

Archival Collection

Carrie McCoy oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03281

Abstract

Oral history interview with Carrie McCoy conducted by Claytee D. White in Fordyce, Arkansas, approximately 1995 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, McCoy explains how she and her husband left Fordyce for Las Vegas, Nevada in 1942, seeking better economic prospects. After several years, McCoy returned to Fordyce to raise their four children and work as a housekeeper for several white families. After her oldest children were grown she returned to Las Vegas in 1961, first finding work at a small motel and then spending nine years working in housekeeping at the Flamingo Hilton Hotel. Finally, she returned to Fordyce in 1972. She ends the interview talking about comparative race relations between Fordyce and Las Vegas, differences in work practices, union activities, and church involvement.

Archival Collection

Sandra MacNally Stesch oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02622

Abstract

Oral history interview with Sandra MacNally Stesch conducted by Lisa Gioia-Acres on May 28, 2008 for the All That Jazz Oral History Project. Stesch begins by describing her upbringing in Scotland, her interest in becoming a singer, and immigrating to the United States in 1963. She details living and working as a cocktail waitress and a nanny in various states before eventually moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1967. Stesch discusses becoming a successful singer in Las Vegas under the stage name "Sandra MacTavish," singing at different casinos such as The Mint and Union Plaza, and meeting her husband, Hal Stesch. She concludes by discussing her life after her singing career, how Las Vegas has changed, and her family.

Archival Collection

Dorothy Eisenberg oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02176

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dorothy Eisenberg conducted by Barbara Tabach on October 23, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Eisenberg discusses her childhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the Great Depression, her religious upbringing, and attending Hebrew school. She talks about her early passion for civic involvement, attending Temple University, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1964. Eisenberg then discusses Temple Beth Sholom Las Vegas, receiving a teaching certificate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and her involvement with the League of Women Voters. Lastly, Eisenberg recalls her participation with school desegregation, her involvement with the Public Education Foundation, and having a school named in her honor.

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