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Louis Yoxen interview, 2003: transcript
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Archival Collection
Description
Yoxen begins her interview by discussing how she first arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada to work for the U.S. State Department in the 1950s. She then describes her childhood in Alabama, competing in the Miss America pageant, and her life in Miami, Florida. Yoxen also discusses living in North Africa and Berlin, Germany while working for the State Department as a clerk. She then talks about moving around with her sister and her family, and eventually coming to Las Vegas. She describes what Las Vegas was like in the 1950s. Yoxen ends her interview with a discussion on her family, her husband's work, and their recreational activities.
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Education sector interviews
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Elected official interviews
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project
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Government agency interviews
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project
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Community organization interviews
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project
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Interviews, 1978-1992
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Cork Proctor Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01
Archival Component
Interview (copy), 1980
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Robert E. Robinson Legislative Papers
Box/Folder: Box 08
Archival Component
Transcript of interview with Charlotte M. Kelly by Terri Lynn Truesdell, April 4, 1976
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Archival Collection
Description
On April 4, 1976, Terri Lynn Truesdell interviewed real estate worker Charlotte M. Kelly (born July 18th, 1935 in Salt Lake City, Utah) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada, about her memories of early Southern Nevada. The two discuss local history that Kelly had experienced as well as Kelly’s reasons for moving to Nevada. Kelly concludes the interview with a conversation on population growth and Nellis Air Force Base.
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J. A. Tiberti oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with J. A. Tiberti conducted by Claytee D. White on August 17, 2000 and August 24, 2000 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Tiberti begins by discussing his family history and his upbringing in the mining town of Morley, Colorado, and later in Detroit, Michigan. He describes moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1941, where he worked for the United States Corps of Engineers on the construction of Nellis Air Force Base and later established his construction company, J. A. Tiberti Construction Company. Tiberti talks about being a member of the City of Las Vegas Planning Commission, the duties and responsibilities that came with being on the Planning Commission, and describes how a construction company is run. He also discusses his wife, children, and how Las Vegas has changed and grown since the 1940s.
Archival Collection
Interviewing and Recruiting, 1983
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Office of Vice President for Academic Affairs Records
Box/Folder: Box 092
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