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Audio recording clip of interview with Jerome Zawada by Suzanne Becker, August 9, 2006

Date
2006-08-09
Description
Narrator affiliation: Franciscan Priest, Nevada Desert Experience

Sound

Audio clip from interview with Ron Lurie, June 5, 2015

Date
2015-06-15
Description

Ron Lurie talks about winning a seat on the Las Vegas City Council, and the voting population of the city.

Sound

Protestor smudging ashes on other protestors' foreheads: photographic print

Date
1998-04-25
Description
Protestors at the Nevada Test Site. Sister Rosemary Lynch is pictured on the right in a blue jacket. Ash Wednesday 1991.

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Gordon Christie oral history interview

Identifier
OH-00378
Abstract

Oral history interview with Gordon Christie conducted by Larry DuRussel on June 30, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Christie discusses working on the building of the MGM Grand Hotel, Fremont Hotel, Sahara Hotel, Desert Inn Hotel, and the Frontier Hotel. He also discusses religion, politics, family life in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the growth of Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Victor Givens oral history interview

Identifier
OH-00688
Abstract

Oral history interview with Victor Givens conducted by LeGary Stowers on March 15, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Givens first talks about his family background and then talks about his educational, occupational, and residential histories. He then talks about the various qualities required of individuals who work in the casino industry, his beliefs regarding religion and gambling, and some of the motivations and goals that are present for those within the field of gaming.

Archival Collection

Photograph of individuals in a religious bookstore, (Nev.), 1940-1955

Date
1940 to 1955
Description
Two women and one man stand together exchanging slips of paper that look like bookmarks. It would appear that the people are standing in a religious bookstore or a church gift shop, because the books behind the woman on the left are all about religion. Inscription with photo reads: "Mrs. Ronzone promoting."

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