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Warren V. Turner oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01853

Abstract

Oral history interview with Warren V. Turner conducted by Arnol D. Wilks on March 10, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Turner discusses arriving to Boulder City, Nevada in 1948 while working for the Bureau of Reclamation. Turner recalls aboveground testing of atomic weapons at the Nevada Test Site and describes the magnitude of the blasts. Turner also describes the development of Las Vegas, Nevada, specifically the growth in population, casinos, and hotels. Turner later discusses the natural environment surrounding the Las Vegas valley.

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Interview with Jewel Maynard Viot, November 1, 2004

Date

2004-11-01

Description

Narrator affiliation: Senior Engineering Specialist

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Interview with Jeannette (Jean) M. (Mactaggart) Crooks, July 21, 2004

Date

2004-07-21

Description

Narrator affiliation: Family member

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Interview with Lilias Gordon, May 14, 2004

Date

2004-05-14

Description

Narrator affiliation: Protester, Nevada Desert Experience

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Interview with Vernon Henry Jones, October 4, 2005

Date

2005-10-04

Description

Narrator affiliation: Electrical technician, Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier (EG&G)

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Interview with Richard Vaughn Wyman, July 7, 2005

Date

2005-07-07

Description

Narrator affiliation: Geologist, Asst. Manager of Operations, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo)

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Interview with Ernest Benjamin Williams, October 27, 2004

Date

2004-10-27

Description

Narrator affiliation: Budget and Logistics, Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. Department of Energy

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Transcript of interview with Dan Hill by John Bennett, March 1, 1979

Date

1979-03-01

Archival Collection

Description

On March 1, 1979, John L. Bennett interviewed Dan Hill (born May 20, 1914 in Illinois) in his home at 2130 Walnut Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, about his memory of Southern Nevada. In addition to the collector and informant, there is an unidentified woman present during the interview. Hill explains that he originally came to Nevada in search of work. He briefly moved to Europe during the First World War where he served in the Army; at the end of the war, Hill returns to Las Vegas to work at the Nevada Test Site. Hill then goes in-depth about his experience as a worker at the Nevada Test Site and different mining sites that he had also worked at. The two briefly discuss the different sheriffs that had been in charge of Las Vegas, and how many people came to Las Vegas to work at the Henderson Magnesium Plant and Hoover Dam in addition to the Nevada Test Site.

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Esther Langston oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01059

Abstract

Oral history interview with Esther Langston conducted by Claytee D. White on February 22, 2005 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. In this interview, Langston provides an overview of her early life and career in social work. She describes how the women in her family are positive and empowering role models. Langston moves on to explain how she become a social worker over a period of many years. She states that a job experience that helped her gain the qualifications of a social worker was working as an office manager at the Nevada Test Site. She also mentions how she has had to work with conflicts such as racial inequalities.

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