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Depot museum: photographic print

Date

1967-10-10

Description

Rhyolite, NV. Depot museum. Typewritten on photo sleeve: "REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST: IN THE DEPOT MUSEUM Mr. Heisler runs a cooking device to Mrs. Ira Gillmouth, a visitor from McMinnville, Oregon. Heisler, retired Methodist Minister, conducts services at the Community Church." [N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News March 15, 1963 p.4]

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George Bogdanovich, Angie Bogdanovich DeLong, Sophie Bogdanovich Romans, and Nina Bogdanovich Wolters oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00118

Abstract

Oral history interview with George Bogdanovich, Angie Bogdanovich DeLong, Sophie Bogdanovich Romans, and Nina Bogdanovich Wolters conducted by Shirley Leavitt on December 01, 2003 for the History of Blue Diamond Village in Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, the Bogdanovich siblings talk about their family's move from California to Arden, Nevada in 1923, and subsequent move to a company mining camp at the Blue Diamond Mine in 1924. They describe living in a tent-house built by their father and walking several miles to a one-room schoolhouse each day. They also discuss the establishment of the mine, the lack of facilities in the mining camp and the growth of Blue Diamond Village. They share many anecdotes about local residents and activities in the Village, including the growth of various churches and the construction of a community pool. The siblings also discuss visiting Las Vegas, Nevada with family and friends.

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with Irene Sprague Black by Chari Horne, March 16, 1978

Date

1978-03-16

Description

Chari Horne interviews hairdresser Irene Sprague Black at a beauty salon in Las Vegas. Born in 1919 in Delta, Utah, Black moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1924. During this interview Black discusses early Las Vegas, local schools, homes, friends, family life, the Mormon Church, Mesquite, Indian Reservation, Downtown, Hoover Dam, and Bunkerville, Nevada.

Text

Oats, Jocelyn Thompson, 1952-

Jocelyn Thompson Oats was born in New Orleans, Louisiana August 29, 1952. Oats' father founded Victory Baptist Church on the Westside. She was involved with the PTA and advocated for African American students in the first steps of school integration.

Person

Myrtle Cheel oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00365

Abstract

Oral history interview with Myrtle Cheel conducted by an unknown interviewer on February 02, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During this interview, Mrs. Cheel discusses education in the Las Vegas, Nevada Valley. She also discusses social, economic and environmental changes, particularly the rapid transformation and growth of Las Vegas from a small town to a major metropolis.

Archival Collection