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Selma Bartlett oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00068

Abstract

Oral history interview with Selma Bartlett conducted by Claytee D. White on September 18, 2008 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Bartlett discusses arriving to Henderson, Nevada in 1954 and recalls the homes in that area. She shares her experience in banking and her employment with First National Bank of Nevada. Lastly, Bartlett discusses the housing crisis of 1987 and describes the housing industry during that time.

Archival Collection

Lucille Wright oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02030

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lucille Wright conducted by Cheryl Reed on February 23, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Wright talks about her personal life and experiences in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wright also talks about her experiences as a school teacher in the mid 1950s, teacher pay, and school activities.

Archival Collection

Al Pehlke oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01458

Abstract

Oral history interview with Al Pehlke conducted by Pete Domphase on April 02, 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Pehlke gives a recollection of his life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pehlke also gives a detailed description of the above ground atomic bomb testing.

Archival Collection

Gary Pratt oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01507

Abstract

Oral history interview with Gary Pratt conducted by Ron Reda on March 16, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Pratt discusses the growth of early Southern Nevada. He talks about population growth, economic changes, and crime in early Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Jeff McBride oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03653

Abstract

Oral history interview with Jeff McBride conducted by Claytee D. White on November 27, 2019 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, McBride discusses his early life and arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1985. He talks about the benefits of magician performers in Las Vegas entertainment, prominent magicians in the city, and the importance of magic.

Archival Collection

Clare Woodbury oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02015

Abstract

Oral history interview with Doctor Clare Woodbury conducted by Ralph Roske on September 12, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Woodbury discusses education and medicine as well as sharing his experiences in the medical field in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Valerie Johnson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00960

Abstract

Oral history interview with Valerie Johnson conducted by an unknown collector on an unknown date in the 1970s for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Valerie Johnson discusses her career as a trumpet player in the United States Air Force Women's band. Johnson talks about her experiences as a musician, her travels in the military, and the discrimination she and her fellow musicians faced from male military musicians.

Archival Collection

Herb Jeffries oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02246

Abstract

Oral history interview with Herb Jeffries conducted by Cork Proctor on 2009 May 5 for the All That Jazz Oral History Project. In the interview Jeffries discusses his life as a singer and actor, entertaining in Las Vegas, Nevada where Frank Sinatra offered support when Jeffries encountered racial discrimination. He also talks about his life after retirement, his family, being an America, his military service, and his relationship with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington as a young performer.

Archival Collection

Justin Kaiser oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01014

Abstract

Oral history interview with Justin Kaiser conducted by John (last name unknown) on September 23, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Kaiser discusses his childhood in Las Vegas, Nevada and how his parents originally moved to Southern Nevada. He also expresses his desire for Las Vegas to discontinue its growth and remain a smaller city.

Archival Collection

George Dickerson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00449

Abstract

Oral history interview with George Dickerson conducted by Perry Kaufman on an unknown date in the 1970s for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Dickerson shares his impressions of Las Vegas, Nevada from when he first visited in the 1940s. Dickerson also discusses practicing law in Las Vegas and the development of the profession throughout the years.

Archival Collection