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Transcript of interview with Jackie Abell by Robert Stuart, April 03, 1976

Date

1976-04-03

Description

Robert Stuart interviews Jackie Abell (b. 1924) about her experiences growing up in Virginia City, Reno, and Overton, Nevada. She specifically discusses her experiences growing up on a ranch, railroading, above ground atomic testing, flooding, and wild animals.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 06, 1999

Date

1999-12-06

Description

Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about CSUN cart procedures and proposals for funding. CSUN Session 30 (Part 1) Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Floyd Jenne interview, April 4, 1976: transcript

Date

1976-04-04

Description

From the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas; OH-00944. On April 4, 1976, Gordon Brusso interviewed Floyd L. Jenne (born 1915). The interview discussed Boulder City McGill, as well as Nevada history.

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Transcript of interview with Sigrid Capel by Michael McKenna, February 10, 1980

Date

1980-02-10

Description

(Folder contains very good photos) Family and personal history focusing on growing up in Ely, NV, including leisure activities. Living through the Depression: banks closing; unemployment. Agricultural Extension Service. Cattle and drought in northern Nevada during the 1930s. Witness to the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Description of journey from Ely to Norway. Employment history. Gaming Control Board and the Black Book Occupations whilst in Las Vegas. [File includes personal photographs and news clippings]

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Interview with Katie McWilliam, July 9, 2004

Date

2004-07-09

Description

Narrator affiliation: Consultant for Seismological Issues
Access note: Audio temporarily sealed

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Interview with Philip Wymer Allen, July 9, 2004

Date

2004-07-09

Description

Narrator affiliation: Meteorologist-in-Charge, Weather Bureau Research Station, Nevada Test Site

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Transcript of interview with Cecile Dotson Crowe by Darin Toldisky, April 27, 1981

Date

1981-04-27

Description

On April 27, 1981, Darin Toldisky interviewed Cecile Dotson Crowe (born October 17th, 1911, in Millville, Utah) at Clark County Library in Las Vegas, Nevada. This interview covers Mrs. Crowe’s account of the building of Hoover (Boulder Dam). Mrs. Crowe discusses the Six Companies, Boulder City, and recalls President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s visit to Nevada by train to dedicate the dam on the 30th of September, 1937.

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Hicks, Harriet (Harriet Thorton), 1913-

Harriet Thornton Hicks was born June 8, 1913 in Parowan, Utah; the thirteenth child of 14. In 1931, she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to join two older sisters who had relocated there. She was picked up at the train by young Charles Hicks, who was a friend of her sisters. Charles had a car and offered to provide transportation. Within three years, the two were married. Hicks quit her drug store job to raise a family and he worked for the railroad, the only business at the time in Las Vegas.

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