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Sharon Gutzman oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00756

Abstract

Oral history interview with Sharon Gutzman conducted by Lisa Mades on March 13, 1981, for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Gutzman discusses early Las Vegas, Nevada, including early businesses, the first casinos, and the first airport. She also discusses education, shopping, recreation, entertainment, and gambling.

Archival Collection

Joan Johnson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00953

Abstract

Oral history interview with Joan Johnson conducted by Kim Geary on March 25, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Johnson discusses her personal history and her reasons for originally moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Johnson recalls early Las Vegas entertainment, as well as the development of businesses and their unions.

Archival Collection

Olive Lake-Eglington oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00528

Abstract

Oral history interview with Olive Lake-Eglington conducted by Anna Dean Kepper on October 30, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Lake-Eglington discusses life on Stewarts Old Ranch (or Stewart Ranch) and early Las Vegas, Nevada history.

Archival Collection

Photograph of the townsite, Las Vegas, circa 1910

Date

1906 to 1916

Description

Residential area of early Las Vegas.

Image

Vera Love oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01149

Abstract

Oral history interview with Vera Love conducted by Sophia Phillips on March 11, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Love talks about real estate development in Las Vegas, Nevada. She specifically talks about the role of women in real estate and business ownership, schools, and city growth in early Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Patricia Hesse oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00847

Abstract

Oral history interview with Patricia Hesse conducted by James M. Greene on February 05, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Hesse discusses her personal history and the general social life of early Las Vegas, Nevada. Hesse also shares experiences that she has had with her friends while living in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Maxine James oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00935

Abstract

Oral history interview with Maxine James conducted by Danny DiGiacomo on March 2, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. The two discuss the ease with which people could find jobs in early Las Vegas, Nevada. James talks about the Sahara, Thunderbird, and El Rancho casinos. The interview ends with a discussion on the rapid growth of the city in the 1950s and 1960s.

Archival Collection

Marguerite Goldstein oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00693

Abstract

Oral history interview with Marguerite Goldstein conducted by Carol A. Semendoff on February 25, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. This interview covers early Las Vegas, Nevada from 1950 to 1979. Also included during this interview is discussion on local dignitaries, the growth of Las Vegas, gambling as the major industry, Las Vegas Strip hotels, and housing developments.

Archival Collection

Lawrence Nelson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01373

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lawrence Nelson conducted by John Turner on February 22, 1977 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Nelson discusses the history of early Las Vegas, Nevada. He talks about the Old Mormon Fort, the importance of railroads in Las Vegas, and the construction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam.

Archival Collection

Thomas McDonald oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01254

Abstract

Oral history interview with Thomas McDonald conducted by Ted Papatheodorou on July 05, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, McDonald describes his experiences running a newspaper and a restaurant in Chicago, Illinois before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada to work as a manager at the Stardust Hotel and Casino. McDonald shares several short anecdotes, such as being thrown off of a freight train in 1915 in early Las Vegas, or serving then-Senator Lyndon B. Johnson at his restaurant in Chicago.

Archival Collection