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John F. Cahlan oral history interview
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Oral history interview with John Cahlan conducted by an unknown interviewer in 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Cahlan discusses the Nevada Test Site and the role of Basic Magnesium for the atomic testing. Cahlan additionally discusses the image of Las Vegas, Nevada as the entertainment capital of the world and the work of journalism in shifting the image to the recreational aspects of the area, such as Lake Mead and Mount Charleston.
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Transcript of interview with Helen M. Clark by Danny Winegar, March 5, 1979
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Dr. Nancy Leveque interview, July 3, 1975: transcript
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On July 3, 1975, Robin Wright interviewed Doctor Nancy Leveque (b. 1933 in Oak Park, Illinois) about her time living in Las Vegas, Nevada. The interview covers, among many wide-ranging topics, Leveque’s move to and away from Las Vegas, her career as a veterinarian, and the practice she and her then-husband built. Leveque also discusses how the city of Las Vegas has changed-environmentally and socially-, special interest groups and social activities, as well as natural phenomena. Throughout the course of the interview, Leveque provides anecdotes about prominent figures and old Las Vegas traditions, such as Helldorado.
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Dale Kimball oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dale Kimball conducted by Dennis McBride on May 16, 1999 and January 1, 2001 for the Las Vegas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Archives Oral History Project. In this interview, Kimball discusses their personal impressions of and historical information about the people who donated to the Nevada Coalition for the Protection of Marriage, an organization which opposed same sex marriage. The interview consists entirely of Kimball reading through a list of donors to the Coalition and providing personal anecdotes on each individual.
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John Gallagher oral history interview
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Oral history interview with John Gallagher conducted by Patrick W. Carlton on May 31, 2002 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Gallagher discusses his career in higher education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as an educator and an administrator. Gallagher also describes his membership in the Las Vegas, Nevada chapter of the Rotary Club and that organization's relationship with UNLV. He concludes the interview by drawing distinctions between Las Vegas and cities of the Pacific Northwest.
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Shannon Rabb oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Shannon Rabb conducted by Claytee D. White on December 20, 2022 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Rabb describes her experience living in the Herbert Gerson Housing Development on the Westwide of Las Vegas. She describes it as safe, as community, and as protection from the police. In this interview, Rabb discusses a wide variety of topics including gangs, drugs, Westside businesses, and family with an expanded definition.
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Helen Morelli interview, 2016
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Collection Name: Junior League of Las Vegas' Records on the Morelli House Preservation Project
Box/Folder: Box 01
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Interview: VHS videotape, 2005
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Collection Name: Insignia Films Research for the American Experience: Las Vegas - An Unconventional History
Box/Folder: Box 04
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Morris Shenker oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Morris Shenker conducted by Cylde Weiss sometime between 1978 and 1983. At the time of the interviews, Weiss was a gaming reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and Shenker was the co-owner of the Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Weiss used the interviews in an article in the Review-Journal where he described Shenker as feeling "mob pressure" in his role a the hotel. Shenker was previously an attorney who represented Jimmy Hoffa. No digital audio or transcript; audiocassette only.
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Tad Porter oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Tad Porter conducted by Joseph H. Cutchin III on October 17, 1972 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. In this interview, Porter discusses his early life and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1939. He remembers the Carole Lombard plane crash accident, the construction of Hoover Dam, and social changes in Las Vegas since the 1940s.
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