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Johnson, Viola, 1921-2004
Viola Johnson was born October 12th, 1921 in Fordyce, Arkansas. Johnson moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1942 and lived in a tent. During her interview, she describes working conditions for maids and the Culinary Union strikes between 1969 and 1984.
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Slide of the construction phase of Hoover Dam, March 27, 1931
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Photograph of Block and Botkin Gent's Furnishings store, Las Vegas, circa early 1900s
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Transcript of interview with Edna Jackson-Ferguson, April 15, 1975
On April 15, 1975, Edna Jackson-Ferguson (born 1897 in Overbrook, Kansas) provided a narrative-style oral history about her and her husband Jack’s experiences during the building of the Hoover Dam. Jackson-Ferguson provides many details about the way of life living in the camp with workers of the dam, the tasks required of those workers in building the dam, and some of the actual processes of pouring the concrete for the structure. She also talks about food, transportation, weather, and entertainment during the time. To conclude the interview, Jackson-Ferguson mentions some of the other job positions her husband held and their pride in being a part of the Hoover Dam’s construction.
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Photograph of men at the Las Vegas depot in front of San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad No. 12 coach, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1905
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