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Irene Doty oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00483

Abstract

Oral history interview with Irene Doty conducted by Jackie Ogden on March 20, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Doty discusses the first casino properties and restaurants in Las Vegas, Nevada. She also describes her experiences as a justice of the peace, living conditions during World War II, her experiences in Goodsprings, Nevada, and being a juror in several murder trials.

Archival Collection

Woodward, Alice, 1905-1972

Alice Woodward was born in Texas and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1930. she married Herbert Spencer Woodward in 1932 in Los Angeles, California. Herbert worked as a miner and the couple relocated to Nevada in 1935. She worked as a teacher in Sandy Valley from 1935 to 1940 and then in Goodsprings from 1945 to 1950. She lived in Goodsprings until her death in July 1972.

Person

Postcard of Searchlight (Nev.), 1907

Date

1907

Description

Front of the postcard depicts the city buildings of Searchlight, Nevada. The date the postcard was received is stamped in the middle of the image, reading "GOODSPRINGS SEP 14 P.M. 1907." Written at the bottom of the card is "Hobson Street, Searchlight, Nevada." On the right side of the postcard, "Searchlight Hotel" is written in cursive over the image of a building. The back of the postcard shows the date it was sent, stamped "SEARCHLIGHT SEP 13 2 PM 1907 NEV." Transcribed in cursive under "Correspondence Here" reads "How do this compare with your town This dont show (illegible) (illegible) will put a cross about the location Trusting you are all well Mother." Under the area reading "Name and Address Here" is written "Mr A J Robbins Goodsprings Nevada." In the right corner, there is a green postage stamp of Benjamin Franklin that reads "United States of America 1706 Franklin 1790 Postage One Cent" Street Address: Hobson Street

Mixed Content

Film transparency of Potosi Mine, Nevada, 1917

Date

1917

Description

Black and white image of workers at Potosi Mine, located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada--Goodsprings Mining District

Image

Photograph of Rockwell family members in an automobile, Nevada, circa 1917

Date

1915 to 1919

Description

Handwritten on front of photograph: "Desert between Las Vegas and Goodsprings. Joshua tree in back." Description given with photograph: "Floyd, Earl, and mother, 1917"

Image

Williams, Edith J. Crawford, 1888-1967

Edith J. Crawford Williams was born April 17, 1888 in Rygate, Vermont. She was married to Nevada State Assemblyman and University of Nevada Board of Regents member Frank Williams. Williams died December 1967.

Source:

"Sandy Valley." Goodsprings Historical Society. March 2, 2019. Accessed June 10, 2020. http://goodsprings.org/sandy.php

"Edith J. Crawford Williams." Find a Grave. January 24, 2007. Accessed June 10, 2020. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17659807

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