Oral history interview with Pamela DiMiceli, Leslie Fox-Priest, Jenna Fox, Steven Fox, and Jeffrey Fox conducted by Claytee D. White on November 22, 2019 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, siblings Pamela, Leslie, Steven, and Jeffrey talk about their family background and upbringing in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pamela and Jeffrey remember attending Las Vegas High School, going to the movies at the Fremont, El Portal, and the Fox theaters, and school integration. Steven describes his childhood in Las Vegas and his educational experience. Jenna is the daughter of Leslie and also participates in the interview.
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From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Business interviews file.
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Oral history interview with George Bogdanovich, Angie Bogdanovich DeLong, Sophie Bogdanovich Romans, and Nina Bogdanovich Wolters conducted by Shirley Leavitt on December 01, 2003 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, the Bogdanovich siblings talk about their family's move from California to Arden, Nevada in 1923, and subsequent move to a company mining camp at the Blue Diamond Mine in 1924. They describe living in a tent-house built by their father and walking several miles to a one-room schoolhouse each day. They also discuss the establishment of the mine, the lack of facilities in the mining camp and the growth of Blue Diamond Village. They share many anecdotes about local residents and activities in the Village, including the growth of various churches and the construction of a community pool. The siblings also discuss visiting Las Vegas, Nevada with family and friends.
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Lowell Moody was fire chief of the Hawthorne Volunteer Fire Department in the 1940s, and his family has continued service at the Hawthorne Valley Fire Department in the following decades. Steve Moody, Rick Reuter, Barbara Reuter, Mark Nixon, Craig Nixon, Kyle Reuter, and Lindsey Reuter were interviewed for Elwood Schmidt's book "A History of Emergency Medical Services in Nevada Oral History Project."
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