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Joseph C. Mattingly oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01224

Abstract

Oral history interview with Joseph C. Mattingly conducted by Sean Powers on February 23, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, Mattingly discusses moving back and forth between Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada during the 1930s and 1940s before finally settling in Las Vegas in 1954. Mattingly also discusses his life as a sheet metal worker for commercial buildings, Las Vegas Strip hotels, and buildings on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.

Archival Collection

Joseph Kine interview, March 02, 1976: transcript

Date

1976-03-02

Description

On March 2, 1976, collector Debbie Nesbit interviewed Joseph Kine (born November 16th, 1906 in Elkhart, Iowa) in his home in Boulder City, Nevada. In this interview, Mr. Kine discusses working at Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) as a high scaler. He also speaks about living in Boulder City in its very beginnings as a town.

Text

Photograph of a Washoe family, Lake Tahoe, early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Transcribed from photograph, "Washo - 6. The Washo lived around Lake Tahoe each summer fishing and gathering foods until well into the 1900's. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Stella Nevers."

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