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Mamie Buettner oral history interview
Oral history interview with Mamie Buettner conducted by Gertrude Anne Moore on February 21, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During the interview Buettner discusses the history of Las Vegas, Nevada and offers insight into the day-to-day life of a Las Vegas old timer.
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Stephen Hawley oral history interview
Oral history interview with Stephen Hawley conducted by Donna Mattson on June 24, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project On Early Las Vegas. This interview offers a historical overview of early Las Vegas, Nevada including gambling and an in-depth discussion on local economic, environmental, and social changes.
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Phillip B. McVey oral history interview
Oral history interview with Phillip B. McVey conducted by Carl Amante in approximately 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In the interview, McVey discusses his ancestors moving to Nevada between 1867 and 1868 and his birth in Eureka, Nevada. McVey describes graduating from the University of Nevada, Reno, working as a land and water surveyor throughout Nevada, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in approximately 1960. Other interview topics include visiting the Las Vegas Mormon Fort with Jim Cashman, Sr., public transportation, environmental and noise pollution, and social acceptance toward minorities within Las Vegas.
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Jessie Evans oral history interview
Oral history interview with Jessie Evans conducted by Bernard Timberg on January 18, 1974 and February 04, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Evans discuss life as a Native American and places such as Shoshone, Nevada, Owyhee, Nevada, Saint Thomas, Nevada and Winnemucca, Nevada. Later in the interview Evan's brother Henry Dave is introduced and the two of them briefly give a demonstration of the Shoshone language.
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Robert N. Broadbent oral history interview
Oral history interview with Robert N. Broadbent conducted by Connie Lyons on September 23, 1972 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. During the interview Broadbent discusses education, politics, religion, entertainment, the dedication of Hoover Dam, and the various social clubs of which he is a member of. Broadbent also discusses Six Companies, housing in Boulder City, Nevada, the Las Vegas Strip, Railroad Pass, the Union Pacific Railroad, and the above ground atomic bomb testing in Nevada.
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Priscilla Alexander oral history interview
Oral history interview with Priscilla Alexander conducted by Norman Vallata on 1976 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Alexander was born in Southern California, and in approximately 1952 Alexander relocated to Nevada with her aunt and her uncle who worked in the gambling industry. During the interview Alexander discusses gambling ships in Southern California, early above-ground atomic testing, Nevada’s gambling industry, buffets in the early days on the Las Vegas Strip, and working for Howard Hughes.
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Robert E. Lake oral history interview
Oral history interview with Robert E. Lake conducted by A.D. Hopkins on September 27, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Lake discusses how the layout of Las Vegas, Nevada has changed since he first arrived there.
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Virginia T. Lanier oral history interview
Oral history interview with Virginia T. Lanier conducted by Heidi G. Hughes on March 16, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Lanier discusses living on the Las Vegas, Nevada Strip from the 1950s through the 1960s. Lanier then describes riding the public bus, and working in food service.
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Barbara Millington oral history interview
Oral history interview with Barbara Millington conducted by David Mowrey for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Millington discusses the development of Las Vegas, Nevada and compares the 1940s to the 1980s. Millington also discusses her work history and personal life in Las Vegas.
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Betty Pavlikowski oral history interview
Oral history interview Betty Pavlikowski conducted by Roy Mankins in the 1970s for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Pavlikowski discusses her position on the board of directors for a social club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pavlikowski details the creation and daily operations of the club.
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