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Willis Evans oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00558

Abstract

Oral history interview with Willis Evans conducted by Kathleen Morgan La Spina on December 02, 1986 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Evans discusses arriving and living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Evans also discusses being involved in the civic organization, District Attorney Youth Advisory Group. The interview concludes with a discussion of Boulder (Hoover) Dam, and changes in Las Vegas’ economy, politics, and environment.

Archival Collection

Edna Gray Fox oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00613

Abstract

Oral history interview with Edna Gray Fox conducted by an unidentified interviewer on February 03, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Fox discusses the Last Frontier Hotel, Thunderbird Motel, Warm Springs Ranch, and the Wallace Canyon Fire.

Archival Collection

Wayne Tanaka oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-03-12

Description

Oral history interview with Wayne Tanaka conducted by Ayrton Yamaguchi, Vanessa Concepcion, Kristel Peralta, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans on March 12, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Wayne shares his family's heritage and history as Japanese Hawaiians and discusses his father's internment during World War II. He shares his background growing up in Lahaina, Maui, Hawai'i and how he came to live in Las Vegas. Wayne discusses his career as an educator for the Clark County School District and talks about his life in Las Vegas with his wife and daughters. Subjects discussed include: Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha; Executive Order 9066; Sunset High School; Boulder Dam Area Council.

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Transcript of meeting regarding the Las Vegas Valley Water District, held under the auspices of Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, October 1, 1948

Date

1948-10-01

Archival Collection

Description

Transcript of a meeting to discuss the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District

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Interview with Nick C. Aquilina, April 6, 2004

Date

2004-04-06

Description

Narrator affiliation: Manager, Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office (NVOO)

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Compilation of writings from the Holocaust Survivors' Group, circa 1998

Date

1988

Archival Collection

Description

Bound compilation of four issues of the Holocaust Survivors' Group essays and poems.

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Letter from W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha) to G. F. Ashby (Omaha), May 7, 1942

Date

1942-05-07

Archival Collection

Description

Hulsizer enumerated the many financial and political reasons that the water producing lands controlled by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company should be sold to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Febuary 26, 1987

Date

1987-02-26

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes along with additional information about bylaws. CSUN Session 17 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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