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Interview with Harrie Fox Hess, March 5, 2005

Date

2005-03-05

Description

Narrator affiliation: Psychological Consultant

Text

H. P. Fitzgerald oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00581

Abstract

Oral history interview with H. P. Fitzgerald conducted by Kathlyn Wilson on March 09, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Fitzgerald discusses black history in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also talks about school integration and being one of the first black administrators for Clark County School District.

Archival Collection

Ed Von Tobel Jr. oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00036

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ed Von Tobel Jr. conducted by A. D. Hopkins on August 18, 1998 for the Las Vegas Review-Journal First 100 Oral History Project. Von Tobel Jr. discusses his family history, his childhood home, how his family began their lumber business, and his family’s impact in the Las Vegas, Nevada community.

Archival Collection

"NIGA Interview, Thomas Interview" video recording, 2012 April 02

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
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Collection Number: MS-00092
Collection Name: Katherine A. Spilde Papers on Native American Gaming
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 85

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Micheal Miller interview, April 5, 1976: transcript

Date

1976-04-05

Description

On April 5, 1976, collector Broderick T. Ackerman interviewed Michael Miller who has lived in Nevada since 1910. In this interview, Mister Miller speaks about his time working on ranches and as a trapper in Northern Nevada. He also speaks about his time running nightclubs in Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as seeing much growth throughout his time living in Las Vegas.

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Transcript of interview with Donald Edward Borsack by Stephen Compan, March 2, 1980

Date

1980-03-02

Description

Stephen Compan interviews entrepreneur Donald Edward Borsack on the front porch of his home in Las Vegas. Born in Bell, California in 1928, Borsack moved to Las Vegas in 1936. Occupations Borsack has had include insurance adjuster, clothing salesman, proprietor and owner of four El Portal Luggage stores. During this interview Borsack discusses the growth of Nevada, and sports and recreation in the early days, including Nevada’s first professional baseball team.

Text

Typed interview transcripts

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bill Willard Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00435
Collection Name: Bill Willard Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

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Photograph of Binion during an interview, Las Vegas, Nevada, approximately 1940 to 1985

Date

1940 to 1985

Description

Benny Binion (right) during a CBS interview. (n.d.) (OVERSIZE)

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Liliam Lujan Hickey oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-02680

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Liliam Lujan Hickey conducted by Layne Karafantis on March 18, 2010 and March 25, 2010 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) Las Vegas Women Oral History Project. Hickey begins her interviews describing growing up in Havana, Cuba in the 1930s, getting married at 16, and her life with her family in Cuba until they felt compelled to leave in 1960 to the United States. Hickey recounts her transition to American culture and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1964. She then discusses marrying her second husband, Tom Hickey, and her campaign for the Nevada Board of Education. Hickey also talks about a Hispanic community organization she helped created, Circulo Cuban, which eventually merged into the Latin Chamber of Commerce. Finally, she discusses how the organization promotes Hispanic culture, and her work to improve education in Las Vegas, and other community activism.

Archival Collection

Community organization interviews

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project
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Collection Number: MS-01178
Collection Name: Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project
Box/Folder: N/A

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