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Audio recording clip of interview with Rev. Prentiss Walker by Bernard Timberg, January 27, 1974
Part of an interview with Rev. Prentiss Walker conducted by Bernard Timberg on January 27, 1974. Walker describes discrimination during Hoover Dam construction and life in Las Vegas prior to segregation.
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Roulette table at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada: postcard
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Barr Smith oral history interview
Oral history interview with Barr Smith conducted by Melvin Smail on February 22, 1980 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Smith discusses his personal history and the history of Las Vegas, Nevada. Smith discusses working at the Basic Magnesium plant, playing high stakes poker games with prominent gamblers like "Nick the Greek," and the casinos built on the early Las Vegas Strip. Smith also describes how Las Vegas has changed, the different forms of gambling and gaming available in the city, and life in 1940s Las Vegas.
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Patricia Ann Ross oral history interview
Oral history interview with Patricia Ann Ross conducted by Judy Harrell on March 19, 2014 for the West Charleston Neighborhoods--an Oral History Project of Ward 1. Ross discusses mob-dominated gambling, Mormonism, the Helldorado Rodeo, medical advances, and Clark County School District’s Sixth Grade Centers within Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Joseph Gemma oral history interview
Oral history interview with Joseph Gemma conducted by Dan Murphy on March 1, 1979 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Gemma discusses employment opportunities, construction work, housing developments, and hotels on the Las Vegas Strip. Gemma also recalls social and environmental changes, local recreation, sports, and the importance of gambling in Nevada.
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Transcript of interview with Laura & Don Garvin by Michael Martocci, March 3, 1979
On March 3, 1979, Michael Martocci interviewed Laura (born in California) and Don Garvin (born in Goldfield, Nevada) about their lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two provide details on their family background, the first sources of water in Las Vegas, and the early city limits. They also describe their early occupations, religion, gambling, the Mormon Fort, and the effects of the Great Depression. The interview concludes with a brief discussion on the development of the Las Vegas Strip and recreational activities.
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Series I: Press coverage, media releases, and casino establishment in Jersey (United Kingdom), 2001-2009
This series, dated 2001-2009, was collected by Peter Collins and includes press coverage, interviews, and media releases about legalized gambling, as well as information dealing with casino establishment in Jersey, a British Crown dependency. The majority of the press coverage and releases relate to the United Kingdom (UK), primarily in relation to the passage of legislation and discussion regarding large casino gambling in metropolitan areas of the UK in addition to Jersey.
Collection Name: Peter Collins Papers on International Gaming
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