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Transcript of interview with Agnes Gauger by Coleen Mancini, February 24, 1977
On February 24, 1977, Coleen Mancini interviewed the claims manager for the Culinary Workers and Bartenders Insurance Fund, Agnes Gauger (born Coleen Evans on November 21, 1926 in Arkansas) in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mrs. Gauger’s daughter, Traci Sturdivant was also present during the interview. This interview covers significant changes and growth in Southern Nevada, including gambling and other industries, family life and recreation, and early atomic tests. Mrs. Gauger also discusses housing in the Las Vegas, Howard Hughes, McCarran Airport, medical facilities and education in Southern Nevada.
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Lisa Kelleher oral history interview, 2025 August 22
Oral history interview with Lisa Kelleher conducted by Stefani Evans, Claytee D. White, and Bethany Dayton on August 22, 2025 for Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Kelleher recalls growing up in Ohio, where her father owned the local sports store that she helped run from an early age. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in education in 1979, she got a master’s degree in physical education from the University of Arizona in 1980. This led her to her first athletics job at Oregon State University. Kelleher moved to the University of Central Florida where she met one of her future mentors, Jim Weaver. Meeting Weaver led her to eventually come to UNLV, where she worked with the athletic department to expand women's sports including women's volleyball, soccer, and golf. Kelleher also recalls watching Title IX pass nationwide, and the transition from gender-separate sports administrations to those that were more equitable. It was a difficult time that came with a lot of resistance, and she recalls witnessing segregated sports programs all the way until the 1990s. Eventually, Kelleher was let go from her athletics position at UNLV but came back as a part-time instructor, moving her way up to associate visiting professor, she now teaches first and second-year seminar classes for the college of education. She is looking forward to seeing how sports progress locally, and at a nationwide university level. Digital audio available; no transcript available.
Collection Name: Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports Interviews
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
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International Center for Responsible Gaming Records
The International Center for Responsible Gaming Records (approximately 1995-2023) mostly consist of the organization's grant files. The records also include conference programs, promotional material, photographs, and educational videotapes produced by the organization.
Archival Collection
The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar: A digital archive for UNLV University Libraries Special Collections, 2016
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Transcript of interview with Gene Greenberg by Barbara Tabach, February 12, 2015
In 1976, Gene Greenberg decided to accept a job transfer with Donrey Media Group and relocated from Laredo, Texas to Las Vegas. Las Vegas was comfortable fit and for the next 30 years, he primarily worked in television ad sales. He rose to become executive vice president and general manager of KVBC-TV. Significant to Gene’s ties to Las Vegas have been his ties to the Jewish community. This oral history includes reminiscences of connecting with the Jewish community and meeting many of the Jewish leaders through Young Leadership, Jewish Federation, and being on the board for Temple Beth Sholom. The most poignant aspect to his Jewish roots is the survival of both his parents during Holocaust. Both Helen and Abe Greenberg were from Lodz, Poland and interred in concentration camps. Gene is a frequent presenter of their story for his commitment to Holocaust education and as a member of the next generation. Gene and his wife Melanie both spent their childhoods in Kansas City, Missouri and are graduates of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. They married in 1970 and have three children: Sari Mann, Elissa Burda, and Jaron Greenberg.
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Transcript of interview with Bill Sheehan by Claytee White, July 1, 2009
Bill Sheehan describes his Philadelphia, PA, upbringing: Catholic schooling, importance of education and growing up with numbers (his father was a bookie). Knowing he might be drafted, he joined the Marine Corps in the 1940s and then returned home to finish he studies to become an accountant. In 1959 he became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). A short term job in California gave him a taste of the west. It was 1962, Las Vegas was growing and experiencing a shortage of qualified accountants. Bill applied for a CPA position and immediately was hired. Thus, began his permanent residency in Las Vegas. Bill talks about his professional life and how he eventually started his own firm in 1971. He retired in 1997. He also shares personal anecdotes, impressions and observations specifically about the growth of Henderson, Nevada, as it grew from a very small town adjacent to Las Vegas into a small city of over 200,000 people. Bill is a co-trustee, with Bob Clark, of the Boyer Charitable Foundation. This interview and many more are possible through the generous donation of the Boyers.
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