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Susan Watson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Susan Watson conducted by Claytee D. White on February 20, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Watson discusses graduating from Rancho High School in 1962 and working as a dental assistant and an interior designer.
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David Bartlett oral history interview
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Oral history interview with David Barlett conducted by Claytee D. White on August 23, 2013 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Barlett discusses Lorenzi Park, Bartlett Brothers Hardware, Fremont Drug, and community organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Linda Falba McSweeney oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Linda Falba McSweeney conducted by Judy Harrell on May 23, 2014 for the West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1. McSweeney discusses living in the Huntridge area of Las Vegas, Nevada, and her father managing various casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Carolyn Goodman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Carolyn Goodman conducted by Barbara Tabach on August 18, 2016 and August 31, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Goodman talks about her Jewish ancestry, moving to Las Vegas, Nevada; raising her children, and entering into politics in the city.
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Chris Giunchigliani oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Chris Giunchigliani conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on October 20, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Giunchigliani talks about her career in the Nevada State Assembly, as a Clark County Commissioner, and as a Clark County School District special education teacher.
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Chester Lockwood oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Chester Lockwood conducted by James R. Crevelt Jr. on April 25, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Lockwood talks about his early life and discusses hotel development and culture in early Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Minnie Logsdon oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Minnie Logsdon conducted by Eugene George on March 08, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Logsdon talks about the early history of Las Vegas, Nevada. She specifically talks about the railroad towns, and the construction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam.
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Sister Marie Daniel Lundy oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Sister Marie Daniel Lundy conducted by Margaret G. Henley on October 29, 1985 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Lundy describes her nursing career beginning in the 1940s and her involvement in the Nevada Nurses Association.
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Truly McGee Mann oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Truly McGee Mann conducted by Tamara Wochnik on March 11, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Mann discusses entertainment and gives insight on show business from the perspective of a dance choreographer in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Wanda Mann oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Wanda Mann conducted by Gordon Reno on February 03, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Mann talks about Southern Nevada history, beginning in 1943. She specifically talks about the city's development in early Las Vegas, Nevada.
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