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Walker, Prentiss
Prentiss Walker was born October 18th, 1910 on an Indian reservation in Comanche County in southwestern Oklahoma. His youth was spent in Stockton, California, and Phoenix, Arizona. His father had been a minister in the Methodist Pentecostal Church. In 1933 he came to Las Vegas, Nevada. He worked in various places including at a café, the Mercury Test Site, a trailer park, a used car lot, and multiple retail stores. In 1956 he was ordained into the ministry of the Baptist Church.
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Interview with Pauline Helena Silvia, with Rosemary Lynch, October 19, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Narrator affiliation: Biologist, U.S. Navy
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Perle Garrett oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Perle Garrett conducted by Marilyn Swanson on March 02, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Perle Garrett discusses Boulder City during the 1930s, the building of the Boulder Dam, Six Companies houses, family life, churches in Las Vegas, Nevada, and recreational activities for local children.
Archival Collection
Photograph of Ramsey Street, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
Archival Collection
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Caption: Ramsey St. Goldfield, Nev
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Transcript of interview with Hugh E. Key by Bob Bush, February 21, 1980
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Archival Collection
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On February 21, 1980, collector Bob Bush interviewed porter and retired military man, Hugh E. Key (born on November 17th, 1919 in Fordyce, Arkansas) in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers the life of a Las Vegas old-timer. Hugh Keys’ wife, Mrs. Key, is also present during the interview and offers a few remarks.
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Audio recording clip from the second interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee D. White, February 7, 2006
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee White on February 7, 2006. Neal discusses his early work in the Nevada Legislature, including his support for restoring rights to felons and his opposition to capital punishment.
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