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Alvin Einberger oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Alvin Einberger conducted by David G. Schwartz on February 08, 2007 for the Remembering Jay Sarno Oral History Interviews. In this interview, Einberger discusses the life of Jay Sarno. He recalls his experiences with Sarno and tells stories about Sarnos’ career in the gaming industry. Lastly, Einberger discusses the opening of Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1966.
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Cynthia Bunch oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Cynthia Bunch conducted by Gayle Allen for the KDWN Radio Lifelines Oral History Interviews on Nursing.
This interview is undated but likely took place between 1988 and 1999, the time span that "Lifelines with Gayle Allen" was taped by KDWN Radio.
Cynthia Bunch, a registered nurse and Nevada Nurses Association member, discusses Bill AB-156 and the importance of its passage in Congress. The bill requested better regulations across the United States for quality patient care under "Managed Care" insurance coverage. Bunch talks about consumer care rights and the types of requests patients can and should make when they are dissatisfied with their insurance-provided quality of care.
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Carol [Pattinose] oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Carol Pattinose conducted by Gayle Allen for the KDWN Radio Lifelines Oral History Interviews on Nursing.
This interview is undated but likely took place between 1988 and 1999, the time span that "Lifelines with Gayle Allen" was taped by KDWN Radio.
Carol Pattinose, a registered nurse at Nathan Adelson Hospice, defines terminal illness and discusses the reasons a patient might be admitted into a hospice. She talks about quality of care associated with end of life and how hospice care is more of a philosophy of care rather than a place someone is admitted, where the main goal is to keep patients comfortable in their own homes and assist with pain control.
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Ralph L. Canfield oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ralph L. Canfield conducted by Mariann McDuffee on March 21, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Canfield discusses different housing developments in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Las Vegas Strip hotels and casinos, Lake Mead, Nevada’s environmental quality; prostitution, and atomic testing.
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Shelley Bristol oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Shelley Bristol conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 10, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Bristol recalls moving from California to Las Vegas, Nevada to attend UNLV, returning to California and then back to Las Vegas in the 1980s. She discusses people and places, the Culinary Union, her podcast, and her parents' involvement in B'nai Brith in Southern California, as well as her own activities in efforts to control the spread of HIV/AIDS through education and outreach.
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Dan Bennett oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dan Bennett conducted by Guy Pence on October 03, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During this interview Bennett talks about the visits from presidents and other important people to the Las Vegas, Nevada area and discusses the 1942 plane crash of Carole Lombard’s plane. He also mentions Boulder Dam and describes the economic, social and environmental changes that have taken place in Southern Nevada over the years.
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Chris Tonemah oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Chris Tonemah conducted by David Schwartz on June 08, 2015 for the Table Games Management Oral History Project. In this interview, Tonemah discusses her upbringing in Flagstaff, Arizona and attending dealing school in Las Vegas, Nevada. She remembers the switch to corporation ownership of Las Vegas casino properties, auditioning to deal at the MGM Grand, and the increase of women dealers during the 1980s. Tonemeh describes the MGM Grand fire and becoming a dealer at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino. Lastly, Tonemeh discusses the opening of The Venetian, transitioning to the roll of pit boss, and changes she has experienced in card dealing.
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Carl Esteban oral history interview: transcript
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Oral history interview with Carl Esteban conducted by William Bailey on December 2, 2022 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Esteban recalls growing up in Salinas, California in a predominantly Asian community before relocating with family to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2002. As a first generation Filipino America, Esteban's mother sacrificed her life in the Philippines to become the sole person in her family to immigrate to America. Esteban received his degree in Special Education and is currently pursuing to a master's degree in the same field. Esteban is currently a special education educator at the Yvonne Atkinson-Gates Center in North Las Vegas. Throughout the interview, Esteban discusses a wide range of topics spanning from his family migration story, his early childhood, his Filipino identity, Asian stereotypes as the model minority, and how his mentors helped shape him into the person he is today.
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Sam Boyd oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Sam Boyd conducted by John Chickering, Ralph Roske, and Mark Lilley on February 16, 1973, February 28, 1977, and May 09, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Throughout the interviews, Boyd touches on the social, political, and industrial changes that occurred in Southern Nevada pertaining to hotels/casinos, America’s involvement in wars, and political figures that shaped Nevada’s jurisdiction.
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C.E. Hansley oral history interview
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Oral history interview with C.E. Hansley conducted by George Whitehair on May 27, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In his interview Hansley discusses moving to Nevada in the mid 1950s and mining in Tonopah, Nevada. He also discusses the changes he has seen in Nevada infrastructure.
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