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Transcript of interview with Kim Bird & Pam Fogliasso by Claytee D. White, February 8, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Kim Bird's family moved to Las Vegas in 1955 when she was twelve years old. Pam Fogliasso arrived in 1954 with her family in 1954, when she was ten. Kim married and had a son and a daughter; she lives in Las Vegas. Pam married, had two children, and lives in Parumph, Nevada. Though Kim and Pam moved here in the mid-1950s, they had family members who had lived in Southern Nevada and worked on building Hoover Dam - Kim's grandfather and Pam's great-uncle. Both women remember growing up in a Las Vegas that was run by the mob and safe for teenagers; meeting friends in local hangouts such as the Blue Onion and attending sock hops, babysitting, and cruising down Fremont Street. They attended high school with black students but were also aware of the segregation that existed on the Strip. This interview focuses on Kim and Pam's experiences growing up in Las Vegas, and on their teenaged years attending Rancho High School.
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Transcript of interview with Thelma Turner by Claytee D. White, October 21, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Interview transcript with Thelma Turner by Claytee D. White, October 21, 2004. Turner lived on the Westside, then later moved to North Las Vegas. She talks about her early jobs at the Moulin Rouge and later work at the Town Tavern and Villa d'Este.
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Herb Tobman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Herb Tobman conducted by Stephen Tidwell on April 23, 1986 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection.
In this interview, Herb Tobman discusses his upbringing in the Bronx, New York, his Russian-Jewish ancestry, and his service in the United States Navy. He talks about his move to Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife in 1952 and his employment history, starting with his ownership of a used furniture store and the Western Cab Company; his executive casino work as general manager of the Moulin Rouge Hotel and the Aladdin Hotel and Casino; and as president of the Stardust Resort and Casino and Fremont Hotel and Casino. Tobman shares his involvement in the community, how the city of Las Vegas has grown and changed, and the happiness he and his family have experienced living in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Audio recording clip of interview with Jean Bennett by Claytee D. White, July 8, 2008
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Jean Bennett by Claytee White on July 8, 2008. Bennett describes how black entertainers were treated by the casinos.
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Donn Arden scrapbook 08
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Archival Collection
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Series 7: Scrapbooks. Press clippings and publicity including advertisements, show reviews, magazine articles and programs from Arden's shows at the Moulin Rouge, Latin Quarter (New York and Miami), and the Las Vegas Lido (C'est Magnifique, Avec Plaisir, Ca C'est L'Amour). Stars featured include Sophie Tucker, Milton Berl, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Jane Russell and Betty Grable. Includes autographed note to Arden from Sophie Tucker and telegrams from Madame Berthe, Carol Channing and others.
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Armstrong, Stan
Stan Armstrong is an African American and Choctaw filmmaker and founder of Desert Rose Productions. Armstrong was born in 1954 in San Francisco, California and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada with his parents in 1955. Armstrong attended Rancho High School and the race riots of the 1970s which he created a documentary titled, The Rancho High School Race Riots. Armstrong graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1995 with a degree in Communications and Film History.
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