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Gerry Gauthier oral history interview

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OH-03303

Abstract

Oral history interview with Gerry Gauthier conducted by an unknown interviewer on June 23, 2004 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. In this interview, Gauthier talks at length about his experiences as an Army infantryman in the Philippines and as a survivor of the Bataan Death March and subsequent internment at camps in the Philippines and Japan. He first describes his upbringing and education in Michigan and his desire to enlist in the Army in 1940. He then describes his experiences of war, capture, and internment and his release after three years and five months of captivity. He also talks about his life after the war, from the extensive period of hospitalization and rehabilitation to his marriage and thirty-five year career in the U. S. Postal Service. Finally, he discusses his retirement and move to Henderson, Nevada in 1997.

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Pat Feaster oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03306

Abstract

Oral history interview with Pat Feaster conducted by Claytee D. White on July 1, 1996 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Feaster relates how her mother made the decision to leave Fordyce, Arkansas for better economic opportunity and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1942. She describes travelling across the country, living in a one-room structure in the Westside of Las Vegas, and attending the Westside School. She discusses her mother's employment at the Red Rooster Restaurant and then at the Algiers Hotel. She talks at length about her own educational journey after leaving school at fifteen, then returning for her GED and later, a college degree after the birth of her fifth child. She discusses how the decision to improve her education helped her develop a twenty-six year career at the Clark County Health District. She also discusses the Fordyce Club and many important personalities in Las Vegas' Black community.

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Hope Anstett oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03307

Abstract

Oral history interview with Hope Anstett conducted by Claytee D. White on December 8, 2003 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Anstett talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1939 with her mother and brother after a doctor recommended a move to a drier climate. Her mother rented a home from Senator Key Pittman and opened a photograph studio and dress shop in the front, with the family living in the back. She describes what it was like growing up in a small community, the schools she attended, the Las Vegas High School Rhythmettes drill team, and the activities available including Helldorado Days and the local recreation center. Later she discusses what the city was like during the war years, the family's move to Oregon, graduating from college, and getting married. She explains that she moved back to Las Vegas while her husband was deployed with the military and worked until his return and the birth of their first child. She also talks about her civic activities, her husband's career with Silver State Disposal, and their post-retirement travel and philanthropic work with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

Archival Collection

Cathren J. Holder oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-03299

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Cathren J. Holder conducted by Claytee D. White on June 4 and 15, 1996 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Holder talks about her childhood and education in Fordyce, Arkansas, her move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1952, and her first experience of living in a two room shack with her older brother and his family. She then discusses her work, marriage, places she shopped, and changes in the Westside since her arrival.

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Correspondence: outgoing, Anderson, Indiana, 1917 February-May, 1918 December

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C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00514
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06

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Correspondence: outgoing, Anderson, Indiana and other locations, 1904, 1923, 1930s, undated

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C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00514
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
Box/Folder: Box 06

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Correspondence: incoming from H. E. Bates, 1923-1924

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C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00514
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
Box/Folder: Box 07

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Correspondence: incoming from Thomas Condon, 1909

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File

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C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00514
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
Box/Folder: Box 07

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Correspondence: incoming from J. A. Dougal, 1909

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File

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C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00514
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
Box/Folder: Box 07

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Correspondence: incoming from Dalta Hurry "Hurry", 1904-1906, 1909-1911

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File

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C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00514
Collection Name: C. A. Earle Rinker Papers
Box/Folder: Box 07

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