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Transcript of interview with Kerin Scianna Rodgers by Suzanne Becker and Claytee D. White, February 7, 2009 and August 11 & 16, 2011
Date
2011-08-16
2011-08-11
Archival Collection
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Kerin Rodgers was born in 1936. She recounts her family history and stories of her youth growing up in Boston, MA, and shares how the family relocated to Seattle, WA in the mid-1940s. She talks about her enjoyment of theatrical arts and politics, and about being a resourceful divorced, single-mom and entrepreneur. In 1958 she opened a retail fashion store and modeling agency with a friend in Santa Monica, CA. Kerin had a knack for fashion and interior design that would assist her then and into the future. She also shares the story of arriving in Las Vegas as part of retail job with The Broadway stores in 1966—a two-week stint that seemed to have no ending. Her transition into Las Vegas included remarriage, a 1974 Keno win that enabled her to put down money on a home ( a house built by Paul Huffey) in the John S. Park neighborhood, and making close friends in the community. Her interview is sprinkled with tales of activities and personalities from the neighborhood's past and present. Kerin was involved with the Focus Youth House, speaks about First Fridays and art, as well as gives a perspective of police, criminal behaviors and changes in the neighborhood over the years. She hosted a local television show and enjoyed being a community activist.
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Interview with Thornton Duard (T.D.) Barnes, January 12, 2007
Date
2007-01-12
Archival Collection
Description
Narrator affiliation: Special Projects, Area 51; NERVA & NASA; Roadrunners Internationale
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Interview with James Arnold Hodges, January 17, 2005
Date
2005-01-17
Archival Collection
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Narrator affiliation: Photographic engineer, Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier (EG&G)
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Interview with Ernest Benjamin Williams, March 26, 2004
Date
2004-03-26
Archival Collection
Description
Narrator affiliation: Budget and Logistics, Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. Department of Energy
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Interview with Peggy L. Bostian, June 28, 2004
Date
2004-06-28
Archival Collection
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Narrator affiliation: Vice-president, CER Geonuclear Corp.; Administrative Assistant, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo)
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Interview with John Shannon Coogan, September 15, 2006
Date
2006-09-15
Archival Collection
Description
Narrator affiliation: Health Physicist, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo), Public Health Service (USPHS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Interview with Norma Cox, June 8, 2004
Date
2004-06-08
Archival Collection
Description
Narrator affiliation: Administrator, Atomic Energy Commission and Public Health Service
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