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Photograph of railroad stamp, Rhyolite, Nevada, January 24, 1910
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Photograph of Alfred Moser, Nevada, 1900-1930
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Dorothy Engel Andre oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dorothy Engel Andre conducted by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick on October 17, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During this interview Andre, a homemaker, discusses her life experiences with emphasis on her life in Nevada. She also talks about her work history and travel experience.
Archival Collection
Lorna Kesterson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Lorna Kesterson conducted by James M. Greene on October 18, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Kesterson discusses her work in news editing as well as her original reasons for moving to Southern Nevada. She also discusses teenage social life of Boulder City, Nevada during the 1940s.
Archival Collection
Flora Hannig-Kellar oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Flora Hannig-Kellar conducted by Michael D. Taylor on March 27, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Hannig-Kellar discusses family life, social, and recreational activities. She also shares some of the poetry she wrote about Nevada and her family, specifically her children and grandchildren.
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Fredric Watson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Fredric “Rick” Watson conducted by Mark Romonoski on April 19, 2001 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Watson reflects upon his more than 30-year career with Nevada’s Clark County School District as a teacher and administrator from 1964 to 2000. He describes the process by which he became an elementary school principal, and discusses his personal approach to education. He describes challenges that he faced at different elementary schools, discusses political challenges within the school district, and comments on having a school named after him.
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Don Laughlin oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Don Laughlin conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee White on October 10, 2016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. Laughlin talks about owning multiple properties in the town of Laughlin, Nevada and the growth of the city.
Archival Collection
Alma Athella Huffman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Alma Athella Huffman conducted by R. A. Grau on March 2, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. This interview covers the history of Southern Nevada. Huffman also offers an in-depth description of early life in Bunkerville, Nevada. Huffman lastly discusses being a Justice of the Peace.
Archival Collection
Faye Rhea Porter oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Faye Rhea Porter conducted by Barbara Tabach on June 13, 2012 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Porter discusses her father's employment at the Nevada Test Site. Porter talks about her father being unable to describe the type of work he did with family or friends and tells anecdotes about the secrecy of the test site. She then recalls her sister and her employment at the Nevada Test Site until an accident on the way to the site resulted in her death.
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