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Burton Cohen oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03187

Abstract

Oral history interview with Burton Cohen conducted by Claytee D. White on July 9, 2013 as part of the UNLV Boyd Law School project, UNLV Gaming Law Journal. In this interview, casino executive Burton Cohen begins with his early life in Miami, Florida where he “fell in love with the hotel business” while working in his father’s hotel as a boy. He recounts how he abandoned his law career to return to the hotel business and how he came to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1960s to build up and manage operations at The Frontier. Cohen discusses his long career as a chief operating officer, touching briefly on some of the hotel/casinos that he helped launch and oversee in Las Vegas, including The Frontier, Circus Circus, Flamingo, Caesars Palace, the Desert Inn, and the Dunes. Cohen discusses some of the major changes that have occurred over the years in hotel/casino management and expresses respect for some of his contemporaries in the hotel industry such as Kirk Kerkorian, Billy Weinberger, and Gary Loveman.

Archival Collection

Kochy Tang oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03772

Abstract

Oral history interview with Kochy Tang conducted by Kristel Peralta, Vanessa Concepcion, and Stefani Evans on May 26, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project.

Kochy gives a family history of her parents and how they both came to practice medicine; her father served in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War and later practiced alternative medicine alongside Kochy's mother in San Francisco and Reno. Kochy shares her educational and employment path pursuing osteopathic medicine and how, with the help of Tony Marnell, she was able to open her pratice within the M Resort and Casino. She discusses her work as a Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) and the relationships she has built within the Las Vegas medical community.

Archival Collection

Millicent Rosen oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02425

Abstract

Oral history interview with Millicent Rosen conducted by Barbara Tabach on June 23, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Rosen discusses her dad, Benjamin Siegel, who was one of the original builders of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino. She also talks about growing up in New York, Beverly Hills, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

George Levine oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02287

Abstract

Oral history interview with George Levine conducted by Barbara Tabach on April 16, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Levine recalls arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963 from New York and working at Sands Hotel and Casino for 36 years, 10 years as maitre'd of the famous Copa Room. He also talks about his daughter, former United States Congresswoman Shelley Berkley.

Archival Collection

A. Henry Stevenson II oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01762

Abstract

Oral history interview with A. Henry Stevenson II conducted by Ross Ann Lee on February 27, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Stevenson discusses his personal history and living in Las Vegas, Nevada. He describes moving to Las Vegas for treatment for a medical affliction and his first house in the city. He describes his and his brother's involvement in the legalization of gambling in Nevada and the history of the Boulder Club, where he was employed. Stevenson goes on to talk about the history of the Tule Springs Ranch.

Archival Collection

Laura Belle Kelch oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00993

Abstract

Oral history interview with Laura Belle Kelch conducted by Claytee D. White on August 02, 2000 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Kelch discusses her various careers as a water colorist, an art teacher, a scout leader, and a volunteer in community organizations. She also discusses founding the first radio station in Las Vegas, Nevada, KENO, with her husband Maxwell Kelch.

Archival Collection

Chelsy Carter oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03879

Abstract

Oral history interview with Chelsy Carter conducted by Jerwin Tiu and Stefani Evans on October 17, 2022 for the Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Chelsy Carter recalls her childhood growing up on a Norfolk, North Virginia military base in a predominately white community. Carter recounts becoming pregnant and getting married at a young age, and later divorcing and moving back with family. After moving back with her parents, Carter began working as a piano instructor, and as Carter gained a bit more flexibility she moved in the technical industry for small company in the Navy. After obtaining a masters degree in Humanities, Carter went on to work for the first digital weather website companies, and eventually became Vice President of Services and Support and Knowledge Management at Gannett. Carter discusses encountering both discrimination as someone with Filipino heritage and as a woman in her industry. After retirement, Carter and her husband moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where they now volunteer in many organizations, including the Jazz Outreach Initiative and Three Square.

Archival Collection

Dean Otteson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01418

Abstract

Oral history interview with Dean Otteson conducted by Felicia McCabe on November 04, 2008 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Otteson reflects upon his experiences as a teacher and administrator in Alaska and with the Department of Defense Dependent Schools. He discusses his experiences working with vocational training, working with assistant principals, and challenges that he faced.

Archival Collection

Joyce Marshall-Moore oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01324

Abstract

Oral history interview with Joyce Marshall-Moore conducted by Emily Powers on March 25, 2008 for the Heart to Heart Oral History Project. Marshall-Moore discusses the career of her mother, Agnes Rasmussen Marshall, who worked as a nurse at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, Las Vegas Hospital, and Vegas Valley Convalescent Hospital in Nevada.

Archival Collection

Lisha and Tyrone Love oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03645

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lisha and Tyrone Love conducted by Claytee D. White on November 16, 2019 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Lisha talks about arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965 and growing up in the Westside. She remembers the Moulin Rouge, churches in the Westside, and becoming a debutante with Les Femmes Douz. Tyrone describes businesses on the Westside during the late 1970s, and becoming a card dealer. Lastly, Lisha and Tyrone discuss the redevelopment of the Westside.

Archival Collection