Search Results
Interview with Leslie Ray Hill, February 17, 2006
Date
2006-02-17
Archival Collection
Description
Narrator affiliation: Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories
Text
David Ober interview, October 11, 2017: transcript
Date
2017-10-11
Archival Collection
Description
Tucson, Arizona, native David Ober moved to Las Vegas twice. He arrived reluctantly the first time in 1978 with his parents as a high-school student, when his father, Hal Ober, came to Las Vegas to begin building and marketing the U.S. Home (now Lennar) brand. While the elder Ober soon left U.S. Home to open his own home-building business, R.A. Homes, his youngest child left Las Vegas shortly after his high school graduation to return to his native Tucson, follow in the footsteps of his siblings, and attend the University of Arizona. After graduating from the University of Arizona David Ober opened his own mortgage company and began building a life in Phoenix. In the late 1980s he agreed to take a large pay cut, return to Las Vegas, and learn his father's business from the ground up. At the time, Hal Ober was developing his award-winning, master-planned community, Desert Shores. David Ober, the youngest of the five children of Hal and D'Vorre (Dee) Ober, agreed to participate in the
Text
Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 18, 1987
Date
1987-06-18
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 17 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.
Text
Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 03, 2007
Date
2007-12-03
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting agenda. CSUN Session 37 Meeting Minutes and Agendas .
Text
Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 29, 1997
Date
1997-09-29
Archival Collection
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes.
Text
Maxine and Jack Cason oral history interview: transcript
Date
2016-09-22
Archival Collection
Description
Oral history interview with Maxine and Jack Cason conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on September 22, 1016 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Jack discusses his early life in Oklahoma and arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1950. He recalls the formation of Saveway Super Service, Philips 66 service stations, the competition in the fuel industry, and the opening of the first Rebel service station. Jack talks about fuel terminals, fuel bulk plants, and becoming one of the largest fuel providers in southern Nevada. Later, Maxine and Jack talk about supporting local sports organizations. Lastly, Jack discusses his involvement in the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Athletics Department, and being inducted into the UNLV Sports Hall of Fame.
Text
Bluebell Girls: scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs
Date
1939 to 1960
Archival Collection
Description
From the Margaret Kelly Collection on the Bluebell Girls, MS-00604. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings about the Bluebell Girls, Folies-Bergère, and dancer Catherine Dunne's experiences in Milan, Italy at the start of World War II.
Mixed Content
Wayne Tanaka oral history interview: transcript
Date
2021-03-12
Archival Collection
Description
Oral history interview with Wayne Tanaka conducted by Ayrton Yamaguchi, Vanessa Concepcion, Kristel Peralta, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans on March 12, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Wayne shares his family's heritage and history as Japanese Hawaiians and discusses his father's internment during World War II. He shares his background growing up in Lahaina, Maui, Hawai'i and how he came to live in Las Vegas. Wayne discusses his career as an educator for the Clark County School District and talks about his life in Las Vegas with his wife and daughters. Subjects discussed include: Las Vegas Buddhist Sangha; Executive Order 9066; Sunset High School; Boulder Dam Area Council.
Text
Audio clip from interview with Robert D. "Bob" Fisher by Barbara Tabach, January 8, 2015
Date
2015-01-08
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Robert D. "Bob" Fisher on January 08, 2015. In this clip, Fisher discusses his time in Las Vegas and his involvement with Temple Beth Sholom.
Sound