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Interview with Elmer Jesse Sowder, April 29, 2004
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Interview with James Arnold Hodges, January 17, 2005
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Interview with Oliver Wilhelm Kaufmann, November 29, 2005
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Interview with Frankie Lou (Louise) Mayer, July 26, 2004
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Interview with Cornelius John Smits, July 26, 2005
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Interview with Sandie A. Medina, January 25, 2004
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Luella Knuckles oral history interview
Oral history interview with Luella Knuckles conducted by Paul Gentle on February 28, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Knuckles talks about her life in Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1950s and 1960s. She specifically talks about the conditions and treatment of the African-American community.
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Dr. Alvaro Vergara-Mery oral history interview
Oral history interview with Dr. Alvaro Vergara-Mery conducted by Barbara Tabach on October 28, 2020 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Alvaro discusses his personal history and his upbringing in both Chile and the United Kingdom before immigrating to the United States; due to political unrest in Chile, he moved to the U.K. where his mother was born before attending university in the United States. Alvaro talks about his work as a medical interpreter for University Medical Center (UMC) as well as his college teaching experience at University of Nevada Las Vegas and California State Berkley.
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Zoe Albright oral history interview
Oral history interview with Zoe Albright conducted by Barbara Tabach on May 5, 2020 for The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Zoe Albright discusses her move to Las Vegas in 1989 with her husband, her employment and volunteering history, and her family life as a mother of three. She also describes the circumstances of her son's diagnosis with asymptomatic COVID-19.
Subjects discussed include: family member with COVID-19; big box facilities versus boutique size businesses; health data participant for COVID-19 study.
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Transcript of first interview with Senator Joe Neal by Claytee D. White, January 24, 2006
First interview in a series of five with Nevada State Senator Joe Neal conducted by Claytee D. White on January 24, 2006. Born in Mounds, Louisiana, in 1935, Neal joined his family in Las Vegas as a young man shortly before serving in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1958. Following his military service, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Neal continued his education at the Institute of Applied Science in Chicago, Illinois, with postgraduate work in law. From 1973 to 2001, he served in the Nevada Legislature as the Senator from Clark County Senatorial District No. 4. In the first interview, Neal recalls his childhood, moving to Las Vegas as a teenager, and joining the Air Force. He discusses his early experiences in politics and his involvement in various issues.
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