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Alice Woodward oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01742

Abstract

Oral history interview with Alice Woodward conducted by an unnamed interviewer in 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Woodward discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1935 because her husband found a mining job in the state. She talks about her experiences teaching, the mining industry, and camping with her family. Woodward recalls her husband dying of asbestosis and discusses the smog levels in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Ogden, Jackie L.

No description.

Person

Transcript of interview with Gertrude Anne Moore by Mamie Beuttner, February 21, 1975

Date

1975-02-21

Description

General Nevada history, Searchlight, Anderson's Dairy, Rancho Grande Creamery, Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam), working on Fremont Street, Helldorado, Stewart Ranch, flooding, Mormons and religion, Hunt Family of Bunkerville, Atomic Testing, Carole Lombard plane crash, Pioche, Goodsprings, WWII, Ghost Towns, El Rancho.

Text

Yount, Emma

In the photograph description her name is "Emma Trask Ellis Smithson Yount". She was married to Sam Smithson and Sam Yount. Her daughter married William T Ellis from Goodsprings, Nevada. 

Person

Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers

Identifier

MS-00906

Abstract

The Elizabeth von Till and Claude N. Warren Professional Papers (1916-2021) are comprised of the personal and professional papers of anthropologist Claude N. Warren and historical preservationist Elizabth von Till Warren. The materials in this collection primarily consist of research files, maps, and drawings on various archaeological and historical preservation projects in southern Nevada of which they both were involved. This collection includes field notes and surveys from archaeological projects such as the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort and the Las Vegas Springs Preserve. Records on von Till Warren's involvement with the Old Spanish Trail Association, Southern Nevada Historical Society, and historic preservation work around southern Nevada are represented. Also included are Robert H. Crabtree's archaeological research files, a colleague of Claude Warren who bequeathed his professional files to him upon his death.

Archival Collection

Harry Kennedy's home, 1943

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Jackie Ogden Photograph Collection on Goodsprings, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00211
Collection Name: Jackie Ogden Photograph Collection on Goodsprings, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

George Williams and donkeys, 1943

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Jackie Ogden Photograph Collection on Goodsprings, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00211
Collection Name: Jackie Ogden Photograph Collection on Goodsprings, Nevada
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Photograph album 1, Leon Rockwell Collection, circa 1900s-1910s

Date

1900 to 1910
1905 to 1919

Description

Photographs taken circa 1907-1914 in the Las Vegas, Nevada area, including Fort Callville, and during travels in California; Washington State; Idaho; Montana; and Oregon, with emphasis on Yosemite National Park and Yellowstone National Park. Album also features photographs taken at the 1911 Yakima (Washington) State Fair and in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Goodsprings, Nevada during the same period.

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