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Transcript of interview with Tom and Donna Martin by Claytee White, January 31, 2013

Date

2013-01-31

Description

Hailing from Indiana and California, Donna Guiffre Martin and Tom Martin came to Las Vegas in the early 1950s as their parents sought new opportunities. Donna's father, Gus Guiffre, quickly established himself as a local television personality, while Tom's father took on a variety of entrepreneurial opportunities. Like many of the young people in Las Vegas, Donna and Tom enjoyed riding around town; horse-back riding; football games; Helldorado - and, of course, Rancho High School. This interview covers both Donna and Tom's early years before their moves to Las Vegas, as well as their memories of first homes, childhood experiences, early adulthood and their current lives.

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Relda W. Leavitt interview, March 18, 1976: transcript

Date

1976-03-18

Description

On March 18, 1976, collector David Steele Broussard interviewed Relda Whitney Leavitt (born April 3rd, 1917 in Saint Thomas, Nevada) at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this interview, Mrs. Leavitt discusses growing up in Saint Thomas, Nevada before her family moved to Las Vegas. She also discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada and her family’s dairy business in Whitney, Nevada. She speaks about the different changes and growth she has seen in Las Vegas over the years.

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Transcript of interview with Ann Lynch by Emily Powers, May 27, 2008

Date

2008-05-27

Archival Collection

Description

Ann Lynch discusses her background - born in Kansas City, 1934; attended Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas; classes at Kansas University; a year in theater; director of PR at Evansville University. In 1959 she came to Las Vegas as director of the clubs at Nellis Air Force Base. Ann shares in depth on her parents and grandparents and on her family today, which includes a brother 14 years younger, her son, and a nephew. She describes Las Vegas in the early sixties, meeting her husband, and her duties as club manager at Nellis. She comments on becoming camp director for the Girl Scout program at Mount Charleston, which led to training scout leaders and board members. When Ann's son Edward went to kindergarten, she took on the PTA job of parliamentarian, then president of Ruth Fyfe ES PTA. She eventually became President of the Las Vegas Area Council, Nevada State PTA president, and finally national president of the PTA. The school named after her (Ann T. Lynch Elementary) has benefited from her other charity organizations. Because of her PTA involvement, Ann became very active in legislation in Washington, D.C., traveling to other countries to help activate parent involvement. She had also worked with Sunrise Hospital during this time and when she was relieved of some of her PTA duties, she helped found the Sunrise Hospital Children's Foundation and the Public Education Foundation. She details the many functions of both foundations. Ann comments on the lobbying she does in the Nevada legislature and in Washington, D.C., medical billing through Medicare and Medicaid, and the ongoing shortage of nurses nationwide. She offers opinions on unions for nurses and mentions robotic surgery, the stroke center, neonatal center, and breast cancer center as evidence of recent developments in medicine at Sunrise Hospital.

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Interview with Raymond Chester Harbert, April 3, 2006

Date

2006-04-03

Description

Narrator affiliation: Resident Engineer, Holmes and Narver; Program Manager, Plowshare

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Interview with Oliver Wilhelm Kaufmann, November 29, 2005

Date

2005-11-29

Description

Narrator affiliation: Biologist, Public Health Service

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Interview with James Ogle, April 6, 2005

Date

2005-04-06

Description

Narrator affiliation: Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Family member

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Interview with Kenneth Giles, February 10, 2005

Date

2005-02-10

Description

Narrator affiliation: EPA Farm

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Interview with Patricia George, with Virginia Sanchez, September 11, 2004

Date

2004-09-11

Description

Narrator affiliation: Program Manager, Nuclear Risk Management for Native Communities
Access note: May not quote in any form without written permission from interviewee

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Interview with Virginia Sanchez, with Patricia George, September 11, 2004

Date

2004-09-11

Description

Narrator affiliation: Activist, Nuclear Risk Management for Native Communities
Access note: May not quote in any form without written permission from interviewee

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Interview with Richard Vaughn Wyman, June 13, 2005

Date

2005-06-13

Description

Narrator affiliation: Geologist, Asst. Manager of Operations, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo)
Access note: Audio temporarily sealed

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