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Guy Hamblin oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00774

Abstract

Oral history interview with Guy Hamblin conducted by Barry Merrell on February 22, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Hamblin discusses moving from different towns in Nevada before settling down in Southern Nevada, viewing the above-ground atomic bomb tests, early Fremont Street, and his work on the railroad. Hamblin also discusses the demographic and economic changes that he has seen in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride and Shaun Slaughter at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999. Sunset Park. L-R: Dennis McBride; Shaun Slaughter.

Image

Shaun Slaughter and Dennis McBride at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; L-R: Dennis McBride; Shaun Slaughter.

Image

Claytee D. White oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03904

Abstract

Oral history interview with Claytee D. White conducted by Stefani Evans on November 2, 2023 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Claytee D. White, founding directory of the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries, celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the OHRC by contributing her oral history to the collection.

She begins by explaining how the system of sharecropping worked in her family near rural Ahoskie, North Carolina, and she talks about the field work involved in raising cotton, tobacco, corn, and peanuts. The fifth of eight children and the first daughter, she shares memories of going into town with her mother, of admiring her women teachers, and of attending North Carolina Central College (now University) for two years before moving to Washington, D.C., and working for the telephone company.

After recalling her two years in D.C. and 22 years in Los Angeles, California, she describes "running away" to Las Vegas, Nevada in the early 1990s. Here, at the History department at UNLV, she recalls learning to conduct oral histories. White shares memories of her first interviews with Hazel and Jimmy Gay and Lucille Bryant. She talks of matriculating to the College of William and Mary for her PhD and of returning to Bertie County to live with her mother and administer the office of The Shaw University Center for Alternative Programs in Education (CAPE). She describes how she was offered the position of OHRC founding director, why it matters that she was an "opportunity hire," and how it feels to be the only Black person in a room.

Archival Collection

Flex Lounge float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride; Flex Lounge float.

Image

Crowd seated at Gay Pride, image 001: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. (5-8-99)

Image

Crowd seated at Gay Pride, image 002: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. (5-8-99)

Image

Crowd seated at Gay Pride, image 003: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. (5-8-99)

Image

Ed May oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01231

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ed W. May conducted by Claytee D. White on July 22, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, May discusses golfing in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Valley View Club, an organization for predominately African American golfers, and its significance to the African American community. May describes how the club began and recalls anecdotes from his time as president of the club for nine years.

Archival Collection

Cindy Baca oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03619

Abstract

Oral history interview with Cindy Baca conducted by Barbara Tabach on May 22, 2019 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project.

Cindy Baca, born and raised in Las Vegas, talks about her family and occupation as a librarian at Escobedo Middle School. Cindy's twin daughters were present and injured during the Route 91 Festival and October 1 shooting. She describes their experiences and the Random Acts of Kindness project she piloted at her school after the incident.

Archival Collection