Oral history interview with W.E. Butch Leypoldt conducted by Bruce Davidson on April 01, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Leypoldt describes life in early Las Vegas, Nevada after arriving in 1938. Leypoldt also briefly discusses being drafted in World War II and the city's reaction to the war.
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Oral history interview with Barbara Bates Kirkland conducted by Claytee D. White on November 12, 2004 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Kirkland discusses working at the Westside School with Mabel Hoggard and co-founding the La Femme Douze.
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Oral history interview with Rochelle Hornsby conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 30, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Hornsby arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1962 when her former husband Len took a position with a local radio station. Her sales talent led her into promotional sales for conventions and she talks about her former husband's and her careers in Las Vegas. For over twenty years she has been a residential real estate agent. She also talks about volunteering with the Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood, and the 25th Anniversary celebration of Israel.
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Oral history interview with Rose and Mark Oatis conducted by Claytee D. White, Anna Frederick, and Remy Chwae on June 10, 2017 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Rose and Mark discuss their upbringings and early interest in art. Mark talks about the significance of sign and signboards, sign design, and the founding of the Letterheads. He talks about sign painting in Las Vegas, Nevada, education on sign painting, and modern graphic design. Lastly, Rose and Mark discuss the regional styles of sign painting in various cities of the country.
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Oral history interview with Harriet Hicks conducted by Claytee D. White on October 28, 2009 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Hicks discusses being a child of a pioneer family in Parowan, Utah and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1931.
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Oral history presentation by Stephen Long recorded approximately 1987-2008 and donated to the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. In this presentation, Long describes his enlistment in the United States Air Force soon after graduating from college in 1966, his training to become a pilot, and being sent to Vietnam in 1968. He explains his role as a forward air control pilot, responsible for relaying information of enemy positions to attack aircraft, and how he was shot down on February 28, 1969 he was captured in Laos and subsequently held as a prisoner-of-war for 1,490 days.
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Oral history interview with Benny Binion conducted by an unknown interviewer circa 1975 to 1977. In this interview, Binion discusses his arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1946 and his involvement with the town in the early 1950s. He discusses what motivated him to move, his involvement with the Las Vegas Club, and his decision to build The Westerner and eventually Binion’s Horseshoe on Fremont Street. He also describes what gaming was like in Las Vegas when he first arrived, and his interactions with other casinos such as the Flamingo, Eldorado Club, and Hotel Apache in 1951.
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Oral history interview with Judge Joseph Bonaventure conducted by Leolie Sanidad on March 12, 1985 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Bonaventure discusses his responsibilities as a judge of the Justice Court of Clark County, Nevada. He also discusses important and beneficial changes that the court system went through to improve the Las Vegas, Nevada community. The interview concludes with Judge Bonaventure's opinion on Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Oral history interview with Eddie Buxton conducted by Bernard D. Vardiman on March 30, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Buxton describes the significance of some of his ancestors, including Ernest May, who was the first law enforcement officer in Las Vegas, Nevada killed in the line of duty in 1933. Buxton also recalls the development of both Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, going to school in the city, and his father’s work on Hoover Dam.
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Oral history interview with Arthur Williams Jr. conducted by Claytee D. White on April 19, 2011 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Williams discusses his employment with Reynolds Electric and Engineering Company and his career in law. He talks about his experience as an African American in law school, aiding African American and Hispanic students getting into law school, and the establishment of the Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association (LVNBA).
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