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Frank Bell (Lander County) oral history interview, 2013 July 18
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Bell, a native of Amargosa Valley, Nevada, first took an EMS course at Battle Mountain in 1987. He completed paramedic training in Winnemucca and Carson City in 1995. He became commander of the Battle Mountain ambulance service in 2012.
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Collection Name: History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada Oral History Interviews
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Video, Congregation Ner Tamid oral history roundtable, September 21, 2016
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Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, Gerald Gordon, Bob Unger, David Wasserman, Renee Diamond and Gilbert Shaw discuss the founding of Congregation Ner Tamid in 1974. It became the first Reform synagogue in Las Vegas. The conversation includes discussion about the first meeting, the move into the current location, and the hiring of Rabbi Akselrad.
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Nancy Lough oral history interview, 2024 September 16, 2024 October 14
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Oral history interview with Nancy Lough conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on September 16 and October 14, 2024 for the Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Lough talks about women in sports, her personal athletic journey, her Sport Management Program and research at UNLV, and the impact of sports on the city of Las Vegas. She recalls her early life in Colorado, where she played many sports and eventually ran cross country for Adams State College in the 1980s. In 1988, she moved to Texas to work as a graduate assistant for Peggy V. Hill had the opportunity to coach the cross country team at the very beginning of their season. After that experience, Lough went on to coach various other teams and enjoyed tremendous success, but later shifted her focus and came to UNLV to start their Sports Management Program, which is still a successful program to this day. Digital audio available; no transcript available.
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Collection Name: Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports Interviews
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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Owen S. Bunker, Mary F. Botts Miller, LaRue and Richard Worthen, and Janice Zobrist oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Owen S. Bunker, Mary F. Botts Miller, LaRue and Richard Worthen, and Janice Zobrist conducted by Claytee D. White and Karen Schank on June 12, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, participants discuss their relationship to the Old Mormon Fort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Miller talks about her family’s involvement at the Fort and remembers school integration. Richard and LaRue recall moving to Las Vegas in 1942 and describe the old Las Vegas creek. Bunker talks about his uncle’s involvement at the Fort raising hogs and cultivating fig trees, and remembers the Quinn Dairy Farms business. Lastly, Zobrist discusses growing up in Las Vegas and being a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
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Julie Murray (Moonridge Group) oral history interview conducted by Kelliann Beavers: transcript
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From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Community organization interviews file.
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Courtney Mooney, Paul Huffey, Michael S. Mack, Jack Levine, and Chris Giunchigliani oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Courtney Mooney, Paul Huffey, Michael S. Mack, Jack Levine, and Chris Giunchigliani conducted by Suzanne Becker on May 30, 2009 for the Voices of the Historic John S. Park Neighborhood. In this interview, Mooney, Huffey, Mack, Levine, and Giunchigliani discuss living in the John S. Park neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada. They talk about changes in the neighborhood, Huntridge Circle Park, and the Huntridge Theater. The participants describe the design of their houses, and house renovations done in the area.
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Transcripts of oral histories at the Nevada Women's Conference, annotated by McClure, July 1977
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Collection Name: Florence McClure Papers
Box/Folder: Box 2
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#00493: Basketball - UNLV vs Oral Roberts University, 1972 December 11
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Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1970s)
Box/Folder: N/A
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Freed Bakery Family, Joni Fried, Max Jacobson-Fried, and Sarah Fried oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Joni, Sarah, and Max Fried conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 04, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Joni Fried, her daughter Sarah Fried, and nephew Max Jacobson-Fried share stories of working in the family business, Freed’s Bakery, started by Joni's parents Milton and Esther Fried. They also discuss how computer technologies and social media marketing impacted their early business.
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Slavin, Ed, oral history, Nye County Town History Project, undated
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Collection Name: Mountain West's Yucca Mountain Socioeconomic Project Records
Box/Folder: Box 02
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