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Transcript of interview with Eddie E. Buxton by Bernard D. Vardiman, March 30, 1976
Date
1976-03-30
Archival Collection
Description
Bernard Vardiman interviews colleague Eddie Buxton (born 1938 in Las Vegas, Nevada), an officer with the North Las Vegas Police Department, about his family heritage and his experiences growing up in Las Vegas. Buxton describes the significance of some of his ancestors, from Rose Warren, who was one of the first Las Vegas pioneers, to Joe and Ernest May, two of the first police officers in Las Vegas. He specifically mentions the 1933 death of Ernest May, the first law enforcement officer in Las Vegas killed in the line of duty. Buxton also recalls the development of both Las Vegas and North Las Vegas over time, including specific locations and what used to be undeveloped land. He also describes going to school in the city, his father’s work on Hoover Dam, and other aspects about the way of life in Las Vegas.
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Architectural drawing of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), wall sections, 1985
Date
1985
Archival Collection
Description
Plans for the construction of the Showboat Hotel Casino in Atlantic City from 1985. Parchment copy.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Architectural drawing of the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), exterior wall details, porte-cochère, 1985
Date
1985
Archival Collection
Description
Plans for the construction of the Showboat Hotel Casino in Atlantic City from 1985. Parchment copy.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ
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Transcript of interview with Nancy Craft by Claytee D. White, July 28, 2015
Date
2015-07-28
Archival Collection
Description
Nancy Craft (née Pracejus) was born on August 30, 1937 in North Weymouth, Massachusetts. Her mother, Grace Franklin (née Farquhar) was a nursery school specialist and her father, Herbert Pracejus, was an engineer. She lived in Massachusetts for the first eight years of her life until her father’s health caused them to move to Las Vegas, Nevada on July 26, 1946. She attended John S. Park Elementary School and Las Vegas High School. In 1953, Craft successfully auditioned for the Rhytmettes and performed with the dance troupe until she graduated in 1955. After high school, she married her first husband and worked in a number of different offices. She married Norman Craft, a coach and athletic director for the Clark County School District, on May 31, 1964. Craft worked for Green Valley High School for a number of years before taking some time to raise her children. She chose to return to work in 1990 as a library aide. She retired in 2001.
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Transcript of interview with Dorothy Lee by Claytee D. White, June 02, 2016
Date
2016-06-02
Archival Collection
Description
Dorothy Ann Lee (née Damrow) was born in 1941 in New Jersey. Her family came to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1946 in an effort to improve her father’s health but chose to stay after she and her sister contracted chicken pox during the trip. She attended John S. Park Elementary School and Las Vegas High School. She moved around the city of Las Vegas a number of times during her childhood before settling in the Huntridge neighborhood with her mother in 1950. She worked for the Huntridge Theater during her high school years. She was also a member of the Rhythmettes, Las Vegas High School’s dance troupe, for three years and performed all over the United States during her time with them. After high school, Lee attended the University of Illinois until she met her future husband and dropped out. She lived in Chicago for six months before she and Danny Lee moved back to Las Vegas to get married. They married in 1960 at the Little Church of the West. The couple had four children together.
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DeRionne P. Pollard (Nevada State University) oral history interview conducted by Magdalena Martinez and Taylor Cummings: transcript
Date
2022-10-13
Archival Collection
Description
From the Lincy Institute "Perspectives from the COVID-19 Pandemic" Oral History Project (MS-01178) -- Education sector interviews file.
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