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Interview with Brenda Adams Scruton, June 29, 2004
Date
2004-06-29
Archival Collection
Description
Narrator affiliation: Senior Employment Representative, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo)
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Transcript of interview with Theresa Jones Denning by Lynn Kelstron Ballard, February 26, 1977
Date
1977-02-26
Archival Collection
Description
On February 26, 1977, Lynn Kelstrom Ballard interviewed Teresa Jones Denning (born in Overton, Nevada in 1912) about her life in Southern Nevada. Denning first talks about her family background and her upbringing in Overton, including her life on a farm and her education in that small town. Denning also talks about her recreational pastimes before talking about the building of Boulder Dam and her life in Boulder City. Towards the end of the interview, she talks about her work as a driver for Las Vegas High School, her husband’s work on the Boulder Dam, and the changes in living conditions that she has noticed in Boulder City over time.
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Kurt Fremstad and Ed Schroeder at a camp in Willow Beach, Arizona (identified from left to right): photographic print
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1959 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Fremstad (now 88 years old as of 1987) was a sailor from the age of 14. He was employed during WWII in New York Harbor. After the war, toured the west & settled at Willow Beach. Ed Schroeder was formerly a school teacher in Wisconsin. Gave up his career For health reasons. Died in June 1973.
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Fedora Bontempi with Eleanor Grasso: photographic print
Date
1973
Archival Collection
Description
From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). Fedora Bomtempi on the (left) with Eleanor Grasso who was the Clark County Humanitarian Mother of the year in 1973.
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