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Maxine Buckles oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Maxine Buckles conducted by Irene Rostine on September 20, 1995 for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN). In this interview, Buckles discusses her life in Boulder City, Nevada in the 1930s and 1940s. She talks about her high school years, working for a bank, and working for the Rheem Manufacturing Company at the Basic Magnesium Incorporated (BMI) industrial complex during World War II. Buckles describes working conditions for women, unions, and security at the BMI industrial complex.
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Suzette Cox oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Suzette Cox conducted by Lance Cooper on March 01, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Suzette Cox discusses working at the Las Vegas Sun, a local newspaper, as a deputy sheriff, and at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as a secretary. She also talks about living in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Las Vegas Strip, gambling, recreational activities, atomic testing, the Mormon Fort, and how Las Vegas has changed over the years.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Anonymous, 2004-2007
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Transcript of interview with Edith Allan by Elizabeth Cleary, February 26, 1977
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Ron Lawrence oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ron Lawrence conducted by Dennis McBride on 1997 June 22, July 11, and August 08 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In this interview Ron Lawrence discusses his early life, his career, and the gay community in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also discusses gay rights and the AIDs epidemic in the 1980s.
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Valerie Wiener oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Valerie Wiener conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 20, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Wiener discusses her childhood and being raised in Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1950s as well as the academic path that led her career into politics. Throughout Wiener’s interview, she highlights the traditions of the small, but growing Las Vegas Jewish population in the 1960s. Wiener also discusses her community service work and her life mantra of giving.
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Transcript of interview with John E. Craddock by Melody Craddock, April 10, 1977
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Vennis Johnston oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Vennis Johnston conducted by an unidentified collector on June 19, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Johnston discusses how she first moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1930 and the economic changes that have occurred since she first moved.
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Melanie Greenberg oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Melanie Greenberg conducted by Barbara Tabach on June 14, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Melanie Greenberg describes moving to Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband Gene and daughter. She talks about raising a family, and the Jewish community in Las Vegas.
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Mary Wilson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Mary Wilson conducted by Patricia Conerly on March 23, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Wilson discusses her personal experiences in Las Vegas, Nevada as an African-American woman living in Las Vegas in the 1950s and onward.
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