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Christina Gruber oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-03-02

Description

Oral history interview with Christina Gruber conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 2, 2019 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. In this interview, Gruber shares her experience living in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1997 and as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), mother of two, and physical fitness enthusiast. She recalls being shot during the Route 91 Harvest Festival and being rescued by strangers. She recalls the chaos of the evening, but also how strangers worked together to comfort each other amidst the terror. She discusses dedicated her athletic races to those who were murdered that evening, and how it has helped her recovery.

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Nympha Comacchio oral history interview: transcript

Date

2022-05-09

Description

Oral history with Nympha Comacchio conducted by Cecilia Winchell and Stefani Evans on May 09, 2022 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Comacchio recalls her childhood in the Philippines and growing up in a large family. After attending elementary school, Comacchio immediately went to work on her father's lumber farm, performing manual labor until she was seventeen. Later, she recalls finding employment as a seamstress in Manila, where she met her first husband when she left to work in Saudi Arabia for better pay. Comacchio describes how she was able to receive a student visa to finally immigrate to the United States, where she first arrived in California. Eventually, after meeting her second husband and hearing about housing prices in Las Vegas, Nevada, they purchased a house in the city in 2000. After briefly working for the New Frontier, Comacchio began working for the Wynn and Encore, where she found out about the Culinary Workers Union and became more active in that organization. Throughout the rest of the interview, Comacchio touches on the responsibilities of being a housekeeper, the current challenges they face, and how she feels about the growing AAPI population in southern Nevada.

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Raymond D. Rawson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01540

Abstract

Oral history interview with Raymond Rawson conducted by Claytee D. White on October 30, 2009 and November 13, 2009 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview Raymond Rawson discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of ten in 1950. He also discusses his educational background, including the fact that he was a member of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' first graduating class. He also talks about growing up in Las Vegas, his professional accomplishments, advocating for the creation of the UNLV School of Dental Medicine, and about being a community leader.

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with Carey Burke by Terri Goodsell, March 12, 1981

Date

1981-03-12

Description

Terri Goodsell interviews Carey Burke (b. 1936 in Columbus, Ohio) about his experience living in Nevada. Burke talks about moving to and living in Henderson for a period of time before moving to Las Vegas. Burke mentions a few memorable teachers from his schooling as well as the recreational activities he took part in, such as going to Lake Mead and joining a YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) camp. After mentioning the small odd jobs as a newspaper deliverer and altar boy for the Catholic Church, Burke talks about moving to Las Vegas in 1949 and his eventual schooling at St. Joseph’s Catholic School and Rancho High School. The interview then moves to a discussion on the above-ground atomic testing, including Burke’s and his sister’s experiences with the tests, and he then describes the Helldorado customs and celebrations in earlier days. Burke later mentions some of the various prominent individuals in Las Vegas whom he met and with whom he went to school, including business own

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Henrietta Pace oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00988

Abstract

Oral history interview with Henrietta Pace conducted by Claytee D. White on June 15, 1996 as part of the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. In this interview Pace first talks about growing up on a sharecropping farm in Arkansas, the type of work she performed as a child, the impact on education, her family and community, and the way the community celebrated holidays. She briefly discusses her marriage and then explains how and why she chose to move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1961. She talks about working as a housekeeper at a number of Strip hotels, about discrimination in employment, living in the Westside, and becoming involved with the union.

Archival Collection

Interview with Kenneth Giles, February 10, 2005

Date

2005-02-10

Description

Narrator affiliation: EPA Farm

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Memorial Day Parade: photographic print

Date

1930 (year approximate) to 1940 (year approximate)

Description

From the Tom and Erma Godbey Photograph Collection (PH-00262)-- The Boulder City Chamber of Commerce and the Drum & Bugle Corps march in the Memorial Day Parade. Mary Alice Hanson leads the group as the drum major. Pictured is Eleanor Ham and Dorothy Rine (baton twirlers), Dennis Whalen in the front row, Tom Godbey and Jim Godbey (snare drummers), & Laura Godbey and Ila Godbey (tenor drums). Written on the back of the photograph: "Photograph from Kely Lyon, Boulder City, Nevada".

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DeRuyter Butler oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02831

Abstract

Oral history interview with DeRuyter O. Butler conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on September 15, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Butler begins with discussing his early life and joining Steve Wynn's Atlandia Design in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1982. He then talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1986. The interview focuses on the design and development of various Las Vegas casinos.

Archival Collection

Letter from Nevada Day Executive Committee inviting H. E. Hazard to Nevada Day celebration, 1948

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

H. E. and Ruth Hazard Political Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00135
Collection Name: H. E. and Ruth Hazard Political Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

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Interview with Richard Vaughn Wyman, July 7, 2005

Date

2005-07-07

Description

Narrator affiliation: Geologist, Asst. Manager of Operations, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo)

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