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.
David G. Schwartz is a gaming historian and the Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at UNLV. He is also a professor and author, having authored a number of history books on gaming. He was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and earned his bachelor's degree at University of Pennsylvania. After that, he went to UCLA for his Ph.D. in US History. He currently lives in Henderson, Nevada.
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Schwartz, David G. “David G. Schwartz,” December 17, 2020. https://dgschwartz.com/.
Virignia Logan was a resident of Henderson, Nevada who lived in Nevada since 1927. She was born February 7, 1917 in Percel, Oklahoma. Her hu
sband was George Logan, who she had three sons and one daughter with. She died January 24, 2005.
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"Virginia Lambert Logan." Las Vegas Review-Journal. January 28, 2005. Accessed June 19, 2020. https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=virginia-lambert-logan&pid=142003490
Richard “Rich” MacDonald, Jr. developed MacDonald Ranch, one of the oldest master-planned communities in Henderson, Nevada. Originally from Nevada, Rich’s parents, Richard “Mac” MacDonald, Sr. (1924-2014) and his wife Francis MacDonald (1924-2017), lived in Hawaii for twenty years. After Sam Boyd showed the MacDonalds two square miles of property south of Las Vegas, Nevada, they, along with their son Rich, moved back to Las Vegas and began the development of MacDonald Ranch in the early 1980s.
Ilene Bittle (1936-) was an educator from the Clark County School District, and a life-long resident of Henderson, Nevada. Over the years, she collected assorted memorabilia and visual materials from the old Basic High School in Henderson. Materials included scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, event programs and invitations, newsletters, and other school mementos. She donated this collection to UNLV Special Collections & Archives in 1993. She was also a founding member of Friends of Henderson Libraries.