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Roxalana Morgan oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Roxalana "Mrs. Morgan" Morgan conducted by Faye and Dan Dannatt circa 1964 to 1965. In this interview, Morgan reads her original manuscript that would be used for a book regarding her experience living on Sunrise Mountain near Las Vegas, Nevada. She discusses her religious reasons for going to the mountain, people that she met while on the mountain, and some of her biggest challenges with wildlife and no shelter. Digital transcript available; no audio recording.
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Pamela Jones Brown oral history interview
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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 growing up in Nashville, Tennessee and meeting her husband, Joe W. Brown, while attending Sweer Briar College and married two months later. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in July 1968, where she taught English and French at Brinley Junior High School. She left teaching and joined PBS/Channel 10 as a scriptwriter. The Junior League of Las Vegas became her creative outlet with the "Crossroads of the West" project that documented the history of the town. These short documentaries were produced by the local PBS statio, and she discusses writing the scripts.
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Carrie Townley Porter oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Carrie Townley Porter conducted by Claytee D. White on February 07, 2006 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. Townley discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1962, working as a substitute teacher and finishing her degree at Nevada Southern University (now the University of Nevada Las Vegas- UNLV). She also talks about teaching math at Gibson Junior High, working at UNLV as an archivist, a records analyst, and records administrator for different businesses.
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Dr. Darville Knowles oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Darville Knowles conducted by Lisa Gioia-Acres on October 09, 2008 and November 05, 2008 for the Heart to Heart Oral History Project. Knowles is an African-American physician who settled in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982 and practiced at Sunrise Hospital. He discusses the differences between Miami, Florida and Las Vegas as far as segregation in housing, education, and job opportunities. Knowles also discusses health problems and the future of medicine in Las Vegas.
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Chapter history, 1966-1996
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Collection Name: Southern Nevada Daughters of the American Revolution Records
Box/Folder: Box 05
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Campus history - scholarships, 1960s
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Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Thematic Slides and Prints
Box/Folder: Box 113
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Joseph and Mildred Kine oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Joseph and Mildred Kine conducted by Jay Brewer on April 29, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The Kines discuss Boulder City, Nevada and the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam. The interview concludes with discussion surrounding Army camps and living conditions.
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Elaine Newton oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Elaine Newton conducted by Cecilia Winchell, Kristel Peralta, and Vanessa Concepcion on May 19, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Elaine Newton shares her family's history living in Hawaii and Japan, and memories from her childhood growing up with her six siblings in Honolulu. She talks about becoming a flight attendant for Pan American World Airways and how she met her former husband, Wayne Newton, after a stop in Vietnam. Elaine recalls their courtship and marriage as well as what Las Vegas life, fashion, and entertainment were like during the 1980s. She also speaks about racial discrimination and anti-asian violence in the past and present.
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Susan Molasky oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Susan Molasky conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 11, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Susan Molasky discusses her childhood and teenage years growing up in London, England where she worked in a fabric store. Molasky also talks about originally coming to Las Vegas, Nevada with her first husband in the late 1950s. She discusses raising her children in Las Vegas, Nevada and her battle with ovarian cancer, which prompted her involvement in Nathan Adelson Hospice. She then discuss her life with second husband, Irwin Molasky, and the causes they are involved in.
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Doris Mae Christensen oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Doris Mae Christensen conducted by Karen Christensen on February 16, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Doris discusses economic, environmental and social changes in Las Vegas, Nevada. Doris also discusses World War II and the Old Ranch (Mormon Fort).
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